US20160105129A1 - Transformer electrical circuit and installation comprising such a circuit - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to the field of the connection of electrical equipment to electric grids, irrespective of the type of the electrical equipment.
- This type of electrical equipment may either be of the electrical charge type, such as batteries, or the electrical power supply type, such as renewable energy generators, or may be of a type working by alternating a charge and an electric power supply, such as certain batteries or supercapacitors.
- connection of an electrical equipment, irrespective of its type, to an electric grid having an operating voltage different from that of the electrical equipment generally requires a suitable electric transformer circuit.
- an electric transformer circuit includes, as illustrated in FIG. 1 :
- the second converter 30 in order to separate the frequency f 0 from that of the circuit of the electric grid 3 , includes an inverter and an AC/DC voltage converter operating, in the case illustrated in FIG. 1 , on the switching mode principle.
- the second converter 30 comprises an inverter 31 connected to the secondary coil of the transformer 20 and an AC/DC voltage converter 35 connecting the inverter to the electric grid 3 .
- the second converter 30 comprises an AC/DC voltage converter connected to the secondary coil of the transformer and an inverter connecting the AC/DC voltage converter to the electric grid 3 .
- such a circuit may also be adapted to electrical equipment that may be an electric charge and electric power supply in turn, such as batteries, by using a bidirectional first and second converter.
- electrical equipment refers both to equipment of the voltage power supply type, such as one or more photovoltaic panels or a wind turbine equipped with a rectifier stage, and electric charge equipment, such as a heating system for one or more photovoltaic panels, or equipment that may in turn act as a power supply or electric charge, such as an energy storage system (for example, batteries connected to one another).
- electric charge equipment such as a heating system for one or more photovoltaic panels, or equipment that may in turn act as a power supply or electric charge, such as an energy storage system (for example, batteries connected to one another).
- the frequency f 0 of the transformer In order to optimize the performance of the transformer and limit the disruptions caused by the signal conversions both at the electrical equipment and the electric grid, it is preferable for the frequency f 0 of the transformer to be much higher than the frequency of the electric grid f 2 . Nevertheless, the frequencies f 0 that can be achieved by such a transformer of the prior art encounter certain technological and cost-based limitations.
- the transformer must both provide a good transformation performance while also ensuring good galvanic insulation between the electrical equipment and the electric grid, with a reasonable dimension of the transformer.
- such circuits are limited to frequencies of approximately a kilohertz and therefore have a limited compactness and transformation performance.
- the invention aims to resolve these drawbacks, and thus more particularly aims to provide an electric transformer circuit to connect electrical equipment to an electric grid which, while retaining reasonable dimensions, can offer good conversion performance and good galvanic insulation with a high operating frequency.
- the invention relates to an electric transformer circuit for connecting electrical equipment, such as a renewable energy-based generator or an energy storage system, to an electric grid, said circuit including:
- the transformer is a weakly coupled transformer, the magnetic coupling between the first coil and the second coil being less than 0.7,
- the transformer includes a first and second capacitor respectively associated with the first and second coils so as to form, with the corresponding coil, a circuit resonating at frequency f 0 .
- Such an electric transformer circuit has the advantage of making it possible to obtain a transformation at a high frequency that can easily reach around ten kilohertz, with reasonable dimensions and without the galvanic insulation suffering, since it is provided by the use of a weakly coupled transformer. Furthermore, the transformation performance is retained owing to a transformation done at the resonance. Thus, such a circuit can be compact while offering good galvanic insulation and a good transformation performance.
- first and second converter are bidirectional, that circuit makes it possible to connect to an electric grid as well as an electric charge-type piece of equipment or an electric power supply-type piece of equipment, and equipment that may act as an electric charge and electric power supply in turn.
- the magnetic coupling of the transformer is defined by the following mathematical formula:
- Kmag M L ⁇ ⁇ 1 ⁇ L ⁇ ⁇ 2 ( 1 )
- L 1 and L 2 being the respective inductance values of the first and second coils the transformer, generally known under the name of primary and secondary coils.
