Electric power conversion system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9270187-B2
Application number	US-201414218361-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 18, 2014
Priority date	Mar 21, 2013
Publication date	Feb 23, 2016
Grant date	Feb 23, 2016

Abstract

An electric power conversion system includes: a primary electric power conversion circuit including a primary coil connected to a connection point between a plurality of transistors; a secondary electric power conversion circuit configured similarly to the primary electric power conversion circuit and including a secondary coil corresponding to the primary coil; and a control circuit controlling transfer of electric power between the primary and secondary electric power conversion circuits. The control circuit executes feedforward control for setting one of an on/off ratio of a terminal voltage signal of the primary coil and an on/off ratio of a terminal voltage signal of the secondary coil, in response to at least one of fluctuations in voltage ratio between both waveforms and fluctuations in phase symmetry between both waveforms, when the terminal voltage waveform of the primary coil and the terminal voltage waveform of the secondary coil are different from each other.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electric power conversion system comprising:
a primary electric power conversion circuit including a plurality of serially connected primary transistors and a primary coil connected to a primary connection point between the plurality of transistors, between a primary positive electrode bus and a primary negative electrode bus, the plurality of primary transistors include:
a primary left arm in which a primary left arm upper transistor and a primary left arm lower transistor are connected in series with each other at a primary left arm connection point between the primary positive electrode bus and the primary negative electrode bus; and
a primary right arm in which a primary right arm upper transistor and a primary right arm lower transistor are connected in series with each other at a primary right arm connection point between the primary positive electrode bus and the primary negative electrode bus,
the primary coil is connected and arranged between the primary left arm connection point and the primary right arm connection point;

a secondary electric power conversion circuit including a plurality of serially connected secondary transistors and a secondary coil connected to a secondary connection point between the plurality of secondary transistors, between a secondary positive electrode bus and a secondary negative electrode bus, the plurality of secondary transistors include:
a secondary left arm in which a secondary left arm upper transistor and a secondary left arm lower transistor are connected in series with each other at a secondary left arm connection point between the secondary positive electrode bus and the secondary negative electrode bus; and
a secondary right arm in which a secondary right arm upper transistor and a secondary right arm lower transistor are connected in series with each other at a secondary right arm connection point between the secondary positive electrode bus and the secondary negative electrode bus,
the secondary coil is connected and arranged between the secondary left arm connection point and the secondary right arm connection point; and

a control circuit configured to control transfer of electric power between the primary electric power conversion circuit and the secondary electric power conversion circuit by magnetically coupling the primary coil to the secondary coil,
the control circuit is configured to execute feedforward control for setting one of an on/off ratio of a terminal voltage signal of the primary coil and an on/off ratio of a terminal voltage signal of the secondary coil so that circulating current is zero or suppressed, the circulating current flowing through at least one of the primary electric power conversion circuit and the secondary electric power conversion circuit when both terminal voltage of the primary coil and terminal voltage of the secondary coil are zero, in response to at least one of fluctuations in voltage ratio between a terminal voltage waveform of the primary coil and a terminal voltage waveform of the secondary coil and fluctuations in phase symmetry between the terminal voltage waveform of the primary coil and the terminal voltage waveform of the secondary coil, when the terminal voltage waveform of the primary coil and the terminal voltage waveform of the secondary coil are different from each other, wherein
there is a phase difference between the terminal voltage waveform of the primary coil and the terminal voltage waveform of the secondary coil,
a dead time converted value is determined on the basis of a dead time set in order to prevent a short circuit of at least one of the primary left arm, the secondary left arm, the primary right arm and the secondary right arm, and
feedforward control is not executed when the phase difference is smaller than the dead time converted value; whereas feedforward control is executed when the phase difference is larger than or equal to the dead time converted value.

2. The electric power conversion system according to claim 1 , wherein the control circuit is configured to execute feedforward control such that the on/off ratio of each one of the transistors of a power transmitting one of the primary electric power conversion circuit and the secondary electric power conversion circuit is smaller than the on/off ratio of each one of the transistors of a power receiving other of the primary electric power conversion circuit and the secondary electric power conversion circuit.

3. The electric power conversion system according to claim 1 , wherein
a voltage between the primary positive electrode bus and the primary negative electrode bus is V A ,
a voltage between the secondary positive electrode bus and a secondary negative electrode bus is V B ,
a winding number ratio between the primary coil and the secondary coil is 1:N;
the on/off ratio in a switching control over each of the secondary left arm lower transistor and the secondary right arm lower transistor is set to D 2 ,
wherein when electric power is transferred from the secondary electric power conversion circuit to the primary electric power conversion circuit, the secondary electric power conversion circuit is a power transmitting electric power conversion circuit and the primary electric power conversion circuit is a power receiving electric power conversion circuit,
wherein the on/off ratio D 2 of each of the secondary left arm upper transistor, the secondary left arm lower transistor, the secondary right arm upper transistor, and the secondary right arm lower transistor is reset using D 2 +ΔD,
wherein ΔD=(1−D 2 )·(1−N·V A /N B ).

4. An electric power conversion system comprising:
a primary electric power conversion circuit including a plurality of serially connected primary transistors and a primary coil connected to a primary connection point between the plurality of transistors, between a primary positive electrode bus and a primary negative electrode bus, the plurality of primary transistors include a primary left arm and a primary right arm, in the primary left arm a primary left arm upper transistor and a primary left arm lower transistor are connected in series with each other at a primary left arm connection point between the primary positive electrode bus and the primary negative electrode bus, in the primary right arm a primary right arm upper transistor and a primary right arm lower transistor are connected in series with each other at a primary right arm connection point between the primary positive electrode bus and the primary negative electrode bus, the primary coil is connected and arranged between the primary left arm connection portion and the primary right arm connection point;
a secondary electric power conversion circuit including a plurality of serially connected secondary transistors and a secondary coil connected to a secondary connection point between the plurality of secondary transistors, between a secondary positive electrode bus and a secondary negative electrode bus, the plurality of secondary transistors include a secondary left arm and a secondary right arm, in the secondary left arm a secondary left arm upper transistor and a secondary left arm lower transistor are connected in series with each other at a secondary left arm connection point between the secondary positive electrode bus and the secondary negative electrode bus, in the secondary right arm a secondary right arm upper transistor and a secondary right arm lower transistor are connected in series with each other at a secondary right arm connection point between the secondary positive electrode bus and the secondary negative electrode bus, the secondary coil is connected and arranged between the secondary left arm connection point and the secondary right arm connection point; and
a control circuit configured to control transfer of electric po

Assignees

• Takagi Kenichi
• Ishigaki Masanori
• Umeno Takaji
• Hirano Takahiro
• Muto Jun
• Terada Yasuharu
• Nagashita Kenichiro
• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Takagi Kenichi
• Ishigaki Masanori
• Umeno Takaji
• Hirano Takahiro
• Muto Jun
• Terada Yasuharu
• Nagashita Kenichiro

Classifications

• H02M3/3353 Primary

  having at least two simultaneously operating switches on the input side, e.g. "double forward" or "double (switched) flyback" converter · CPC title

• H02M1/38

  Means for preventing simultaneous conduction of switches · CPC title

• H02M3/33584

  Bidirectional converters · CPC title

• H02M2001/0016

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H02M1/0016

  Control circuits providing compensation of output voltage deviations using feedforward of disturbance parameters · CPC title