Inverter control device capable of supressing DC magnetization in three-phase transformer

• US 5,177,428 A
• Filed: 09/10/1991
• Issued: 01/05/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Hirose, Syunichi, Inokuchi, Haruhisa
• Primary Examiner(s): BEHA JR, WILLIAM
• Application Number:
  US07/757,213
• Time in Patent Office: 483 Days
• Field of Search: 307/45, 307/46, 323/207, 363/35, 363/51, 363/58, 363/96
• US Class Current: 323/207
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 7/48 using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 7/4803 with means for reducing DC component from AC output voltage

Abstract

An inverter control device that controls a self-commulated inverter connected to an AC power system via a three phase transformer and in so doing suppresses DC magnetization in the three-phase transformer. The device includes a current DC component detecting circuit for detecting the current DC components contained in at least two of the three phase output AC currents of the inverter and a DC magnetization suppressor signal generating circuit for producing two correcting signals from the current DC components. The two correcting signals are used to balance in amount the three voltage DC components contained in the three phase output AC voltage of the inverter, respectively. An output reference correcting circuit is provided to correct two of first output references in accordance with the two correcting signals and output three second references including the two corrected values and one of the first output reference. A gate control circuit controls the three phase output AC voltages of the inverter according to the three second output references.

Claims

1. An inverter control device for controlling an inverter which generates three phase output AC voltages which include first, second and third phases and respective three phase AC currents which include first, second and third phases and is connected to an AC power system via a three-phase transformer, comprising:

current DC component detecting means for detecting current DC components each contained in at least two of the three phase output AC currents of said inverter;

correcting signal generating means for calculating a difference E1 between the voltage DC components corresponding to first and third phases, respectively and a difference E2 between the voltage DC components corresponding to second and third phases, respectively, using the following equations, where the impedance of said three-phase transformer is Z, and the current DC components corresponding to the first and second phases are ilR and 1lT;

space="preserve" listing-type="equation">E1=(2*Z) * {ilR+(1/2)*ilT}

space="preserve" listing-type="equation">E2=(2*Z) * {ilT+(1/2)*ilR}

and outputting E1 as a corresponding signal for the first phase and E2 as a correcting signal for the second phase, the two correcting signals being used to balance in amount three voltage DC components contained in the three phase output AC voltages of said inverter respectively;

output reference correcting means for correcting two of first output references in accordance with said two correcting signals to obtain two corrected values and outputting three second output references including the two corrected values and one of the first output references; and

control means for controlling said inverter according to said three second output references so as to regulate the three phase output AC voltages.

2. An inverter control device according to claim 1, further comprising:

synchronous phase detecting means for detecting the phase of the system voltage of said AC power system;

active current-setting means for setting an active current reference value to determine an active power which is to supply from said inverter to said AC power system;

reactive current setting means for setting a reactive current reference value to regulate a reactive power of said AC power system; and

inverter output voltage reference generating means for generating said first output references in accordance with said system voltage phase, active current reference value, and reactive current reference value.

3. An inverter control device according to claim 1, wherein said correcting signal generating means comprises:

first multiplying means for multiplying said current DC component ilR by a constant of 0.5;

second multiplying means for multiplying said current DC component ilT by a constant of 0.5;

first adder means for adding said current DC component ilR to the result of said second multiplying means;

second adder means for adding said current DC component ilT to the result of said first multiplying means;

third multiplying means for multiplying the result of said first adder means by a constant twice the first phase impedance of said three-phase transformer; and

fourth multiplying means for multiplying the result of said second adder means by a constant twice the second phase impedance of said three-phase transformer.

4. An inverter control device for controlling an inverter which generates three phase output AC voltages including first, second and third phases and respective three phase AC currents including first, second, and third phases, and is connected to an AC power system via a three-phase transformer, comprising:

current DC component detecting means for detecting current DC components each contained in at least two of the three phase output AC currents of said inverter, said current DC component detecting means including,

current detecting means for detecting at least two of the three phase output AC currents of said inverter,

operational amplifier means for performing first-order time-lag operation on the output AC currents detected by said current detecting means and detecting current DC components contained in said output AC currents, said operational amplifier means including,

at least two first-order time-lag circuits, and each of said first-order time-lag circuits including

a first resistor for receiving said output AC current,

an amplifier having a first input terminal for receiving said output AC current which has passed through said first resistor, a second terminal to which a reference potential is applied, and an output terminal for supplying said DC component contained in said output AC current,

a capacitor connected across the first current,

a capacitor connected across the first input terminal and output terminal of said amplifier, and

a second resistor connected in parallel with said capacitor;

correcting signal generating means for calculating a difference E1 between the voltage DC components corresponding to first and third phases, respectively and a difference E2 between the voltage DC components corresponding to second and third phases, respectively, using the following equations, if the impedance of said three-phase transformer is Z, and the current DC components corresponding to the first and second phases are ilR and ilT;

space="preserve" listing-type="equation">E1=(2*Z) * {ilR+(1/2)*ilT}

space="preserve" listing-type="equation">E2=(2*Z) * {ilT+(1/2)*ilR}

and outputting E1 as a corresponding signal for the first phase and E2 as a correcting signal for the second phase, the two correcting signals being used to balance in amount three voltage DC components contained in the three phase output AC voltages of said inverter respectively;

output reference correcting means for correcting two of first output references in accordance with said two correcting signals to obtain two corrected values and outputting three second output references including the two corrected values and one of the first output references; and

control means for controlling said inverter according to said three second output references so as to regulate the three phase output AC voltages.