Control device and power conversion device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12525866-B2
Application number	US-202118549662-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 19, 2021
Priority date	Mar 19, 2021
Publication date	Jan 13, 2026
Grant date	Jan 13, 2026

Abstract

A control device includes a power generator simulation unit to generate a voltage command value, and a signal generation unit to generate a control signal for the power converter. The power generator simulation unit includes a first integrator to time-integrate a first difference between effective power and a target value of the effective power and output a first angular frequency, a second integrator to time-integrate the first angular frequency and output a phase of an AC voltage, and a voltage command generation unit to generate the voltage command value based on the AC voltage, a target value of the AC voltage, and the phase. When a voltage difference between the AC voltage and the target value of the AC voltage is greater than a threshold, the first integrator outputs a difference between an angular frequency of the AC voltage and a reference angle frequency as the first angular frequency.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A control device for controlling a power converter to convert DC power into AC power and output the AC power to a power system, the control device comprising:
a power generator simulation unit to generate a voltage command value for the power converter by simulating a characteristic of a synchronous power generator based on an AC voltage and an AC current in the power system; and a signal generation unit to generate a control signal for the power converter based on the voltage command value generated by the power generator simulation unit, wherein the power generator simulation unit includes
a first integrator to time-integrate a first difference between effective power calculated based on the AC voltage and the AC current and a target value of the effective power, and output a first angular frequency,
a second integrator to time-integrate the first angular frequency and output a phase of the AC voltage outputted from the power converter, and
a voltage command generation unit to generate the voltage command value based on the AC voltage, a target value of the AC voltage, and the phase outputted from the second integrator, and
when a voltage difference between the AC voltage and the target value of the AC voltage is greater than a threshold, or when the AC current is greater than a reference current value, the first integrator outputs a difference between an angular frequency of the AC voltage and a reference angle frequency as the first angular frequency, regardless of a result of time integration of the first difference.

2 . The control device according to claim 1 , wherein, when the voltage difference is less than or equal to the threshold, or when the AC current is less than or equal to the reference current value, the first integrator outputs the result of time integration of the first difference as the first angular frequency.

3 . The control device according to claim 1 , wherein, when the voltage difference is greater than the threshold, or when the AC current is greater than the reference current value, the second integrator outputs a phase of the voltage command value generated by the voltage command generation unit, as the phase of the AC voltage outputted from the power converter, regardless of a result of time integration of the first angular frequency.

4 . The control device according to claim 1 , wherein, when the voltage difference is less than or equal to the threshold, or when the AC current is less than or equal to the reference current value, the second integrator outputs a value obtained by time-integrating an addition value calculated by adding the first angular frequency to the reference angle frequency, as the phase of the AC voltage outputted from the power converter.

5 . The control device according to claim 4 , wherein
the voltage command generation unit transforms the AC voltage and the target value of the AC voltage into a rotating coordinate system having a d axis and a q axis, and defines a control circle with a center at the AC voltage, when the voltage difference is greater than the threshold, or when the AC current is greater than the reference current value, the voltage command generation unit generates a voltage vector to an intersection point between the control circle and a straight line connecting a vector of the target value of the AC voltage with a vector of the AC voltage, sets a magnitude of the voltage vector as a magnitude of the voltage command value, and sets a phase of the voltage vector as a phase of the voltage command value, and the threshold is a radius of the control circle.

6 . The control device according to claim 5 , wherein, when the voltage difference is less than or equal to the threshold, or when the AC current is less than or equal to the reference current value, the voltage command generation unit sets a magnitude of the target value of the AC voltage as the magnitude of the voltage command value, and sets the phase outputted from the second integrator as the phase of the voltage command value.

7 . A power conversion device comprising:
a power converter to convert DC power into AC power and output the AC power to a power system; and a control device to control the power converter, the control device including
a power generator simulation unit to generate a voltage command value for the power converter by simulating a characteristic of a synchronous power generator based on an AC voltage and an AC current in the power system, and
a signal generation unit to generate a control signal for the power converter based on the voltage command value generated by the power generator simulation unit, wherein
the power generator simulation unit includes
a first integrator to time-integrate a first difference between effective power calculated based on the AC voltage and the AC current and a target value of the effective power, and output a first angular frequency,
a second integrator to time-integrate the first angular frequency and output a phase of the AC voltage outputted from the power converter, and
a voltage command generation unit to generate the voltage command value based on the AC voltage, a target value of the AC voltage, and the phase outputted from the second integrator, and

when a voltage difference between the AC voltage and the target value of the AC voltage is greater than a threshold, or when the AC current is greater than a reference current value, the first integrator outputs a difference between an angular frequency of the AC voltage and a reference angle frequency as the first angular frequency, regardless of a result of time integration of the first difference.

8 . The control device according to claim 2 , wherein, when the voltage difference is greater than the threshold, or when the AC current is greater than the reference current value, the second integrator outputs a phase of the voltage command value generated by the voltage command generation unit, as the phase of the AC voltage outputted from the power converter, regardless of a result of time integration of the first angular frequency.

9 . The control device according to claim 2 , wherein, when the voltage difference is less than or equal to the threshold, or when the AC current is less than or equal to the reference current value, the second integrator outputs a value obtained by time-integrating an addition value calculated by adding the first angular frequency to the reference angle frequency, as the phase of the AC voltage outputted from the power converter.

10 . The control device according to claim 3 , wherein, when the voltage difference is less than or equal to the threshold, or when the AC current is less than or equal to the reference current value, the second integrator outputs a value obtained by time-integrating an addition value calculated by adding the first angular frequency to the reference angle frequency, as the phase of the AC voltage outputted from the power converter.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Fujiwara Shuhei
• Uda Ryosuke
• Kono Yoshiyuki

Classifications

• H02M7/48 Primary

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

• H02M1/32

  Means for protecting converters other than automatic disconnection · CPC title

• H02J3/44

  with means for ensuring correct phase sequence · CPC title

• H02M1/0012

  Control circuits using digital or numerical techniques (in DC/DC converters H02M3/157, H02M3/33515; in DC-AC converters H02M7/53873) · CPC title

• H02M1/0025

  Arrangements for modifying reference values, feedback values or error values in the control loop of a converter · CPC title