Electric system stabilizing system for aircraft

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10029631-B2
Application number	US-201314418075-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 29, 2013
Priority date	Jul 30, 2012
Publication date	Jul 24, 2018
Grant date	Jul 24, 2018

Abstract

A power stabilizing device in a system includes as a portion of a power converter section, a second PWM converter provided between a second primary AC bus and a second DC bus in an electric system and configured to perform mutual conversion between DC power and AC power. A power stabilizing control section in the power stabilizing device controls charging and discharging of a secondary battery based on a voltage and a frequency in the second primary AC bus, thereby stabilizing the electric system.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electric system stabilizing system for aircraft, comprising at least:
an electric system including a DC power supply and an AC power supply as an electric power supply device, an AC power supply bus connected to the AC power supply, a DC power supply bus connected to the DC power supply, and a power converter section for converting AC power from at least the AC power supply into DC power to supply the DC power to the DC power supply bus via the AC power supply bus, the electric system being configured to supply electric power to an electrified device mounted in the aircraft via the AC power supply bus and the DC power supply bus; and
a power stabilizing device for stabilizing an electric power output of the electric power supply device;
wherein the DC power supply is configured to absorb regenerative power from the electrified device and transiently supply the electric power to the electrified device;
wherein the power stabilizing device includes a power stabilizing control section for controlling conversion of the electric power in the power converter section, an AC power supply bus monitoring section for monitoring at least a voltage in the AC power supply bus, and a DC power supply bus monitoring section for monitoring a voltage in the DC power supply bus; and
wherein the power stabilizing control section causes the DC power supply to be charged and discharged, based on the voltage in the AC power supply bus and the voltage in the DC power supply bus to stabilize the electric power in the AC power supply bus and the electric power in the DC power supply bus so that the electric system is stabilized.

2. The electric system stabilizing system for aircraft according to claim 1 ,
wherein the aircraft includes an auxiliary power unit (APU) and a ram air turbine (RAT);
the electric system includes as the AC power supplies, an APU starter/generator mounted to the auxiliary power unit and configured to generate the AC power, an AC power generator mounted to the engine, and a RAT generator mounted to the ram air turbine;
the electric system includes as the DC power supply, at least one of a secondary battery and a capacitor;
the DC power supply and the APU starter/generator are each connected to the power stabilizing device;
the AC power generator and the RAT generator are connected to the power stabilizing device via the AC power supply bus; and
the APU starter/generator is connected to the power stabilizing device via the AC power supply bus.

3. The electric system stabilizing system for aircraft according to claim 2 ,
wherein, to activate the auxiliary power unit in a deactivated state, the power stabilizing control section causes the power converter section to boost the DC power from the DC power supply and supply the DC power to activate the APU starter/generator.

4. The electric system stabilizing system for aircraft according to claim 2 ,
wherein in a state in which the DC power supply is in a chargeable state, the power stabilizing control section causes the power converter section to convert the AC power from the AC power generator or the APU starter/generator into the DC power, convert the DC power into a voltage adapted for charging by a boost converter, and supply the converted DC power to the DC power supply, to charge the DC power supply with the DC power.

5. The electric system stabilizing system for aircraft according to claim 2 ,
wherein the electric system includes:
an essential bus supplied with the electric power from the AC power generator via the AC power supply bus and having a lower rated voltage than the DC power supply; and
a voltage converter interposed between the essential bus and the DC power supply;
wherein the DC power supply is always connected to the essential bus via the power converter section; and
wherein in a state in which the AC power is not supplied from the AC power generator to the essential bus, the electric power is supplied to the essential bus without discontinuation.

6. The electric system stabilizing system for aircraft according to claim 5 ,
wherein in a state in which the AC power generator is deactivated and the RAT generator is supplying the AC power to the AC power supply bus, the power stabilizing control section causes the power converter section to convert the AC power from the RAT generator into the DC power and supply the DC power to the essential bus.

7. The electric system stabilizing system for aircraft according to claim 2 ,
wherein in the electric system, the single engine is provided with a plurality of AC power generators; and
each of the AC power generators is coupled with a system including the AC power supply bus, the power converter section, and the DC power supply bus, to construct a corresponding one of a plurality of lower systems, the plurality of lower systems corresponding to the plurality of AC power generators, respectively; and
in the plurality of lower systems, the AC power supply buses are connected to each other and the DC power supply buses are connected to each other.

8. The electric system stabilizing system for aircraft according to claim 7 ,
wherein in the plurality of lower systems included in the electric system, the DC power supply bus in at least one of the lower systems is connected to the APU starter/generator via a controller of the electrified device.

9. The electric system stabilizing system for aircraft according to claim 1 ,
wherein the electric system includes, as the power converter section, a PWM converter for performing mutual conversion between the DC power and the AC power, and a boost converter coupled to the PWM converter via the DC power supply bus; and
the power stabilizing control section causes the power converter section to charge and discharge the DC power supply based on a voltage in the AC power supply bus and a voltage in the DC power supply bus, to stabilize the electric power in the AC power supply bus and the electric power in the DC power supply bus.

10. The electric system stabilizing system for aircraft according to claim 9 ,
wherein the power stabilizing control section measures the voltage or frequency in the AC power supply bus and determines that a first-order lag value of a measurement value of the voltage or frequency in the AC power supply bus is a target value in control;
the power stabilizing control section adjusts a preset reference voltage command value for the boost converter based on a difference between the target value and the measurement value;
the power stabilizing control section controls an output current of the boost converter based on a difference between the adjusted reference voltage command value and the measurement value; and
the power stabilizing control section controls active power and reactive power in the PWM converter based on a difference between a measurement value of the voltage in the DC power supply bus and the preset reference voltage value of the PWM converter.

11. The electric system stabilizing system for aircraft according to claim 10 ,
wherein the power stabilizing control section multiplies a difference between the target value and the measurement value of the voltage or frequency in the AC power supply bus by a preset proportional constant, to generate a base value of the reference voltage command value, and
generates a compensation voltage value from a difference between the measurement value of SOC of the DC power supply and a preset target value of the SOC;
the power stabilizing control section adds the compensation voltage value and a preset target value of the reference voltage of the boost converter to the base value to generate a final value of the reference vol

Assignees

• Kawasaki Heavy Ind Ltd
• Boeing Co

Inventors

• Iwashima Atsushi
• Sugimoto Kazushige
• Matsuo Kazuya
• Breit Joseph S
• Nozari Farhad

Classifications

• H02J2105/32

  for aircrafts · CPC title

• H02J4/00

  Circuit arrangements for mains or distribution networks not specified as AC or DC; Circuit arrangements for mains or distribution networks combining AC and DC sections or sub-networks (arrangements using intermediate DC-AC-DC conversion H02J1/002; arrangements using high-voltage DC [HVDC] links H02J3/36) · CPC title

• B64D2221/00

  Electric power distribution systems onboard aircraft · CPC title

• B64D41/007

  Ram air turbines · CPC title

• Y02T50/54

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic