Electric power conversion device

• US 6,154,379 A
• Filed: 07/15/1999
• Issued: 11/28/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: TDK Corporation
• Original Assignee: TDK Corporation
• Inventors: Okita, Yoshihisa
• Primary Examiner(s): HAN, YOUNGHUIE JESSICA
• Application Number:
  US09/353,879
• Time in Patent Office: 502 Days
• Field of Search: 363/39, 363/44, 363/45, 363/46, 363/47, 363/48, 363/40, 363/41, 363/52, 363/53, 363/55, 363/56, 363/89, 363/98, 363/132, 323/132, 323/207
• US Class Current: 363/40
• 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

The electric power conversion device includes an AC section, a DC section, a switching section connected between the AC section and the DC section for making power conversion by switching operation, and a control section for control the switching section. In the DC section is installed a ripple detection device for detecting a ripple component emerging into the DC side and for generating a ripple detection signal. When the DC component is included in the output current of the AC section, a ripple component having the same frequency with the AC frequency of the AC section output current is superimposed in the DC section. The ripple detection device is installed in the DC section, and thereby the ripple component emerging into the DC section is detected by the ripple detection device as a reflection of the DC offset included in the output current. The control section receives the ripple detection signal from the ripple detection device, generates the DC component compensation signal for controlling the DC component included in the AC side current based on the ripple detection signal, and controls the switching section by the control signal including the DC component compensation signal to compensate the DC offset.

Claims

1. An electric power conversion device connected between a direct current power system and an alternating current power system for transferring electric power between the direct current power system and the alternating current power system, said device comprising:

an alternating current section connected to said alternating current power system;

a direct current section connected to said direct current power system;

a switching section which is connected between said direct current section and said alternating current section and performs power conversion by switching operation; and

a control section for controlling said switching section;

wherein said direct current section is provided with a ripple detection means for detecting a ripple component emerging in a direct current side and for generating a ripple detection signal; and

said control section receives said ripple detection signal from said ripple detection means, generates a direct current component compensation signal for controlling a direct current component included in a current of said alternating current section based on said ripple detection signal, and controls said switching section by a control signal including said direct current component compensation signal to compensate the direct current component included in said alternating current section.

2. An electric power conversion device as claimed in claim 1, in which said ripple detection means comprises a current detection element for detecting a current ripple component emerging into said direct current section.

3. An electric power conversion device as claimed in claim 1, in which said ripple detection means comprises a voltage detection element for detecting a voltage ripple component emerging into said direct current side.

4. An electric power conversion device as claimed in claim 1, in which:

said alternating current power system is a three-phase alternating current system; and

said control section includes a direct current component outflow blocking means which comprises a first filter, a first multiplier section, a second multiplier section, a first compensation section, a second compensation section, and a phase conversion section;

wherein;

said first filter extracts a component having the same frequency with that of the fundamental wave component of the three-phase alternating current from said ripple detection signal;

said first multiplier section multiplies a signal supplied from said first filter by a first reference sinusoidal wave having the same frequency with that of the fundamental wave of the three-phase alternating current;

said second multiplier section multiplies the signal supplied from said first filter by a second reference sinusoidal wave which has the same frequency with that of the fundamental wave of the three-phase alternating current and also has 90 degree of electric phase difference from said first reference sinusoidal wave;

said first compensation section generates a compensation signal for compensating a direct current component included in an output current of the three-phase alternating current in response to an output of said first multiplier section;

said second compensation section generates a compensation signal for compensating the direct current component included in the output current of the three-phase alternating current in response to an output of said second multiplier section; and

said phase conversion section converts two compensation signals supplied by said first compensation section and said second compensation section so as to have the same number of phase with the three-phase alternating current.

5. An electric power conversion device as claimed in claim 4, in which:

said direct current component outflow blocking means further comprises a second filter and a third filter, wherein;

said second filter extract a low-frequency component of a signal output from said first multiplier section and supplies an extracted signal to said first compensating section; and

said third filter extract a low-frequency component of a signal output from said second multiplier section and supplies an extracted signal to said second compensating section.

6. An electric power conversion device as claimed in claim 1, in which said control section performs digital processing.

7. An electric power conversion device as claimed in claim 1, in which:

said direct current power system includes a direct current power source connected to said direct current section; and

said alternating current power system is connected to said alternating current section.

8. An electric power conversion device as claimed in claim 7, in which said alternating current power system is a three-phase alternating current power system with neutral non-grounding.

9. An electric power conversion device as claimed in claim 7, in which said electric power conversion device constitutes either of DC--AC inverter or AC--DC converter.

10. An electric power conversion device as claimed in claim 7, said device further comprising a direct current type loading.

11. An electric power conversion device as claimed in claim 1, said device further comprising an uninterruptible power supply unit.

12. An electric power conversion device connected to an alternating current power source to use it, said device comprising:

an electronic power conversion means provided with a direct current connecting section connected to a direct current power source and an alternating current connecting section connected to an alternating current power source;

an output power control means for controlling an output power of said electric power conversion means;

a modulator means for operating an alternating current command value based on an output power command signal given by said output power control means and for generating an alternating current command signal; and

a current control means for controlling said electric power conversion means based on the current command signal given by said modulator means;

said device characterized by further comprising;

a current detection means for detecting a current of direct current side of said electric power conversion means; and

a direct current component outflow blocking means for detecting a direct current component included in an alternating current output emerging into said alternating current connecting section from a detected current value by said current detection means and for generating a signal for removing or reducing said direct current component.

13. An electric power conversion device as claimed in claim 12, in which said direct current component outflow blocking means comprises:

a filter means for extracting a current component having the same frequency with that of an alternating current fundamental wave component from a current signal which is an output of said current detection means;

a multiplier for multiplying a reference sinusoidal wave synchronized with a system including said alternating current power source by an output signal of said filter means; and

a compensating means for compensating the direct current component of the alternating current output current in response to an output of said multiplier.

14. An electric power conversion device as claimed in claim 13, in which:

said multiplier is a digital multiplier;

said filter means and said compensation means are constituted as digital means;

said direct current component outflow blocking means has a reference sinusoidal wave digital signal synchronized with the system including said alternating current power source; and

a multiplication between said reference sinusoidal wave and the output signal of said filter means is performed in digital form.

15. An electric power conversion device as claimed in claim 13, in which said direct current component outflow blocking means operates a compensation signal for compensating the direct current component of the alternating current output current based on an output of said multiplier using said compensation means and adds said compensation signal with reverse polarity to said alternating current command signal.

16. An electric power conversion device as claimed in claim 12, in which a direct current detecting function is omitted from said current detection means.