JP4370946B2 - Three-phase rectifier - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a three-phase rectifier that converts a three-phase AC voltage supplied from an AC power source into a DC voltage by a bridge rectifier circuit and a smoothing capacitor and supplies power to a load.

  FIG. 5 is a circuit configuration diagram showing a conventional example of this type of three-phase rectifier. In this configuration example, a three-phase AC voltage of an AC power source 1 is rectified by a bridge rectifier circuit 2 using a diode. The direct current voltage is smoothed by the smoothing capacitor 4 and supplied to the load 5. At this time, a DC reactor 3 is provided between the bridge rectifier circuit 2 and the smoothing capacitor 4 as shown in FIG. 5 in order to suppress peak current flowing through the three-phase rectifier and current harmonics flowing through the AC power supply 1. ing. However, in order to effectively suppress the above-described peak current and current harmonics, a DC reactor 3 having a large inductance value is required, resulting in an increase in size and cost of the entire three-phase rectifier. It was.

  As a three-phase rectifier that solves the above-described problems in the three-phase rectifier shown in FIG. 5, one disclosed in Patent Document 1 below is known.

  FIG. 6 is a circuit configuration diagram of a three-phase rectifier that includes a circuit configuration example of Patent Document 1 shown below and is different from the conventional example shown in FIG. 5. In this figure, the same function as the circuit configuration of FIG. Those having the same reference numerals are given.

  That is, the three-phase rectifier shown in FIG. 6 is different from the circuit configuration shown in FIG. 5 in that a harmonic suppression device 10 is provided instead of the DC reactor 3, and the three-phase rectification is performed by the harmonic suppression device 10. The peak current flowing through the apparatus and the current harmonics flowing through the AC power source 1 are suppressed.

The harmonic suppression apparatus 10 includes a single-phase voltage-type converter circuit 11 consisting MOSFET12~15 and a capacitor 16 serving as a switching element, a reactor 17, a controller 18, a voltage for detecting the voltage across the capacitor 16 as V _c A detector 19; a current detector 20 that detects current flowing through the reactor 17 as I _L ; and a voltage detector 21 that detects any line voltage of the three-phase AC voltage output from the AC power supply 1 as V _S ; Formed from.

  In the three-phase rectifier shown in FIG. 6, the detailed circuit configuration diagram of the control device 18 shown in FIG. 7 shows the operation for suppressing the peak current flowing through the three-phase rectifier and the current harmonics flowing through the AC power supply 1. This will be described below with reference.

That is, in this control device 18, the detected value V _s obtained by the voltage detector 21 is derived by the DC voltage calculator 61 as the calculated value of the DC voltage output from the bridge rectifier circuit 2 as V _O (cal), and predetermined. A deviation between the command value V _DC ^* and V _O (cal) is obtained by the addition calculator 62, and a value obtained by multiplying the deviation by the gain value of the control gain 63 is used as a ripple compensation pattern of DC ripple. Further, a deviation between the detected value I _{L of the} current flowing through the reactor 17 and a predetermined command value I _L ^{* of} this current is obtained by the addition calculator 64, and the value of this deviation via the high-pass filter 65 and the control gain 66 is obtained. Is a harmonic current compensation amount, and a deviation between the detected value V _{C of the} voltage across the capacitor 16 and a predetermined command value V _C ^{* of} this voltage is obtained by an addition calculator 76, and an adjustment calculation based on this deviation is performed by the regulator 68. The calculation result is output as a capacitor voltage compensation amount. Further, the addition calculator 69 adds and calculates the ripple compensation pattern, the harmonic current compensation amount, and the capacitor voltage compensation amount, and this added value is set as a voltage command value Vi ^* to the single-phase voltage source conversion circuit 10 to obtain a PWM signal. The generator 70 performs PWM control on the command value Vi ^* using a known technique, and sends drive signals based on the control results to the MOSFETs 12 to 15, respectively.
JP 2002-272113 A (pages 3, 11 and 32)

