Method for establishing a supply voltage and inverter

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12418182-B2
Application number	US-202318505191-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 9, 2023
Priority date	May 10, 2021
Publication date	Sep 16, 2025
Grant date	Sep 16, 2025

Abstract

A method for building up a mains voltage by using a plurality of independently controlled virtual synchronous machine (VISMA) power inverters includes supplying each VISMA power inverter with power, starting a VISMA control in each VISMA power inverter by specifying a target mains voltage to a control model of the plurality of VISMA power inverters for generating a virtual target mains voltage in each VISMA power inverter, transferring a synchronization event to all of the plurality of VISMA power inverters for phase matching of the virtual target mains voltages of the plurality of VISMA power inverters with respect to one another, building up an output AC voltage with a matched phase position depending on the target mains voltage and the synchronization event in each VISMA power inverter, and simultaneously building up of the mains voltage by all of the plurality of VISMA power inverters using the output AC voltages.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for building up a mains voltage by using a plurality of independently controlled virtual synchronous machine (VISMA) power inverters that are together connected to a load, the load requiring more power than a single one of the plurality of VISMA power inverters is able to deliver, the method comprising:
supplying each VISMA power inverter with power,
starting a VISMA control in each VISMA power inverter by specifying a target mains voltage to a control model of the plurality of VISMA power inverters for generating a virtual target mains voltage in each VISMA power inverter,
transferring a synchronization event to all of the plurality of VISMA power inverters for phase matching of the virtual target mains voltages of the plurality of VISMA power inverters with respect to one another,
building up an output AC voltage with a matched phase position depending on the target mains voltage and the synchronization event in each VISMA power inverter, and
simultaneously building up of the mains voltage by all of the plurality of VISMA power inverters with the matched phase position using the output AC voltages.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the specification of the target mains voltage is performed with a predetermined mains frequency depending on the virtual target mains voltage that is passed to the control model of the VISMA power inverters.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein each VISMA power inverter generates the virtual target mains voltage itself.

4. The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the phase matching is performed by matching the phase position of the virtual target mains voltages in the plurality of VISMA power inverters.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the phase matching is performed by a first synchronization event, the first synchronization event being a rising edge of a synchronization pulse.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the building up of the mains voltage is triggered by a second synchronization event, the second synchronization event being a falling edge of a synchronization pulse.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein with or after the building up of the mains voltage, the specification of the target mains voltage changes from depending on the virtual target mains voltage to depending on a measured mains voltage.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the load to be supplied is distributed evenly to the plurality of VISMA power inverters, triggered by a second synchronization event.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
determining a virtual target current value for each VISMA power inverter, and
adjusting a virtual current to the virtual target current value.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the mains voltage is built up after expiration of a response time of the virtual current.

11. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the mains voltage is built up after expiration of a predetermined response time of 20 ms to 200 ms.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein with or after the expiration of the predetermined response time, the specification of the target mains voltage changes from depending on the virtual target mains voltage to depending on a measured mains voltage.

13. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the mains voltage is built up over a defined ramp.

14. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the VISMA power inverters are connected to a DC link for supply with power.

15. A voltage supply system, comprising:
a plurality of independently controlled virtual synchronous machine (VISMA) power inverters connected to a DC voltage, wherein outputs of the plurality of VISMA power inverters are connected together to a load, the load requiring more power than a single one of the plurality of VISMA power inverters is able to deliver, and
a synchronization event generator connected to a synchronization event input of each VISMA power inverter, wherein the synchronization event generator is configured to transfer a synchronization event to all of the plurality of VISMA power inverters,
wherein each respective VISMA power inverter is configured to:
build up a VISMA control of an output AC voltage at the output thereof depending on a predetermined target mains voltage,
synchronize a phase position of the output AC voltage to a first synchronization event that is received at the synchronization event input from the synchronization event generator, and
build up a mains voltage simultaneously with all of the plurality of VISMA power inverters with a matched phase position after synchronization of the phase position has taken place.

16. The voltage supply system as claimed in claim 15 , wherein each VISMA power inverter is further configured to build up the mains voltage synchronously to a second synchronization event.

17. The voltage supply system as claimed in claim 15 , wherein a control model is stored in each VISMA power inverter, wherein the control model is configured to calculate a virtual current that is returned to the control model as a virtual target current value.

Assignees

• Trumpf Huettinger Gmbh Co Kg

Inventors

• Kaufmann Jens

Classifications

• H02J4/25

  for transfer of electric power between AC and DC networks, e.g. for supplying the DC section within a load from an AC mains system · CPC title

• H02J3/48 Primary

  Controlling the sharing of active power · CPC title

• H02J3/381

  Dispersed generators · CPC title

• H02J3/10

  Current-controlled supply systems, e.g. constant-current supply systems · CPC title

• H02J3/40 Primary

  Synchronisation of generators for connection to a network or to another generator · CPC title