Electric power conversion systems – Current conversion – With means to introduce or eliminate frequency components
Patent
1997-03-27
1998-06-09
Berhane, Adolf
Electric power conversion systems
Current conversion
With means to introduce or eliminate frequency components
363160, 318808, 318812, H02M 112, H02M 527, H02P 2100
Patent
active
057644993
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The present invention is directed to a direct a.c. converter having three converter inputs for a three-phase power supply voltage and having converter outputs to which a three-phase load is connected. In particular, the direct a.c. converter of the present invention is connected to a motor, in open circuit, where the converter outputs are connected to each other only via the load, and a control device that controls the direct a.c. converter for setting given phase voltage characteristics in the individual load phases.
In direct a.c. converters of this type, the individual load phases of a three-phase load are connected to the converter outputs of the direct a.c. converter and are electrically insulated from each other. See B.R. Pelly, "Thyristor Phase-Controlled Converters and Cycloconverters", Wiley-Interscience (1971), p. 213. In comparison with so-called interlinked circuits, where some of the converter outputs are electrically connected at a neutral star point, this so-called open circuit offers the advantage that a simple three-phase transformer is sufficient to supply current to the direct a.c. converter because there is no direct connection of the converter outputs. On the other hand, an expensive transformer with three three-phase secondary winding systems is needed with a so-called interlinked circuit to supply the current to the direct a.c. converter with the load connected to it. See Pelly at p. 214.
Because of other disadvantages, however, direct a.c. converters with an open load circuit have not yet gained any great economic significance. With direct a.c. converters having an interlinked circuit, optimum utilization of the capacity of the transformer is usually achieved by establishing an approximately trapezoidal phase voltage characteristics for the transformer. Also, sinusoidal characteristics of the interlinked voltages under load and thus sinusoidal load currents are generated. However, with respect to direct a.c. converters having an open circuit, high in-phase harmonic currents, particularly the third harmonic, would occur if a trapezoidal phase voltage characteristic were established Although such harmonic currents would not make any contribution to the effective output under load, they would cause an unnecessary additional burden on the direct a.c. converter. With a direct a.c. converter having an open circuit, the phase voltage is usually controlled according to a sinusoidal characteristic, but utilization of transformer capacity is relatively poor. Therefore, in order to achieve a useful power output comparable to that of a direct a.c. converter with an interlinked circuit, the voltage to be supplied by the transformer must be increased in a direct a.c. converter with an open circuit.
Nevertheless, other disadvantages arise from direct a.c. converters with an open circuit when the fastest possible current rise is required. The fastest possible current rise time is required because of load requirements related to, for example, the torque rise time of a motor. For example, if the sinusoidal phase voltage characteristic of one of the load phases is close to its amplitude, the phase voltage reaches the maximum adjustable phase voltage level at the converter outputs, i.e., the amplitude value of the voltage supplied by the transformer, and the current in the corresponding load phase rises very slowly. Then the resulting motor torque also increases with the corresponding time lag.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An object of the present invention is therefore to improve the operation of dynamic load requirements in a direct a.c. converter with a connected load in an open circuit.
The direct a.c. converter according to the present invention is characterized in that, first, only a comparatively simple transformer is needed for the power supply because the load is connected in open circuit and, second, when there are dynamic load requirements, the same voltage reserves are utilized as in direct a.c. converters with an interlinked circuit. When there are dynamic load requi
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Klug Rolf-Dieter
Timmert Hans-Peter
Berhane Adolf
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
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