Grid-tied inverter apparatus and grid-tied control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12525898-B2
Application number	US-202318489576-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 18, 2023
Priority date	Oct 19, 2022
Publication date	Jan 13, 2026
Grant date	Jan 13, 2026

Abstract

This application describes examples of a grid-tied inverter apparatus and a grid-tied control method. In one example, the grid-tied inverter apparatus includes an inverter circuit, a controller, and a filter circuit. The controller is configured to adjust switching frequencies of a plurality of power switching transistors based on an output current value of the inverter apparatus, to adjust a resonance frequency of the filter circuit through different resonant branches, so that the resonance frequency meets a grid-tied requirement.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A grid-tied inverter apparatus, comprising:
an inverter circuit comprising a plurality of power switching transistors connected in series or in parallel; a filter circuit comprising a plurality of resonant branches that comprise an inductor unit and a plurality of resonant units connected in parallel, wherein one end of the inverter circuit is connected to a direct current power supply, and another end of the inverter circuit is connected to a power grid or a load through the filter circuit; and a controller configured to adjust switching frequencies of the plurality of power switching transistors based on an output current value of the grid-tied inverter apparatus, to adjust a resonance frequency of the filter circuit through different resonant branches, wherein the resonance frequency meets a grid-tied requirement.

2 . The grid-tied inverter apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the filter circuit is configured to:
when the switching frequencies of the plurality of power switching transistors are different, perform resonance through a resonant branch with a lowest equivalent impedance among the plurality of resonant branches, to adjust the resonance frequency of the filter circuit, wherein the controller is configured to synchronously change an equivalent impedance in the plurality of resonant branches when adjusting the switching frequencies of the plurality of power switching transistors.

3 . The grid-tied inverter apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein:
the plurality of resonant units comprise a capacitor unit and at least one variable filter unit, the inductor unit comprises a first inductor unit and a second inductor unit, the first inductor unit and the second inductor unit are connected in series between the inverter circuit and the load, the capacitor unit and the variable filter unit are connected in parallel between the first inductor unit and the second inductor unit, the capacitor unit and the inductor unit constitute a first resonant branch, and the variable filter unit and the inductor unit constitute a second resonant branch; and the controller is further configured to: when the output current value of the grid-tied inverter apparatus is less than an overload current value, adjust the switching frequencies of the plurality of power switching transistors to a first switching frequency, to adjust the resonance frequency of the filter circuit to a first resonance frequency through the first resonant branch, wherein an equivalent impedance of the first resonant branch is less than an equivalent impedance of the second resonant branch when a switching frequency is the first switching frequency, the first resonance frequency is less than a first stabilized frequency, and the first stabilized frequency is a grid-tied stabilized frequency corresponding to the first switching frequency.

4 . The grid-tied inverter apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
when the output current value of the grid-tied inverter apparatus is greater than or equal to the overload current value, reduce the switching frequencies of the plurality of power switching transistors to a second switching frequency, and adjust the resonance frequency of the filter circuit to a second resonance frequency through the second resonant branch, wherein the second switching frequency is less than the first switching frequency, an equivalent impedance of the second resonant branch is less than an equivalent impedance of the first resonant branch when a switching frequency is the second switching frequency, the second resonance frequency is less than a second stabilized frequency and less than the first resonance frequency, and the second stabilized frequency is a grid-tied stabilized frequency corresponding to the second switching frequency.

5 . The grid-tied inverter apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
when the switching frequencies of the plurality of power switching transistors are the second switching frequency and the output current value of the grid-tied inverter apparatus is less than a reset current value, increase the switching frequencies of the plurality of power switching transistors to the first switching frequency, to adjust the resonance frequency of the filter circuit to the first resonance frequency through the first resonant branch, wherein the reset current value is less than or equal to the overload current value.

6 . The grid-tied inverter apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein;
the controller comprises a state determining unit and a drive control unit, and the state determining unit is connected to the inverter circuit through the drive control unit; the state determining unit is configured to output a first state signal when the output current value of the grid-tied inverter apparatus is less than an overload current value; the state determining unit is configured to output a second state signal when the output current value of the grid-tied inverter apparatus is greater than or equal to the overload current value; and the drive control unit is configured to:
control, based on the first state signal, the switching frequencies of the plurality of power switching transistors to be the first switching frequency; or
control, based on the second state signal, the switching frequencies of the plurality of power switching transistors to be the second switching frequency.

7 . The grid-tied inverter apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein:
the state determining unit is further configured to output a first reset signal when the switching frequencies of the plurality of power switching transistors are the second switching frequency and the output current value of the grid-tied inverter apparatus is less than the reset current value; and the drive control unit is further configured to control, based on the first reset signal, the switching frequencies of the plurality of power switching transistors to be the first switching frequency.

8 . The grid-tied inverter apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein one variable filter unit comprises a variable capacitor unit and a variable inductor unit, the variable capacitor unit and the variable inductor unit are connected in series, and a capacitor unit, the variable capacitor unit, and the variable inductor unit meet the following formulas:
Z11<Z21, and Z12>Z22, wherein Z11 is an equivalent impedance of the capacitor unit in a case in which a switching frequency is the first switching frequency, Z21 is an equivalent impedance of the variable filter unit in a case in which the switching frequency is the first switching frequency, Z12 is an equivalent impedance of the capacitor unit in a case in which the switching frequency is the second switching frequency, and Z22 is an equivalent impedance of the variable filter unit in a case in which the switching frequency is the second switching frequency.

9 . A grid-tied control method, applicable to a grid-tied inverter apparatus, wherein the grid-tied inverter apparatus comprises an inverter circuit, a controller, and a filter circuit, the inverter circuit comprises a plurality of power switching transistors connected in series or in parallel, the filter circuit comprises a plurality of resonant branches that comprise an inductor unit and a plurality of resonant units connected in parallel, one end of the inverter circuit is connected to a direct current power supply, another end of the inverter circuit is connected to a power grid or a load through the filter circuit, the controller is connected to the inverter circuit, and the grid-tied control method comprising:
detecting an output current value of the grid-tied inverter ap

Assignees

• Huawei Digital Power Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tang Yunyu
• Shi Lei
• Zhang Yaojia
• Chen Dong
• Xin Kai

Classifications

• H02M7/53806

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• H02M7/4818

  with means for adaptation of resonance frequency, e.g. by modification of capacitance or inductance of resonance circuits · CPC title

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