Choke for interleaved switching
First Claim
1. A power generation system, comprising:
- a generator configured to output a multi-phase power signal;
a power converter system comprising a plurality of parallel converter paths, each converter path is coupled to the generator to receive the multi-phase power signal; and
at least one electrical choke comprising a plurality of windings and a shared core that extends through each of the plurality of windings, wherein a first winding of the plurality of windings is coupled to a first output of a first path of the plurality of converter paths and a second winding of the plurality of windings is coupled to a first output of a second path of the plurality of converter paths, wherein the first output of the first path and the first output of the second path correspond to a same phase of the multi-phase power signal.
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Abstract
When performing interleaved switching, a power generation system may include chokes for filtering out a high-frequency ripple. However, because the chokes are interconnected, a common mode current can flow between the different parallel converters. Instead of connecting all the outputs of a parallel converter to the same choke, the same phase of each of the parallel converters is sent to one of the chokes. For example, the first phase signals are sent to a first choke, the second phase signals are sent to a second choke, and so forth. By doing so, air gaps in the chokes can be manipulated in order to provide a different inductance for the common mode current than a grid current. For example, the air gaps may be arranged such that the inductance corresponding to the common mode current is greater than the inductance corresponding to the grid current.
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15 Claims
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1. A power generation system, comprising:
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a generator configured to output a multi-phase power signal; a power converter system comprising a plurality of parallel converter paths, each converter path is coupled to the generator to receive the multi-phase power signal; and at least one electrical choke comprising a plurality of windings and a shared core that extends through each of the plurality of windings, wherein a first winding of the plurality of windings is coupled to a first output of a first path of the plurality of converter paths and a second winding of the plurality of windings is coupled to a first output of a second path of the plurality of converter paths, wherein the first output of the first path and the first output of the second path correspond to a same phase of the multi-phase power signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A wind turbine, comprising:
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a generator configured to output a multi-phase power signal; a power converter system comprising a plurality of parallel converter paths, each converter path is coupled to the generator to receive the multi-phase power signal; and at least one electrical choke comprising a plurality of windings and a shared core that extends through each of the plurality of windings, wherein a first winding of the plurality of windings is coupled to a first output of a first path of the plurality of converter paths and a second winding of the plurality of windings is coupled to a first output of a second path of the plurality of converter paths, wherein the first output of the first path and the first output of the second path correspond to a same phase of the multi-phase power signal. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A power generation system, comprising:
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a generator configured to output a multi-phase power signal; a power converter system comprising a plurality of parallel converter paths, each converter path is coupled to the generator to receive the multi-phase power signal; and at least one electrical choke comprising a plurality of windings, wherein a first winding of the plurality of windings is coupled to a first output of a first path of the plurality of converter paths and a second winding of the plurality of windings is coupled to a first output of a second path of the plurality of converter paths, wherein the first output of the first path and the first output of the second path correspond to a same phase of the multi-phase power signal, wherein the at least one electrical choke comprises a first air gap configured to affect an inductance of a grid current flowing through the at least one electrical choke from the power converter system to a load but not affect an inductance of a common mode current flowing between at least two of the plurality of parallel converter paths. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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