- an amplitude adaptation between a first and second voltage refers to either:
- amplitude of a DC voltage refers to its value.
- the magnetic coupling between the first coil and the second coil may be approximately or less than 0.5.
- the transformer may be a transformer of the air type.
- This type of transformer not including a magnetic core between the two coils, the galvanic insulation between the first and second coils may be optimized without a drastic increase in the dimensions of the transformer.
- the frequency f 0 can be a frequency greater than 1 kHz, preferably greater than 5 kHz, or even greater than 10 kHz.
- Such an operating frequency of the transformer makes it possible to provide a good transformation performance.
- the electrical equipment may be an electrical equipment working with a DC voltage that is either an electric charge, such as a battery, or an electric power supply, such as a renewable energy-based generator, or both, such as a battery adapted to transmit energy to the electric grid, the first converter being able to be:
- the electrical equipment may be an electrical equipment that is either an electric charge, such as a battery, or an electric power supply, such as a renewable energy-based generator, or both, such as a battery suitable for transmitting energy to the electric grid,
- the electric grid can be an AC electric grid with frequency f 2 , the second converter being able to be adapted to:
- the second converter can comprise a switching regulator system suitable for providing the second coil with an AC voltage with fundamental frequency f 0 and proportional to the voltage of the electric grid resulting from a low-pass filter, the command of said switching regulator system being independent from the voltages of the electric grid and the electrical equipment.
- Such a switching regulator system makes it possible to provide a simplified second converter, since it does not require a command circuit synchronized with any one of the voltage of the electric grid and the voltage of the electrical equipment.
- the electrical equipment may be an electrical equipment that is either an electric charge, such as a battery, or an electric power supply, such as a renewable energy-based generator, or both, such as a battery suitable for transmitting energy to the electric grid,
- the electric grid may be a DC voltage electric grid
- the second converter being able to be:
- the second converter may comprise a switching regulator system arranged to connect the electric grid and the second coil only during positive alternations of the AC voltage with frequency f 0 and a low-pass filter suitable for at least partially filtering the voltages with frequency f 0 .
- Such a second converter makes it possible to provide an electric circuit suitable for connecting an electric grid to an electrical equipment with an AC transformation voltage with frequency f 0 .
- the invention also relates to an electric installation including:
- the electric circuit being an electric circuit according to the invention.
- FIG. 1 diagrammatically shows an example electric transformer circuit for connecting an electrical equipment to an electric grid according to the prior art
- FIG. 2 diagrammatically illustrates an electric transformer circuit according to the invention connecting an electrical equipment to an electric grid
- FIG. 3 illustrates a block diagram of the operation of the transformer stage of the electric circuit according to the invention
- FIGS. 4A, 4B and 4C illustrate an example of operating voltages of the electric transformer circuit, where FIG. 4A illustrates the current at the input of the first converter powering the electrical equipment, FIG. 4B more specifically shows the current and voltage at the transformer stage corresponding to the electrical equipment, and FIG. 4C shows the current and voltage at the transformer stage corresponding to the electric grid,
- FIG. 5 illustrates a diagrammatic example embodiment of the electric circuit of FIG. 2 .
- FIG. 6 diagrammatically illustrates an alternative of the electric circuit of FIG. 2 in which the electric circuit is a DC circuit
- FIG. 7 diagrammatically illustrates an AC configuration for the second converter equipping the circuit illustrated in FIG. 2 .
- Such an electric transformer circuit 1 includes:
- the circuit illustrated in FIG. 2 shows ampermeters I 1 , I 2 , lac and voltmeters U 1 , U 2 .
- the electrical equipment 2 is a DC voltage power supply whose voltage is denoted Vdc.
- Vdc voltage
- the circuit illustrated in FIG. 2 being bidirectional, the electrical equipment 2 can also be an electric charge or a power supply and a charge in turn, without going beyond the scope of the invention.
- the transformer 20 makes it possible to act as an interface between the first and second converters 10 , 30 by offering an amplitude adaptation between the voltage of the electrical equipment 2 and the voltage of the electric grid 3 .