In the conventional three-phase rectifier shown in FIG. 6, the harmonic suppression device 10 can suppress the peak current flowing through the three-phase rectifier and the current harmonic flowing through the AC power supply 1. There is a problem like (3).
(1) The single-phase voltage source conversion circuit 11 uses four MOSFETs 12 to 15 as switching elements. Therefore, the circuit configuration and the control device 18 become complicated, resulting in an increase in cost. Yes.
(2) Control is performed so as to compensate for both DC voltage ripple and DC current harmonics, and as a result, unstable control operations such as interference between the two are likely to occur.
(3) The calculation value of the DC voltage output from the bridge rectifier circuit 2 is obtained from any line voltage V _{S of} the three-phase AC voltage output from the AC power supply 1 as V _O (cal). Due to the commutation overlap period of 2, the on-voltage of the diode, the phase imbalance of the three-phase AC voltage, etc., an error is likely to occur between the actual voltage value and the calculated value.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a three-phase rectifier that solves the above-mentioned problems.

This first invention is a three-phase rectifier that converts a three-phase AC voltage supplied from an AC power source into a DC voltage by a bridge rectifier circuit and a smoothing capacitor.
Between the bridge rectifier circuit and the smoothing capacitor, a reactor, a first arm connected in series in the order of the diode and the switching element, a second arm connected in series in the order of the switching element and the diode, a capacitor, insert a control device for controlling the operating state of each of the first and second arms,
The first arm, the second arm and the capacitor are connected in parallel to each other, the reactor is connected between the intermediate connection point of the first arm and one end on the output side of the bridge rectifier circuit, and the intermediate connection of the second arm Connecting the smoothing capacitor between a point and the other end on the output side of the bridge rectifier circuit ;
The control device detects a voltage between a connection point of the reactor and the bridge rectifier circuit and an intermediate connection point of the second arm, calculates a command value of a current flowing through the reactor from the detected voltage value, A three-phase rectifier that controls on / off of each of the switching elements forming the first arm and the second arm so that the detected value of the current flowing through the reactor follows the command value .

The second invention is a three-phase rectifier that converts a three-phase AC voltage supplied from an AC power source into a DC voltage by a bridge rectifier circuit and a smoothing capacitor.
Between the bridge rectifier circuit and the smoothing capacitor,
The operating state of each of the reactor, the first arm connected in series with the diode and the switching element, the second arm connected in series with the switching element and the diode, the capacitor, and the first arm and the second arm. Insert the control device to control,
The first arm, the second arm and the capacitor are connected in parallel to each other, the reactor is connected between the intermediate connection point of the first arm and one end on the output side of the bridge rectifier circuit, and the intermediate connection of the second arm Connecting the smoothing capacitor between a point and the other end on the output side of the bridge rectifier circuit;
The controller is
A voltage between a connection point of the reactor and the bridge rectifier circuit and an intermediate connection point of the second arm is detected, and a command value of a current flowing through the reactor is calculated from the detected voltage value;
A voltage across the capacitor is detected, a correction value for causing the detected voltage across the capacitor to follow a predetermined set value is calculated, and a value obtained by adding the command value and the correction value is calculated. A new command value is set, and the switching elements forming the first arm and the second arm are controlled to be turned on / off so that the detected value of the current flowing through the reactor follows the new command value. To do.

Furthermore, a third invention is the three-phase rectifier according to the first or second invention,
The command value of the current flowing through the reactor is obtained by integrating the detected value of the voltage between the connection point of the reactor and the bridge rectifier circuit and the intermediate connection point of the second arm, and a predetermined value is obtained as the integration calculation result. It is characterized by a value obtained by multiplication.

  According to the present invention, a harmonic reduction device having a simple circuit configuration is provided, and only the current flowing through the reactor is controlled without performing direct compensation for the DC voltage ripple and the DC current ripple as in the prior art. In that case, since the command value of the current flowing through the reactor is directly derived from the voltage value between the input and output of the harmonic reduction device, an error caused by the commutation overlap period of the bridge rectifier circuit is avoided. Can do. At this time, the reactor can be made smaller than a conventional DC reactor.

  As a result, the peak current flowing through the three-phase rectifier and the current harmonics flowing through the AC power supply can be reduced by a stable control operation with an inexpensive circuit configuration. Further, the voltage across the capacitor can also be controlled without providing a new control circuit outside.

  FIG. 1 is a circuit configuration diagram of a three-phase rectifier according to a first embodiment of the present invention. In this figure, components having the same functions as those of the conventional configuration shown in FIGS. It is attached.

  That is, the three-phase rectifier of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 includes a harmonic reduction device 30 instead of the harmonic suppression device 10 shown in FIG.

