Power conversion device

• US 9,425,701 B2
• Filed: 05/07/2012
• Issued: 08/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nagaoka University of Technology, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Nagaoka University of Technology, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Matsukawa, Tsutomu, Koshijo, Manabu, Koyano, Hironori, Nakamura, Takamasa, Saito, Masao, Yamamoto, Kouji, Itoh, Junichi, Ohnuma, Yoshiya
• Primary Examiner(s): HOFFBERG, ROBERT JOSEPH
• Application Number:
  US14/122,259
• Publication Number:
  US 20140185326A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,569 Days
• Field of Search: 363/2
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/126 using passive filters
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 5/293 using semiconductor devices only
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 5/297 for conversion of frequency
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 7/003 Constructional details, e.g. physical layout, assembly, wiring or busbar connections
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/1432 specially adapted for power drive units or power converters
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/14329 specially adapted for the configuration of power bus bars

Abstract

There is disclosed a power conversion apparatus 3 for converting polyphase ac power directly to ac power. A conversion circuit includes a plurality of first switching devices 311, 313, 315 and a plurality of second switching devices 312, 314, 316 connected, respectively, with the phases R, S, T of the polyphase ac power, and configured to enable electrical switching operation in both directions. Output lines 331, 332 formed by a pair of busbars are connected with the conversion circuit. The first switching devices and the second switching devices are so arranged that output terminals are arranged in a row. The output lines 331, 332 are connected with the output terminals and drawn out rectilinearly in one direction.

Claims

1. The power conversion apparatus for converting polyphase ac power directly to a single phase ac power, the power conversion apparatus comprising:

a conversion circuit including input terminals of a plurality of first switching devices connected, respectively, with phases of the polyphase ac power, and configured to enable electrical switching operation in both directions, and input terminals of a plurality of second switching devices connected, respectively, with the phases of the polyphase ac power, and configured to enable electrical switching operation in both directions; and

a first output line for the single phase ac power connected with output terminals of the first switching devices, and a second output line for the single phase ac power connected with output terminals of the second switching devices,

as a spatial arrangement,

respective ones of the output terminals, of the first and second switching devices connected with a corresponding phase of the polyphase ac power, being arranged side by side in a pair geometrically between the input terminals of the first and second switching devices connected with the corresponding phase of the polyphase ac power,

the output terminals, of the first switching devices connected to the corresponding phase of the polyphase ac power, being geometrically linearly arranged and connected with the first output line, and the output terminals, of the second switching devices connected to the corresponding phase of the polyphase ac power, being geometrically linearly arranged and connected with the second output line,

the first output line and the second output line being drawn out geometrically between (1) the input terminals of the first switching devices and (2) the input terminals of the second switching devices.

2. The power conversion apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the first switching devices and the second switching devices are respectively disposed on both sides of a center line of the conversion circuit,

the first output line and the second output line are connected with the output terminals located on an inner side of the input terminals such that the output terminals of the first and second switching devices are located geometrically between the input terminals of the first switching devices and the input terminals of the second switching devices.

3. The power conversion apparatus as recited in claim 2, wherein a first portion of a plurality of condensers is disposed on an outer side of the first switching devices, and

a second portion of the plurality of the condensers is disposed on an outer side of the second switching devices, the outer sides of the first switching devices and the second switching devices being distal from the center line of the conversion circuit.

4. The power conversion apparatus as recited in claim 3, wherein the first portion of the condensers connected with the first switching devices and the second portion of the condensers connected with the second switching devices, are connected with each other.

5. The power conversion apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the first output line and the second output line extend geometrically linearly and the first output line and the second output line are geometrically parallel to each other.

6. The power conversion apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the first output line and the second output line comprise a pair of busbars extending geometrically in parallel with each other.

7. The power conversion apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein each of the first and second switching devices includes a respective one of the output terminals formed in a first end portion, and a respective one of the input terminals formed in a second end portion, the second end portion being opposite to the first end portion;

the first switching devices are disposed geometrically to one another so that the output terminals of the first switching devices are geometrically linearly arranged, and the input terminals of the first switching devices are geometrically linearly arranged;

the second switching devices are disposed geometrically to one another so that the output terminals of the second switching devices are geometrically linearly arranged, and the input terminals of the second switching devices are geometrically linearly arranged;

the first switching devices and the second switching devices are arranged geometrically symmetrically so that a set of the output terminals is on an inner portion of the conversion circuit and a set of the input terminals is on an outer portion of the conversion circuit.

8. The power conversion apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the first output line and the second output line extend geometrically straight between (1) the input terminals of the first switching devices and (2) the input terminals of the second switching devices.

9. The power conversion apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the first output line includes a first output busbar, the second output line includes a second output busbar, and the first and second output busbars extend, geometrically side by side, straight along respective sides of a predetermined imaginary center line, geometrically between (1) the input terminals of the first switching devices and (2) the input terminals of the second switching devices.