- the transformer is a weakly coupled transformer, i.e., the magnetic coupling between the first coil and the second coil is less than 0.7 and may be approximately or even less than 0.5, and the first and second coils are each associated with the corresponding capacitance to form a circuit resonating at frequency f 0 .
- Such a weakly coupled transformer 20 can be obtained by using a transformer of the air type, i.e., not including a magnetic core between the two coils.
- the coupling between the first and second coils L 1 , L 2 is done in the “air”, since the magnetic core is replaced by an empty space.
- the weak coupling makes it possible to limit the constraints regarding the sinusoidai nature of the currents I 1 and I 2 . It is thus possible to limit the conversion stages for the first and second converters 10 , 30 .
- the second coil L 2 is connected to the second converters 30 .
- the second converter so as to allow the connection of the second coil to the electric grid 3 , includes four switches S 5 , S 6 , S 7 , S 8 and two capacitances Cpos, Cneg mounted in parallel with the switches S 5 , S 6 , S 7 , S 8 .
- the switches S 5 , S 6 , S 7 , S 8 of the second converters 30 are arranged so as to allow a connection of the second coil L 2 with the electric grid 3 when the switches S 5 , S 7 are closed and the switches S 6 , S 8 are open and to isolate the electric grid 3 from the second coil L 2 when the switches S 5 , S 7 are open and the switches S 6 , S 8 are closed.
- the second coil L 2 is connected to the electric grid by means of switches S 5 and S 7 with placement in parallel with the two capacitors Cpos, Cneg.
- the switches S 6 , S 8 connect the two terminals of the second coil L 2 so as to short-circuit it.
- the shared terminal of the switches S 8 , S 5 is connected to the shared terminal between the capacitors Cneg, Cpos.
- the switching cells S 5 /S 6 and S 8 /S 7 are connected head to tail. If these switching cells S 5 /S 6 and S 8 /S 7 are polarized, then their negative terminals are connected to one another or their positive terminals are connected to one another.
- the electric grid 3 is connected to the switches S 5 , S 7 and to the capacitors Cneg, Cpos through the inductance Lac so as to filter part of the noise at the residual frequency f 0 of the conversion provided by the second converters 30 .
- the choice of the positioning of Lac is not restricted; it can be positioned between S 7 and the electric grid or be split into two inductances connecting S 5 to the electric grid 3 for the first and S 7 to the electric grid for the second.
- the command of the switches S 5 , S 6 , S 7 , S 8 is done independently of the state of the voltage of the electric grid and the current in the second coil L 2 , i.e., the second converter operates in an open loop.
- the switches S 5 , S 6 , S 7 , S 8 form a switching regulator system suitable for providing the second coil L 2 with an AC voltage with fundamental frequency f 0 and proportional to the voltage of the electric grid resulting from a low-pass filter, the command of said switching regulator system being independent of the state of the voltages of the electric grid 3 and the electrical equipment 2 .
- I ⁇ ⁇ 1 ⁇ ( t ) Vac ⁇ ( t ) M ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ O ⁇ 2 ⁇ ⁇ sin ⁇ ( ⁇ O ⁇ t - ⁇ 4 ) ( 8 )
- I ⁇ ⁇ 1 ⁇ ( t ) Vac M ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ O ⁇ 2 ⁇ ⁇ sin ⁇ ( ⁇ 0 ⁇ t - ⁇ 4 ) ⁇ sin ⁇ ( ⁇ 2 ⁇ t ) ( 9 )
- the transformer 20 operates as a current power supply applying a current I 1 where of the amplitude is proportional to Vac with a modulation frequency f 0 . It is the latter current that is illustrated in FIG. 4A .
- the phase of the voltage U 1 relative to the current I 1 can be controlled. Yet, as shown by equation (4) previously introduced, the current I 2 is proportional to U 2 with a phase shift of n/4.
- the modulation of the voltage U 1 makes it possible to control the amplitude of the current I 2 and obtain a zero phase shift between the current I 2 and the voltage U 2 .
