JPWO2016103325A1 - Power converter - Google Patents

Abstract

A main circuit capacitor 4 directly or indirectly connected to the output terminal of the diode bridge 2, a compensation capacitor 4 a connected in parallel with the main circuit capacitor 4, and in parallel with the main circuit capacitor 4 and in series with the compensation capacitor 4 a Using at least one piece of information among the switching element 14a connected to the inverter, the power output from the inverter circuit 10 to the rotating device 11, the operating state of the load 17 to be connected, and the ambient temperature information of the own device. A controller 9 that determines whether to use the capacitor 4a and controls on / off of the switching element 14a.

Description

  The present invention relates to a power conversion device used for air-conditioning / cooling equipment.

  Conventionally, a power converter generates a bus voltage, which is a DC voltage, by rectifying and smoothing the output of an AC power supply using a bridge diode and a smoothing capacitor. When generating the bus voltage, the power converter uses a PFC (Power Factor Correction) circuit or a reactor as an inexpensive measure to attenuate harmonic components. Such a technique is disclosed in Patent Document 1 below.

JP 2011-234428 A

  However, according to the above-described conventional technique, when the required output value is large, it is necessary to increase the capacity of the smoothing capacitor. In this case, it is difficult to satisfy the harmonic standard only with the reactor. . When a PFC circuit is used to satisfy the harmonic standard, there is a problem that power consumption increases and costs increase.

  This invention is made | formed in view of the above, Comprising: It aims at obtaining the power converter device which can satisfy a harmonic specification with a simple structure.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, a power conversion device according to the present invention includes a main circuit capacitor directly or indirectly connected to an output terminal of a rectifier circuit, and a parallel connection with the main circuit capacitor. Compensation capacitor, a switch connected in parallel with the main circuit capacitor and in series with the compensation capacitor, power output from the inverter circuit to the rotating equipment, operating state of the connected load, ambient temperature of the device itself A control device that determines whether to use the compensation capacitor by using one or more pieces of information, and controls on / off of the switch.

  The power converter according to the present invention has an effect that the harmonic standards can be satisfied with a simple configuration.

1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a power conversion device according to a first embodiment. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a control device according to a first embodiment. The flowchart which shows the operation | movement which the control apparatus of Embodiment 1 controls ON / OFF of a switching element. The flowchart which shows the ON / OFF determination operation | movement of the switching element in the control part of Embodiment 1. The figure which shows the hardware constitutions of the control apparatus of Embodiment 1. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a power conversion device according to a second embodiment.

  Below, the power converter concerning an embodiment of the invention is explained in detail based on a drawing. Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the power conversion device according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In the power converter, the AC power source current output from the AC power source 1 is rectified by the diode bridge 2 that is a rectifier circuit including the diodes 20 a, 20 b, 20 c, and 20 d and passes through the reactor 3 to be a main circuit capacitor that is a smoothing capacitor. 4 is smoothed by charging, and a bus voltage 5 of a DC voltage with respect to GND (ground) 13 is generated. In FIG. 1, the main circuit capacitor 4 is indirectly connected to the positive output terminal of the diode bridge 2 via the reactor 3 and directly to the negative output terminal of the diode bridge 2.

  In the power conversion device of the present embodiment, switching that is a switch in parallel with the main circuit capacitor 4, further, a compensation capacitor 4 a for load compensation, in parallel with the main circuit capacitor 4, and in series with the compensation capacitor 4 a. The element 14a is connected. A diode 16a is connected in parallel with the switching element 14a. The compensation capacitor 4a functions as a smoothing capacitor in the same manner as the main circuit capacitor 4 when the switching element 14a is on. When the compensation capacitor 4a functions as a smoothing capacitor, that is, when the switching element 14a is on, in the power converter, the capacity of the smoothing capacitor is larger than when only the main circuit capacitor 4 is used. The switching element 14a is, for example, a MOS-FET (Metal Oxide Semiconductor-Field Effect Transistor).

