Power converter for outputting three-phase alternating-current voltages to a power system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10148195-B2
Application number	US-201816021414-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 28, 2018
Priority date	Jan 8, 2016
Publication date	Dec 4, 2018
Grant date	Dec 4, 2018

Abstract

In a power converter that converts a direct-current voltage into three-phase alternating-current voltages and outputs the three-phase alternating-current voltages to a power system. The power converter includes a microprocessor that sets a dead time during which high-side switching elements and low-side switching elements are simultaneously off, and carries out switching. Moreover, the microprocessor performs dq transformation using complex numbers of phase currents, and detects an amplitude value of d-axis current or q-axis current. The microprocessor changes a phase difference to reduce the amplitude value of d-axis current or q-axis current. The microprocessor then performs dead-time compensation on the basis of the resulting phase difference.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A power converter for outputting three-phase alternating-current voltages to a power system, the power converter comprising:
an inverter circuit including three series circuits each having a high-side switching element connected in series to a low-side switching element;
a PWM controller configured to set a dead time in which the high-side and low-side switching elements of each series circuit are simultaneously turned off, the PWM controller being configured to switch the high-side and low-side switching elements based on a PWM voltage command value;
a dead-time compensation calculator configured to calculate an amount of dead-time compensation for reducing distortion caused by setting the dead time;
a dead-time compensator configured to add the calculated amount of dead-time compensation to the PWM voltage command value, with a shift of a deemed phase difference from a phase of a corresponding one of the three-phase alternating-current voltages;
a current amplitude detector configured to detect an amplitude value of d-axis current or q-axis current in a rotating coordinate system obtained by dq transformation of output currents from the respective three series circuits; and
a deemed phase difference adjustor configured to change the deemed phase difference to reduce the amplitude value detected by the current amplitude detector.

2. The power converter according to claim 1 , further comprising a reactive power output controller configured to output reactive power to the power system when a system voltage of the power system exceeds a threshold.

3. The power converter according to claim 2 , wherein the deemed phase difference adjustor is configured to stop changing the deemed phase difference when the reactive power output controller outputs the reactive power.

4. The power converter according to claim 1 , further comprising three outputs each coupled to a respective node between the high-side and low-side switching elements of each series circuit, respectively.

5. The power converter according to claim 4 , wherein the current amplitude detector is coupled to the three outputs for detecting the respective output currents from the respective three series circuits.

6. The power converter according to claim 1 , wherein the three series circuits are connected in parallel to each other with each of the high-side switching element and the low-side switching element coupled to respective inputs of the power converter.

7. The power converter according to claim 6 , wherein the respective inputs of the power converter are coupled to at least one of a solar, gas and wind power generator and configured to receive a direct-current voltage therefrom, such that the inverter circuit is configured to convert the received direct-current voltage to the three-phase alternating-current voltages.

8. A power converter for outputting three-phase alternating-current voltages to a power system, the power converter comprising:
an inverter circuit including at least three series circuits each having a high-side switching element connected in series to a low-side switching element;
a PWM controller configured to set a dead time in which the high-side and low-side switching elements of each series circuit are simultaneously turned off, the PWM controller being configured to switch the high-side and low-side switching elements based on a PWM voltage command value;
a dead-time compensator configured to calculate an amount of dead-time compensation for reducing distortion caused by setting the dead time by adding the calculated amount of dead-time compensation to the PWM voltage command value; and
a current amplitude detector configured to detect an amplitude value of d-axis current or q-axis current in a rotating coordinate system obtained by dq transformation of output currents from the respective at least three series circuits,
wherein the dead-time compensator is configured to perform dead-time compensation to reduce a range of fluctuation of the amplitude value detected by the current amplitude detector, and
wherein the dead-time compensator is further configured to calculate the amount of dead-time compensation by changing phases of the three-phase alternating-current voltages by a deemed phase difference being a predetermined phase difference.

9. The power converter according to claim 8 , further comprising a reactive power output controller configured to output reactive power to the power system when a system voltage of the power system exceeds a threshold.

10. The power converter according to claim 9 , wherein the dead-time compensator is configured to stop changing the phases of the three-phase alternating-current voltages when the reactive power output controller outputs the reactive power.

11. The power converter according to claim 8 , further comprising three outputs each coupled to a respective node between the high-side and low-side switching elements of each series circuit, respectively.

12. The power converter according to claim 11 , wherein the current amplitude detector is coupled to the three outputs for detecting the respective output currents from the respective three series circuits.

13. The power converter according to claim 8 ,
wherein the three series circuits are connected in parallel to each other with each of the high-side switching element and the low-side switching element coupled to respective inputs of the power converter, and
wherein the respective inputs of the power converter are coupled to at least one of a solar, gas and wind power generator and configured to receive a direct-current voltage therefrom, such that the inverter circuit is configured to convert the received direct-current voltage to the three-phase alternating-current voltages.

14. A power converter configured to output three-phase alternating-current voltages to a power system, the power converter comprising:
an inverter circuit including three series circuits each having a high-side switching element connected in series to a low-side switching element; and
a microprocessor configured to:
set a dead time in which the high-side and low-side switching elements of each series circuit are simultaneously turned off based on a PWM voltage command value,
calculate an amount of dead-time compensation for reducing distortion caused by setting the dead time,
add the calculated amount of dead-time compensation to the PWM voltage command value, with a shift of a deemed phase difference from a phase of a corresponding one of the three-phase alternating-current voltages,
determine an amplitude value of d-axis current or q-axis current in a rotating coordinate system obtained by dq transformation of output currents from the respective three series circuits, and
change the deemed phase difference to reduce the amplitude value determined by the microprocessor.

15. The power converter according to claim 14 , further comprising:
a reactive power output controller configured to output reactive power to the power system when a system voltage of the power system exceeds a threshold,
wherein the microprocessor is configured to stop changing the deemed phase difference when the reactive power output controller outputs the reactive power.

16. The power converter according to claim 14 , further comprising three outputs each coupled to a respective node between the high-side and low-side switching elements of each series circuit, respectively.

17. The power converter according to claim 16 , further comprising a current amplitude detector coupled to the three outputs for detecting the r

Assignees

• Murata Manufacturing Co

Inventors

• Tagawa Shuichi
• Yasui Hiroyuki

Classifications

• H02M7/537 Primary

  using semiconductor devices only, e.g. single switched pulse inverters · CPC title

• H02M1/38 Primary

  Means for preventing simultaneous conduction of switches · CPC title

• H02M1/385

  with means for correcting output voltage deviations introduced by the dead time · CPC title

• H02M7/53873

  with digital control · CPC title