Motor drive with resonance detection and impedance computation

• US 9,960,723 B2
• Filed: 06/06/2016
• Issued: 05/01/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies Incorporated (Allen-Bradley Co., Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies Incorporated (Allen-Bradley Co., Inc.)
• Inventors: Zhang, Shaofeng, Lu, Haihui, Patel, Yogesh P., Ahmed, Ahmed Mohamed Sayed, Wei, Lixiang, Lukaszewski, Richard
• Primary Examiner(s): Berhane, Adolf
• Assistant Examiner(s): DEMISSE, AFEWORK S
• Application Number:
  US15/173,767
• Publication Number:
  US 20170353138A1
• Time in Patent Office: 694 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/0009 Devices or circuits for detecting current in a converter
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/126 using passive filters
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/32 Means for protecting converters other than automatic disconnection
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/36 Means for starting or stopping converters
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 5/4585 having a rectifier with controlled elements
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 7/217 using semiconductor devices only
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 7/219 in a bridge configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 27/06 using dc to ac converters or inverters H02P27/05 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/10 Technologies improving the efficiency by using switched-mode power supplies [SMPS], i.e. efficient power electronics conversion e.g. power factor correction or reduction of losses in power supplies or efficient standby modes

Abstract

Disclosed examples include power conversion systems, computer readable mediums and methods for mitigating input filter resonance, in which a controller operates an active front end (AFE) rectifier in a first mode to turn a single rectifier switching device on and off and measures a filter voltage or current signal while all of the rectifier switches are off. The controller determines a resonant frequency based on a transient response of the measured voltage or current signal, and selectively adjusts a rectifier control parameter to mitigate filter resonance based on the resonant frequency.

Claims

1. A power conversion system, comprising:

an AC input coupleable to receive AC input power from a power source;

a rectifier, including a plurality of AC input terminals, first and second DC output terminals, and a plurality of switching devices individually coupled between a corresponding one of the AC input terminals and one of the first and second DC output terminals;

a filter circuit coupled between the AC input and the rectifier; and

a controller to provide switching control signals to operate the switching devices of the rectifier, the controller operative in a first mode to;

turn a single one of the switching devices on for a non-zero time period,

turn the single one of the switching devices off after the non-zero time period,

measure a voltage or current signal associated with the filter circuit while all of the switching devices are off after the non-zero time period,

determine a resonant frequency based on a transient response of the measured voltage or current signal, and

selectively adjust a rectifier control parameter to mitigate filter resonance based on the resonant frequency.

2. The power conversion system of claim 1, wherein the controller is further operative to compute a line impedance associated with the power source based on the resonant frequency.

3. The power conversion system of claim 1, wherein the controller is operative in a second mode to:

selectively provide the switching control signals to cause the rectifier to convert AC input power to provide DC output power at the DC output terminals;

measure the voltage or current signal associated with the filter circuit while the rectifier is converting AC input power to provide the DC output power;

determine the resonant frequency based on the measured voltage or current signal; and

selectively adjust the rectifier control parameter to mitigate filter resonance based on the resonant frequency while the rectifier is converting AC input power to provide the DC output power.

4. The power conversion system of claim 3, wherein the controller is operative in the first and second modes to selectively adjust the rectifier control parameter to reduce a control loop bandwidth based on the resonant frequency.

5. The power conversion system of claim 1, wherein the controller is operative in the first mode to selectively adjust the rectifier control parameter to reduce a control loop bandwidth based on the resonant frequency.

6. The power conversion system of claim 1, wherein the controller is operative after the power conversion system is initially powered up to precharge a DC bus capacitor at the output of the rectifier before turning the single one of the switching devices on for the non-zero time period.

7. The power conversion system of claim 1, wherein the controller is operative to:

individually turn each of the switching devices on and off and measure the voltage or current signal to determine a corresponding resonant frequency in the first mode;

determine a plurality of resonant frequencies based on a transient response of the measured voltage or current signal individually corresponding to the plurality of switching devices; and

selectively adjust a rectifier control parameter to mitigate filter resonance based on at least one of the plurality of resonant frequencies.

