EP4298448A1

EP4298448A1 - Method and device for measuring an insulation resistance of a dc voltage source connected to a split intermediate circuit during mains parallel operation

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Publication number: EP4298448A1
Application number: EP22711505.2A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Martin PUTZ
Original assignee: SMA Solar Technology AG
Current assignee: SMA Solar Technology AG
Priority date: 2021-02-23
Filing date: 2022-02-21
Publication date: 2024-01-03
Also published as: JP2024507215A; CN116888484A; DE102021104289B4; US20230393179A1; WO2022179984A1; DE102021104289A1

Abstract

To measure an insulation resistance (Riso) of a DC voltage source (7) connected to a split intermediate circuit (2), a midpoint potential of the DC voltage source (7) is shifted by different operation of two voltage controllers (11, 12) by way of which two poles (9, 10) of the DC voltage source (7) are each connected to one of two parts (3, 4) of the split intermediate circuit (2). A change (I_delta), resulting from the shifting of the midpoint potential of the DC voltage source (7), in a difference current over all lines (25, 26; 28, 29) that carry a current flowing via the intermediate circuit (2) from the DC voltage source (7) is measured in the process.

Description

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING AN INSULATION RESISTANCE OF A D.C. VOLTAGE SOURCE CONNECTED TO A SPLIT LINK IN MAINS PARALLEL OPERATION

TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The invention relates to a method for detecting an insulation resistance of a DC voltage source connected to a divided intermediate circuit and to a device for carrying out such a method. More precisely, the invention relates to a method having the features of the preamble of independent patent claim 1 and to a device having the features of the preamble of independent patent claim 14.

The intermediate circuit can in particular be an intermediate circuit at the input of an inverter, via which the DC voltage source is connected to an AC network. The DC voltage source can be a battery connected to the AC grid via a bidirectional inverter. Current can then flow both from the battery into the AC grid and from the AC grid into the battery via the bidirectional inverter. The DC voltage source can also be a photovoltaic generator in order to unidirectionally feed current into the AC grid.

With every DC voltage source connected to a power grid, it is important for functional and safety monitoring to regularly record the insulation resistance of the DC voltage source. Of particular interest are methods that enable this detection in mains parallel operation, ie without the need to interrupt the flow of current between the DC voltage source and the mains. This applies in particular when an inverter, via which the DC voltage source is connected to an AC network, is provided as a network former for the AC network. STATE OF THE ART

DE 10 2012 104752 B3 discloses a method for measuring an insulation resistance for an inverter and an inverter with a device for measuring an insulation resistance. In the method and the device, a midpoint lying between the switching elements of a half-bridge of the inverter is connected to a grounding point by closing a grounding switch. The middle point connected to the grounding point is connected in succession to the two ungrounded poles of an intermediate circuit voltage of the inverter applied to the half-bridge by means of the switching elements of the half-bridge, and the current flowing through this connection to the grounding point is measured. The known method and device of the known inverter are not suitable for measuring the insulation resistance when the inverter is operated in parallel with the mains, because they use the switching elements of the half-bridge of the inverter in a manner that differs from their use in parallel operation with the mains.

An insulation resistance measurement in an inverter is known from DE 102018 126235 A1, which has a DC voltage intermediate circuit and a bridge circuit connected to the DC voltage intermediate circuit for driving an alternating current via a bridge center point. The middle point of the bridge is connected to a grounding point, and the middle point of the bridge that is connected to the grounding point is successively connected to two voltage-different points of the ungrounded DC voltage intermediate circuit by means of the bridge circuit. A current flowing from the two voltage-different points to the grounding point is measured. The two voltage-different points of the unearthed DC link are selected from a group of points in such a way that the electrical voltages present between the two voltage-different points and earth do not exceed a predetermined limit value. In addition to the two end points, the group of points from which this selection is made includes at least one intermediate voltage point of the unearthed DC link. In this way, a reliable insulation resistance measurement is also made possible when the DC voltage intermediate circuit is charged to an intermediate circuit voltage that significantly exceeds a nominal dielectric strength of switching elements of the bridge circuit of the inverter and in particular of hardware components of the measuring circuit. However, this known insulation resistance measurement is also not possible during ongoing operation of the inverter, in particular when it is operated in parallel with the grid. WO 2014/079775 A1, which comes closest to the present invention, discloses a method for measuring the insulation resistance of a DC voltage input of a running transformerless inverter, which outputs an alternating current at an AC voltage output with a specified ground reference, and of DC voltage sources connected to the DC voltage input with respect to ground. In the known method, a periodic test voltage signal with a lower frequency than that of the alternating current is generated in relation to the specified earth reference of the alternating voltage output such that it is modulated onto the voltage at the direct voltage input when the inverter is running. A ground current caused by the test voltage signal is detected. The periodic test voltage signal is generated either with a separate voltage source between the AC voltage output of the inverter and its ground reference or with the inverter itself in relation to the ground reference of its AC voltage output. In the latter case, the test voltage signal is generated by modifying drive signals for an inverter bridge of the inverter. In any event, the test voltage signal has a frequency at least a factor of 5, and often a factor of 10, less than that of the AC current which the running inverter puts out at its AC output. The ground current caused by the test voltage signal is detected at the AC output of the inverter as part of a current sum across the AC output. The total current is recorded using a summation current transformer or by measuring the currents through individual lines and adding up these currents. The insulation resistance can be determined from the test voltage signal and the total current by additional measurement of a total voltage present at the DC voltage input with respect to ground. Although this known method can in principle be carried out in parallel operation with the mains, it nevertheless directly affects the operation of the inverter, which is disruptive at least when the mains is formed at the same time as the inverter.

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

The invention is based on the object of demonstrating a method for detecting an insulation resistance of a DC voltage source connected to a divided intermediate circuit and a device for carrying out this method, which allow a current flow from the DC voltage source that is undisturbed to the extent that an inverter connected to the intermediate circuit on the input side for uninterrupted network formation of an AC network connected to its output. SOLUTION

The object of the invention is achieved by a method having the features of independent patent claim 1 and a device for carrying out the method having the features of the preamble of independent patent claim 14 . Advantageous embodiments of the method according to the invention and the device according to the invention are defined in the dependent patent claims.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

In a method according to the invention for detecting an insulation resistance of a DC voltage source connected to a divided intermediate circuit, a midpoint potential of the DC voltage source is determined by operating two voltage regulators differently, via which the DC voltage source is connected to one of two parts of the divided intermediate circuit, in relation to a voltage midpoint of the split intermediate circuit shifted between its two parts. In this case, a change in a differential current resulting from the shift in the midpoint potential is detected across all lines that carry a current from the DC voltage source that flows via the intermediate circuit.

With the midpoint potential, every other electrical potential of the DC voltage source is also shifted in relation to the voltage midpoint of the intermediate circuit and thus also in relation to earth. A fixed ground reference of the intermediate circuit has an influence on the shift of the electrical potentials compared to ground, but a fixed ground reference of the intermediate circuit is not a prerequisite for this shift to occur at all. On the other hand, when the method according to the invention is being carried out, the two poles of the DC voltage source must not have a direct reference to earth.

In particular, if a topology with two voltage regulators, via which the DC voltage source is connected to one of two parts of a divided intermediate circuit, already exists, the method according to the invention can be carried out with little or no outlay on equipment. Without further measures, the method according to the invention can lead to an asymmetry in the charging of the two parts of the divided intermediate circuit; However, this asymmetry does not fundamentally call into question a network-forming function of an inverter connected to the intermediate circuit on the input side. In addition, it is not important for the method according to the invention that the two parts of the divided intermediate circuit are charged differently. On the contrary, the intermediate circuit can also be continuously balanced while the method according to the invention is being carried out. In addition, differences between partial voltages that drop across the two parts of the divided intermediate circuit can also be actively compensated continuously during the different operation of the two voltage controllers.

The potential shift of the midpoint potential in relation to the voltage midpoint of the intermediate circuit resulting from the different operation of the two voltage controllers is accompanied by an equally large potential shift in relation to earth when the voltage midpoint is referenced to earth. The potential shift then corresponds directly to a voltage difference, which is linked to the change in the residual current across the insulation resistance and thus enables it to be recorded. But even without a fixed ground reference, the potential shift in relation to the voltage center point of the intermediate circuit is accompanied by a potential shift of the center point potential in relation to ground.

