Inverter control device and inverter control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10050569-B2
Application number	US-201715432420-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 14, 2017
Priority date	Mar 25, 2016
Publication date	Aug 14, 2018
Grant date	Aug 14, 2018

Abstract

An inverter control device that controls a multiple of inverters configured to use the same positive and negative direct current voltage bus lines connected to a power supply and driving a corresponding multiple of motors, the inverter control device including smoothing control means that controls an inverter outflow current so that voltage of the power supply is smoothed by a smoothing capacitor connected to the positive and negative direct current voltage bus lines, and two-phase modulation operation means that fixes a predetermined one phase of a three-phase modulated wave at either a maximum voltage or minimum voltage the inverter can output determined by a voltage between the positive and negative direct current voltage bus lines, and calculates a modulated wave that causes the other two phases to switch.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An inverter control device that controls a plurality of inverters configured to use the same positive and negative direct current voltage bus lines connected to a power supply, the plurality of inverters driving a plurality of motors, respectively, the inverter control device comprising:
a smoothing control unit that controls inverter outflow currents of the plurality of inverters, so that voltage of the power supply is smoothed by a chargeable and dischargeable capacitor connected to the positive and negative direct current voltage bus lines; and
a modulated wave level regulating unit that regulates levels of a three-phase modulated wave,
wherein the plurality of motors includes two motors, and
the smoothing control unit regulates phases of the inverter outflow currents of the plurality of inverters such that the phase of the inverter overflow current corresponding to one of the two motors opposes the phase of the inverter outflow current corresponding to another motor of the two motors when directions of the inverter outflow currents corresponding to the two motors are the same.

2. The inverter control device according to claim 1 , wherein the smoothing control unit regulates the phases of the inverter outflow currents by regulating the levels of three-phase modulated waves corresponding to the two motors when switching elements of the plurality of inverters, respectively, based on each of the three-phase phase-modulated waves corresponding to the two motors and based on a carrier wave.

3. The inverter control device according to claim 2 , wherein the smoothing control unit regulates the phases of the inverter outflow currents so that the inverter outflow currents are equalized when the directions of the inverter outflow currents corresponding to the two motors are the same,
carries out, for the one of the two motors, a two-phase modulation fixing a predetermined one phase of the three-phase modulated wave at a maximum voltage the inverter can output determined by a voltage between the positive and negative direct current voltage bus lines for every 120° phase of the three-phase modulated wave corresponding to the one of the two motors and causing other two phases to switch, and
carries out, for the another motor, a two-phase modulation fixing a predetermined one phase of the three-phase modulated wave at a minimum voltage the inverter can output determined by the voltage between the positive and negative direct current voltage bus lines for every 120° phase of the three-phase modulated wave corresponding to the another motor and causing the other two phases to switch.

4. The inverter control device according to claim 2 , wherein the smoothing control unit regulates the phases of the inverter outflow currents so that the inverter outflow currents corresponding to the two motors are neutralized when the directions of the inverter outflow currents corresponding to the two motors differ, and
carries out a two-phase modulation with respect to the two motors, fixing a predetermined one phase of the three-phase modulated wave at a maximum voltage or minimum voltage the inverter can output determined by a voltage between the positive and negative direct current voltage bus lines for every 60° phase of the three-phase modulated wave corresponding to each motor and causing other two phases to switch.

5. The inverter control device according to claim 2 , wherein the smoothing control unit regulates the phases of the inverter outflow currents so that the inverter outflow currents corresponding to the two motors are neutralized when the directions of the inverter outflow currents corresponding to the two motors differ,
and carries out a two-phase modulation with respect to the two motors, fixing a predetermined one phase of the three-phase modulated wave at a maximum voltage the inverter can output determined by a voltage between the positive and negative direct current voltage bus lines for every 120° phase of the three-phase modulated wave corresponding to each motor and causing other two phases to switch.

6. The inverter control device according to claim 2 , wherein the smoothing control unit regulates the phases of the inverter outflow currents so that the inverter outflow currents corresponding to the two motors are neutralized when the directions of the inverter outflow currents corresponding to the two motors differ, and
carries out a two-phase modulation with respect to the two motors, fixing a predetermined one phase of the three-phase modulated wave at a minimum voltage the inverter can output determined by a voltage between the positive and negative direct current voltage bus lines for every 120° phase of the three-phase modulated wave corresponding to each motor and causing other two phases to switch.

7. The inverter control device according to claim 1 , wherein the smoothing control unit regulates the phases of the inverter outflow currents so that the inverter outflow currents corresponding to the two motors are neutralized when the directions of the inverter outflow currents corresponding to the two motors differ.

8. The inverter control device according to claim 1 , wherein the modulated wave level regulating unit provides the three-phase modulated wave to the one of the two motors of a higher voltage than that provided to the another motor.

9. An inverter control method such that a power supply and a chargeable and dischargeable capacitor are connected to positive and negative direct current voltage bus lines, and a plurality of inverters that drive two motors are connected to the positive and negative direct current voltage bus lines, the inverter control method comprising:
controlling inverter outflow currents of the plurality of inverters so that voltage of the power supply is smoothed; and
regulating phases of the inverter outflow currents of the plurality of inverters such that the phase of the inverter overflow current corresponding to one of the two motors opposes the phase of the inverter outflow current corresponding to another motor of the two motors when directions of the inverter outflow currents corresponding to the two motors are the same.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Harada Shingo
• Enoki Keiichi
• Murata Yasukazu
• Watanabe Masutaka
• Nishijima Yoshimasa

Classifications

• H02P5/00

  Arrangements specially adapted for regulating or controlling the speed or torque of two or more electric motors (H02P6/04, H02P8/40 take precedence) · CPC title

• H02M7/48 Primary

  using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode · CPC title

• B60L2220/42

  with use of more than one motor · CPC title

• H02P5/74

  controlling two or more AC dynamo-electric motors (H02P5/46, H02P5/60 take precedence) · CPC title

• H02M7/493

  the static converters being arranged for operation in parallel · CPC title