- the amplitude of the current lac therefore results from the amplitude of the current I 2 , the voltage U 2 being in phase with I 2 , as illustrated in FIG.
- the circuit illustrated in FIG. 3 being bidirectional, according to a similar principle, it is possible to supply an electrical equipment 2 of the electric charge type with the electric grid 3 . To that end, it suffices to control the voltage U 1 so that it is in phase with I 1 to operate as a generator with respect to the grid, or to control the voltage U 1 so that it is in phase opposition with I 1 to operate as a charge with respect to the grid.
- FIG. 5 diagrammatically illustrates an example embodiment of the circuit 1 according to the invention in which each switch S 1 , S 2 , S 3 , S 4 , S 5 , S 6 , S 7 , S 8 is replaced by a an isolated gate bipolar transistor T 1 , T 2 , T 3 , T 4 , T 5 , T 6 , T 7 , T 8 , better known under its acronym IGBT, and a diode mounted in anti-parallel with respect to the IGBT.
- IGBT isolated gate bipolar transistor
- the frequency f 0 can typically be set at a value of 15 kHz, thus offering a high transformation performance, despite potentially higher operating voltages of the switching cells T 5 /T 6 and T 7 /T 8 formed by the IGBT/diode T 5 , T 6 , T 7 , T 8 pairs.
- FIG. 6 illustrates an example circuit 1 according to the invention in which the electric grid 3 is a DC grid.
- the circuit 1 according to this example embodiment differs from the circuit 1 illustrated in FIG. 2 in that the electric grid 3 is connected in parallel with the capacitances Cpos and Cneg.
- the connection assumes that if the switching cells S 5 /S 6 and S 7 /S 8 , formed by the switches S 5 , S 6 , S 7 , S 8 , are polarized, they are connected to one another by their negative terminals.
- the polarized electric grid is powered by a current or voltage with the same polarity.
- the electric grid is powered or charged by a current made substantially direct by the filter formed by the capacitance Cpos, Cneg and the inductance Lac, depending on whether the transfer of power with the equipment 1 is positive or negative.
- the electric circuit 1 makes it possible to adapt the voltage value experienced by the electrical equipment, using a principle similar to that explained for the circuit illustrated in FIG. 2 .
- the second converter 30 may include, according to a principle similar to that of the first converter 10 , a switching circuit comprising four four-quadrant switches so as to allow an adaptation between the DC voltage of the electric grid and the AC voltage with frequency f 0 of the transformer 20 .
- the DC voltage supplied by the electric grid 3 can be cut to provide the second coil L 2 with an AC voltage with frequency f 0 , with an amplitude still proportional to Vac, as previously explained.
- FIG. 7 illustrates an alternative of the second converter 20 illustrated in FIG. 2 .
- the switches of such a second converter 20 may be commanded in the same way as the switches S 5 , S 6 , S 7 , S 8 so as to allow, in a first position, a connection of the second coil L 2 with the electric grid 3 and, in a second position, to isolate the electric grid 3 from the second coil L 2 .
- a single capacitor Cac is implemented.
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An electric transformer circuit for connecting electrical equipment, such as a renewable energy-based generator or an energy storage system, to an electric grid. The circuit includes a first voltage converter connected to the equipment; a transformer connected to the first converter and a second voltage converter connected to the transformer and the electric grid. The transformer is a weakly coupled transformer, the magnetic coupling between the first coil and the second coil being less than 0.7. The transformer includes a first and second capacitor respectively associated with a first and second coil so as to form, with the corresponding coil, a circuit resonating at frequency f0. The electric transformer circuit can be included in an electric installation.
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- The invention relates to the field of the connection of electrical equipment to electric grids, irrespective of the type of the electrical equipment. This type of electrical equipment may either be of the electrical charge type, such as batteries, or the electrical power supply type, such as renewable energy generators, or may be of a type working by alternating a charge and an electric power supply, such as certain batteries or supercapacitors.
- The connection of an electrical equipment, irrespective of its type, to an electric grid having an operating voltage different from that of the electrical equipment generally requires a suitable electric transformer circuit.
