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US 12,328,061 · App. 18/329,896 · Granted Jun 10, 2025

Method and apparatus for suppressing cross current in inverter parallel system

Inventors: Xinyu Yu (Shanghai, CN); Kai Xin (Shanghai, CN); Zhiwu Xu (Shenzhen, CN); Yanzhong Zhang (Shanghai, CN); Junjie Li (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd.
H02M1/123H02M7/493
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Patent No.
US 12,328,061
App. No.
18/329,896
Granted
Jun 10, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and apparatus for suppressing cross current including: obtaining a common-mode current and a common-mode injection voltage of each inverter in an inverter parallel system; determining a virtual damping voltage of each inverter based on the common-mode current of each inverter and a preset common-mode damping factor, where if a direction in which a current flows out of the inverter is a positive direction, the preset common-mode damping factor is a negative value, or if a direction in which a current flows into the inverter is a positive direction, the preset common-mode damping factor is a positive value; superimposing the virtual damping voltage on the common-mode injection voltage of each inverter, to obtain a target common-mode voltage of each inverter; and controlling operation of each inverter based on the target common-mode voltage of each inverter and a differential mode voltage of each inverter.

Claims (53)

1. A method for suppressing a cross current in an inverter parallel system, the method comprising:

obtaining a common-mode current and a common-mode injection voltage of each inverter in the inverter parallel system;

determining a virtual damping voltage of the each inverter based on the common-mode current and a preset common-mode damping factor of the each inverter, wherein if a direction in which a current flows out of the inverter is a positive direction, the preset common-mode damping factor is a negative value, or if a direction in which a current flows into the inverter is a positive direction, the preset common-mode damping factor is a positive value;

superimposing the virtual damping voltage on the common-mode injection voltage of the each inverter, to obtain a target common-mode voltage of the each inverter; and

controlling operation of the each inverter based on the target common-mode voltage of the each inverter and a differential mode voltage of the each inverter.

2. The method for suppressing a cross current in an inverter parallel system according to claim 1 , wherein the inverter parallel system comprises:

N inverter groups, wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 2, the each inverter group comprises a first inverter and a second inverter, a direct current input terminal of the first inverter is connected to a first direct current power supply, a direct current input terminal of the second inverter is connected to a second direct current power supply, and

a negative electrode of the first direct current power supply is connected to a positive electrode of the second direct current power supply; and alternating current output terminals of N first inverters in the N inverter groups are connected to a first transformer, and alternating current output terminals of N second inverters in the N inverter groups are connected to a second transformer.

3. The method for suppressing a cross current in an inverter parallel system according to claim 2 , wherein negative electrodes of N first direct current power supplies in the N inverter groups are connected to each other.

4. The method for suppressing a cross current in an inverter parallel system according to claim 1 , wherein the inverter parallel system comprises:

N inverters, wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 2, alternating current output terminals of the N inverters are connected to each other, and the alternating current output terminals of the N inverters are connected to a transformer; and direct current input terminals of the N inverters are respectively connected to N direct current power supplies, and positive electrodes of the N direct current power supplies are connected to each other.

5. The method for suppressing a cross current in an inverter parallel system according to claim 1 , wherein the inverter parallel system comprises:

N inverters, wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 2, alternating current output terminals of the N inverters are connected to each other, and the alternating current output terminals of the N inverters are connected to a transformer; and direct current input terminals of the N inverters are respectively connected to N direct current power supplies, and negative electrodes of the N direct current power supplies are connected to each other.

6. The method for suppressing a cross current in an inverter parallel system according to claim 1 , wherein obtaining the common-mode injection voltage of the each inverter further comprises:

determining the common-mode injection voltage of the each inverter based on a common-mode voltage injection mode of the each inverter.

7. The method for suppressing a cross current in an inverter parallel system according to claim 6 , wherein the common-mode voltage injection mode comprises SPWM, SVPWM, or DPWM.

8. The method for suppressing a cross current in an inverter parallel system according to claim 1 , wherein the target common-mode voltage is obtained through the following formulas:

U cmv =U cmv0 +U vir , and

U vir =i cmv R vir , wherein

U cmv is the target common-mode voltage, U cmv0 is the common-mode injection voltage, U vir is the virtual damping voltage, R vir is the preset common-mode damping factor, and i cmv is the common-mode current.

9. The method for suppressing a cross current in an inverter parallel system according to claim 8 , wherein the common-mode current is obtained through the following formula:

i cmv =( i a +i b +i c )/3, wherein

i a , i b , and i c each are a three-phase output current of the inverter, and i cmv is the common-mode current.

10. The method for suppressing a cross current in an inverter parallel system according to claim 1 , wherein the controlling operation of the each inverter based on the target common-mode voltage of the each inverter and the differential mode voltage of the each inverter further comprises:

superimposing the target common-mode voltage of the each inverter on the differential mode voltage of the each inverter, to obtain a modulation voltage of the each inverter; and

controlling the operation of the each inverter by using the modulation voltage of the each inverter as a drive signal of a switching element of the each inverter.

11. An apparatus for suppressing a cross current in an inverter parallel system, the apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to:

obtain a common-mode current and a common-mode injection voltage of each inverter in the inverter parallel system;

determine a virtual damping voltage of the each inverter based on the common-mode current and a preset common-mode damping factor of the each inverter, wherein after a direction in which a current flows out of the inverter is a positive direction, the preset common-mode damping factor is a negative value, or

after a direction in which a current flows into the inverter is a positive direction, the preset common-mode damping factor is a positive value;

superimpose the virtual damping voltage on the common-mode injection voltage of the each inverter, to obtain a target common-mode voltage of the each inverter; and

control, by using a controller, operation of the each inverter based on the target common-mode voltage that is of the each inverter and that is obtained by the processor and a differential mode voltage of the each inverter.

12. The apparatus for suppressing a cross current in an inverter parallel system according to claim 11 , wherein the inverter parallel system comprises:

N inverter groups, wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 2, the each inverter group comprises a first inverter and a second inverter, a direct current input terminal of the first inverter is connected to a first direct current power supply, a direct current input terminal of the second inverter is connected to a second direct current power supply, and a negative electrode of the first direct current power supply is connected to a positive electrode of the second direct current power supply; and

alternating current output terminals of N first inverters in the N inverter groups are connected to a first transformer, and alternating current output terminals of N second inverters in the N inverter groups are connected to a second transformer.

13. The apparatus for suppressing a cross current in an inverter parallel system according to claim 12 , wherein negative electrodes of N first direct current power supplies in the N inverter groups are connected to each other.

14. The apparatus for suppressing a cross current in an inverter parallel system according to claim 11 , wherein the inverter parallel system comprises:

N inverters, wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 2, alternating current output terminals of the N inverters are connected to each other, and the alternating current output terminals of the N inverters are connected to a transformer; and direct current input terminals of the N inverters are respectively connected to N direct current power supplies, and positive electrodes of the N direct current power supplies are connected to each other.

15. The apparatus for suppressing a cross current in an inverter parallel system according to claim 11 , wherein the inverter parallel system comprises:

N inverters, wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 2, alternating current output terminals of the N inverters are connected to each other, and the alternating current output terminals of the N inverters are connected to a transformer; and direct current input terminals of the N inverters are respectively connected to N direct current power supplies, and negative electrodes of the N direct current power supplies are connected to each other.

16. The apparatus for suppressing a cross current in an inverter parallel system according to claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine the common-mode injection voltage of the each inverter based on a common-mode voltage injection mode of the each inverter.

17. The apparatus for suppressing a cross current in an inverter parallel system according to claim 16 , wherein the common-mode voltage injection mode comprises sine pulse width modulation (SPWM), space vector pulse width modulation (SVPWM), or discontinuity pulse width modulation (DPWM).

18. The apparatus for suppressing a cross current in an inverter parallel system according to claim 11 , wherein the target common-mode voltage is obtained through the following formulas:

U cmv =U cmv0 +U vir , and

U vir =i cmv R vir , wherein

U cmv is the target common-mode voltage, U cmv0 is the common-mode injection voltage, U vir is the virtual damping voltage, R vir is the preset common-mode damping factor, and i cmv is the common-mode current.

19. The apparatus for suppressing a cross current in an inverter parallel system according to claim 11 , wherein

the processor is further configured to:

superimpose the target common-mode voltage of the each inverter on the differential mode voltage of the each inverter, to obtain a modulation voltage of the each inverter; and

use the modulation voltage that is of the each inverter and that is obtained by the processor as a drive signal of a switching element of the each inverter, to control the operation of the each inverter.

20. A power supply system, comprising an inverter parallel system and the apparatus for suppressing the cross current in the inverter parallel system according to claim 11 , and the apparatus for suppressing the current in the inverter parallel system is configured to suppress the cross current in the inverter parallel system.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2025
From: YU, XINYU; XIN, KAI; XU, ZHIWU; ZHANG, YANZHONG; LI, JUNJIE
To: HUAWEI DIGITAL POWER TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 070433/0964 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020142011 · Dec 31, 2020
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