Conversion device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10355620-B2
Application number	US-201415519417-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 19, 2014
Priority date	Oct 17, 2014
Publication date	Jul 16, 2019
Grant date	Jul 16, 2019

Abstract

This conversion device converts DC powers from a plurality of DC power supplies, to AC power and supplies the AC power to a load. The conversion device includes: a filter circuit including an AC reactor and a first capacitor; a DC/AC inverter connected to the load via the filter circuit; DC/DC converters provided between the respective plurality of DC power supplies and the DC/AC inverter; a second capacitor provided between the DC/AC inverter and the DC/DC converters; and a control unit configured to set a current target value for each of the DC/DC converters to thereby be synchronized with current of the AC power, based on voltage of the AC power, voltage variation due to current flowing through the AC reactor and an impedance thereof, reactive currents respectively flowing through the first capacitor and the second capacitor, and voltage of each DC power.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A conversion device that converts DC powers from a plurality of DC power supplies, to AC power and supplies the AC power to a load, the conversion device comprising:
a filter circuit connected to the load and including an AC reactor and a first capacitor;
a DC/AC inverter connected to the load via the filter circuit;
a plurality of DC/DC converters as a whole, which are provided between the respective plurality of DC power supplies and the DC/AC inverter;
a second capacitor provided between the DC/AC inverter and the plurality of DC/DC converters; and
a control unit configured to set a current target value for each of the plurality of DC/DC converters to thereby be synchronized with current of the AC power, based on voltage of the AC power, voltage variation due to current flowing through the AC reactor and an impedance thereof, reactive currents respectively flowing through the first capacitor and the second capacitor, and voltage of each DC power.

2. The conversion device according to claim 1 , wherein
the plurality of DC power supplies include at least one of a solar battery array and a storage battery, and
the control unit sets, based on the current target values, current target values to be allocated to the respective DC/DC converters, thereby causing the DC power supply that is the solar battery array to perform corresponding output and causing the DC power supply that is the storage battery to be charged or discharged accordingly.

3. The conversion device according to claim 2 , wherein
in a case where a number corresponding to each of the plurality of DC power supplies is i (=1, 2,. . . ), a target value for output current from each DC power supply to the load is Ia.i*, a capacitance of the first capacitor is Ca, a voltage value of the AC power is Va, voltage based on each of the plurality of DC power supplies is V DC .i, and a Laplace operator is s, the control unit sets an AC output current target value Iinv* for the DC/AC inverter at a circuit connection point between the filter circuit and the DC/AC inverter, to a value obtained by adding reactive current flowing through the first capacitor and a summation of Ia.i*,
in a case where an impedance of the AC reactor is Za, the control unit sets an AC output voltage target value Vinv* for the DC/AC inverter at the circuit connection point, as follows:
Vinv*=Va+ZaIinv*,

the control unit sets the greater one of the voltage V DC .i and an absolute value of the AC output voltage target value Vinv* for the DC/AC inverter, as an output voltage target value Vo* for the DC/DC converter, and
in a case where a capacitance of the second capacitor is C, the control unit sets a current target value Iin.i* for the DC/DC converter, as follows:
Iin.i*=[Ia.i*×Vinv*+ Ki {( sCaVa ) Vinv* +( s CVo *) ×Vo*}]/V DC .i

where Ki is a given group of constants that satisfies ΣKi=1.

4. The conversion device according to claim 2 , wherein
the plurality of DC/DC converters each include a DC reactor, and
voltage obtained by subtracting voltage variation due to current flowing through each DC reactor and an impedance thereof from voltage Vg.i of each DC power supply is used as voltage of each DC power or voltage V DC .i.

5. The conversion device according to claim 1 , wherein
in a case where a number corresponding to each of the plurality of DC power supplies is i (=1, 2,. . . ), a target value for output current from each DC power supply to the load is Ia.i*, a capacitance of the first capacitor is Ca, a voltage value of the AC power is Va, voltage based on each of the plurality of DC power supplies is V DC .i, and a Laplace operator is s, the control unit sets an AC output current target value Iinv* for the DC/AC inverter at a circuit connection point between the filter circuit and the DC/AC inverter, to a value obtained by adding reactive current flowing through the first capacitor and a summation of Ia.i*,
in a case where an impedance of the AC reactor is Za, the control unit sets an AC output voltage target value Vinv* for the DC/AC inverter at the circuit connection point, as follows:
Vinv*=Va+ZaIinv*,

the control unit sets the greater one of the voltage V DC .i and an absolute value of the AC output voltage target value Vinv* for the DC/AC inverter, as an output voltage target value Vo* for the DC/DC converter, and
in a case where a capacitance of the second capacitor is C, the control unit sets a current target value Iin.i* for the DC/DC converter, as follows:
Iin.i*=[Ia.i*×Vinv*+Ki {( sCaVa ) Vinv* +( s CVo *)× Vo*}]/V DC .i

where Ki is a given group of constants that satisfies ΣKi=1.

6. The conversion device according to claim 5 , wherein
the plurality of DC/DC converters each include a DC reactor, and
voltage obtained by subtracting voltage variation due to current flowing through each DC reactor and an impedance thereof from voltage Vg.i of each DC power supply is used as voltage of each DC power or voltage V DC .i.

7. The conversion device according to claim 1 , wherein
the plurality of DC/DC converters each include a DC reactor, and
voltage obtained by subtracting voltage variation due to current flowing through each DC reactor and an impedance thereof from voltage Vg.i of each DC power supply is used as voltage of each DC power or voltage V DC .i.

8. The conversion device according to claim 1 , wherein
the load is an AC power supply.

9. The conversion device according to claim 8 , wherein
power is supplied from the AC power supply to at least one of the plurality of DC power supplies.

10. The conversion device according to claim 1 , wherein
a SiC element is used for at least one of semiconductor switching elements included in the plurality of DC/DC converters and the DC/AC inverter.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Electric Industries

Inventors

• Ayai Naoki
• Okumura Toshiaki
• Akita Tetsuo
• Abiru Kenji

Classifications

• H02M7/48

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

• H02M3/155 Primary

  using semiconductor devices only · CPC title

• H02M3/156

  with automatic control of output voltage or current, e.g. switching regulators · CPC title

• H02S40/32

  comprising DC/AC inverter means associated with the PV module itself, e.g. AC modules · CPC title

• H02M1/126

  using passive filters · CPC title