The resulting change in the differential current can be recorded at various points across all lines that carry the current flowing through the intermediate circuit from the DC voltage source. In this context, "all lines" means a complete set of lines which carry the current flowing via the intermediate circuit from the DC voltage source. In particular, this can be all output lines of the DC voltage source itself or all output lines of the intermediate circuit or all output lines of an inverter connected to the intermediate circuit on the input side or also all lines at a point in between or after it.

In order to detect the voltage of the midpoint potential of the DC voltage source in relation to the voltage midpoint of the intermediate circuit, voltages can be measured between the two poles of the voltage source and the voltage midpoint. Half the difference between the amounts of the two voltages is the voltage between the midpoint potential and the voltage midpoint of the intermediate circuit. In carrying out the invention The potential shift of the center point potential resulting from the different operation of the two voltage controllers is of interest. This can be recorded as a change in half the difference between the magnitudes of the two voltages.

If the intermediate circuit has a fixed ground reference, and thus in particular if the voltage center point of the intermediate circuit is grounded, the insulation resistance can be calculated as the quotient of the potential shift and the resulting change in the differential current. In the case of an intermediate circuit in an IT network without a fixed ground reference, on the other hand, the quotient of the potential shift and the resulting change in the residual current results in an insulation resistance sum, as will be explained in more detail below. In order to rule out the influence of reactance components of the insulation resistance, the insulation resistance or the insulation resistance sum can also be calculated as the quotient of an integral of a square of an instantaneous value of the potential shift over a period of time over which the midpoint potential of the DC voltage source is shifted, and an integral of a product of the instantaneous value of the potential shift and one The instantaneous value of the resulting change in residual current can be calculated over the same period. In formula form, this corresponds to the insulation resistance Riso, the instantaneous value of the potential shift u(t), the instantaneous value of the resulting change in the differential current i(t) and the time period T: R _iso = with U ² = ^/ ₍ ^tn+r u ² ( t)dt and P = ^ ^n+T u(ti(t ) dt. Compared to the verbal description, the canceling factor 1/T with the duration T of the period over which the midpoint potential of the DC voltage source is shifted has been added U the effective value of the potential shift and P an active power of the earth current resulting from the potential shift.

Alternatively, the insulation resistance or the sum of the insulation resistances can be calculated as a quotient of an integral of a product of the instantaneous value of the potential shift and an instantaneous value of the resulting change in the differential current over a period of time over which the midpoint potential of the DC voltage source is shifted, and an integral of a square of the instantaneous value of the resulting change in residual current can be calculated over the same period. In formula form, this corresponds to R _iso = with P · i(t) dt and I ² = - f ^tn+r i ² (t)dt. Here I is the rms value of the resulting change in differential current.

T t _n In the intermediate circuit in an IT network, a voltage change in a ground voltage between the voltage midpoint of the intermediate circuit and ground resulting from the shift in the midpoint potential of the DC voltage source can also be detected, for which purpose this ground voltage must be measured before and during the shift in the midpoint potential. The insulation resistance and an IT network insulation resistance, the sum of which is the insulation resistance sum, can then be found from the relationship

IT network insulation resistance / insulation resistance total = voltage change / potential shift can be determined. RMS values of the voltage change or potential shift or corresponding integrals of instantaneous values of the voltage change and the potential shift over the same period over which the midpoint potential of the DC voltage source is shifted are preferably used here as the voltage change and the potential shift.

In the case of the DC link in an IT system, the potential shift and the change in voltage of the earth voltage between the voltage midpoint of the DC link and earth resulting from the shift in the midpoint potential of the DC voltage source can also be measured twice, once when an IT system insulation resistance is a reference resistor known size is connected in parallel, and once if the IT mains insulation resistance is not connected in parallel with the reference resistance. Then the IT network insulation resistance and the insulation resistance of particular interest can be determined from the insulation resistance sum using the known size of the reference resistance.

