Control device of alternating-current electric motor

• US 10,103,675 B2
• Filed: 04/23/2013
• Issued: 10/16/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Inventors: Yokozutsumi, Ryo, Yamasaki, Hisanori, Kato, Sho, Kometani, Haruyuki, Kaneko, Kenta
• Primary Examiner(s): Santana, Eduardo Colon
• Assistant Examiner(s): Agared, Gabriel
• Application Number:
  US14/785,912
• Publication Number:
  US 20160072424A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,002 Days
• Field of Search: 318503
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 15/025 using field orientation; Vector control; Direct Torque Control [DTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 7/53875 with analogue control of three-phase output
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 7/53876 based on synthesising a desired voltage vector via the selection of appropriate fundamental voltage vectors, and corresponding dwelling times
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 21/0003 Control strategies in general, e.g. linear type, e.g. P, PI, PID, using robust control
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 21/22 Current control, e.g. using a current control loop
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 27/08 with pulse width modulation
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 27/085 wherein the PWM mode is adapted on the running conditions of the motor, e.g. the switching frequency
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 27/14 with three or more levels of voltage
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/64 Electric machine technologies in electromobility

Abstract

A control device includes a gate-signal generating unit that outputs a gate signal to an inverter circuit and a voltage-vector generating unit that generates a voltage command to the gate-signal generating unit on the basis of a torque command PTR from an upper unit, rotating speed FM of an alternating-current electric motor, and a direct-current voltage value EFC applied to the inverter circuit. The voltage-vector generating unit calculates, on basis of a modulation rate, which is a ratio of the direct-current voltage value EFC and a voltage amplitude command in the voltage command, a PWM current distortion rate serving as an index representing a degree of a current harmonic caused by PWM control, generates the voltage amplitude command value on the basis of the calculated PWM current distortion rate, and outputs the voltage amplitude command value to the gate-signal generating unit.

Claims

1. A control device of an alternating-current electric motor, comprising:

an inverter circuit that converts direct-current power into alternating-current power and supplies the alternating-current power to the alternating-current electric motor;

a direct-current-voltage detecting unit that detects a direct-current voltage value applied to the inverter circuit;

a gate-signal generating unit that outputs a gate signal to the inverter circuit on the basis of a modulation rate that is a ratio between a voltage amplitude command value and the direct-current voltage value, wherein

the gate-signal generating unit includes a synchronous multi-pulse mode, and a synchronous 3-dash pulse mode, and according to an increase of the modulation rate, the gate-signal generating unit transitions a modulation mode to the synchronous multi-pulse mode, and to the synchronous 3-dash pulse mode in this order, and the gate-signal generating unit switches the synchronous multi-pulse mode to the synchronous 3-dash pulse mode in a state a current distortion rate of the alternating-current electric motor is keeping continuity.

3. The control device of the alternating-current electric motor according to claim 1, wherein the gate-signal generating unit includes a one-pulse mode, and according to an increase of the modulation rate, the gate-signal generating unit transitions the modulation mode to the synchronous multi-pulse mode, to the synchronous 3-dash pulse mode, and to the one-pulse mode in this order.

2. A control device of an alternating-current electric motor, comprising:

an inverter circuit that converts direct-current power into alternating-current power and supplies the alternating-current power to the alternating-current electric motor;

a direct-current-voltage detecting unit that detects a direct-current voltage value applied to the inverter circuit;

a gate-signal generating unit that outputs a gate signal to the inverter circuit on the basis of a modulation rate that is a ratio between a voltage amplitude command value and the direct-current voltage value, wherein

the gate-signal generating unit includes a synchronous multi-pulse mode, and a synchronous 3-dash pulse mode, and according to an increase of the modulation rate, the gate-signal generating unit transitions a modulation mode to the synchronous multi-pulse mode, and to the synchronous 3-dash pulse mode in this order, and the gate-signal generating unit switches the synchronous multi-pulse mode to the synchronous 3-dash pulse mode in a state the modulation rate of the inverter circuit is between 0.94 and 0.97.

4. A control device of an alternating-current electric motor, comprising:

an inverter circuit that converts direct-current power into alternating-current power and supplies the alternating-current power to an alternating-current electric motor;

a gate-signal generating unit that outputs a gate signal to the inverter circuit; and

a voltage-vector generating unit that outputs a voltage amplitude command value to the gate-signal generating unit, wherein

the voltage-vector generating unit calculates a magnetic flux command in which a combined overall loss of a fundamental wave loss and a PWM harmonic loss of the alternating-current electric motor becomes minimum, and generates the voltage amplitude command value from the magnetic flux command;

wherein the voltage-vector generating unit includes;

an optimum-magnetic-flux-calculation processing unit that calculates an optimum-magnetic-flux-command value, which reduces a PWM loss of the alternating-current electric motor, based on the PWM-current-distortion-rate; and

a voltage-command generating unit that generates a voltage-command value based on the optimum-magnetic-flux-command value, and the rotating speed and the direct-current voltage value, and that outputs the voltage-command value to the gate-signal generating unit.

5. The control device of an alternating-current electric motor according to claim 4, wherein

the voltage-vector generating unit calculates a PWM current distortion rate based on a modulation rate, and a circuit constant and a rotating speed of the alternating-current electric motor, and calculates a magnetic flux command in which the combined overall loss of the alternating-current electric motor becomes minimum from the PWM current distortion rate.

6. The control device of an alternating-current electric motor according to claim 4, wherein

the voltage-vector generating unit includes a PWM-current-distortion-rate-characteristic storing unit that stores the PWM current distortion rate characteristic and calculates the PWM-current-distortion-rate based on a fundamental wave frequency of a voltage, output from the inverter circuit, and the PWM-current-distortion-rate-characteristic.

7. The control device of an alternating-current electric motor according to claim 4, wherein

the voltage-vector generating unit further includes:

a fundamental-wave-loss-characteristic storing unit that outputs a fundamental-wave-loss-characteristic of the alternating-current electric motor based on a torque command and the rotating speed, and

the optimum-magnetic-flux-calculation processing unit calculates an optimum-magnetic-flux command value, which reduces the combined overall loss of the alternating-current electric motor, based on the PWM-current-distortion-rate and the fundamental-wave-loss-characteristic.

8. The control device of the alternating-current electric motor according to claim 4, further including,

a converter circuit that supplies direct-current power to the inverter circuit;

and

a converter control unit that controls a direct-current voltage value output from the converter circuit, wherein

the voltage-vector generating unit outputs a direct-current voltage command value, calculated based on the PWM-current-distortion-rate, to the converter control unit.

9. The control device of the alternating-current electric motor according to claim 4, wherein

the inverter circuit is a two-level inverter, and the gate-signal generating unit includes a modulation mode of a 3-dash pulse mode.

10. The control device of the alternating-current electric motor according to claim 4, wherein

the inverter circuit is a three-level inverter, and the gate-signal generating unit includes a modulation mode of a 1-dash pulse mode.