Control device for matrix converter

• US 8,243,482 B2
• Filed: 11/30/2010
• Issued: 08/14/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
• Inventors: Ueda, Yozo, Suenaga, Ryuji, Watanabe, Eiji
• Primary Examiner(s): Zhang, Jue
• Application Number:
  US12/955,921
• Publication Number:
  US 20110116295A1
• Time in Patent Office: 623 Days
• Field of Search: 363/157, 363159-160, 363163-165
• US Class Current: 363/163
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/0022 the disturbance parameters being input voltage fluctuations
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 5/297 for conversion of frequency
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 7/53871 with automatic control of output voltage or current

Abstract

A control device for a matrix converter includes an input voltage detector, an output current detector, a pulse width modulator, and an input voltage command calculator. The input voltage detector is configured to detect an input voltage of the matrix converter. The output current detector is configured to detect an output current of the matrix converter. The pulse width modulator is configured to generate a PWM pulse command signal by using the input voltage, the output current, and an output line voltage command. The input voltage command calculator is configured to calculate an input voltage command of the matrix converter.

Claims

1. A control device for a matrix converter, comprising:

an input voltage detector configured to detect an input voltage of the matrix converter;

an output current detector configured to detect an output current of the matrix converter;

a pulse width modulator configured to generate a pulse-width-modulation pulse command signal by using the input voltage, the output current, and an output line voltage command; and

an input voltage command calculator configured to calculate an input voltage command of the matrix converter,

wherein the input voltage command calculator is configured to output, based on the input voltage detected by the input voltage detector, a signal whose waveform is shaped into a sine wave having a phase and an amplitude that are equivalent to a phase and an amplitude of a fundamental wave of the input voltage, and

wherein the pulse width modulator is configured to generate the pulse-width-modulation pulse command signal by using the input voltage, the output current, the signal whose waveform is shaped into the sine wave, and the output line voltage command, and to output the pulse-width-modulation pulse command signal such that the input voltage matches the signal whose waveform is shaped into the sine wave, the pulse width modulator being configured to determine a pulse width of the pulse-width-modulation pulse command signal based on an error between the input voltage detected by the input voltage detector and the signal whose waveform is shaped into the sine wave.

2. The control device for the matrix converter according to claim 1, further comprising:

a filter provided at an input side of the matrix converter and comprising a reactor and a capacitor; and

a capacitor voltage detector configured to detect a terminal voltage of the capacitor,

wherein the pulse width modulator outputs the pulse-width-modulation pulse command signal such that the terminal voltage matches the signal whose waveform is shaped into the sine wave.

3. The control device for the matrix converter according to claim 2,

wherein the pulse width modulator comprises

an input potential difference calculator configured to calculate, using a minimum potential phase or a maximum potential phase of the input voltage serving as a reference potential phase, a first potential difference between the reference potential phase and an intermediate potential phase, and a second potential difference between the minimum potential phase and the maximum potential phase;

a conduction ratio commander configured to output, using the first and second potential differences serving as pulse heights, a ratio of a pulse width of a pulse having a pulse height equivalent to the first potential difference to a pulse width of a pulse having a pulse height equivalent to the second potential difference, the ratio being output as a conduction ratio in accordance with a phase of the input voltage;

a conduction ratio corrector configured to correct the conduction ratio; and

a pulse waveform commander configured to generate the pulse-width-modulation pulse command signal by using the first and second potential differences and the corrected conduction ratio.

4. The control device for the matrix converter according to claim 3, wherein for the pulse width determined by the potential difference between the minimum potential phase and the intermediate potential phase and for the pulse width determined by the potential difference between the minimum potential phase and the maximum potential phase, the conduction ratio corrector is configured to provide a correction value for the conduction ratio by using a difference between an error voltage vector and a capacitor voltage vector, the error voltage vector being obtained between a sine-wave signal having a phase and an amplitude equivalent to a fundamental wave of an input voltage, the capacitor voltage vector being generated by charging and discharging a current flowing to an output side of the filter.