  In the power converter, the bus converter 5 drives the voltage converter 7 for supplying an appropriate voltage to each component of the load 17 and the power converter. The control device 9 supplied with the power supply voltage Vdd8 by the voltage converter 7 controls the inverter circuit 10 to rotate the rotating device 11. Specifically, the inverter circuit 10 includes inverter switching elements 100a, 100b, 100c, 100d, 100e, and 100f, and diodes 101a, 101b, 101c, 101d, and 101d connected in parallel to the corresponding inverter switching elements 100a to 100f, respectively. 101e and 101f, and the control device 9 controls on / off of each inverter switching element 100a to 100f. Bus voltage resistors 6 a and 6 b are connected in series between the bus voltage 5 and the GND 13, and a voltage divided by the bus voltage resistors 6 a and 6 b is input to the control device 9. The control device 9 recognizes the bus voltage 5 by restoring the voltage value by an operation such as AD conversion and DC voltage restoration gain multiplication, and controls the inverter circuit 10 to rotate an appropriate voltage. Control is applied to the device 11 to rotate the rotating device 11.

  The voltage applied from the inverter circuit 10 to the rotating device 11 and the current output from the inverter circuit 10 to the rotating device 11 are collectively referred to as an inverter output. The inverter output detection unit 18 detects the inverter output, and outputs the inverter output information to the control device 9 by the inverter output frequency detection signal 12c.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a configuration example of the control device 9 according to the first embodiment. The control device 9 includes a signal input unit 91 to which the ambient temperature detection signal 12a, the load detection signal 12b, and the inverter output frequency detection signal 12c are input, and the on / off of the switching element 14a based on the information of each input signal. Is determined by the control unit 92, the storage unit 93 that stores threshold information used when the control unit 92 determines the on / off state of the switching element 14a, and the control unit 92. And a signal output unit 94 that outputs an on / off signal 15a to the switching element 14a based on on / off of the switching element 14a. In the control device 9, the inverter switching elements 100 a to 100 f of the inverter circuit 10 are controlled to be turned on and off based on the voltage divided by the bus voltage resistors 6 a and 6 b input as described above. Since it is the same as that of the prior art, description of general operations is omitted.

  The ambient temperature detection signal 12a is a signal including information on the ambient temperature of the power converter. A thermistor (not shown in FIG. 1) installed around the power conversion device outputs information on the measured ambient temperature to the control device 9 by the ambient temperature detection signal 12a. When there are a plurality of locations where the ambient temperature is measured and a plurality of thermistors are installed, each thermistor outputs an ambient temperature detection signal 12 a to the control device 9. In this case, a plurality of, for example, m ambient temperature detection signals 12 a are input to the signal input unit 91 of the control device 9.

  The load detection signal 12b is a signal including information on the operating state of the load 17. Information indicating whether or not the load 17 is operating and information on the power used when the load 17 is operating are output to the control device 9 by the load detection signal 12b. Although FIG. 1 shows an example in which only one load 17 is connected to the voltage converter 7, when a plurality of loads 17 are connected, each load 17 sends the load detection signal 12 b to the control device 9. Output to. In this case, a plurality of, for example, m load detection signals 12 b are input to the signal input unit 91 of the control device 9. The load 17 includes a fan or the like when the power conversion device is mounted on an air-conditioning / cooling device. If the load 17 is a fan, the load detection signal 12b may include abnormality information such as locking and operation stop.

  The inverter output frequency detection signal 12c is a signal including inverter output information. The inverter output detection unit 18 outputs the detected inverter output information to the control device 9 by the inverter output frequency detection signal 12c. When there are a plurality of rotating devices 11 and a plurality of inverter output detection units 18 are installed, each inverter output detection unit 18 outputs an inverter output frequency detection signal 12 c to the control device 9. In this case, a plurality of, for example, m inverter output frequency detection signals 12 c are input to the signal input unit 91 of the control device 9. In addition, although the ambient temperature detection signal 12a, the load detection signal 12b, and the inverter output frequency detection signal 12c are m signals in a plurality of cases, the number of each signal does not need to be the same.

  Next, an operation in which the control device 9 controls on / off of the switching element 14a will be described. FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation in which the control device 9 according to the first embodiment controls on / off of the switching element 14a. First, in the control device 9, each of the ambient temperature detection signal 12 a, the load detection signal 12 b, and the inverter output frequency detection signal 12 c, which is necessary when the control unit 92 determines whether the switching element 14 b is turned on or off in the signal input unit 91. A signal is input (step S1).

