Motor control device of air conditioner using distributed power supply

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9543884-B2
Application number	US-200913377095-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 10, 2009
Priority date	Jun 10, 2009
Publication date	Jan 10, 2017
Grant date	Jan 10, 2017

Abstract

A motor control device of an air conditioner may include: a DC/DC converter that level-changes a DC power supply supplied from the outside to output the level-charged DC power supply to a DC bus terminal; a bidirectional DC/AC converter that converts the DC power supply of the DC bus terminal into an AC power supply to transfer the converted AC power supply to a system, or that converts the AC power supply from the system into the DC/power supply to supply the converted DC power supply to the DC bus terminal; and an inverter that converts the DC power supply of the DC bus terminal into the AC power supply by a switching operation, and drives a compression motor by the converted AC power supply.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A motor control device of an air conditioner using a distributed power supply comprising:
a first dc/dc converter which is supplied an outside DC power and converts the outside DC power to a first level DC power which is output to a DC terminal bus;
a power detecting unit to detect a DC terminal bus DC power;
a bidirectional dc/ac converter to convert the DC terminal bus DC power into a first AC power and to transfer the first AC power to a system, or to convert a second AC power from the system into a second level DC power and to supply the second level DC power to the DC terminal bus;
an inverter to convert the DC terminal bus DC power into a third AC power by a switching operation and to drive a motor for a compressor using the third AC power;
an output current detecting unit to detect an output current flowing through the motor for the compressor;
a second dc/dc converter to convert the DC terminal bus DC power to a third level DC power and to output the third level DC power to the inverter;
a control unit to control switching elements in the inverter, to control the bidirectional dc/ac converter, and to control the second dc/dc converter,
wherein the control unit receives DC terminal bus DC power from the power detecting unit and outputs a bidirectional converter controls signal for control of the bidirectional dc/ac converter, and
the control unit receives the output current from the output current detecting unit and outputs an inverter switching control signal for control of the inverter,
wherein the control unit controls the first dc/dc converter to adjust the first level DC power output from the first dc/dc converter using the DC terminal bus DC power detected from the power detecting unit,
wherein the control unit controls the second dc/dc converter to adjust the third level DC power output from the second dc/dc converter using the DC terminal bus DC power detected from the power detecting unit,
wherein the control unit controls the bidirectional dc/ac converter to convert the DC terminal bus DC power into the first AC power and transfer the first AC power to the system when the DC terminal bus DC power is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, and to convert the second AC power from the system to the second level DC power and transfer the second level DC power to the DC terminal bus when the DC terminal bus DC power is less than the predetermined value,
wherein when the second level DC power output from the bidirectional dc/ac converter or the first level DC power output from the first dc/dc converter is outside allowable range for operation of the inverter, the second dc/dc converter converts the DC terminal bus DC power to the third level DC power and outputs to the third level DC power to the inverter.

2. The motor control device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a storage capacitor to store the DC terminal bus DC power.

3. The motor control device of claim 1 , wherein the outside DC power is electrically converted from at least one of solar power, wind power, tidal power, or geothermal power.

4. The motor control device of claim 1 , wherein the control unit includes:
an estimating unit to estimate a speed of a rotor of the motor based on output current flowing through the motor;
a current command generating unit to generate a current command value based on the estimated speed and a speed command value;
a voltage command generating unit to generate a voltage command value based on the current command value and the output current; and
a switching control signal output unit to output the inverter switching control signal based on a voltage command value,
wherein the inverter switching control signal is applied to a gate terminal of the switching elements in the inverter to control on or off of the switching elements in the inverter.

5. A motor control device of an air conditioner comprising:
a first dc/dc converter which is supplied an outside DC power and converts the outside DC power to a first level DC power which is output;
a power detecting unit to detect a DC terminal bus DC power;
a bidirectional dc/ac converter to convert the DC terminal bus DC power into a first AC power and to transfer the first AC power to a system, or to convert a second AC power from the system into a second level DC power and to supply the second level DC power to the DC terminal bus;
a plurality of inverters to respectively convert the DC terminal bus DC power into a plurality of AC power by a switching operation and to drive a plurality of motors for a compressor using the plurality of AC power;
an output current detecting unit to detect an output current flowing through a first motor from among the plurality of motors;
a second dc/dc converter to convert the DC terminal bus DC power into a third level DC power and to output the third level DC power to a first inverter of the plurality of inverters;
a third dc/dc converter to convert the DC terminal bus DC power into a fourth level DC power and to output the fourth level DC power to a second inverter of the plurality of inverters;
a control unit to control switching elements in the plurality of inverters, to control the bidirectional dc/ac converter, and to control the first, second and third dc/dc converter,
wherein the control unit receives DC terminal bus DC power from the power detecting unit and outputs a bidirectional converter controls signal for control of the bidirectional dc/ac converter, and
the control unit receives the output current from the output current detecting unit and outputs an inverter switching control signal for control of the first inverter,
wherein the control unit controls the first dc/dc converter to adjust the first level DC power output from the first dc/dc converter using the DC terminal bus DC power detected from the power detecting unit,
wherein the control unit controls the second dc/dc converter to adjust the third level DC power output from the second dc/dc converter using the DC terminal bus DC power detected from the power detecting unit,
wherein the control unit controls the bidirectional dc/ac converter to convert the DC terminal bus DC power into the first AC power and transfer the first AC power to the system when the DC terminal bus DC power is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, and to convert the second AC power from the system to the second level DC power and transfer the second level DC power to the DC terminal bus when the DC terminal bus DC power is less than the predetermined value,
wherein when the second level DC power output from the bidirectional dc/ac converter or the first level DC power output from the first dc/dc converter is outside allowable range for operation of one of the first inverter, the second dc/dc converter converts the DC terminal bus DC power to the third level DC power and outputs to the third level DC power to the first inverter.

6. The motor control device of claim 5 , wherein the outside DC power is electrically converted from at least one of solar power, wind power, tidal power, or geothermal power.

7. The motor control device of claim 5 , wherein the control unit includes:
an estimating unit to estimate a speed of a rotor of the first motor based on output current flowing through the first motor;
a current command generating unit to generate a current command value based on the estimated speed and a speed command value;
a voltage command generating unit to generate a voltage command value based on the current command value and the output current; and
a switching control signal output unit to output the inverter switching control signal based on a voltage command value,
wherein the inverter switching control signal is applied to a gate terminal of the switching elem

Assignees

• Hong Young Ho
• Jang Ho Yong
• Yoon Yoo Sool
• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Hong Young Ho
• Jang Ho Yong
• Yoon Yoo Sool

Classifications

• H02P27/08 Primary

  with pulse width modulation · CPC title

• H02J2101/28

  Wind energy · CPC title

• H02J2101/24

  Photovoltaics · CPC title

• H02J2101/20

  Dispersed power generation using renewable energy sources · CPC title

• H02J2101/40

  Hybrid power plants, i.e. a plurality of different generation technologies being operated at one power plant · CPC title