In the method according to the invention, the midpoint potential for detecting the insulation resistance can be shifted by a constant value in relation to the voltage midpoint of the intermediate circuit. However, the center point potential can also be shifted periodically and in particular sinusoidally. If an inverter is connected to the intermediate circuit on the input side, it is then preferable for the midpoint potential to be shifted periodically with a period length that is at least 10 times and preferably at least 100 times as long as a period length of an alternating current output by the inverter. Influences of the alternating current on the determination of the insulation resistance are thus avoided as well as non-compensable influences of the method according to the invention on the operation of the inverter.

It has already been mentioned that the insulation resistance can be detected using the method according to the invention in mains parallel operation, in particular in mains parallel operation of an inverter outputting an alternating current into an alternating current network. The alternating current grid to which the inverter is connected on the output side can be provided with the inverter. A reversal of the energy flow direction from the AC voltage source via the inverter is also possible. The method according to the invention can be carried out even with such a reverse energy flow direction. In a device according to the invention for carrying out the method according to the invention, with a divided intermediate circuit, which has two parts and a voltage midpoint between the two parts, with two input connections for two poles of a DC voltage source, with two voltage regulators, each connected to one of the two input connections on the input side and to one of the two input connections on the output side one of the two parts of the intermediate circuit are connected, with a control device for the two voltage regulators and with a residual current detection device for detecting a differential current across all lines that carry a current flowing from the DC voltage source via the intermediate circuit, the control device is designed to switch to an insulation resistance measurement mode Midpoint potential of a DC voltage source connected to the input connections due to different operation of the two voltage controllers compared to the voltage midpoint of the intermediate circuit ises, and the differential current detection device is designed to detect a change in the differential current resulting from the shift in the center point potential of the DC voltage source. A plurality of DC voltage sources can also be connected to the two parts of the divided intermediate circuit via two separate voltage regulators in each case. The method according to the invention can then be carried out separately for each of these DC voltage sources using the device according to the invention.

The differential current detection device can be designed and connected to detect the differential current across all lines between the input terminals and the intermediate circuit and/or all output lines of the intermediate circuit and/or all output lines of an inverter connected to the intermediate circuit on the input side. Thereby can the residual current detection device have a summation current transformer. Alternatively, the differential current detection device can detect and add up the individual currents through the individual lines.

The voltage measuring devices can be designed and connected to measure voltages between the two input connections and the voltage midpoint of the intermediate circuit.

An intermediate circuit balancer of the device can be designed and connected to compensate for differences between two partial voltages that drop across the two parts of the divided intermediate circuit. The voltage center point of the intermediate circuit can be earthed in order to ensure a fixed earth reference of the intermediate circuit.

If the intermediate circuit does not have a fixed ground reference, a second voltage measuring device can be designed and connected to measure a ground voltage between the voltage midpoint of the intermediate circuit and ground. Furthermore, a switch and a reference resistor of known size can be connected in series between one of the live output lines, in particular one of the live output lines of an inverter connected to the intermediate circuit on the input side, and a ground connection.

An inverter of the device can be connected to the intermediate circuit on the input side. This inverter can be designed to provide an AC network that is connected to it on the output side. An inverter connected to the intermediate circuit on the input side can also be a bidirectional converter. The device can thus be designed for connecting a battery to an AC network.

Advantageous developments of the invention result from the patent claims, the description and the drawings. The advantages of features and combinations of several features mentioned in the description are merely exemplary and can have an effect alternatively or cumulatively without the advantages necessarily having to be achieved by embodiments according to the invention. The following applies to the disclosure content - not the scope of protection - of the original application documents and the patent: Further features can be found in the drawings - in particular the illustrated geometries and the relative dimensions of several components to one another as well as their relative arrangement and operative connection. The combination of features of different embodiments of the invention or of features of different patent claims is also possible in deviation from the selected back references of the patent claims and is hereby suggested. This also applies to those features that are shown in separate drawings or are mentioned in their description. These features can also be combined with features of different patent claims. Likewise, features listed in the patent claims can be omitted for further embodiments of the invention, but this does not apply to the independent patent claims of the granted patent.

The features mentioned in the patent claims and the description are to be understood with regard to their number in such a way that exactly this number or a larger number than the number mentioned is present without the need for an explicit use of the adverb "at least". If, for example, a DC voltage source is mentioned, this is to be understood in such a way that exactly one DC voltage source, two DC voltage sources or more DC voltage sources are present. The features listed in the patent claims can be supplemented by further features or can be the only features that the respective method or device has.

