Control apparatus for AC rotary machine

• US 9,954,472 B2
• Filed: 11/08/2013
• Issued: 04/24/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Inventors: Mori, Tatsuya, Furukawa, Akira, Kimpara, Yoshihiko, Kezobo, Isao
• Primary Examiner(s): Ro, Bentsu
• Assistant Examiner(s): Joseph, Devon
• Application Number:
  US14/916,799
• Publication Number:
  US 20160204726A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,628 Days
• Field of Search: 31840002
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 21/14 Estimation or adaptation of machine parameters, e.g. flux, current or voltage
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 21/22 Current control, e.g. using a current control loop

Abstract

A control apparatus for an AC rotary machine includes a current detection unit that detects a current of a first winding and a current of a second winding, a basic voltage calculation unit that calculates a basic voltage on the basis of a current command value, a first voltage calculation unit that calculates a voltage command value of the first winding on the basis of the current command value, the basic voltage, and the current of the first winding, and a second voltage calculation unit that calculates a voltage command value of the second winding on the basis of the current command value, the basic voltage, and the current of the second winding. At least the first voltage calculation unit calculates the voltage command value of the first winding by further taking into account the current of the second winding.

Claims

1. A control apparatus for an AC rotary machine that includes a first winding and a second winding and performs control operations on two rotary axes, comprising:

a current detection unit that detects a current of the first winding and a current of the second winding, respectively;

a basic voltage calculation unit configured to calculate a basic voltage based on a current command value and an electric constant of the AC rotary machine;

a first voltage calculation unit configured to calculate a first deviation between the current command value and the detected current of the first winding, to calculate a first voltage command value based on the first deviation, to calculate a second deviation between the current command value and the detected current of the second winding, to calculate a compensation voltage command value based on the second deviation, to calculate a compensated voltage command value by adding the compensation voltage command value to the first voltage command value, and to calculate a voltage command value of the first winding by adding the first voltage command value to the basic voltage;

a second voltage calculation unit configured to calculate a second voltage command value based on the second deviation, and to calculate a voltage command value of the second winding by adding the second voltage command value to the basic voltage;

a first voltage application unit configured to apply a voltage to the first winding in correspondence with the voltage command value of the first winding; and

a second voltage application unit configured to apply the voltage to the second winding in correspondence with the voltage command value of the second winding.

2. The control apparatus for an AC rotary machine according to claim 1, wherein the first voltage calculation unit calculates the compensation voltage command value by compensating for the first deviation based on the second deviation.

3. The control apparatus for an AC rotary machine according to claim 1, wherein the first voltage calculation unit calculates a differential current between the current of the first winding and the current of the second winding, and calculates the voltage command value of the first winding by compensating for a deviation between the current of the first winding and the current command value based on the calculated differential current.

4. The control apparatus for an AC rotary machine according to claim 1, wherein the first voltage calculation unit calculates a differential current between the current of the first winding and the current of the second winding, calculates a sum current of the current of the first winding and the current of the second winding, calculates the first deviation as a difference between the sum current and the current command value, and calculates the voltage command value of the first winding by compensating for the calculated difference based on the differential current.

5. The control apparatus for an AC rotary machine according to claim 1, wherein the first voltage calculation unit calculates a differential current between the current of the first winding and the current of the second winding, calculates a sum current of the current of the first winding and the current of the second winding, and calculates a sum voltage based on the sum current and the current command value,

the second voltage calculation unit calculates a differential voltage based on the differential current and a differential current command value,

the first voltage calculation unit calculates the voltage command value of the first winding based on the sum voltage, the differential voltage, and the basic voltage, and

the second voltage calculation unit calculates the voltage command value of the second winding based on the sum voltage, the differential voltage, and the basic voltage.

6. The control apparatus for an AC rotary machine according to claim 5, wherein the first voltage calculation unit calculates the voltage command value of the first winding based on an added value of the sum voltage, the differential voltage, and the basic voltage, and

the second voltage calculation unit calculates the voltage command value of the second winding based on a value obtained by adding the basic voltage to a difference between the differential voltage and the sum voltage.

7. The control apparatus for an AC rotary machine according to claim 5, wherein the first voltage calculation unit calculates the voltage command value of the first winding based on an added value of the sum voltage, the differential voltage, and the basic voltage, and

the second voltage calculation unit calculates the voltage command value of the second winding based on a value obtained by subtracting the differential voltage from the added value.

8. The control apparatus for an AC rotary machine according to claim 1, wherein the basic voltage calculation unit calculates a desired response by which the current of the first winding and the current of the second winding respond to the current command value as a response current, and calculates the basic voltage based on the calculated response current.

9. The control apparatus for an AC rotary machine according to claim 8, wherein the basic voltage calculation unit calculates the response current by implementing filter processing on the current command value.

10. The control apparatus for an AC rotary machine according to claim 8, wherein the basic voltage calculation unit calculates the response current by applying, to the current command value, a low pass filter processing having a time constant that corresponds to a desired response by which the current of the first winding and the current of the second winding respond to the current command value.

11. The control apparatus for an AC rotary machine according to claim 8, wherein the first voltage calculation unit and the second voltage calculation unit use the response current calculated by the basic voltage calculation unit in place of the current command value.

12. The control apparatus for an AC rotary machine according to claim 11, further comprising a speed calculator that detects a rotation speed of the AC rotary machine,

wherein the basic voltage calculation unit calculates the basic voltage and the response current based on the rotation speed and the current command value.

13. The control apparatus for an AC rotary machine according to claim 1, wherein the electric constant includes an armature winding resistance and an armature winding inductance of the AC rotary machine.

14. The control apparatus for an AC rotary machine according to claim 1, wherein the AC rotary machine is a multiplex winding rotary machine, and

the electric constant includes a flux linkage of the multiplex winding rotary machine.

15. The control apparatus for an AC rotary machine according to claim 1, wherein the AC rotary machine is a synchronous rotary machine.

16. The control apparatus for an AC rotary machine according to claim 1, wherein the AC rotary machine is an induction rotary machine,

the control apparatus further comprises a slip velocity calculator that calculates a slip velocity of the AC rotary machine based on the current command value, and

the basic voltage calculation unit calculates the basic voltage based on a rotation speed of the AC rotary machine, the slip velocity, and the current command value.

17. The control apparatus for an AC rotary machine according to claim 15, further comprising a current command limitation unit that applies a limit to one of a plurality of current command values on the two rotary axes.