This harmonic reduction device 30 is formed by connecting a diode 32 and a MOSFET 33 as a switching element in series with the polarity shown in the figure, and a MOSFET 34 and a diode 35 as a switching element in series with the polarity shown in the figure. Single-phase voltage source conversion circuit 31 comprising a second arm and a capacitor 36, a reactor 37, a control device 38, an intermediate connection point between the positive output terminal of the bridge rectifier circuit 2 and the second arm, that is, a harmonic. the voltage between the input and output of the reducing device 30 and the voltage detector 39 for detecting a V _O, and the current flowing through the reactor 37 is formed from the current detector 40 for detecting the I _L.

  The operation of the three-phase rectifier shown in FIG. 1 will be described below with reference to the detailed circuit configuration diagram of the controller 38 shown in FIG.

In this control device 38, the command value I _L ^* of the current flowing through the reactor 37 is derived from the detected value V _O obtained by the voltage detector 39 by the current command value calculator 81, and the command value I _L ^* and the reactor 37 are derived. determined by the detection value I _L and the deviation of adders 82 of the current flowing to, and outputs the PWM signal generator 84 while performing control operation based on the deviation in the current controller 83, PWM signal generator in 84 the operation The result is PWM controlled using a known technique, and drive signals based on the control result are sent to the MOSFETs 33 and 34, respectively.

That is, the MOSFET 33 that forms the first arm and the MOSFET 34 that forms the second arm are on / off controlled based on PWM control, so that the current flowing through the reactor 37 can be controlled to a desired value. The peak current flowing through the phase rectifier and the current harmonic flowing through the AC power supply 1 can be reduced. At this time, as shown in FIG. 2, in the voltage command value calculator 81, the detected value V _O of the voltage detector 39 is integrated by the integrator 81a, and this integration result is multiplied by a predetermined constant K by the multiplier 81b. When the value is derived as the command value I _L ^* of the current flowing through the reactor 37, the inductance value of the reactor 37 can be set as the reciprocal of the constant K (= 1 / K).

  FIG. 3 is a circuit diagram of a three-phase rectifier according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In this figure, components having the same functions as those of the embodiment shown in FIG. ing.

  That is, the three-phase rectifier of the present invention shown in FIG. 3 includes a harmonic reduction device 50 instead of the harmonic reduction device 30 shown in FIG.

The harmonic reduction device 50 is different from the harmonic reduction device 30 in that a control device 51 is provided instead of the control device 38, and a voltage detector 52 for detecting the voltage across the capacitor 36 as V _C is added. It is that.

  The operation of the three-phase rectifier shown in FIG. 3 will be described below with reference to the detailed circuit configuration diagram of the controller 51 shown in FIG.

In this control device 51, a command value I _L ^* of the current flowing through the reactor 37 is derived from the detection value V _O obtained by the voltage detector 39 by the current command value calculator 81, and the detection value V of the voltage across the capacitor 36 is derived. A deviation between _C and a predetermined command value V _C ^{* of} this voltage is obtained by an addition computing unit 85, a control computation based on this deviation is performed by a voltage controller 86, and the result of this control computation and a command for the current flowing through the reactor 37 are obtained. The value I _L ^* is added and calculated by the addition calculator 87, and this added value is set as a new command value I _L ^** of the current flowing through the reactor 37, and detection of the current flowing through the command value I _L ^** and the reactor 37 is detected. A deviation from the value I _L is obtained by the addition computing unit 88, and a control computation based on this deviation is performed by the current controller 83 and output to the PWM signal generator 84. The PWM signal generator 84 obtains the computation result by a known technique. PWM system using The drive signals based on the control results are sent to the MOSFETs 33 and 34, respectively.

  That is, by controlling on / off of each of the MOSFET 33 and the MOSFET 34 based on PWM control, the current flowing through the reactor 37 and the voltage across the capacitor 36 can be controlled to desired values. As a result, the peak flowing through this three-phase rectifier Current and current harmonics flowing through the AC power source 1 can be reduced.

  1 and 3, the bridge rectifier 2 is a diode pure bridge circuit, but may be a thyristor pure bridge circuit or a thyristor / diode mixed bridge circuit.

