AC-to-ac power converter without a dc link capacitor
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H02J-00336
출원번호
US-0759054
(2001-01-10)
발명자
/ 주소
Kalman, Gabor
Huggett, Colin
출원인 / 주소
Honeywell International Inc.
인용정보
피인용 횟수 :
23인용 특허 :
19
초록▼
An ac-to-ac power converter includes a source-side inverter that is operated in current mode and a drive side inverter that is operated in commutation mode. The source side inverter performs current regulation during a first portion of each modulating cycle and space vector modulation during a secon
An ac-to-ac power converter includes a source-side inverter that is operated in current mode and a drive side inverter that is operated in commutation mode. The source side inverter performs current regulation during a first portion of each modulating cycle and space vector modulation during a second portion of each modulating cycle.
대표청구항▼
1. Power conversion apparatus comprising:a source-side inverter including on/off switches; a drive-side inverter including on/off switches; a dc current link coupled between an output of the source-side inverter and an input of the drive-side inverter; a controller for operating the source-side inve
1. Power conversion apparatus comprising:a source-side inverter including on/off switches; a drive-side inverter including on/off switches; a dc current link coupled between an output of the source-side inverter and an input of the drive-side inverter; a controller for operating the source-side inverter in current mode and the drive-side inverter in a commutation mode to achieve sinusoidal input currents at an input of the source-side inverter and sinusoidal output currents at an output of the driver-side inverter; and rotor position sensors for generating a position signal indicating position of a motor emf Park vector, wherein the controller generates a rotor position unit vector from the position signal, computes a motor current Park vector that is synchronous with respect to the emf Park vector, PI-regulates an imaginary portion of the synchronous motor current Park vector, uses the regulated imaginary portion to shift the position signal into a shifted signal, and uses the shifted signal to select switches of the drive-side inverter. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller performs power factor control of the drive-side inverter such that motor current is in phase with motor back emf.3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller commands the drive-side inverter to generate active vectors only; and wherein null vectors are imposed by the source-side inverter.4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the dc current link includes a diode bridge for bi-directional flow.5. Power conversion apparatus comprising:a source-side inverter terminated in an ac capacitor bank; a drive-side inverter; a dc current link coupled between an output of the source-side inverter and an input of the drive-side inverter; and a controller for operating the source-side inverter in current mode and the drive-side inverter in a commutation mode, the controller commanding the source-side inverter to perform current regulation on the dc current link during a first portion of each modulating cycle and current mode space vector modulation during a second portion of each modulating cycles, wherein during each second portion the controller modulates switches of the source-side inverter to extract fundamental frequency sinusoidal currents from an ac power source, wherein the current mode space vector modulation produces a current vector, wherein the controller uses phase angle of the current Park vector to command the source-side inverter switches to connect selected chases of the capacitor bank to the dc current link and maintain a relatively ripple-free current on the dc link, and wherein the controller also performs damping during each second portion of the modulating cycle through modification of the chase angle by computing a Park vector of capacitor bank voltage, computing a second Park vector representing resonant frequencies of the voltage Park vector, regulating the second Park vector, and using the regulated second Park vector to correct the chase angle. 6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the controller varies duty cycle of each first portion to control average current in the dc link.7. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the controller operates the source-side inverter as a buck-chopper during each first portion to perform the current regulation.8. A controller for a first inverter coupled between a power source and a dc current link and a second inverter coupled between an ac drive and the dc link, the controller comprising:a circuit for commanding the first inverter to perform current regulation on the dc current link during a first portion of each modulating cycle and current mode space vector modulation during a second portion of each modulating cycle, wherein the first inverter is terminated in a capacitor bank and wherein the space vector modulation produces a current Park vector; the circuit commanding the second inverter to operate in commutation mode, using phase angle of the current Park vector to command switches of the first inverter to connect selected phases of the capacitor bank to the dc current link, and performing damping during each second portion of the modulating cycle through modification of the phase angle by computing a Park vector of capacitor bank voltage, computing a second Park vector representing resonant frequencies of the voltage Park vector, regulating the second Park vector, and using the regulated second Park vector to correct the phase angle. 9. The controller of claim 8, wherein the circuit varies duty cycle of each first portion to control average current in the dc link.10. The controller of claim 8, wherein the circuit performs power factor control of the second inverter such that motor current is in phase with motor back emf.11. The controller of claim 10, wherein the circuit commands the second inverter to generate active vectors only; and wherein null vectors are imposed by the first inverter.12. A controller for a first inverter coupled between a power source and a dc current link and a second inverter coupled between an ac drive and the dc link, the controller comprising:a circuit for commanding the first inverter to perform current regulation on the dc current link during a first portion of each modulating cycle and current mode space vector modulation during a second portion of each modulating cycle, the circuit commanding the second inverter to operate in commutation mode, wherein the controller generates a vector indicating back emf, computes a current Park vector that is synchronous with respect to the back emf Park vector, PI-regulates an imaginary portion of the synchronous current Park vector, and uses the regulated imaginary portion to select switches of the second inverter. 13. Apparatus comprising:an ac motor; a first switch-based inverter having an input adapted to receive ac power; a second switch-based inverter coupled to the ac motor; means for operating the first inverter in current mode and the second inverter in commutation mode to achieve sinusoidal input currents at an input of the first inverter and sinusoidal output currents at an output of the second inverter; and position sensors for generating a position signal indicating position of a motor emf Park vector, wherein the means generates a rotor position unit vector from the position signal, computes a motor current Park vector that is synchronous with respect to the emf Park vector, PI-regulates an imaginary portion of the synchronous motor current Park vector, uses the regulated imaginary portion to shift the position signal into a shifted signal, and uses the shifted signal to select switches of the second inverter.
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