Capacitor life diagnosis device, capacitor life diagnosis method, and program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10345360-B2
Application number	US-201615162966-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 24, 2016
Priority date	Jun 4, 2015
Publication date	Jul 9, 2019
Grant date	Jul 9, 2019

Abstract

A capacitor life diagnosis device includes: a first fluctuation detecting unit configured to detect a maximum value of fluctuation in output voltage of a first capacitor every fixed time; and an output unit configured to predict a residual life of the first capacitor on the basis of temporal transition of the maximum value of fluctuation in the output voltage detected by the first fluctuation detecting unit, and output a signal indicating the residual life of the first capacitor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A capacitor life diagnosis device comprising: a first rectifying circuit that rectifies an alternating-current voltage: a first capacitor to which the voltage rectified by the first rectifying circuit is applied: a transformer comprising a primary winding and a secondary winding, that transforms an output voltage of the first capacitor and outputs the transformed voltage to the secondary winding; a second rectifying circuit that rectifies a voltage of the secondary winding of the transformer; a second capacitor to which the voltage rectified by the second rectifying circuit is applied; a first fluctuation detector that detects a maximum value of fluctuation in output voltage of the first capacitor every fixed time; a second fluctuation detector that detects a maximum value of fluctuation in output voltage of the second capacitor every fixed time; and a controller that receives the maximum value of fluctuation in the output voltage from the first fluctuation detector, predicts a residual life of the first capacitor by using temporal transition of the maximum value of fluctuation in the output voltage, and outputs a signal indicating the residual life of the first capacitor, and receives the maximum value of fluctuation in the output voltage from the second fluctuation detector, predicts a residual life of the second capacitor by using temporal transition of the maximum value of fluctuation in the output voltage, and outputs a signal indicating the residual life of the second capacitor, wherein the first fluctuation detector comprises: a first peak hold unit that detects a maximum value in the fixed time of the output voltage of the first capacitor; a first bottom hold unit that detects a minimum value in the fixed time of the output voltage of the first capacitor; and a first difference unit that outputs a difference between the maximum value detected by the first peak hold unit and the minimum value detected by the first bottom hold unit, and wherein the second fluctuation detector comprises: a second peak hold unit that detects a maximum value in the fixed time of the output voltage of the second capacitor; a second bottom hold unit that detects a minimum value in the fixed time of the output voltage of the second capacitor; and a second difference unit that outputs a difference between the maximum value detected by the second peak hold unit and the minimum value detected by the second bottom hold unit.

2. The capacitor life diagnosis device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a third fluctuation detector that detects a maximum value of fluctuation in output current of the second capacitor every fixed time,
wherein the controller predicts the residual life of the second capacitor on the basis of the temporal transition of the maximum value of fluctuation in the output voltage detected by the second fluctuation detector when the maximum value of fluctuation in the output current detected by the third fluctuation detector is larger than a threshold value, and outputs a signal indicating the residual life of the second capacitor.

3. The capacitor life diagnosis device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first capacitor and the second capacitor are electrolytic capacitors.

4. The capacitor life diagnosis device according to claim 1 , further comprising: a switch that supplies power to the second capacitor; a duty ratio computing unit that computes a duty ratio of a control pulse of the switch to make the output voltage of the second capacitor get closer to a target value; and a pulse generating unit that changes the computed duty ratio of only one pulse or a plurality of pulses, and generate the control pulse of the switch on the basis of the changed duty ratio, wherein the second fluctuation detector detects a maximum value of fluctuation in the output voltage of the second capacitor accompanying the change of the duty ratio.

5. The capacitor life diagnosis device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a server to which a power supply voltage is supplied from the second capacitor,
wherein the server allocates a virtual machine according to the signal indicating the residual life of the second capacitor.

6. The capacitor life diagnosis device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first transistor connected between the first rectifying circuit and the primary winding of the transformer.

7. The capacitor life diagnosis device according to claim 6 , further comprising: a duty ratio computing unit that computes a duty ratio of a control pulse of the first transistor to make the output voltage of the second capacitor get closer to a target value; and a pulse generating unit that changes the computed duty ratio of only one pulse or a plurality of pulses, and generate the control pulse of the first transistor on the basis of the changed duty ratio, wherein the second fluctuation detector detects a maximum value of fluctuation in the output voltage of the fast-second capacitor accompanying the change of the duty ratio.

8. The capacitor life diagnosis device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a second transistor having a source connected to a ground potential node;
an inductor connected between the first rectifying circuit and a drain of the second transistor; and
a diode having an anode connected to the drain of the second transistor and a cathode connected to the first capacitor.

9. The capacitor life diagnosis device according to claim 8 , further comprising: a duty ratio computing unit that computes a duty ratio of a control pulse of the second transistor to make the output voltage of the first capacitor get closer to a target value; and a pulse generating unit that changes the computed duty ratio in only one period, and generate the control pulse of the second transistor on the basis of the changed duty ratio, and wherein the first fluctuation detector detects a maximum value of fluctuation in the output voltage of the first capacitor accompanying the change of the duty ratio.

10. The capacitor life diagnosis device according to claim 8 , further comprising: a duty ratio computing unit that computes a duty ratio of a control pulse of the second transistor to make the output voltage of the first capacitor get closer to a target value; and a pulse generating unit that changes the computed duty ratio in only one period, and generate the control pulse of the second transistor on the basis of the changed duty ratio, and wherein the second fluctuation detector detects a maximum value of fluctuation in the output voltage of the second capacitor accompanying the change of the duty ratio.

11. The capacitor life diagnosis device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second fluctuation detector detects a maximum value of fluctuation in the output voltage of the second capacitor accompanying load fluctuation of the second capacitor every fixed time.

12. The capacitor life diagnosis device according to claim 11 ,
wherein the second capacitor outputs voltage to a load,
wherein the capacitor life diagnosis device further comprises a power supply circuit that outputs voltage to the load, and
wherein the power supply circuit fluctuates the output voltage to fluctuate the load.

Assignees

• Fujitsu Ltd

Inventors

• Nakao Hiroshi
• Yonezawa Yu
• Sugawara Takahiko
• Nakashima Yoshiyasu

Classifications

• G01R31/64

  Testing of capacitors · CPC title

• G01R31/016 Primary

  Testing of capacitors (measuring capacitance G01R27/2605) · CPC title

• H02M3/33523

  with galvanic isolation between input and output of both the power stage and the feedback loop · CPC title

• H02M1/32

  Means for protecting converters other than automatic disconnection · CPC title

• Y02B70/126

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic