Ac rotary machine controller

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018367076-A1
Application number	US-201815866705-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 10, 2018
Priority date	Jun 20, 2017
Publication date	Dec 20, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

To provide an AC rotary machine controller which can improve setting accuracy of torque command correction value in a region where change of torque command correction value to change of rotational speed and torque becomes large and where nonlinearity is high, and can suppress increase in data amount of correction value setting map. In correction value setting map, one or both of a torque axis unequal interval setting that sets interval of the torque command map axis to unequal interval in each rotational speed; and a rotation axis unequal interval setting that sets interval of the rotational speed map axis to unequal interval were done.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An AC rotary machine controller for controlling an AC rotary machine via an inverter, the AC rotary machine controller comprising:
a torque command setting calculator that sets a torque command; a torque command correction calculator that calculates a torque command correction value based on the torque command and a rotational speed of the AC rotary machine, and calculates a torque command after correction obtained by correcting the torque command by the torque command correction value; and an inverter controller that controls on/off of a plurality of switching devices which the inverter has, based on the torque command after correction, wherein the torque command correction calculator calculates the torque command correction value corresponding to the present torque command and the present rotational speed, by referring to a correction value setting map in which the torque command and the rotational speed were set as map axes, and the torque command correction value was set as map setting data, and wherein in the correction value setting map, one or both of a torque axis unequal interval setting that sets interval of torque command map axis to unequal interval in the each rotational speed; and a rotation axis unequal interval setting that sets interval of rotational speed map axis to unequal interval were done.

2 . The AC rotary machine controller according to claim 1 , wherein in the correction value setting map, one or both of
a rotation axis overmodulation subdivision setting that sets the interval of the rotational speed map axis an overmodulation rotational speed range more finely than that in a low rotation speed range where the rotational speed is lower than the overmodulation rotational speed range, wherein the overmodulation rotational speed range is range of the rotational speed which becomes an overmodulation region where an amplitude of fundamental wave frequency component of AC voltage applied to windings of the AC rotary machine becomes larger than DC power voltage supplied to the inverter; and a torque axis overmodulation subdivision setting that sets, in the each rotational speed, the interval of the torque command map axis in an overmodulation torque command range more finely than that in. a low torque command range where the torque command is lower than. the overmodulation torque command range, wherein the overmodulation torque command range is a range of the torque command which becomes the overmodulation region were done.

3 . The AC rotary machine controller according to claim 2 , wherein in the correction value setting map, the interval of the torque command map axis was gradually set finely as the torque command becomes large, in the overmodulation torque command range of the each rotational speed.

4 . The AC rotary machine controller according to claim 1 , wherein the inverter controller selects and performs a maximum torque/current control that maximizes a generated torque for the same current, or a voltage limiting control that maintains an induced voltage generated in windings of the AC rotary machine at a voltage limiting value, according to operating point of the rotational speed and the torque command, and
wherein in the correction value setting map, the interval of the rotational speed map axis in a control switching rotational speed range is set more finely than that in the low rotation speed range where the rotational speed is lower than the control switching rotational speed range, wherein the control switching rotational speed range is a range of the rotational speed where the maximum torque/current control and the voltage-limiting control are switched.

5 . The AC rotary machine controller according to claim I, wherein the inverter controller, by referring to a maximum torque setting map in which a relationship among the rotational speed, a DC power voltage, and a maximum torque which the AC rotary machine can output in the each rotational speed is preliminarily set, calculates the maximum torque corresponding to the present rotational speed and the present DC power voltage, and
calculates a torque command ratio obtained by dividing the present torque command by the present maximum torque, then by referring to the correction value setting map in which the torque command ratio was set as the torque command map axis, the rotational speed was set as the map axis, and the torque command correction value was set as the map setting data, calculates the torque command correction value corresponding to the present torque command ratio and the present rotational speed.

6 . The AC rotary machine controller according to claim wherein a plurality of the correction value setting maps are provided for respective plurality of DC power voltages which are different mutually, and
wherein the torque command correction calculator, by referring to the two correction value setting maps of the two DC power voltages near the present DC power voltage currently supplied to the inverter, calculates the two torque command correction values, and calculates a value obtained by interpolating the two torque command correction values based on the present DC power voltage, as the final torque command correction value.

7 . The AC rotary machine controller according to claim wherein the inverter controller controls on/off of the plurality of switching devices by PWM control, and changes carrier frequency of a carrier wave used for the PWM control,
wherein a plurality of the correction value setting maps are provided for respective plurality of the carrier frequencies which are different mutually, and wherein the torque command correction calculator calculates the torque command correction value, by referring to the correction value setting map corresponding to the present carrier frequency.

8 . The AC rotary machine controller according to claim 1 , wherein the inverter controller performs PWM control of a plurality of modulation methods,
wherein a plurality of the correction value setting maps are provided for respective plurality of modulation methods, and wherein the torque command correction calculator calculates the torque command correction value, by referring to the correction value setting map corresponding to the currently performing modulation method.

9 . The AC rotary machine controller according to claim 1 , wherein the inverter controller calculates current commands which flow into windings of the AC rotary machine, based on the torque command after correction,
calculates voltage commands applied to the winding of the AC rotary machine so that actual currents approach the current commands, controls on/off of the plurality of switching devices by PWM control based on the voltage commands, calculates a voltage utilization factor which is a ratio of a line voltage of the voltage commands to a DC power voltage supplied to the inverter, and corrects the current commands so that the voltage utilization factor approaches a target voltage utilization factor, and estimates a torque of the AC rotary machine based on the current commands and the voltage commands, and corrects the current commands so that the estimated torque approaches the torque command after correction.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Nakano Kotaro
• Wada Noriyuki
• Ogawa Yasufumi
• Matsuura Daiki

Classifications

• H02P6/183

  using an injected high frequency signal · CPC title

• H02P21/0021

  using different modes of control depending on a parameter, e.g. the speed · CPC title

• H02P27/06 Primary

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

• G01D5/20

  by varying inductance, e.g. by a movable armature · CPC title

• H02P21/18

  Estimation of position or speed · CPC title