8. The power conversion system of claim 7, wherein the controller is further operative to compute a line impedance associated with the power source based on at least one of the plurality of resonant frequencies.

9. The power conversion system of claim 7, wherein the controller is operative in a second mode to:

selectively provide the switching control signals to cause the rectifier to convert AC input power to provide DC output power at the DC output terminals;

measure the voltage or current signal associated with the filter circuit while the rectifier is converting AC input power to provide the DC output power;

determine the resonant frequency based on the measured voltage or current signal; and

selectively adjust the rectifier control parameter to mitigate filter resonance based on the resonant frequency while the rectifier is converting AC input power to provide the DC output power.

10. The power conversion system of claim 9, wherein the controller is operative in the first and second modes to selectively adjust the rectifier control parameter to reduce a control loop bandwidth based on the resonant frequency.

11. A method to mitigate resonance in a filter of a power conversion system, the method comprising, in a first operating mode:

turning a single one of a plurality of rectifier switching devices on for a non-zero time period;

turning the single one of the rectifier switching devices off after the non-zero time period;

measuring a voltage or current signal associated with the filter circuit while all of the plurality of switching devices are off after the non-zero time period,

determining a resonant frequency based on a transient response of the measured voltage or current signal; and

selectively adjusting a rectifier control parameter to mitigate filter resonance based on the resonant frequency.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising, in the first operating mode, computing a line impedance associated with the power source based on the resonant frequency.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising, in a second mode:

selectively providing switching control signals to cause a rectifier to convert AC input power to provide DC output power;

measuring the voltage or current signal associated with the filter circuit while the rectifier is converting AC input power to DC output power;

determining the resonant frequency based on the measured voltage or current signal; and

selectively adjusting the rectifier control parameter to mitigate filter resonance based on the resonant frequency while the rectifier is converting AC input power to DC output power.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising, in the first and second modes, selectively adjusting the rectifier control parameter to reduce a control loop bandwidth based on the resonant frequency.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising, in the first mode, selectively adjusting the rectifier control parameter to reduce a control loop bandwidth based on the resonant frequency.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising, after the power conversion system is initially powered up, precharging a DC bus capacitor at the output of the rectifier before turning the single one of the switching devices on for the non-zero time period.

17. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

individually turning each of the switching devices on and off and measure the voltage or current signal to determine a corresponding resonant frequency in the first mode;

determining a plurality of resonant frequencies based on a transient response of the measured voltage or current signal individually corresponding to the plurality of switching devices; and

selectively adjusting a rectifier control parameter to mitigate filter resonance based on at least one of the plurality of resonant frequencies.

18. A non-transitory computer readable medium with computer executable instructions for mitigating resonance in a filter of a power conversion system, the computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions for, in a first operating mode:

turning a single one of a plurality of rectifier switching devices on for a non-zero time period;

turning the single one of the rectifier switching devices off after the non-zero time period;

measuring a voltage or current signal associated with the filter circuit while all of the plurality of switching devices are off after the non-zero time period,

determining a resonant frequency based on a transient response of the measured voltage or current signal; and

selectively adjusting a rectifier control parameter to mitigate filter resonance based on the resonant frequency.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18, further comprising, computer executable instructions for, in a second mode:

selectively providing switching control signals to cause a rectifier to convert AC input power to provide DC output power;

measuring the voltage or current signal associated with the filter circuit while the rectifier is converting AC input power to DC output power;

determining the resonant frequency based on the measured voltage or current signal; and

selectively adjusting the rectifier control parameter to mitigate filter resonance based on the resonant frequency while the rectifier is converting AC input power to DC output power.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18, further comprising, computer executable instructions for, in the first mode, selectively adjusting the rectifier control parameter to reduce a control loop bandwidth based on the resonant frequency.