- Indeed, whether it is to provide power to the electrical equipment or for the electrical equipment to transmit electricity to the grid, a voltage adaptation and/or galvanic insulation is necessary. This is even more true when the equipment is equipment operating with a DC voltage and the electric grid operates with an AC voltage. This type of transformer circuit is therefore highly necessary in the development of renewable energy equipment such as wind turbines, photovoltaic sensors or energy storage stations associated with renewable energy generators.
- In the latter case, i.e., the connection of electrical equipment working with a DC voltage to an electric grid with an AC voltage with frequency f2, an electric transformer circuit includes, as illustrated in
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first voltage converter 10 suitable for connecting theelectrical equipment 2 to part of theelectric circuit 20 operating with an AC voltage with frequency f0, thefirst converter 10 being an inverter in the event theelectrical equipment 2 is a charge and an AC/DC voltage converter in the case where theelectrical equipment 2 is an electricity power supply, - a
transformer 20 connected to the first voltage converter and configured to adapt the amplitude of the AC voltage with frequency f0 of thefirst converter 10 relative to the amplitude of the voltage of theelectric grid 3, saidtransformer 20 including a primary coil connected to thefirst converter 10 and a secondary coil, said primary and secondary coils being arranged secured in movement, said transformer possibly being completed by a resonating circuit 21, placed on the primary or secondary side, - a
second converter 30 connected to the secondary coil suitable for connecting the secondary coil to theelectric grid 3.
- a
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second converter 30, in order to separate the frequency f0 from that of the circuit of theelectric grid 3, includes an inverter and an AC/DC voltage converter operating, in the case illustrated inFIG. 1 , on the switching mode principle. Thus, in the case where theelectrical equipment 2 is an electric charge, thesecond converter 30 comprises aninverter 31 connected to the secondary coil of thetransformer 20 and an AC/DC voltage converter 35 connecting the inverter to theelectric grid 3. In the event theelectrical equipment 2 is a generator, thesecond converter 30 comprises an AC/DC voltage converter connected to the secondary coil of the transformer and an inverter connecting the AC/DC voltage converter to theelectric grid 3. - It should be noted that such a circuit may also be adapted to electrical equipment that may be an electric charge and electric power supply in turn, such as batteries, by using a bidirectional first and second converter.
- Here and in the rest of the document, electrical equipment refers both to equipment of the voltage power supply type, such as one or more photovoltaic panels or a wind turbine equipped with a rectifier stage, and electric charge equipment, such as a heating system for one or more photovoltaic panels, or equipment that may in turn act as a power supply or electric charge, such as an energy storage system (for example, batteries connected to one another).
- In order to optimize the performance of the transformer and limit the disruptions caused by the signal conversions both at the electrical equipment and the electric grid, it is preferable for the frequency f0 of the transformer to be much higher than the frequency of the electric grid f2. Nevertheless, the frequencies f0 that can be achieved by such a transformer of the prior art encounter certain technological and cost-based limitations.
- Indeed, the transformer must both provide a good transformation performance while also ensuring good galvanic insulation between the electrical equipment and the electric grid, with a reasonable dimension of the transformer. For these reasons, such circuits are limited to frequencies of approximately a kilohertz and therefore have a limited compactness and transformation performance.
- The invention aims to resolve these drawbacks, and thus more particularly aims to provide an electric transformer circuit to connect electrical equipment to an electric grid which, while retaining reasonable dimensions, can offer good conversion performance and good galvanic insulation with a high operating frequency.
- To that end, the invention relates to an electric transformer circuit for connecting electrical equipment, such as a renewable energy-based generator or an energy storage system, to an electric grid, said circuit including:
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- a first voltage converter suitable for connecting the electrical equipment to part of the electric circuit operating with an AC voltage with frequency f0,
- a transformer connected to the first voltage converter and configured to perform an amplitude adaptation between the voltage of the electrical equipment and that of the electric grid, said transformer including a first coil connected to the first converter and a second coil magnetically coupled to the first coil, said first and second coils being arranged secured in movement, the transformer forming the part of the electric circuit working with an AC voltage with frequency f0,
- a second converter configured to connect said second coil to the electric grid.
