Low-harmonics, polyphase converter circuit

• US 20070153555A1
• Filed: 12/15/2006
• Published: 07/05/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG (ABB Limited)
• Original Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG (ABB Limited)
• Inventors: Berner, Thomas, Eichler, Christoph, Zuckerberger, Adrian, Stulz, Christian, Jorg, Pieder, Suter, Erich
• Granted Patent: US 7,499,297 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 363/20
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 5/458 using semiconductor devices only
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 7/49 Combination of the output voltage waveforms of a plurality of converters

Abstract

A polyphase converter circuit having p≧3 phases (R, Y, B) and a converter circuit element provided for each phase (R, Y, B) is specified, each converter circuit element having a rectifier unit, a DC voltage circuit which is connected to the rectifier unit and an inverter unit which is connected to the DC voltage circuit. In addition, a first AC voltage output of each inverter unit forms a phase connection, and second AC voltage outputs of the inverter units are star-connected. In order to produce harmonics which are as low as possible with respect to the fundamental of the voltage and the current of an electrical AC voltage system which is connected on the input side to the converter circuit, n transformers are provided, each having a primary winding and m three-phase secondary windings, where n≧2 and m≧3. Furthermore, p sets of secondary windings are provided, each set of secondary windings being formed by in each case $\frac{m}{p}$three-phase secondary windings of each transformer, and each set of secondary windings with the associated secondary windings being connected to the rectifier unit of a respective converter circuit element.

Claims

1. A polyphase converter circuit having p≧

3 phases (R, Y, B) and a converter circuit element provided for each phase (R, Y, B), each converter circuit element having a rectifier unit, a DC voltage circuit which is connected to the rectifier unit and an inverter unit which is connected to the DC voltage circuit, and a first AC voltage output of each inverter unit forming a phase connection, and second AC voltage outputs of the inverter units being star-connected,wherein n transformers are provided, each having a primary winding and m three-phase secondary windings, where n≧

2 and m≧

3,

wherein p sets of secondary windings are provided, each set of secondary windings being formed by in each case

$\frac{m}{p}$

 

three-phase secondary windings of each transformer, and

wherein each set of secondary windings with the associated secondary windings is connected to the rectifier unit of a respective converter circuit element.

2. The converter circuit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the three-phase secondary windings are phase-shifted in relation to one another with respect to a set of secondary windings.

3. The converter circuit as claimed in claim 2, wherein the phase shift with respect to in each case two secondary windings of a set of secondary windings is an integral multiple of

4. The converter circuit as claimed in claim 3, wherein the three-phase secondary windings are phase-shifted in relation to one another with respect to a transformer.

5. The converter circuit as claimed in claim 4, wherein the phase shift with respect to in each case two secondary windings of a transformer is an integral multiple of

6. The converter circuit as claimed in claim 4, wherein the phase shift with respect to in each case two secondary windings of a transformer is an integral multiple of

7. The converter circuit as claimed in claim 6, wherein the primary windings of the transformers are phase-shifted in relation to one another.

8. The converter circuit as claimed in claim 7, wherein the phase shift with respect to in each case two primary windings is an integral multiple of 60/n degrees.

9. The converter circuit as claimed in claim 8, wherein the DC voltage circuit has a resonant circuit which is tuned to a harmonic frequency.

10. The converter circuit as claimed in claim 8, wherein a smoothing inductance is connected between the rectifier unit and the DC voltage circuit.

11. The converter circuit as claimed in claim 8, wherein a current rise limit circuit is connected between the DC voltage circuit and the inverter unit.

12. The converter circuit as claimed in claim 8, wherein each inverter unit has an associated local controller unit, drivable power semiconductor switches of the inverter unit being connected to the associated local controller unit, and wherein a higher-order controller unit is provided which is connected to each local controller unit.

13. The converter circuit as claimed in claim 12, wherein the higher-order controller unit is fed, on the input side, each phase connection current actual value (I_R,act., I_Y,act., I_B,act.) of each phase connection, the torque actual value (M_act.) and the magnetic flux actual value (Φ

_act.) of a rotating electrical machine which can be connected to the phase connections, and

wherein a reference voltage (U_ref) is present at the output of the higher-order controller unit and is fed to each local controller unit on the input side.

14. The converter circuit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the three-phase secondary windings are phase-shifted in relation to one another with respect to a transformer.

15. The converter circuit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the primary windings of the transformers are phase-shifted in relation to one another.

16. The converter circuit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the DC voltage circuit has a resonant circuit which is tuned to a harmonic frequency.

17. The converter circuit as claimed in claim 1, wherein a smoothing inductance is connected between the rectifier unit and the DC voltage circuit.

18. The converter circuit as claimed in claim 1, wherein a current rise limit circuit is connected between the DC voltage circuit and the inverter unit.

19. The converter circuit as claimed in claim 1, wherein each inverter unit has an associated local controller unit, drivable power semiconductor switches of the inverter unit being connected to the associated local controller unit, and wherein a higher-order controller unit is provided which is connected to each local controller unit.