The reference signs contained in the claims do not represent a limitation on the scope of the subject matter protected by the claims. They only serve the purpose of making the claims easier to understand.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES The invention is further explained and described below with reference to preferred exemplary embodiments shown in the figures.

1 shows a device according to the invention, comprising an inverter, connected to an external AC network with the neutral conductor grounded. 2 shows a device according to the invention, comprising an inverter, connected to an IT network.

FIG. 3 is a first equivalent circuit diagram of the device according to FIG. 2 for explaining the method according to the invention. Figure 4 shows a detail of Figure 3, with a grounding switch of the device being open.

FIG. 5 shows the detail according to FIG. 4 with the switch closed.

FIGURE DESCRIPTION

The device 1 shown in FIG. 1 has a divided intermediate circuit 2 with two parts 3 and 4 and a voltage midpoint 5 . The two parts 3 and 4 of the intermediate circuit 2 each have a preferably identical capacitance, which is provided by at least one capacitor 6 in each case. A DC voltage source 7 , which is a battery 8 here, is connected to the intermediate circuit 2 . Specifically, each of the two opposite poles 9 and 10 of the DC voltage source 7 is connected to one of the two parts 3 or 4 of the intermediate circuit 2 via a voltage controller 11 or 12 . In this case, the voltage controllers 11 and 12 are each also connected to the voltage midpoint 5 . Furthermore, an intermediate circuit balancer 13 is provided for the intermediate circuit 2, which continuously ensures that parts 3 and 4 are charged equally, and thus the same voltages across parts 3 and 4 of the intermediate circuit 2. An inverter 14 is connected to the intermediate circuit 2 on the input side. On the output side, the inverter 14 is connected to an alternating current network 16 via a mains switch 15 . In this case, the voltage midpoint 5 is connected to ground 17 via a neutral conductor N of the AC network 16 . In order to record an insulation resistance Riso of the DC voltage source 7 with respect to ground 17, in an insulation resistance measurement mode, a control device 34 of the device 1 uses different operation of the two voltage regulators 11 and 12 to measure a midpoint potential of a potential midpoint 18 of the DC voltage source 7 with respect to the voltage midpoint 5 of the intermediate circuit 2 and shifted with respect to Earth 17. A change I_delta in a differential current that accompanies this potential shift U_delta across all lines that carry a current flowing from the DC voltage source 7 via the intermediate circuit 2 is detected. Of the Insulation resistance Riso is then the quotient of U_delta and l_delta. Even if the insulation resistance Riso in Fig. 2 and the following figures is shown as an example at the potential midpoint 18 of the DC voltage source 7, an insulation fault and a resulting fault current can have a finite insulation resistance Riso to ground at any point between the two poles 9 and 10 of the DC voltage source 7 occur. Regardless of where it occurs, the insulation fault or the resulting fault current is registered when the present invention is used. Since the potential of all points of the DC voltage source 7 in the insulation resistance measurement mode of the control device 34 is shifted to the same extent in relation to the voltage midpoint 5 of the intermediate circuit 2 and thus in relation to ground 17, the actual spatial location has no influence on the determined insulation resistance Riso. In particular, insulation faults can occur at a number of different points on the DC voltage source 7, or an insulation fault can be spatially distributed over a region of the DC voltage source 7. However, both can be described by a spatially concentrated equivalent insulation resistance Riso, which can then be assumed at potential center point 18 of the DC voltage source, as shown in the figures. The present invention is therefore in no way limited to the measurement of the insulation resistance Riso at the location of the potential center 18 of the DC voltage source.

