Method for three-phase supply into an alternating voltage network, and three-phase inverter

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11855459-B2
Application number	US-202117473150-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 13, 2021
Priority date	Mar 14, 2019
Publication date	Dec 26, 2023
Grant date	Dec 26, 2023

Abstract

A method for three-phase infeed of electrical power from a DC source into a three-phase AC grid by means of an inverter includes measuring phase-specific grid voltages of the three-phase AC grid, and determining a grid frequency from the measured phase-specific grid voltages. The method also includes generating phase-specific voltage reference values from the phase-specifically measured grid voltages and the determined grid frequency, and generating phase-specific target current values using phase-specific predetermined target current amplitude values, the phase-specific voltage reference values and respective grid voltage amplitudes.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for three-phase infeed of electrical power from a DC source into a three-phase AC grid by means of an inverter, wherein the inverter has a regulation circuit, and wherein the regulation circuit comprises a regulator circuit and a multiplier circuit, comprising:
measuring phase-specific grid voltages of the three-phase AC grid;
determining a grid frequency from the measured phase-specific grid voltages;
generating phase-specific sinusoidal voltage reference values using the regulator circuit from the measured phase-specific grid voltages and the determined grid frequency, wherein the phase-specific sinusoidal voltage reference values have phase-specific amplitudes and a common frequency corresponding to the respective amplitudes and frequency of the measured phase-specific grid voltages of individual phases of the three-phase AC grid,
generating phase-specific target current values using the multiplier circuit by forming products of phase-specific predetermined target current amplitude values and the phase-specific sinusoidal voltage reference values and dividing the formed products by respective phases of grid voltage amplitudes, and
using the phase-specific target current values for driving power switches of the inverter.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the regulator circuit for generating the phase-specific sinusoidal voltage reference values comprises a bandpass filter or an integrator circuit.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the phase-specific predetermined target current amplitude values are predetermined such that individually predetermined active powers are fed in on the phases.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the phase-specific predetermined target current values are predetermined such that a same or substantially a same active power is fed in on all of the phases.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the phase-specific predetermined target current values are predetermined such that on at least one of the phases an active power is fed in which has an opposite sign in comparison with an active power on at least one other phase.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
using a further multiplier circuit, forming products of phase-specific predetermined target reactive current amplitude values and phase-specific voltage reference values phase-shifted by 90 degrees in each case, adding the formed products to products of the phase-specific predetermined target current amplitude values and the phase-specific voltage reference values to form a summation; and
normalizing the resulting summation values phase-specifically to the respective grid voltage amplitudes.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the phase-specific predetermined target reactive current amplitude values are predetermined such that individually predetermined reactive powers are fed in on the phases.

8. An inverter for three-phase infeed of electrical power from a DC source into a three-phase AC grid, wherein the inverter has a regulation circuit configured to:
measure phase-specific grid voltages of the three-phase AC grid;
determine a grid frequency from the measured phase-specific grid voltages;
generate phase-specific sinusoidal voltage reference values from the phase-specific measured grid voltages and the determined grid frequency, wherein the phase-specific sinusoidal voltage reference values have phase-specific amplitudes and a common frequency corresponding to the respective amplitudes and frequency of the measured phase-specific grid voltages of individual phases of the three-phase AC grid;
generate phase-specific target current values by forming products of phase-specific predetermined target current amplitude values and the phase-specific sinusoidal voltage reference values and dividing the formed products by respective phases of grid voltage amplitudes; and
use the phase-specific target current values for driving power switches of the inverter.

9. The inverter of claim 8 , wherein the regulation circuit comprises a regulator circuit and a multiplier circuit.

10. The inverter of claim 9 , wherein the regulator circuit is configured to generate the phase-specific sinusoidal voltage reference values from the phase-specific measured grid voltages and the determined grid frequency, wherein the phase-specific sinusoidal voltage reference values have phase-specific amplitudes and a common frequency corresponding to the respective amplitudes and frequency of the measured phase-specific grid voltages of the individual phases.

11. The inverter of claim 9 , wherein the multiplier circuit is configured to generate the phase-specific target current values by forming products of the phase-specific predetermined target current amplitude values and the phase-specific sinusoidal voltage reference values and normalizing them phase-specifically to respective grid voltage amplitudes.

Assignees

• Sma Solar Technology Ag

Inventors

• Unru Alexander
• Welker Moritz
• Bechtel Neidhardt
• Pape Sybille

Classifications

• H02J3/26 Primary

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

• H02M7/53875

  with analogue control of three-phase output · CPC title

• H02J3/44 Primary

  with means for ensuring correct phase sequence · CPC title

• Y02E40/50

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

• Y02E10/56

  Power conversion systems, e.g. maximum power point trackers · CPC title