5. The control device for the matrix converter according to claim 2, wherein the matrix converter is configured to receive an alternating current as an input and to output a single-phase alternating current or a direct current.

6. The control device for the matrix converter according to claim 5, wherein the matrix converter comprises multiple power cells connected in series.

7. The control device for the matrix converter according to claim 2, wherein the matrix converter comprises multiple power cells connected in parallel.

8. The control device for the matrix converter according to claim 1, further comprising:

one of a capacitor provided at an input side of the matrix converter and defining a filter together with an inside reactance of a power supply, and a filter provided at an input side of the matrix converter and comprising a reactor and a capacitor; and

an input current detector configured to detect an input current of the matrix converter,

wherein the pulse width modulator is configured to output the pulse-width-modulation pulse command signal such that the input voltage of the matrix converter obtained by using the input current matches the signal whose waveform is shaped into the sine wave.

9. The control device for the matrix converter according to claim 8,

wherein the pulse width modulator comprises

an input potential difference calculator configured to calculate, using a minimum potential phase or a maximum potential phase of the input voltage serving as a reference potential phase, a first potential difference between the reference potential phase and an intermediate potential phase, and a second potential difference between the minimum potential phase and the maximum potential phase;

a conduction ratio commander configured to output, using the first and second potential differences serving as pulse heights, a ratio of a pulse width of a pulse having a pulse height equivalent to the first potential difference to a pulse width of a pulse having a pulse height equivalent to the second potential difference, the ratio being output as a conduction ratio in accordance with a phase of the input voltage;

a conduction ratio corrector configured to correct the conduction ratio; and

a pulse waveform commander configured to generate the pulse-width-modulation pulse command signal by using the first and second potential differences and the corrected conduction ratio.

10. The control device for the matrix converter according to claim 9, wherein for the pulse width determined by the potential difference between the minimum potential phase and the intermediate potential phase and for the pulse width determined by the potential difference between the minimum potential phase and the maximum potential phase, the conduction ratio corrector is configured to provide a correction value for the conduction ratio by using a difference between an error voltage vector and a capacitor voltage vector, the error voltage vector being obtained between a sine-wave signal having a phase and an amplitude equivalent to a fundamental wave of an input voltage, the capacitor voltage vector being generated by charging and discharging a current flowing to an output side of the filter.

11. The control device for the matrix converter according to claim 8, wherein the matrix converter is configured to receive an alternating current as an input and to output a single-phase alternating current or a direct current.

12. The control device for the matrix converter according to claim 11, wherein the matrix converter comprises multiple power cells connected in series.

13. The control device for the matrix converter according to claim 8, wherein the matrix converter comprises multiple power cells connected in parallel.

14. The control device for the matrix converter according to claim 1,

wherein the pulse width modulator comprises

an input potential difference calculator configured to calculate, using a minimum potential phase or a maximum potential phase of the input voltage serving as a reference potential phase, a first potential difference between the reference potential phase and an intermediate potential phase, and to calculate a second potential difference between the minimum potential phase and the maximum potential phase,

a conduction ratio commander configured to output, using the first and second potential differences serving as pulse heights, a ratio of a pulse width of a pulse having a pulse height equivalent to the first potential difference to a pulse width of a pulse having a pulse height equivalent to the second potential difference, the ratio being output as a conduction ratio in accordance with a phase of the input voltage,

a conduction ratio corrector configured to correct the conduction ratio, and

a pulse waveform commander configured to generate the pulse-width-modulation pulse command signal by using the first and second potential differences and the corrected conduction ratio.

15. The control device for the matrix converter according to claim 14, wherein for the pulse width determined by the potential difference between the minimum potential phase and the intermediate potential phase and for the pulse width determined by the potential difference between the minimum potential phase and the maximum potential phase, the conduction ratio corrector is configured to provide a correction value for the conduction ratio by using a difference between an error voltage vector and a capacitor voltage vector, the error voltage vector being obtained between a sine-wave signal having a phase and an amplitude equivalent to a fundamental wave of an input voltage, the capacitor voltage vector being generated by charging and discharging a current flowing to an output side of the filter.