  The control unit 92 determines on / off of the switching element 14b based on the information of each signal input to the signal input unit 91 (step S2). The controller 92 can recognize the ambient temperature of the power converter by the ambient temperature detection signal 12a, can recognize the on / off of the load 17 and the power used by the load detection signal 12b, and can be recognized by the inverter output frequency detection signal 12c. The rotational speed of the rotating device 11 can be recognized from the inverter output to the rotating device 11.

  The controller 92 recognizes that the rotational speed of the rotating device 11 is high based on the inverter output frequency detection signal 12 c, and the rotational speed of the rotational threshold value set in the storage unit 93 is the rotational speed of the rotating device 11. Is exceeded, the signal output unit 94 is controlled to turn on the on / off signal 15a output to the switching element 14a to operate the compensation capacitor 4a as a smoothing capacitor. In the power converter, by charging the compensation capacitor 4a, a stable bus voltage 5 can be generated even when the rotating device 11 is in a high rotation state.

  In general, in the case of an air-conditioning cooling / heating device, for example, a refrigerator, the rotating device 11 such as a compressor occupies a large proportion of the entire product load. As for the harmonic standard, the smaller the input power, the more difficult it is to satisfy the standard value.

  Therefore, the controller 92 turns off the on / off signal 15a when the input power is low and the rotating device 11 is in a low rotation state that is equal to or lower than the rotation threshold. In the power converter, the harmonic component is reduced by generating the bus voltage 5 using only the main circuit capacitor 4 out of the main circuit capacitor 4 and the compensation capacitor 4a. On the other hand, the control unit 92 turns on the on / off signal 15a in a high rotation state where the input power is large and the rotating device 11 exceeds the rotation threshold. In the power converter, by using the main circuit capacitor 4 and the compensation capacitor 4a, the bus voltage 5 can be stabilized and the rotating device 11 can be rotated, and even if the main circuit capacitor 4 and the compensation capacitor 4a are connected, the input High power makes it easier to meet harmonic standards.

  Similarly, the control unit 92 grasps the operating state of the load 17 based on the load detection signal 12b, and when the power used by the operating load 17 is large and there are a plurality of loads 17 or a plurality of loads 17, When the total power of each load 17 exceeds the power threshold set in the storage unit 93, the signal output unit 94 is controlled to turn on the on / off signal 15a output to the switching element 14a. On the other hand, when the total power is less than or equal to the power threshold, the control unit 92 controls the signal output unit 94 to turn off the on / off signal 15a output to the switching element 14a.

  In the power converter, when the output from inverter circuit 10 and voltage converter 7 is large, it is assumed that the ambient temperature of power converter becomes high. Based on the ambient temperature detection signal 12a, the control unit 92 recognizes that the ambient temperature is high, and when the ambient temperature exceeds the temperature threshold set in the storage unit 93, the control unit 92 controls the signal output unit 94 to perform switching. The on / off signal 15a output to the element 14a is turned on. On the other hand, when the ambient temperature is equal to or lower than the temperature threshold, the control unit 92 controls the signal output unit 94 to turn off the on / off signal 15a output to the switching element 14a.

  The on / off determination operation of the switching element 14a in the control unit 92 described above will be described based on a flowchart. FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an on / off determination operation of the switching element 14a in the control unit 92 according to the first embodiment.

  When the rotation speed of the rotating device 11 is equal to or less than the rotation threshold (step S11: Yes), the total power of each load is equal to or less than the power threshold (step S12: Yes), and the ambient temperature is equal to or less than the temperature threshold. (Step S13: Yes), the on / off signal 15a output to the switching element 14a is turned off (Step S14).

  On the other hand, when the rotation speed of the rotating device 11 exceeds the rotation threshold value (step S11: No), or when the total power of each load exceeds the power threshold value (step S12: No), When the ambient temperature exceeds the temperature threshold (step S13: No), the on / off signal 15a output to the switching element 14a is turned on (step S15).

  Returning to FIG. 3, in the control device 9, the signal output unit 94 outputs the on / off signal 15 a to the switching element 14 a in accordance with the on / off signal 15 a determined by the control unit 92 (Step S <b> 3).

