Method for balancing a chain-link converter in delta configuration

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9851769-B2
Application number	US-201314900952-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 4, 2013
Priority date	Jul 4, 2013
Publication date	Dec 26, 2017
Grant date	Dec 26, 2017

Abstract

A method for controlling a chain-link power converter including three phase legs, each of which phase legs includes a plurality of series-connected converter cells, each of the cells including a DC capacitor, the phase legs being connected in a delta configuration. The method includes detecting an unsymmetrical voltage condition at a terminal of the converter; determining a ratio between a zero sequence and a negative sequence component of a compound current to be injected into the converter, based on the detected unsymmetrical voltage condition; calculating the compound current comprising the zero sequence component and the negative sequence component in accordance with the determined ratio; and injecting the compound current into the converter to control the converter in view of the detected unsymmetrical voltage condition.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for controlling a chain-link power converter, said converter comprising three phase legs, each of which phase legs comprising a plurality of series-connected converter cells, each of the cells comprising a DC capacitor, the phase legs being connected in a delta configuration, the method comprising: detecting an unsymmetrical voltage condition at a terminal of the converter; determining a ratio between a zero sequence and a negative sequence component of a compound current to be injected into the converter, wherein an amount of the negative sequence component is not zero, based on the detected unsymmetrical voltage condition; calculating the compound current comprising the zero sequence component and the negative sequence component in accordance with the determined ratio; and injecting the compound current into the converter to control the converter in view of the detected unsymmetrical voltage condition.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method is performed by a control apparatus connected to or comprised in the chain-link power converter.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the ratio between zero sequence current and negative sequence current is determined to be within the range of 2:8 to 8:2.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the determining a ratio comprises determining an amount of negative sequence current in the compound current set by the variable K, 0<K<1, where K is calculated according to equation 3: K=max(K.sub.2,(1−K.sub.I0I2)) Equation 3.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ratio between zero sequence current and negative sequence current is determined to be within the range of 2:8 to 8:2.

6. The method of claim 2 , wherein the unsymmetrical voltage condition is a 1-phase, a 2-phase-to-ground or a 2-phase-to-phase fault condition corresponding to a voltage dip of at least 30%.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the unsymmetrical voltage condition is a 1-phase, a 2-phase-to-ground or a 2-phase-to-phase fault condition corresponding to a voltage dip of at least 30%.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein the determining a ratio comprises determining an amount of negative sequence current in the compound current set by the variable K, 0<K<1, where K is calculated according to equation 3: K=max(K.sub.2,(1−K.sub.I0I2)) Equation 3.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the unsymmetrical voltage condition is a 1-phase, a 2-phase-to-ground or a 2-phase-to-phase fault condition corresponding to a voltage dip of at least 30%.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the determining a ratio comprises determining an amount of negative sequence current in the compound current set by the variable K, 0<K<1, where K is calculated according to equation 3: K=max(K.sub.2,(1−K.sub.I0I2)) Equation 3.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining a ratio comprises determining an amount of negative sequence current in the compound current set by the variable K, 0<K<1, where K is calculated according to equation 3: K=max(K.sub.2,(1−K.sub.I0I2) Equation 3.

12. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable components for causing a control apparatus to perform the method of claim 1 when the computer-executable components are run on processor circuitry comprised in the control apparatus.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ratio between zero sequence current and negative sequence current is determined to be within the range of 2:8 to 5:5.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the unsymmetrical voltage condition is a 1-phase, a 2-phase-to-ground or a 2-phase-to-phase fault condition corresponding to a voltage dip of between 40% and 80%.

15. A control apparatus for controlling a chain-link power converter, said converter comprising three phase legs, each of which phase legs comprising a plurality of series-connected converter cells, each of which cells comprising a DC capacitor, the phase legs being connected in a delta configuration, the control apparatus comprising: processor circuitry; and a storage unit storing instructions that, when executed by the processor circuitry, cause the apparatus to: detect an unsymmetrical voltage condition at a terminal of the converter; determine a ratio between a zero sequence and a negative sequence component of a compound current to be injected into the converter, wherein an amount of the negative sequence component is not zero, based on the detected unsymmetrical voltage condition; calculate the compound current comprising the zero sequence component and the negative sequence component in accordance with the determined ratio; and inject the compound current into the converter to control the converter in view of the detected unsymmetrical voltage condition, wherein the control apparatus is integrated in the chain-link power converter.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program for controlling a chain-link converter, said converter comprising three phase legs, each of which phase legs comprising a plurality of series-connected converter cells, each of which cells comprising a DC capacitor, the phase legs being connected in a delta configuration, the computer program comprising computer program code which is able to, when run on processor circuitry of a control apparatus for the converter, cause the control apparatus to:
detect an unsymmetrical voltage condition at a terminal of the converter;
determine a ratio between a zero sequence and a negative sequence component of a compound current to be injected into the converter, wherein an amount of the negative sequence component is not zero, based on the detected unsymmetrical voltage condition;
calculate the compound current comprising the zero sequence component and the negative sequence component in accordance with the determined ratio; and
inject the compound current into the converter to control the converter in view of the detected unsymmetrical voltage condition.

Assignees

• Abb Technology Ltd
• Abb Schweiz Ag

Inventors

• Hasler Jean-Philippe

Classifications

• H02M7/2173

  in a biphase or polyphase circuit arrangement (H02M7/2176 takes precedence; voltage multipliers H02M7/25) · CPC title

• Y02E40/50

  Arrangements for eliminating or reducing asymmetry in polyphase networks · CPC title

• G05B2219/2639

  Energy management, use maximum of cheap power, keep peak load low · CPC title

• H02M2007/4835

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H02J3/00

  Circuit arrangements for AC mains or AC distribution networks · CPC title