Electric power conversion apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9722507-B2
Application number	US-201514702417-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 1, 2015
Priority date	Nov 29, 2012
Publication date	Aug 1, 2017
Grant date	Aug 1, 2017

Abstract

An electric power conversion apparatus according to an embodiment includes, wherein when a constituent element constituted of a leg in which two switching elements provided with self-arc-extinguishing capability are connected in series, and a capacitor connected in parallel with the leg is made a converter unit, and a constituent element formed by connecting one or more converter units in series is made a phase arm, a phase arm on the positive side, a single-phase four-winding transformer, and a phase arm on the negative side are included in each of three phases, one end of the phase arm on the positive side is connected to the positive side of a secondary winding of the four-winding transformer, and the other end thereof is connected to a DC positive side terminal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electric power conversion apparatus configured to convert electric power from DC or AC to AC or DC, wherein
when a constituent element constituted of a leg in which two switching elements provided with self-arc-extinguishing capability are connected in series, and a capacitor connected in parallel with the leg is made a converter unit, and a constituent element formed by connecting one or more converter units in series is made a phase arm, a phase arm on the positive side, a single-phase four-winding transformer, and a phase arm on the negative side are included in each of three phases,
one end of the phase arm on the positive side is connected to the positive side of a secondary winding of the four-winding transformer, and the other end thereof is connected to a DC positive side terminal,
one end of the phase arm on the negative side is connected to the positive side of a tertiary winding of the four-winding transformer, and the other end thereof is connected to a DC negative side terminal,
the negative sides of the secondary windings and the negative sides of the tertiary windings of the four-winding transformers are connected to each other, and are connected to each other between the three phases,
the negative sides of the primary windings of the four-winding transformers are connected to each other,
quartic windings of the four-winding transformers are connected to each other in series to form delta connection,
the electric power conversion apparatus comprising:
a first AC circuit breaker connected between the positive sides of the primary windings of the four-winding transformers, and a high-voltage AC power system; and
a second AC circuit breaker, and rush current suppression resistors connected in series between the quartic windings of the four-winding transformers, and a low-voltage AC power supply.

2. The electric power conversion apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
at the time of startup of the electric power conversion apparatus, the second AC circuit breaker is turned on in a state where the first AC circuit breaker is opened, whereby capacitors constituting the respective converter units are charged up with electric charges by the power from the low-voltage AC power supply while current limiting is being carried out by the rush current suppression resistors and, thereafter the first AC circuit breaker is turned on.

3. The electric power conversion apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the rush current suppression resistors are connected to the quartic windings, the second AC circuit breaker is connected to the low-voltage AC power supply, and a three-phase short-circuiting switch is provided between the rush current suppression resistors, and the second AC circuit breaker.

4. An electric power conversion apparatus configured to convert electric power from DC or AC to AC or DC, comprising:
when a constituent element constituted of a leg in which two switching elements provided with self-arc-extinguishing capability are connected in series, and a capacitor connected in parallel with the leg is made a converter unit,
an electric power converter in which arms each constituted by connecting the plurality of converter units in series are connected in parallel in three phases, a positive side end of each arm is made a DC positive side terminal, a negative side end of each arm is made a DC negative side terminal, and a middle point terminal is made an AC terminal;
transformers including primary windings constituted of a star-connection configuration, and secondary windings constituted of a star-connection configuration, and tertiary windings constituted of a delta-connection configuration, the secondary windings being connected to the AC terminal of the electric power converter;
a first AC circuit breaker connected between the primary windings, and a high-voltage AC power system; and
a second AC circuit breaker, and rush current suppression resistors connected in series between the tertiary windings, and a low-voltage AC power supply.

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk

Inventors

• Nakazawa Yosuke
• Murao Takeru
• Tamada Shunsuke

Classifications

• H02M7/46

  using discharge tubes without control electrode or semiconductor devices without control electrode · CPC title

• H02M7/06 Primary

  using discharge tubes without control electrode or semiconductor devices without control electrode · CPC title

• H02M7/4835

  comprising two or more cells, each including a switchable capacitor, the capacitors having a nominal charge voltage which corresponds to a given fraction of the input voltage, and the capacitors being selectively connected in series to determine the instantaneous output voltage · CPC title

• H02M7/483

  Converters with outputs that each can have more than two voltages levels · CPC title

• H02M1/32 Primary

  Means for protecting converters other than automatic disconnection · CPC title