Rotating electric machine control device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9912280-B2
Application number	US-201614993997-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 12, 2016
Priority date	Jan 14, 2015
Publication date	Mar 6, 2018
Grant date	Mar 6, 2018

Abstract

A rotating electric machine control device includes: an inverter in each winding set of a rotating electric machine having high and low potential-side switching elements corresponding to each phase; and a controller. The controller has: a signal generator of a control signal for turning on and off the high and low potential-side switching elements; a disturbance voltage estimating device calculating a disturbance voltage estimation value of a disturbance voltage, which is generated in a normal system, based on a current flowing in a failure system when the short circuit failure occurs; and a command calculating device calculating a normal system command value in accordance with the disturbance voltage estimation value.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A rotating electric machine control device for controlling a drive of a rotating electric machine having a plurality of winding sets which are magnetically coupled with each other, the rotating electric machine control device comprising:
an inverter arranged in each of the winding sets and having a high potential-side switching element corresponding to each phase of a respective winding set, and a low potential-side switching element connected to a low potential side of the high potential-side switching element; and
a controller controlling the inverter in each of the winding sets, wherein:
each of the winding sets and the inverter corresponding to a respective winding set provide a system;
the controller has:
a signal generator generating a control signal for controlling on and off operations of each of the high potential-side switching elements and the low potential-side switching elements;
a disturbance voltage estimating device calculating a disturbance voltage estimation value, which is an estimated disturbance voltage generated in a normal system where a short circuit failure does not occur, the disturbance voltage estimation value determined by calculating a current estimation value which is obtained by estimating a current flowing in a failure system when the short circuit failure occurs in the failure system; and
a command calculating device calculating a normal system command value, related to a control of energization to the normal system, in accordance with the disturbance voltage estimation value;

an upper-side bus connects high potential sides of high potential-side switching elements in each of the winding sets;
a lower-side bus connects low potential sides of low potential-side switching elements in each of the winding sets; and
the short circuit failure is defined as a failure, in which the upper-side bus or the lower-side bus is electrically connected to one phase of a respective winding set.

2. The rotating electric machine control device according to claim 1 , wherein:
a voltage command value is calculated based on a current command value of the rotating electric machine and a current detection value of each phase in the normal system; and
the voltage command value is corrected using the disturbance voltage estimation value to calculate the normal system command value.

3. The rotating electric machine control device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the current estimation value is calculated based on a rotational angular velocity of the rotating electric machine.

4. The rotating electric machine control device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the controller includes a current estimating device for calculating the current estimation value based on a second disturbance voltage estimation value;
the second disturbance voltage estimation value is calculated based on the current detection value of each phase in the normal system and a voltage command value; and
the voltage command value is calculated based on the current command value of the rotating electric machine and the current detection value.

5. The rotating electric machine control device according to claim 4 , wherein:
the command calculating device calculates the normal system command value based on a corrected current command value, which is obtained by correcting the current command value using the current estimation value.

6. The rotating electric machine control device according to claim 4 , wherein:
the controller further includes a failure place specifying device for specifying a failure place in the failure system based on the current estimation value.

7. The rotating electric machine control device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the signal generating device generates the control signal for turning off all of the high potential-side switching elements and the low potential-side switching elements of the inverter in the failure system when the short circuit failure occurs.

8. The rotating electric machine control device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the signal generating device generates the control signal for turning on all of the high potential-side switching elements in the failure system when the short circuit failure, in which the upper-side bus is electrically connected to one phase of a respective winding set, occurs; and
the signal generating device generates the control signal for turning on all of the low potential-side switching elements in the failure system when the short circuit failure, in which the lower-side bus is electrically connected to one phase of a respective winding set, occurs.

9. The rotating electric machine control device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a power supply relay arranged between the inverter and a battery, and controlled to open and close by the controller, wherein:
the signal generating device generates the control signal for turning on all of the low potential-side switching elements in the failure system when the short circuit failure, in which the upper-side bus is electrically connected to one phase of a respective winding set, occurs;
the signal generating device generates the control signal for turning on all of the high potential-side switching elements in the failure system when the short circuit failure, in which the lower-side bus is electrically connected to one phase of a respective winding set, occurs; and
the controller controls the power supply relay in the failure system to open.

Assignees

• Denso Corp

Inventors

• Suzuki Takashi

Classifications

• H02P21/14 Primary

  Estimation or adaptation of machine parameters, e.g. flux, current or voltage · CPC title

• H02P29/028 Primary

  the motor continuing operation despite the fault condition, e.g. eliminating, compensating for or remedying the fault · CPC title

• H02P27/06

  using DC to AC converters or inverters (H02P27/05 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H02P29/032

  Preventing damage to the motor, e.g. setting individual current limits for different drive conditions · CPC title

• H02P25/22 Primary

  Multiple windings; Windings for more than three phases · CPC title