  The control unit 92 turns on the on / off signal 15a output to the switching element 14a when even one of the rotational speed of the rotating device 11, the total power of each load, and the ambient temperature exceeds the threshold. It is an example and the present invention is not limited to this. The control unit 92 determines to turn on the on / off signal 15a output to the switching element 14a when the threshold is exceeded for two or all of the rotational speed of the rotating device 11, the total power of each load, and the ambient temperature. You may do. Further, the control unit 92 uses only the information obtained from the rotation number of the rotating device 11, the total power of each load, and the ambient temperature, that is, the rotation number of the rotating device 11, the total power of each load, and the ambient temperature. One or more pieces of information may be used to determine to turn on the on / off signal 15a output to the switching element 14a. In addition, when the load detection signal 12b includes abnormality information, the control unit 92 may determine to turn on the on / off signal 15a output to the switching element 14a using the abnormality information.

  As described above, the control device 9 reads each load state and, when reaching a preset threshold value, prevents the compensation capacitor 4a generating the bus voltage 5 from being charged / discharged, thereby converting the power. In the circuit, the phase delay of the commercial power supply current due to the capacitor capacity is reduced, the power factor is improved, and the harmonic standards can be satisfied from heavy load to light load.

  Here, a hardware configuration for realizing each configuration of the block diagram of the control device 9 shown in FIG. 2 will be described. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the control device 9 according to the first embodiment. The control unit 92 is realized by the processor 81 executing a program stored in the memory 82. The signal input unit 91 is realized by the input unit 83. The signal output unit 94 is realized by the output unit 84. The processor 81, the memory 82, the input unit 93, and the output unit 84 are connected by a system bus 85. In the control device 9, a plurality of processors 81 and a plurality of memories 82 may cooperate to execute the functions of the components shown in the block diagram of FIG. The control device 9 can be realized by the hardware configuration shown in FIG. 5, but can be implemented by either software or hardware. The control device 9 may be configured by one MCU (Micro Controller Unit).

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, in the power conversion device, the control device 9 turns on and off the switching element 14a based on the information on the rotational speed of the rotating device 11, the power used by the load, and the ambient temperature. The charging / discharging of the compensation capacitor 4a is controlled. Thereby, in the power converter, even when the rotational speed of the rotating device 11 is changed, the load power used is changed, or the ambient temperature is changed, the power converter is stable while satisfying the harmonic standards with a simple configuration. You can get action. Further, since the switching element 14a is only turned on / off for each information condition, complicated tuning is not required and the development load can be reduced.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
In the first embodiment, since only one of the compensation capacitors 4a is controlled, fine control cannot be performed. In this embodiment, the case where a plurality of low-capacity and inexpensive compensation capacitors and switching elements are provided in the power conversion device will be described.

  FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the power conversion device according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The power conversion apparatus has the configuration of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 with n-1 compensation capacitors 4b to 4n, n-1 switching elements 14b to 14n, and n-1 diodes 16b to 16n. Has been added. In addition to the on / off signal 15a, the signal output unit 94 further outputs on / off signals 15b to 15n.

  The compensation capacitors 4b to 4n are connected in parallel with the main circuit capacitor 4. The switching elements 14b to 14n are connected in parallel with the main circuit capacitor 4 and in series with the corresponding compensation capacitors 4b to 4n. The diodes 16b to 16n are connected in parallel with the corresponding switching elements 14b to 14n. Compensation capacitors 4b to 4n have the same configuration as compensation capacitor 4a, switching elements 14b to 14n have the same configuration as switching element 14a, and diodes 16b to 16n have the same configuration as diode 16a. The compensation capacitors 4a to 4n may have different capacities.

  In the control device 9, the control unit 92 determines on / off of the switching elements 14 a to 14 n in the process of step S <b> 2 shown in FIG. 3 based on the information on the rotational speed of the rotating device 11, the total power of the load, and the ambient temperature. That is, the number of compensation capacitors to be used is determined. The controller 92 controls on / off of the switching elements 14a to 14n to control charging / discharging of the compensation capacitors 4a to 4n. The signal output unit 94 outputs on / off signals 15a to 15n to the switching elements 14a to 14n based on the on / off of the switching elements 14a to 14n determined by the control unit 92. When the capacities of the compensation capacitors 4a to 4n are different, the control unit 92 determines a compensation capacitor to be used depending on the combination of the compensation capacitors 4a to 4n, and controls on / off of the switching elements 14a to 14n. .