In order to determine the potential shift U_delta, voltage measuring devices in the form of two voltmeters 19 and 20 are used to measure voltages between input terminals 21 and 22 of device 1, to which poles 9 and 10 of the DC voltage source are connected, and voltage midpoint 5. The potential shift U_delta resulting from the different operation of the two voltage regulators 11 and 12 then results as a change in half the difference between the amounts of the two measured voltages. Two options are indicated in FIG. 1 for detecting the differential current or the change in the differential current resulting from the potential shift U_delta. On the one hand, ammeters 23 and 24 are provided, which measure the currents through lines 25 and 26 between the input terminals 21 and 22 and the voltage converters 11 and 12, which lead to the parts 3 and 4 of the intermediate circuit 2. The differential current is the deviation of the sum of these currents or the difference in the magnitudes of these currents from zero. Furthermore, FIG. 1 shows a summation current converter 27, which generates a total current over all output lines 28 and 29 of the inverter 14, via which the inverter 14 is connected to the AC network 16 is, recorded. The summation current converter 27 directly outputs the differential current whose change l_delta results from the potential shift U_delta.

The insulation resistance Riso is preferably determined as follows from a quotient of a square of the effective value of U_delta and the effective power of the current l_delta flowing through the insulation resistance Riso or this effective power and a square of the effective value of the current l_delta, with a time period T being a multiple of the period length of the alternating current output by the inverter 14 and where u(t) and i(t) are the instantaneous values of U_delta and l_delta:

1 f tn+T

P = - u(t) i(t) dt 1 ^J t _n U ² = -

T ^J tn ^n+T u ² {t)dt or I ² = - T ^J ft ^t n ^n+r i ² (t)dt

The potential shift U_delta does not have to lead to a fixed value, but can also have a low-frequency sine curve. The period length of this sine curve is preferably many times greater than the period length of the alternating current output by the inverter 14 .

The different operation of the voltage converters 11 and 12, in order to bring about the potential shift U_delta, would basically cause an asymmetrical charging of the intermediate circuit 2 via its two parts 3 and 4. However, this can be prevented by the intermediate circuit balancer 13, so that the operation of the inverter 14 is not impaired by the measurement of the insulation resistance Riso, causing the potential shift U_delta. In particular, uninterrupted mains parallel operation of the inverter 14 is possible, including an uninterrupted standstill of the AC mains 16 by the inverter 14.

In the device according to FIG. 1, the intermediate circuit 2 has a fixed ground reference when the mains switch 15 is closed, in that the voltage center 5 of the intermediate circuit 2 is grounded. This results in the potential shift U_delta in relation to earth. At a Intermediate circuit 2 in an IT network without ground reference, as shown in Fig. 2, the potential shift U_delta also leads to a shift in the potential of the voltage midpoint 5 with respect to ground 17. This shift is recorded according to Fig. 2 by a ground voltage between the voltage midpoint 5 of the intermediate circuit 2 and earth 17 is measured with a voltmeter 30. Otherwise, the device 1 according to FIG. 2, which is intended for connection to an IT network 31, i.e. to an AC network 16 without a fixed ground reference, differs by a series connection of a reference resistor Rs of known size and a switch 32 between one of the live output lines 28 of the inverter 14 and ground 17. A voltmeter 33, which is also shown in FIG. 2, is optional. The potential shift U_delta also results in the device 1 according to FIG. When the switch 32 is open, the quotient of U_delta and the resulting change in the differential current measured with the ammeters 23 and 24 or the differential current transformer 27 corresponds to an insulation resistance sum here, with this quotient being able to be determined as above using effective values or the active power from the insulation resistance Riso and an IT network insulation resistance Riso_AC. This can be understood from Fig. 3, in which the intermediate circuit 2, the voltage converters 11 and 12 with the control device 35, the intermediate circuit balun 13 and the voltmeters 19 and 20 of the device 1 are combined in a unit 35 and in which the inverter 14 in the averaged over time as a short circuit. The potential shift U_delta, assumed here to be 220 V, then falls depending on the size of the insulation resistance Riso, assumed here to be 100 kΩ and the mains insulation resistance Riso_AC, assumed here to be 300 kΩ in the specified proportions of 55 V and 165 V above the insulation resistance Riso and the IT mains insulation - resisted Riso_AC. As is clear from the representation according to FIG. 4, the voltage drop across the IT mains insulation resistance Riso_AC can be measured by measuring the earth voltage with the voltmeter 30 with the switch 32 open, and the insulation resistance Riso can thus also be determined from the insulation resistance sum. With grounded mains there is no mains insulation resistance, or in other words Riso_AC is very small and accordingly only very little voltage drops across it. Correspondingly, the total insulation resistance here is essentially equal to the insulation resistance of the DC voltage source Riso. Conversely, with a very high IT mains insulation resistance Riso_AC and a correspondingly high voltage drop over Riso_AC an accurate determination of Riso based solely on the ground voltage measured with the voltmeter 30 may be inaccurate. The switch 32 according to FIG. 5 can then be closed, as a result of which the reference resistance Rs with a known value of 200 kΩ in this case is connected in parallel with the mains insulation resistance Riso_AC. As a result, the voltage drop across Riso increases to 100 V here and the proportion of the insulation resistance in the sum of the insulation resistances increases accordingly. Thus, using the known reference resistance Rs, the insulation resistance of the DC voltage source 7 Riso can also be determined in an IT network 31 with a high network insulation resistance Riso_AC, without hard grounding the IT network 31 .