1 is a circuit configuration diagram of a three-phase rectifier according to a first embodiment of the present invention. Partial detailed circuit configuration diagram of FIG. The circuit block diagram of the three-phase rectifier which shows 2nd Example of this invention Partial detailed circuit configuration diagram of FIG. Circuit configuration diagram of a conventional three-phase rectifier FIG. 5 is a circuit configuration diagram of a three-phase rectifier showing a conventional example different from FIG. Partial detailed circuit configuration diagram of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... AC power source, 2 ... Bridge rectifier circuit, 3 ... DC reactor, 4 ... Smoothing capacitor, 5 ... Load, 10 ... Harmonic suppression device, 11 ... Single phase voltage source conversion circuit, 12-15 ... MOSFET, 16 ... Capacitor , 17 ... reactor, 18 ... control device, 19 ... voltage detector, 20 ... current detector, 21 ... voltage detector, 30 ... harmonic reduction device, 31 ... single phase voltage source conversion circuit, 32, 35 ... diode, 33, 34 ... MOSFET, 36 ... capacitor, 37 ... reactor, 38 ... control device, 39 ... voltage detector, 40 ... current detector, 50 ... single phase voltage source conversion circuit, 51 ... control device, 52 ... voltage detector 61 ... DC voltage calculator, 62 ... addition calculator, 63 ... control gain, 64 ... addition calculator, 65 ... high pass filter, 66 ... control gain, 67 ... addition calculator, 68 ... regulator, 69 Addition calculator 70 ... PWM signal generator 81 ... Current command calculator 82 ... Addition calculator 83 ... Voltage controller 84 ... PWM signal generator 85 ... Addition calculator 86 Voltage controller 87 88: Addition calculator.

Claims (3)

In a three-phase rectifier that converts a three-phase AC voltage supplied from an AC power source into a DC voltage using a bridge rectifier circuit and a smoothing capacitor,
Between the bridge rectifier circuit and the smoothing capacitor,
The operating state of each of the reactor, the first arm connected in series with the diode and the switching element, the second arm connected in series with the switching element and the diode, the capacitor, and the first arm and the second arm. insert the control to the control device,
The first arm, the second arm and the capacitor are connected in parallel to each other, the reactor is connected between the intermediate connection point of the first arm and one end on the output side of the bridge rectifier circuit, and the intermediate connection of the second arm Connecting the smoothing capacitor between a point and the other end on the output side of the bridge rectifier circuit ;
The controller is
A voltage between a connection point of the reactor and the bridge rectifier circuit and an intermediate connection point of the second arm is detected, a command value of a current flowing through the reactor is calculated from the detected voltage value, and the reactor is calculated to the command value. A three-phase rectifier that controls on / off of the respective switching elements forming the first arm and the second arm so that the detected value of the current flowing through the first and second arms follows . In a three-phase rectifier that converts a three-phase AC voltage supplied from an AC power source into a DC voltage using a bridge rectifier circuit and a smoothing capacitor ,
Between the bridge rectifier circuit and the smoothing capacitor,
The operating state of each of the reactor, the first arm connected in series with the diode and the switching element, the second arm connected in series with the switching element and the diode, the capacitor, and the first arm and the second arm. Insert the control device to control,
The first arm, the second arm and the capacitor are connected in parallel to each other, the reactor is connected between the intermediate connection point of the first arm and one end on the output side of the bridge rectifier circuit, and the intermediate connection of the second arm Connecting the smoothing capacitor between a point and the other end on the output side of the bridge rectifier circuit;
The controller is
A voltage between a connection point of the reactor and the bridge rectifier circuit and an intermediate connection point of the second arm is detected, and a command value of a current flowing through the reactor is calculated from the detected voltage value;
Detecting the voltage across the capacitor, calculating a correction value for causing the detected voltage across the preset value to follow,
A value obtained by adding and calculating the command value and the correction value is used as a new command value of the current flowing through the reactor, and the first arm and the first arm are set so that the detected value of the current flowing through the reactor follows the new command value. A three-phase rectifier that controls on / off of each switching element forming two arms. In the three-phase rectifier according to claim 1 or 2 ,
The command value of the current flowing through the reactor is
Integrating the detected value of the voltage between the connection point of the reactor and the bridge rectifier circuit and the intermediate connection point of the second arm, and multiplying the integration result by a predetermined value, Three-phase rectifier.

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