Power conversion device, recording medium, and control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025047214-A1
Application number	US-202118718676-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 15, 2021
Priority date	Dec 15, 2021
Publication date	Feb 6, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A power conversion device is disclosed in which a first command to change amplitude and phase of AC-power by grid forming control (GFM) is generated. A second command to change amplitude and phase of the AC-power by grid following control (GFL) is generated. A modulation circuit changes amplitude and phase of the AC-power in response to the first or second command. The first command is corrected before input to the modulation circuit is switched from the second command to the first command such that a difference between target amplitude of the first command and amplitude of a given grid voltage becomes a threshold or smaller, a difference between target frequency of the first command and frequency of the grid voltage becomes a threshold or smaller, and a difference between target phase of the first command and phase of the grid voltage becomes a threshold or smaller.

First claim

1 . A power conversion device comprising:
a conversion unit circuit configured to convert DC power output from a power supply into AC power and output the AC power; a grid forming control unit circuit configured to generate a first modulation command to change an amplitude and a phase of an output voltage from the conversion unit circuit by grid forming control for maintaining the amplitude and the phase of the output voltage at given set values; a grid following control unit circuit configured to generate a second modulation command to change the amplitude and the phase of the output voltage by grid following control for causing the amplitude and the phase of the output voltage to follow an amplitude and a phase of a grid voltage as a voltage of a given power grid; a modulation unit circuit configured to change the amplitude and the phase of the output voltage on the basis of the first modulation command or the second modulation command; a switching unit circuit configured to switch input to the modulation unit circuit such that either the first modulation command or the second modulation command is input to the modulation unit circuit; and a synchronization adjusting unit circuit configured to correct the first modulation command before the input to the modulation unit circuit is switched from the second modulation command to the first modulation command, the first modulation command being corrected such that
a difference between a target amplitude of the first modulation command and the amplitude of the grid voltage is equal to or smaller than a threshold,
a difference between a target frequency of the first modulation command and a frequency of the grid voltage is equal to or smaller than a threshold, and
a difference between a target phase of the first modulation command and the phase of the grid voltage is equal to or smaller than a threshold.

2 . The power conversion device according to claim 1 , wherein
the synchronization adjusting unit circuit includes
a voltage adjusting unit circuit configured to generate an amplitude correction signal making a correction amount with respect to the target amplitude larger as the difference between the target amplitude and the amplitude of the grid voltage is larger, and
a frequency adjusting unit circuit configured to generate a frequency correction signal making a correction amount with respect to the target frequency larger as the difference between the target frequency and the frequency of the grid voltage is larger, and
the first modulation command is corrected on the basis of the amplitude correction signal and the frequency correction signal.

3 . The power conversion device according to claim 2 , wherein the frequency adjusting unit circuit is configured to generate the frequency correction signal such that the correction amount with respect to the target frequency becomes a value other than zero.

4 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium on which programmed instructions are recorded, the instructions causing a computer to execute processing, the computer including A computer program for an information processing apparatus controlling a conversion unit circuit serving to convert DC power output from a power supply into AC power and output the AC power, the computer program causing the information processing apparatus to execute: the processing to be executed by the computer comprising:
processing of generating a first modulation command to change an amplitude and a phase of an output voltage from the conversion unit circuit by grid forming control for maintaining the amplitude and the phase of the output voltage at given set values; processing of generating a second modulation command to change the amplitude and the phase of the output voltage by grid following control for causing the amplitude and the phase of the output voltage to follow an amplitude and a phase of a grid voltage as a voltage of a given power grid; processing of changing the amplitude and the phase of the output voltage on the basis of the first modulation command or the second modulation command; processing of switching input to a modulation unit circuit serving to change the amplitude and the phase of the output voltage, the switching being performed such that either the first modulation command or the second modulation command is input to the modulation unit circuit; and processing of correcting the first modulation command before the input to the modulation unit circuit is switched from the second modulation command to the first modulation command, the first modulation command being corrected such that
a difference between a target amplitude of the first modulation command and the amplitude of the grid voltage is equal to or smaller than a threshold,
a difference between a target frequency of the first modulation command and a frequency of the grid voltage is equal to or smaller than a threshold, and
a difference between a target phase of the first modulation command and the phase of the grid voltage is equal to or smaller than a threshold.

5 . The recording medium according to claim 4 , wherein the processing to be executed by the computer further comprises:
processing of generating an amplitude correction signal making a correction amount with respect to the target amplitude larger as the difference between the target amplitude and the amplitude of the grid voltage is larger; and processing of generating a frequency correction signal making a correction amount with respect to the target frequency larger as the difference between the target frequency and the frequency of the grid voltage is larger, wherein the processing of correcting the first modulation command is performed on the basis of the amplitude correction signal and the frequency correction signal.

6 . The recording medium according to claim 5 , wherein the processing of generating the frequency correction signal is performed such that the correction amount with respect to the target frequency becomes a value other than zero.

7 . A control method implemented by a device including a conversion circuit, a grid forming control circuit, a grid following control circuit, a modulation circuit, and a switching circuit, the conversion circuit serving to convert DC power output from a power supply into AC power and output the AC power, the grid forming control circuit serving to generate a first modulation command to change an amplitude and a phase of an output voltage from the conversion circuit by grid forming control for maintaining the amplitude and the phase of the output voltage at given set values, the grid following control circuit serving to generate a second modulation command to change the amplitude and the phase of the output voltage by grid following control for causing the amplitude and the phase of the output voltage to follow an amplitude and a phase of a grid voltage as a voltage of a given power grid, the modulation circuit serving to change the amplitude and the phase of the output voltage on the basis of the first modulation command or the second modulation command, the switching circuit serving to switch input to the modulation circuit such that either the first modulation command or the second modulation command is input to the modulation circuit, the control method comprising:
correcting the first modulation command before the input to the modulation circuit is switched from the second modulation command to the first modulation command, the first modulation command being corrected such that
a difference between a target amplitude of the first modulation command and the amplitude of the grid voltage is equal to or smaller than a threshold,
a difference between a target frequency of the first modulation command and a frequency of the grid voltage

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk
• Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corp

Inventors

• Akiyama Yukina
• Kawachi Shunsuke
• Kudo Yuki
• Sakauchi Yoko
• Toba Koji
• Mitsumoto Kenji
• Takeda Daisuke

Classifications

• H02M7/537 Primary

  using semiconductor devices only, e.g. single switched pulse inverters · CPC title

• H02M7/48 Primary

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