Booster control device and method of controlling voltage of booster control device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018062555-A1
Application number	US-201615324336-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 26, 2016
Priority date	Aug 26, 2016
Publication date	Mar 1, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

A booster control device includes an output voltage detection unit that detects output voltage of a booster which changes the output voltage according to a phase difference; a storage battery voltage detection unit that detects storage battery voltage; and a booster control unit that performs feedback control on the output voltage of the booster in order for a difference between an output voltage command value to the booster and detected output voltage to be equal to zero. Further, the booster control unit includes a gain control unit that corrects a control gain according to the storage battery voltage on the basis of storage battery voltage dependency of an input-output characteristic representing booster output with respect to a phase difference of the booster, in order for the booster output to have the control gain uniquely determined by the phase difference and outputs a control phase difference to the booster.

First claim

1 . A booster control device comprising:
an output voltage detection unit that detects output voltage of a booster which is a transformer-coupled DC-DC converter in which two bridge circuits each having a plurality of switching elements are coupled to each other by a transformer, is provided between an inverter connected to a rotating electrical machinery and a storage battery supplying power to the rotating electrical machinery, and changes the output voltage according to a phase difference between voltages output by each of the bridge circuits; a storage battery voltage detection unit that detects storage battery voltage across the storage battery; and a booster control unit that performs feedback control on the output voltage of the booster in order for a difference between an output voltage command value to the booster and detected output voltage detected by the output voltage detection unit to be equal to zero, wherein the booster control unit includes a gain control unit that corrects a control gain according to the storage battery voltage detected by the storage battery voltage detection unit on the basis of storage battery voltage dependency of an input-output characteristic representing booster output with respect to a phase difference of the booster, in order for the booster output to have the control gain uniquely determined by the phase difference independently of the storage battery voltage and outputs a control phase difference to the booster.

2 . The booster control device according to claim 1 , wherein the booster control unit includes a non-linearity correction unit that corrects the control phase difference in order for non-linearity of the input-output characteristic representing the booster output with respect to the phase difference of the booster to be linear.

3 . The booster control device according to claim 1 , wherein the booster control unit includes an output restriction unit that restricts a variation in output of the control phase difference to a predetermined value or less in each control period.

4 . The booster control device according to claim 1 , wherein the storage battery is a capacitor.

5 . A method of controlling voltage of a booster control device comprising: an output voltage detection unit that detects output voltage of a booster which is a transformer-coupled DC-DC converter in which two bridge circuits each having a plurality of switching elements are coupled to each other by a transformer, is provided between an inverter connected to a rotating electrical machinery and a storage battery supplying power to the rotating electrical machinery, and changes the output voltage according to a phase difference between voltages output by each of the bridge circuits; a storage battery voltage detection unit that detects storage battery voltage across the storage battery; and a booster control unit that performs feedback control on the output voltage of the booster in order for a difference between an output voltage command value to the booster and detected output voltage detected by the output voltage detection unit to be equal to zero, wherein
the booster control unit corrects a control gain according to the storage battery voltage detected by the storage battery voltage detection unit on the basis of storage battery voltage dependency of an input-output characteristic representing booster output with respect to a phase difference of the booster, in order for the booster output to have the control gain uniquely determined by the phase difference independently of the storage battery voltage and outputs a control phase difference to the booster.

6 . The method of controlling voltage of a booster control device according to claim 5 , wherein the booster control unit corrects the control phase difference in order for non-linearity of the input-output characteristic representing the booster output with respect to the phase difference of the booster to be linear.

7 . The method of controlling voltage of a booster control device according to claim 5 , wherein the booster control unit restricts a variation in output of the control phase difference to a predetermined value or less in each control period.

Assignees

• Komatsu Mfg Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sagawa Tomohiko
• Moki Atsushi

Classifications

• H03G1/0094

  using switched capacitors · CPC title

• H02P27/06 Primary

  using DC to AC converters or inverters (H02P27/05 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H02M3/33569

  having several active switching elements (H02M3/3353 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H02M3/33584 Primary

  Bidirectional converters · CPC title

• H02M3/33573

  Full-bridge at primary side of an isolation transformer · CPC title