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contraption

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DC voltage source

battery

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AC grid

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voltmeter

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Management

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Claims

PATENT CLAIMS

1. Method for detecting an insulation resistance (Riso) of a DC voltage source (7) connected to a divided intermediate circuit (2), with a midpoint potential of the DC voltage source (7) being shifted and a change (l_delta ) of a differential current is detected via all lines (25, 26; 28, 29) which carry a current flowing via the intermediate circuit (2) from the DC voltage source (7), characterized in that the mid-point potential is determined by the different operation of two voltage regulators (11 , 12) via which the two poles (9, 10) of the DC voltage source (7) are each connected to one of two parts (3, 4) of the divided intermediate circuit (2), opposite a voltage midpoint (5) of the intermediate circuit (2) between its two parts (3, 4) is moved.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the differential current is connected to the intermediate circuit (2) on the input side via all output lines of the DC voltage source (7) and/or all output lines of the intermediate circuit (2) and/or all output lines (28, 29). Inverter (14) is detected, the differential current is preferably measured with a summation current transformer (27).

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that voltages between the two poles (9, 10) of the voltage source (7) and the voltage midpoint (5) of the intermediate circuit (2) are measured and that one from the different operation of the two voltage regulators (11, 12) the resulting potential shift (U_delta) of the mid-point potential is detected as a change in half the difference between the amounts of the two voltages.

4. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that with a fixed ground reference of the voltage midpoint (5) of the intermediate circuit (2) the insulation resistance (Riso) and with an intermediate circuit (2) in an IT network (31) an insulation resistance sum as a quotient of Potential shift (U_delta) and the resulting change (l_delta) of the differential current is calculated.

5. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that with a fixed ground reference of the voltage midpoint (5) of the intermediate circuit (2) the insulation resistance (Riso) and with an intermediate circuit (2) in an IT network (31) an insulation resistance sum as a quotient of an integral a square of an instantaneous value (u(t)) of the potential shift over a period (T) over which the midpoint potential of the DC voltage source (7) is shifted, and an integral of a product of the instantaneous value (u(t)) of the potential shift and an instantaneous value ( i(t)) the resulting change in the differential current over the same period (T) or an integral of a product of the instantaneous value (u(t)) of the potential shift and an instantaneous value (i(t)) of the resulting change in the differential current over a period (T ) over which the midpoint potential of the DC voltage source (7) is shifted, and an integral of a square of the instantaneous value (i(t)) of the resulting Än change in residual current is calculated over the same period (T).

6. The method according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that in the intermediate circuit (2) in an IT network (31) a voltage change resulting from the shifting of the midpoint potential of the DC voltage source (7) of a ground voltage between the voltage midpoint (5) of the intermediate circuit (2) and earth (17) and the insulation resistance (Riso) and an IT mains insulation resistance (Riso_AC), the sum of which is the insulation resistance sum, from the relationship:

IT mains insulation resistance / insulation resistance sum = voltage change / potential shift are determined, preferably effective values of the voltage change and the potential shift or integrals of instantaneous values of the voltage change and the potential shift over the same period (T) over which the midpoint potential of the DC voltage source is shifted as the voltage change and the potential shift are used.

