SYSTEM POWER LEVELING DEVICE AND IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM

• US 20110206272A1
• Filed: 02/24/2011
• Published: 08/25/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company LLC (GE Healthcare Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company LLC (GE Healthcare Technologies, Inc.)
• Inventors: Ariyama, Naoki, Takaichi, Yoshio
• Granted Patent: US 8,581,553 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/145
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 9/061 for DC powered loads
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/1582 Buck-boost converters H02M3/1584 takes precedence

Abstract

A system power leveling device includes a bidirectional converter connected to a system bus line providing a electric power to a load from a power source and having a first and a second switching element, a power storage device connected to the bidirectional converter, a first specifying section for specifying a power consumption of the load, a charge-discharge control section for controlling the charge and the discharge of the power storage device by controlling the bidirectional converter based on the power consumption specified at the first specifying section, and a second specifying section specifying a current or an electric power of the charge or the discharge.

Claims

1. A system power leveling device comprising:

a bidirectional converter connected to a system bus line providing a electric power to a load from a power source, the bidirectional converter comprising a first switching element and a second switching element;

a power storage device connected to the bidirectional converter;

a first specifying section configured to specify a power consumption of the load;

a charge-discharge control section configured to control charging and discharging of the power storage device by controlling the bidirectional converter based on the specified power consumption; and

a second specifying section configured to specify one of a current and an electric power of the charge or the discharge, wherein the charge-discharge control section comprises a first on/off control section configured to;

deactivate a first of the first switching element and the second switching element when the power storage device is charging or discharging;

one of activate and deactivate a second of the first switching element and the second element until a difference between a target value of the current or the electric power of the charge or the discharge and the specified value by the second specifying section becomes smaller than a first threshold; and

perform a first feed-back control such that the specified value approaches the target value, by using a pulse width modulation for a on/off operation of the second of the first switching element and the second switching element.

2. The system power leveling device according to claim 1, wherein the charge-discharge control section comprises:

a determining section configured to determine whether the difference is larger than a second threshold which is larger than the first threshold, when starting the charge or the discharge; and

a second on/off control section configured to;

for, when the charge or the discharge is performed, while one of the first and the second switching elements is kept off, deactivate the first of the first switching element and the switching element when the power storage device is charging or discharging; and

perform a second feed-back control such that the specified value approaches target value, by using a pulse width modulation for an on/off operation of the second of the first switching element and the second switching element, wherein when the difference is determined lager than the second threshold by the determining section, the first feed-back control by the first on/off control section is performed, and when the difference is determined equal to or less than the second threshold by the determining section, the second feed-back control by the second on/off control section is performed.

3. The system power leveling device according to claim 1, wherein:

the power source comprises an alternating-current power source;

the first specifying section is configured to specify the power consumption of the load at a cycle of a wave form of the alternating-current power source or at every period of a predetermined number of the cycle; and

the charge-discharge control section is configured to control the charge and discharge based on most recent predetermined number of times of the power consumption specified by the first specifying section.

4. The system power leveling device according to claim 3, wherein the predetermined number of times is an integral number within a range from 1 to 10.

5. The system power leveling device according to claim 3, wherein the first specifying section is synchronized with a zero-cross phase of the alternating-current power source and specifies the power consumption of the load.

6. The system power leveling device according to claim 3 wherein:

the charge-discharge control section is configured to start the charge when a representing value of the power consumption for most recent N1 cycle specified at the first specifying section becomes less than a threshold TH1, and to end the charge when a representing value of the power consumption for most recent N2 cycle of specified at the first specifying section becomes equal to or more than a threshold TH2;

the charge-discharge control section is configured to start the discharge when a representing value of the power consumption for most recent N3 cycle specified at the first specifying section becomes equal to or more than a threshold TH3, and to end the discharge when a representing value of the power consumption for most recent N4 cycle specified at the first specifying section becomes less than a threshold TH4; and

TH1, TH2, TH3, and TH4 are in a relationship of TH1≧

TH2>

TH4≧

TH3.

7. The system power leveling device of claim 6, wherein the N1, N2, N3, and N4 are integer numbers within a range from 1 to 10.

8. The system power leveling device of claim 7, wherein:

the alternating-current power source comprises a three-phase alternating-current power source;

the first specifying section is configured to specify the power consumption of the load at every period of ⅙

of the cycle; and

N1, N2, N3, and N4 are N1=N2=N3=N4=3.

9. The system power leveling device according to claim 6, wherein at least one of combinations of the TH1 and TH2, and the TH3 and TH4 is a combination of values different from one another.

10. The system power leveling device according to claim 6, wherein a target value of an electric power of the charge is an electric power value evaluated by subtracting a maximum electric power burdening the power source from a representing value of the power consumption for most recent N5 cycle specified at the first specifying section.

11. The system power leveling device according to claim 6, wherein the representing value is an average value, an intermediate value, a middle value, or a value corresponding to an apparent value.

12. The system power leveling device according to claim 1, wherein the target value of the current of the charge is a predetermined fixed value.

13. The system power leveling device according to claim 1, wherein the first feed-back control includes PID control, H-infinity (∞

) control, or LQI control.

14. The system power leveling device according to claim 1, wherein the power storage device comprises an electric double layer capacitor.

15. An image diagnostic system comprising:

a load; and

a system power leveling device comprising;

a bidirectional converter connected to a system bus line providing a electric power to the load from a power source, the bidirectional converter comprising a first switching element and a second switching element;

a power storage device connected to the bidirectional converter;

a first specifying section configured to specify a power consumption of the load;

a charge-discharge control section configured to control charging and discharging of the power storage device by controlling the bidirectional converter based on the specified power consumption; and

a second specifying section configured to specify one of a current and an electric power of the charge or the discharge, wherein the charge-discharge control section comprises a first on/off control section configured to;

deactivate a first of the first switching element and the second switching element when the power storage device is charging or discharging;

one of activate and deactivate a second of the first switching element and the second element until a difference between a target value of the current or the electric power of the charge or the discharge and the specified value by the second specifying section becomes smaller than a first threshold; and

perform a first feed-back control such that the specified value approaches the target value, by using a pulse width modulation for a on/off operation of the second of the first switching element and the second switching element.

16. The image diagnostic system according to claim 15, wherein the load comprises an X-ray generating unit configured to perform X-ray CT photography.

17. The image diagnostic system according to claim 15, wherein the load comprises an X-ray generating unit configured to perform X-ray photography.

18. The image diagnostic system according to claim 15, wherein the load comprises a magnetic field generating unit configured to perform MR photography.

19. The image diagnostic system according to claim 15, wherein the charge-discharge control section comprises:

a determining section configured to determine whether the difference is larger than a second threshold which is larger than the first threshold, when starting the charge or the discharge; and

a second on/off control section configured to;

for, when the charge or the discharge is performed, while one of the first and the second switching elements is kept off, deactivate the first of the first switching element and the switching element when the power storage device is charging or discharging; and

perform a second feed-back control such that the specified value approaches target value, by using a pulse width modulation for an on/off operation of the second of the first switching element and the second switching element, wherein when the difference is determined lager than the second threshold by the determining section, the first on/off control section performs the first feed-back control, and when the difference is determined equal to or less than the second threshold by the determining section, the second on/off control section performs the second feed-back control.

20. The image diagnostic system according to claim 15, wherein:

the power source comprises an alternating-current power source;

the first specifying section is configured to specify the power consumption of the load at a cycle of a wave form of the alternating-current power source or at every period of a predetermined number of the cycle; and

the charge-discharge control section is configured to control the charge and discharge based on most recent predetermined number of times of the power consumption specified by the first specifying section.