Cascaded multi-level inverter system and modulation method thereof, and controller

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10367355-B2
Application number	US-201715499152-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 27, 2017
Priority date	Aug 22, 2016
Publication date	Jul 30, 2019
Grant date	Jul 30, 2019

Abstract

A cascaded multi-level inverter system, a modulation method and a controller for the same are provided. The method includes performing a maximum power point tracking control based on a voltage signal and a current signal of each DC source and a voltage signal and a current signal of the power grid obtained by sampling, calculating a first modulation signal for suppressing power imbalance, and outputting the first modulation signal to each inverter unit; and calculating, based on the calculated reactive current instruction value, the calculated active current instruction value, and a current signal of the reactive compensation device obtained by sampling, a second modulation signal for causing an output power factor of the cascaded multi-level inverter system to be 1, and outputting the second modulation signal to the reactive compensation device.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A modulation method for a cascaded multi-level inverter system, applied to a controller for the cascaded multi-level inverter system, the cascaded multi-level inverter system comprising a reactive compensation device and a plurality of inverter units, the reactive compensation device and the plurality of inverter units being connected with the controller, the reactive compensation device being connected with a power grid, the plurality of inverter units being connected with a plurality of DC sources respectively, the modulation method comprising:
performing a maximum power point tracking control based on a voltage signal and a current signal of each of the plurality of DC sources and a voltage signal and a current signal of the power grid obtained by sampling, calculating a first modulation signal for suppressing power imbalance, and outputting the first modulation signal to each of the plurality of inverter units;
calculating a reactive compensation current component based on the voltage signal and the current signal of each of the plurality of DC sources and the voltage signal of the power grid obtained by sampling;
calculating a reactive current instruction value which is equal in size and opposite in direction to the reactive compensation current component based on the reactive compensation current component;
calculating an active current instruction value based on a DC-side voltage set value signal of the reactive compensation device, and a DC-side voltage signal of the reactive compensation device obtained by sampling; and
calculating, based on the reactive current instruction value, the active current instruction value, and a current signal of the reactive compensation device obtained by sampling, a second modulation signal for causing an output power factor of the cascaded multi-level inverter system to be 1, and outputting the second modulation signal to the reactive compensation device.

2. The modulation method for the cascaded multi-level inverter system according to claim 1 , wherein before the process of outputting the second modulation signal to the reactive compensation device, the method further comprises:
calculating a harmonic current component based on the voltage signal and the current signal of the power grid obtained by sampling; and
calculating, as an output, a second modulation signal for compensating total harmonic distortion, based on the harmonic current component and the second modulation signal for causing an output power factor of the cascaded multi-level inverter system to be 1.

3. The modulation method for the cascaded multi-level inverter system according to claim 1 , wherein the process of performing a maximum power point tracking control based on a voltage signal and a current signal of each of the plurality of DC sources and a voltage signal and a current signal of the power grid obtained by sampling and calculating a first modulation signal for suppressing power imbalance, comprises:
performing a maximum power point tracking calculation and a maximum power point tracking control based on the voltage signal and the current signal of each of the plurality of DC sources obtained by sampling, and acquiring a power instruction value of each of the plurality of inverter units;
calculating a power gird current instruction value based on the power instruction value of each of the plurality of inverter units, the reactive compensation current component, and the voltage signal of the power grid obtained by sampling;
calculating a modulation voltage instruction value based on the power grid current instruction value, and the current signal of the power grid obtained by sampling;
dividing the modulation voltage instruction value into an active modulation signal and a reactive modulation signal; and
distributing the active modulation signal and the reactive modulation signal according to an active power distribution principle and a reactive power distribution principle respectively, and calculating, by means of vector synthesis, the first modulation signal to be outputted to each of the plurality of inverter units.

4. A cascaded multi-level inverter system, comprising a reactive compensation device, a plurality of inverter units, and a controller in which the modulation method for the cascaded multi-level inverter system according to claim 1 is applied, wherein
the reactive compensation device is connected with a power grid;
the plurality of inverter units are connected with a plurality of DC sources respectively; and
the reactive compensation device is a voltage-type reactive compensation circuit, a current-type reactive compensation circuit or a switch clamping type three-level reactive compensation circuit.

5. The cascaded multi-level inverter system according to claim 4 , wherein the voltage-type reactive compensation circuit comprises an H-bridge inverter module, a first capacitor and a first inductor; wherein
the first capacitor is connected between two input terminals of the H-bridge inverter module;
one end of the first inductor is connected with one output terminal of the H-bridge inverter module; and
the other end of the first inductor and the other output terminal of the H-bridge inverter module are connected with the power grid respectively.

6. The cascaded multi-level inverter system according to claim 4 , wherein the current-type reactive compensation circuit comprises an H-bridge inverter module and a second inductor; wherein
the second inductor is connected between two input terminals of the H-bridge inverter module; and
two output terminals of the H-bridge inverter module are connected with the power grid respectively.

7. The cascaded multi-level inverter system according to claim 4 , wherein the voltage-type reactive compensation circuit comprises an H-bridge inverter module, a second capacitor, a third capacitor, a first switching transistor, a second switching transistor and a third inductor; wherein
the second capacitor and the third capacitor are connected in series between two input terminals of the H-bridge inverter module;
the series connection point between the second capacitor and the third capacitor is connected, through the first switching transistor and the second switching transistor which are connected in anti-series, with one output terminal of the H-bridge inverter module and one end of the third inductor; and
the other end of the third inductor and the other output terminal of the H-bridge inverter module are connected with the power grid respectively.

8. A controller for a cascaded multi-level inverter system, the cascaded multi-level inverter system comprising a reactive compensation device and a plurality of inverter units, the controller being applied to the reactive compensation device and the plurality of inverter units, the reactive compensation device being connected with a power grid, the plurality of inverter units being connected with a plurality of DC sources respectively, the controller comprising:
a first modulation module configured to perform a maximum power point tracking control based on a voltage signal and a current signal of each of the plurality of DC sources and a voltage signal and a current signal of the power grid obtained by sampling, calculate a first modulation signal for suppressing power imbalance, and output the first modulation signal to each of the plurality of inverter units; and
a second modulation module configured to calculate a reactive compensation current component based on the voltage signal and the current signal of each of the plurality of DC sources and the voltage signal of the power grid obtained by sampling; calculate a reactive current instruction value which is equal in size and opposite in direction

Assignees

• Sungrow Power Supply Co Ltd

Inventors

• Xu Jun
• GU Yu
• Gu Yilei

Classifications

• H02M7/49

  Combination of the output voltage waveforms of a plurality of converters · CPC title

• H02M7/487

  Neutral point clamped inverters · CPC title

• H02M1/4208

  Arrangements for improving power factor of AC input · CPC title

• H02M1/42

  Circuits or arrangements for compensating for or adjusting power factor in converters or inverters · CPC title

• H02J3/26 Primary

  Arrangements for eliminating or reducing asymmetry in polyphase networks · CPC title