16. The control device for the matrix converter according to claim 1, wherein the matrix converter is configured to receive an alternating current as an input and to output a single-phase alternating current or a direct current.

17. The control device for the matrix converter according to claim 16, wherein the matrix converter comprises multiple power cells connected in series.

18. The control device for the matrix converter according to claim 1, wherein the matrix converter comprises multiple power cells connected in parallel.

19. The control device for the matrix converter according to claim 1, wherein the pulse width modulator is configured to determine the pulse width by controlling the error to be minimized.

20. A control device for a matrix converter comprising:

an input voltage detector configured to detect an input voltage of the matrix converter;

an output current detector configured to detect an output current of the matrix converter;

a pulse width modulator configured to generate a pulse-width-modulation pulse command signal by using the input voltage, the output current, and an output line voltage command; and

an input voltage command calculator configured to calculate an input voltage command of the matrix converter;

one of a first capacitor provided at an input side of the matrix converter and defining a first filter together with an inside reactance of a power supply, and a second filter provided at an input side of the matrix converter and comprising a reactor and a second capacitor; and

a capacitor current detector configured to detect a current flowing through one of the first and second capacitors,

wherein the input voltage command calculator is configured to output a signal whose waveform is shaped into a sine wave having a phase and an amplitude that are equivalent to a phase and an amplitude of a fundamental wave of the input voltage,

wherein the pulse width modulator is configured to generate the pulse-width-modulation pulse command signal by using the input voltage, the output current, the signal whose waveform is shaped into the sine wave, and the output line voltage command, and to output the pulse-width-modulation pulse command signal such that the input voltage matches the signal whose waveform is shaped into the sine wave, and

wherein the pulse width modulator is configured to output the pulse-width-modulation pulse command signal such that a terminal voltage of one of the first and second capacitors obtained by using the current flowing through one of the first and second capacitors matches the signal whose waveform is shaped into the sine wave.

21. The control device for the matrix converter according to claim 20,

wherein the pulse width modulator comprises

an input potential difference calculator configured to calculate, using a minimum potential phase or a maximum potential phase of the input voltage serving as a reference potential phase, a first potential difference between the reference potential phase and an intermediate potential phase, and a second potential difference between the minimum potential phase and the maximum potential phase;

a conduction ratio commander configured to output, using the first and second potential differences serving as pulse heights, a ratio of a pulse width of a pulse having a pulse height equivalent to the first potential difference to a pulse width of a pulse having a pulse height equivalent to the second potential difference, the ratio being output as a conduction ratio in accordance with a phase of the input voltage;

a conduction ratio corrector configured to correct the conduction ratio; and

a pulse waveform commander configured to generate the pulse-width-modulation pulse command signal by using the first and second potential differences and the corrected conduction ratio.

22. The control device for the matrix converter according to claim 21, wherein for the pulse width determined by the potential difference between the minimum potential phase and the intermediate potential phase and for the pulse width determined by the potential difference between the minimum potential phase and the maximum potential phase, the conduction ratio corrector is configured to provide a correction value for the conduction ratio by using a difference between an error voltage vector and a capacitor voltage vector, the error voltage vector being obtained between a sine-wave signal having a phase and an amplitude equivalent to a fundamental wave of an input voltage, the capacitor voltage vector being generated by charging and discharging a current flowing to an output side of the filter.

23. The control device for the matrix converter according to claim 20, wherein the matrix converter is configured to receive an alternating current as an input and to output a single-phase alternating current or a direct current.

24. The control device for the matrix converter according to claim 23, wherein the matrix converter comprises multiple power cells connected in series.

25. The control device for the matrix converter according to claim 20, wherein the matrix converter comprises multiple power cells connected in parallel.