7. The method according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that in the intermediate circuit (2) in an IT network (31) the potential shift and one from the shifting of Center point potential of the DC voltage source (7) resulting change in voltage of a ground voltage between the voltage center point (5) of the intermediate circuit (2) and ground (17) are measured twice in each case, once when an IT mains insulation resistance (Riso_AC) has a reference resistance (Rs) of known size is connected in parallel, and once if the IT mains insulation resistance (Riso_AC) is not connected in parallel to the reference resistance (Rs).

8. The method as claimed in one of the preceding claims, characterized in that differences between two partial voltages which drop across the two parts (3, 4) of the divided intermediate circuit (2) are also active during the different operation of the two voltage regulators (11, 12). be compensated.

9. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that an inverter (14) is connected to the intermediate circuit (2) on the input side, wherein the inverter (14) is preferably connected to an AC network (16) on the output side.

10. The method according to claim 9, characterized in that the midpoint potential is shifted periodically with respect to the voltage midpoint (5) of the intermediate circuit (2) with a period length that is at least 10 times and preferably at least 100 times as long as a period length of one of the inverters (14) AC output.

11. The method according to claim 9 or 10, characterized in that the insulation resistance (Riso) is detected when the inverter (14) is operated in parallel with the mains.

12. The method according to any one of claims 9 to 11, characterized in that the AC network (16), to which the inverter (14) is connected on the output side, is provided with the inverter (14).

13. The method according to any one of claims 9 to 12, characterized in that an energy flow direction from the DC voltage source (7) via the inverter (14) is reversed.

14. Device (1) for carrying out the method according to one of the preceding claims with a divided intermediate circuit (2) which has two parts (3, 4) and a voltage midpoint (5) between the two parts (3, 4), two input connections (21, 22) for two poles (9, 10) of a DC voltage source (7), two voltage regulators (11, 12), each connected to one of the two input connections (21, 22) on the input side and to one of the two parts (3, 4) of the intermediate circuit (2), a control device (34) for the two voltage regulators (11, 12) and a differential current detection device for detecting a differential current across all lines (25, 26; 28, 29) which have a via the intermediate circuit ( 2) lead current flowing from the DC voltage source (7), characterized in that the control device (34) is designed to, in an insulation resistance measurement mode, a mid-point potential of one of the input terminals (21, 22) ang connected DC voltage source (7) by operating the two voltage regulators (11, 12) differently in relation to the voltage midpoint (5) of the intermediate circuit (2), and that the differential current detection device is designed to detect a voltage resulting from the shift in the midpoint potential of the DC voltage source (7). Change (l_delta) to detect the differential current.

15. Device (1) according to claim 14, characterized in that the differential current detection device is designed and connected to measure the differential current across all lines (25, 26) between the input terminals (21, 22) and the intermediate circuit (2) and/or all output lines of the intermediate circuit and/or all output lines (28, 29) of an inverter (14) of the device (1) connected to the intermediate circuit (2) on the input side, the differential current detection device preferably having a summation current converter (27).

16. The device (1) according to claim 14 or 15, characterized in that first voltage measuring devices (19, 20) are designed and connected to measure voltages between the two input terminals (21, 22) and the voltage midpoint (5) of the intermediate circuit (2). measure up.

17. Device (1) according to one of Claims 14 to 16, characterized in that an intermediate circuit balun (13) of the device (1) is designed and connected to compensate for differences between two partial voltages which are present across the two parts (3, 4) of the divided intermediate circuit (2) drop to compensate.

18. Device (1) according to any one of claims 14 to 17, characterized in that the voltage center (5) of the intermediate circuit is grounded.

19. Device (1) according to one of claims 14 to 17, characterized in that a second voltage measuring device (30) is designed and connected to measure a ground voltage between the voltage midpoint (5) of the intermediate circuit (2) and ground (17). .

20. Device (1) according to claim 19, characterized in that a switch (32) and a reference resistor (Rs) of known size are connected in series between one of the live output lines (28) of the device (1) and a ground connection.

21. Device (1) according to one of claims 14 to 19, characterized in that an inverter (14) of the device (1) is connected to the intermediate circuit (2) on the input side.

22. Device (1) according to claim 21, characterized in that the inverter (14) is designed to provide an AC network (16) connected on the output side.

23. Device (1) according to claim 21 or 22, characterized in that the inverter (17) is a bidirectional power converter.