  The control unit 92 refers to a plurality of rotation threshold values set in the storage unit 93 with respect to the rotation number of the rotating device 11, and determines the compensation capacitor to be used from the relationship between the rotation number of the rotating device 11 and each rotation threshold value. The number can be determined. Similarly, the control unit 92 refers to a plurality of power threshold values set in the storage unit 93 with respect to the total power of the load, and the number of compensation capacitors used from the relationship between the total power of the load and each power threshold value. Can be determined. Similarly, the control unit 92 refers to a plurality of temperature threshold values set in the storage unit 93 with respect to the ambient temperature, and determines the number of compensation capacitors to be used from the relationship between the ambient temperature and each temperature threshold value. Can do.

  Further, the control unit 92 may determine not only the number of compensation capacitors to be used based on each piece of information but also the number of compensation capacitors to be used by combining a plurality of pieces of information. In this case, in the control device 9, the storage unit 93 stores information on the number of used compensation capacitors 4 a to 4 n corresponding to the state of each information. When the rotational speed of the rotating device 11 is “◯◯”, the ambient temperature is “ΔΔ”, and the total load is “□□”, the control unit 92 refers to the information registered in the storage unit 93 and performs compensation. A decision can be made to use "xx" of the capacitors 4a-4n.

  As described above, it is also possible to apply the present embodiment to the first embodiment by storing information on whether or not the compensation capacitor 4a corresponding to each information state is used in the storage unit 93. When the rotational speed of the rotary device 11 is “◯◯”, the ambient temperature is “ΔΔ”, and the total load is “□□”, the control unit 92 corresponds to the state of each information registered in the storage unit 93. With reference to information on whether or not the compensation capacitor 4a is used, the use of the compensation capacitor 4a can be determined.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the power conversion device further includes the compensation capacitors 4b to 4n and the switching elements 14b to 14n, and the control device 9 controls the rotational speed and load of the rotating device 11. The compensation capacitor to be used was determined based on the information on power consumption and ambient temperature. Thereby, it is possible to generate an appropriate capacitor capacity in order to obtain a stable bus voltage 5 as compared with the first embodiment while satisfying the harmonic standards. In addition, the number of compensation capacitors 4b-4n and switching elements 14b-14n mounted or not mounted can be selected depending on the model on which the power converter is mounted, so that the cost is reduced and the harmonic standards are satisfied and stable. Operation can be obtained.

  The configuration described in the above embodiment shows an example of the contents of the present invention, and can be combined with another known technique, and can be combined with other configurations without departing from the gist of the present invention. It is also possible to omit or change the part.

  1 AC power supply, 2 diode bridge, 3 reactor, 4 main circuit capacitor, 4a to 4n compensation capacitor, 5 bus voltage, 6a, 6b bus voltage resistance, 7 voltage converter, 8 power supply voltage, 9 control device, 10 inverter circuit , 11 Rotating equipment, 12a Ambient temperature detection signal, 12b Load detection signal, 12c Inverter output frequency detection signal, 13 GND, 14a-14n Switching element, 15a-15n On / off signal, 16a-16n Diode, 17 Load, 18 Inverter output detection Unit, 91 signal input unit, 92 control unit, 93 storage unit, 94 signal output unit.

Claims (5)

A main circuit capacitor directly or indirectly connected to the output of the rectifier circuit;
A compensation capacitor connected in parallel with the main circuit capacitor;
A switch connected in parallel with the main circuit capacitor and in series with the compensation capacitor;
Determining whether or not to use the compensation capacitor by using one or more pieces of information of the power output from the inverter circuit to the rotating device, the operating state of the connected load, and the ambient temperature of the device itself, A control device for controlling on / off of the switch;
A power conversion device comprising: The control device, as a result of comparing the rotational speed of the rotating device and a rotation threshold, as a result of comparing the power consumption of the load and the power threshold, based on the result of comparing the ambient temperature and the temperature threshold, Determining the use of the compensation capacitor;
The power conversion apparatus according to claim 1. The control device uses the information on the number of rotations of the rotating device, the amount of power used by the load, the ambient temperature, and the information on the presence / absence of use of the compensation capacitor corresponding to the state of each information. Determine the use of capacitors,
The power conversion apparatus according to claim 1. A plurality of the compensation capacitor and the switch;
The power conversion apparatus according to claim 1. The control device uses the information on the number of rotations of the rotating device, the amount of power used by the load, the ambient temperature, and information on the number of use of the compensation capacitor corresponding to the state of each information. Determine the number of capacitors used,
The power conversion device according to claim 4, wherein:

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