10. The power conversion apparatus as recited in claim 9, wherein:

the first output busbar includes a first portion connected with a corresponding one of the output terminals of a respective one of the first switching devices of a first phase of the polyphase ac power, a second portion connected with a corresponding one of the output terminals of a respective one of the first switching devices of a second phase of the polyphase ac power, and a third portion connected with a corresponding one of the output terminals of a respective one of the first switching devices of a third phase of the polyphase ac power, and the first, second and third portions of the first output busbar are arranged in a line extending geometrically straight along the center line and located geometrically between (1) the input terminals of the first switching devices and (2) the input terminals of the second switching devices; and

the second output busbar includes a first portion connected with a corresponding one of the output terminals of a respective one of the second switching devices of the first phase of the polyphase ac power, a second portion connected with a corresponding one of the output terminals of a respective one of the second switching devices of the second phase of the polyphase ac power, and a third portion connected with a corresponding one of the output terminals of a respective one of the second switching devices of the third phase of the polyphase ac power, and the first, second and third portions of the second output busbar are arranged in a line extending geometrically straight along the center line and located geometrically between (1) the input terminals of the first switching devices and (2) the input terminals of the second switching devices.

11. The power conversion apparatus as recited in claim 9, wherein:

the first switching devices are located on one side of the center line,

the second switching devices are located on another side of the center line,

each of the first switching devices extends from the input terminal thereof to the output terminal thereof connected with the first output busbar, toward the center line along a predetermined imaginary transverse line intersecting the center line at a non-zero angle, and

each of the second switching devices extends from the input terminal thereof to the output terminal thereof connected with the second output busbar toward the center line along the transverse line.

12. The power conversion apparatus as recited in claim 11, wherein the transverse line is substantially perpendicular to the center line.

13. The power conversion apparatus as recited in claim 9, wherein the first and second switching devices are formed at a first level in a depth direction of the power conversion apparatus, the first and second output busbars are located at a second level in the depth direction of the power conversion apparatus, and one of the first and second levels is an upper level geometrically above another of the first and second levels.

14. The power conversion apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein:

the input terminals and output terminals of the first switching devices are disposed on a surface of the first switching devices, and the input terminals and output terminals of the second switching devices are disposed on a surface of the second switching devices;

the surface of the first switching devices and the surface of the second switching devices are formed at an identical first level in a depth direction of the power conversion apparatus;

the first output line includes a first output busbar, and the second output line includes a second output busbar; and

the first output busbar and the second output busbar are disposed at an identical second level in the depth direction of the power conversion apparatus, the first level and second level being at different depths of the power conversion apparatus.

15. The power conversion apparatus as recited in claim 14, wherein one of the first and second levels is an upper level above another of the first and second levels in the depth direction of the power conversion apparatus.

16. A power conversion apparatus for converting polyphase ac power directly to a single phase ac power, the power conversion apparatus comprising:

a conversion circuit including three first bidirectional switching devices connected, respectively, with first, second and third phases of the polyphase ac power, and three second bidirectional switching devices connected, respectively, with the first, second and third phases of the polyphase ac power;

a first output line for the single phase ac power connected with the first bidirectional switching devices; and

a second output line for the single phase ac power connected with the second bidirectional switching devices,

each of the first bidirectional switching devices being located on a first side of a predetermined imaginary center line and including an input terminal and an output terminal, wherein the input terminal is connected with a respective one of the first, second and third phases of the polyphase ac power and is geometrically remoter from the center line than a respective one of the output terminal of each of the first bidirectional switching devices, and the output terminal of each of the first bidirectional switching devices is connected with the first output line and is geometrically closer to the center line than the input terminal of each of the first bidirectional switching devices so that a distance from the center line to the output terminal of each of the first bidirectional switching devices is smaller than a distance from the center line to the input terminal of each of the first bidirectional switching devices;

each of the second bidirectional switching devices being located on a second side of the predetermined imaginary center line opposite to the first side and including an input terminal and an output terminal, wherein the input terminal of each of the second bidirectional switching devices is connected with a respective one of the first, second and third phases of the polyphase ac power and is geometrically remoter from the center line than a respective one of the output terminal of each of the second bidirectional switching devices, and the output terminal of each of the second bidirectional switching devices is connected with the second output line and is geometrically closer to the center line than the input terminal of each of the second bidirectional switching devices so that a distance from the center line to the output terminal of each of the second bidirectional switching devices is smaller than a distance from the center line to the input terminal of each of the second bidirectional switching devices; and

the first output line and the second output line extending geometrically (1) between the input terminal of each of the first bidirectional switching devices and (2) the input terminal of each of the second bidirectional switching devices.