Power conversion system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9906164-B2
Application number	US-201415115275-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 8, 2014
Priority date	Feb 6, 2014
Publication date	Feb 27, 2018
Grant date	Feb 27, 2018

Abstract

A surge according to a change of a switching state can be reduced without increasing a torque ripple of a motor. A first switching signal to control switching of a boost converter is generated on the basis of a comparison of a first duty command value and a first triangular wave carrier of the boost converter. A second switching signal to control switching of an inverter is generated on the basis of a comparison of a second duty command value and a second triangular wave carrier of the inverter. In addition, the second triangular wave carrier is generated such that a frequency of the second triangular wave carrier becomes equal to a frequency of the first triangular wave carrier and a phase of the second triangular wave carrier is different from a phase of the first triangular wave carrier by 180 degrees.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A power conversion system, comprising:
a boost converter which boosts a direct-current voltage;
an inverter which converts an output voltage of the boost converter into an alternating-current voltage; and
a control device which controls switching of the boost converter and the inverter;
wherein the control device has a switching signal generation unit which generates a first switching signal to control the switching of the boost converter and a second switching signal to control a switching operation of the inverter,
the switching signal generation unit generates the first switching signal and the second switching signal, such that the first switching signal is turned on and the second switching signal is turned off, during a first period to be a period of a half of a carrier cycle, and
the switching signal generation unit generates the first switching signal and the second switching signal, such that the first switching signal is turned off and the second switching signal is turned on, during a second period to be a period of the half of the carrier cycle and to be continuous to the first period,
the power conversion system further comprising:
a carrier generation unit which generates a first carrier for the boost converter and a second carrier for the inverter,
wherein the carrier generation unit generates a carrier of a phase opposite to a phase of the first carrier as the second carrier, and
the switching signal generation unit generates the first switching signal based on the first carrier and generates the second switching signal based on the second carrier,
wherein the carrier generation unit changes the carrier frequency of the second carrier, when the first carrier is matched with a predetermined peak value or the first carrier is matched with a predetermined bottom value.

2. The power conversion system according to claim 1 , wherein
the carrier generation unit calculates a worst voltage value assumed to be applied to a switching element when the boost converter and the inverter execute switching operations at the same time, and
the carrier generation unit generates the carrier of the phase opposite to the phase of the first carrier as the second carrier, when the worst voltage value is equal to or larger than a predetermined value.

3. The power conversion system according to claim 2 , wherein
the carrier generation unit generates the second carrier, such that a carrier frequency of the second carrier becomes lower than a carrier frequency of the first carrier, when the worst voltage value is smaller than the predetermined value.

4. The power conversion system according to claim 1 , wherein
the carrier generation unit generates the second carrier, such that the second carrier when the carrier frequency of the second carrier changes becomes the predetermined bottom value, in a case in which the carrier frequency of the second carrier changes when the first carrier is matched with the predetermined peak value, and
the carrier generation unit generates the second carrier, such that the second carrier when the carrier frequency of the second carrier changes becomes the predetermined peak value, in a case in which the carrier frequency of the second carrier changes when the first carrier is matched with the predetermined bottom value.

5. A power conversion system, comprising:
a boost converter which boosts a direct-current voltage;
an inverter which converts an output voltage of the boost converter into an alternating-current voltage; and
a control device which controls switching of the boost converter and the inverter;
wherein the control device has a switching signal generation unit which generates a first switching signal to control the switching of the boost converter and a second switching signal to control a switching operation of the inverter,
the switching signal generation unit generates the first switching signal and the second switching signal, such that the first switching signal is turned on and the second switching signal is turned off, during a first period to be a period of a half of a carrier cycle, and

the switching signal generation unit generates the first switching signal and the second switching signal, such that the first switching signal is turned off and the second switching signal is turned on, during a second period to be a period of the half of the carrier cycle and to be continuous to the first period, wherein
the switching signal generation unit has a first switching change prohibition processing unit which prohibits a change from ON to OFF in the switching operation of the boost converter or a change from OFF to ON in the switching operation of the boost converter, and
the first switching change prohibition processing unit generates the first switching signal in which a change from ON to OFF or a change from OFF to ON is prohibited during a period until a first predetermined time passes from when a waveform of the first carrier changes from a fall to a rise at the predetermined bottom value.

6. The power conversion system according to claim 5 , wherein
the switching signal generation unit generates a third switching signal to control switching of a lower arm of the boost converter, based on a comparison of the first duty command value and the first carrier, and
the first switching change prohibition processing unit generates the third switching signal in which a change from ON to OFF or a change from OFF to ON is prohibited during a period until a second predetermined time passes from when the waveform of the first triangular wave carrier changes from a fall to a rise at the predetermined bottom value.

7. The power conversion system according to claim 5 , wherein
the first switching change prohibition processing unit generates the first switching signal in which a change from ON to OFF or a change from OFF to ON is prohibited during a period until a third predetermined time passes from when the waveform of the first triangular wave carrier changes from a rise to a fall at the predetermined peak value.

8. The power conversion system according to claim 7 , wherein
the switching signal generation unit generates the third switching signal to control the switching of the lower arm of the boost converter, based on the comparison of the first duty command value and the first carrier, and
the first switching change prohibition processing unit generates the third switching signal in which a change from ON to OFF or a change from OFF to ON is prohibited during a period until a fourth predetermined time passes from when the waveform of the first triangular wave carrier changes from a rise to a fall at the predetermined peak value.

9. A power conversion system, comprising:
a boost converter which boosts a direct-current voltage;
an inverter which converts an output voltage of the boost converter into an alternating-current voltage; and
a control device which controls switching of the boost converter and the inverter;
wherein the control device has a switching signal generation unit which generates a first switching signal to control the switching of the boost converter and a second switching signal to control a switching operation of the inverter,
the switching signal generation unit generates the first switching signal and the second switching signal, such that the first switching signal is turned on and the second switching signal is turned off, during a first period to be a period of a half of a carrier cycle, and

the switching signal generation unit generates the first switching signal and the second switching signal, such that the first switching signal is turned off and the second switching signal is turned on, during a seco

Assignees

• Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd

Inventors

• Tamura Hiroshi
• Matsuo Takeshi
• Yamada Hiroyuki
• Akasaka Nobuhiro
• Yaegaki Sho

Classifications

• H02M7/537 Primary

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

• H02P27/08

  with pulse width modulation · CPC title

• H02P5/74

  controlling two or more AC dynamo-electric motors (H02P5/46, H02P5/60 take precedence) · CPC title

• B60L50/15

  with additional electric power supply (with capacitors charged by engine-driven generators B60L50/40; with batteries charged by engine-driven generators B60L50/61) · CPC title

• B60L15/025

  using field orientation; Vector control; Direct Torque Control [DTC] · CPC title