- The transformer is a weakly coupled transformer, the magnetic coupling between the first coil and the second coil being less than 0.7,
- and the transformer includes a first and second capacitor respectively associated with the first and second coils so as to form, with the corresponding coil, a circuit resonating at frequency f0.
- Such an electric transformer circuit has the advantage of making it possible to obtain a transformation at a high frequency that can easily reach around ten kilohertz, with reasonable dimensions and without the galvanic insulation suffering, since it is provided by the use of a weakly coupled transformer. Furthermore, the transformation performance is retained owing to a transformation done at the resonance. Thus, such a circuit can be compact while offering good galvanic insulation and a good transformation performance.
- It will additionally be noted that, when the first and second converter are bidirectional, that circuit makes it possible to connect to an electric grid as well as an electric charge-type piece of equipment or an electric power supply-type piece of equipment, and equipment that may act as an electric charge and electric power supply in turn.
- The magnetic coupling of the transformer is defined by the following mathematical formula:
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- With M the transformation ratio of the transformer, L1 and L2 being the respective inductance values of the first and second coils the transformer, generally known under the name of primary and secondary coils.
- Above and in the rest of the document, an amplitude adaptation between a first and second voltage refers to either:
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- in the case where the first and second voltages are both AC voltages, an amplitude adaptation as such,
- in the case where the first voltage is a DC voltage and the second voltage is an AC voltage, an adaptation between the value of the first voltage and the amplitude of the second voltage,
- in the case where the first and second voltages are both DC voltages, a value adaptation between the first and second voltages,
- in the case where the first voltage is an AC voltage and the second voltage is a DC voltage, an adaptation between the amplitude of the first voltage and the value of the second voltage.
- Thus, more generally, “amplitude” of a DC voltage refers to its value.
- The magnetic coupling between the first coil and the second coil may be approximately or less than 0.5.
- The transformer may be a transformer of the air type.
- This type of transformer not including a magnetic core between the two coils, the galvanic insulation between the first and second coils may be optimized without a drastic increase in the dimensions of the transformer.
- The frequency f0 can be a frequency greater than 1 kHz, preferably greater than 5 kHz, or even greater than 10 kHz.
- Such an operating frequency of the transformer makes it possible to provide a good transformation performance.
- The electrical equipment may be an electrical equipment working with a DC voltage that is either an electric charge, such as a battery, or an electric power supply, such as a renewable energy-based generator, or both, such as a battery adapted to transmit energy to the electric grid, the first converter being able to be:
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- in the case where the electrical equipment is an electric charge, an AC to DC voltage converter with the transformer at the input and the electrical equipment at the output,
- in the case where the electrical equipment is a generator, an inverter with the electrical equipment at the input and the transformer at the output,
- in the case where the electrical equipment can operate both as power supply and charge, an AC voltage to DC voltage bidirectional converter.
- The electrical equipment may be an electrical equipment that is either an electric charge, such as a battery, or an electric power supply, such as a renewable energy-based generator, or both, such as a battery suitable for transmitting energy to the electric grid,
- and wherein the electric grid can be an AC electric grid with frequency f2, the second converter being able to be adapted to:
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- in the case where the electrical equipment is an electric charge, convert a voltage with frequency f2 into a voltage with frequency f0, the second converter being connected at the input to the electric grid and at the output to the second coil,
- in the case where the electrical equipment is a generator, convert a voltage with frequency f0 into a voltage f2, the second converter being connected at the input to the second coil and at the output to the electric grid,
- in the case where the electrical equipment can operate both as a power supply and a charge, bidirectionally convert a voltage with frequency f2 into a voltage with frequency f0.
- The second converter can comprise a switching regulator system suitable for providing the second coil with an AC voltage with fundamental frequency f0 and proportional to the voltage of the electric grid resulting from a low-pass filter, the command of said switching regulator system being independent from the voltages of the electric grid and the electrical equipment.
- Such a switching regulator system makes it possible to provide a simplified second converter, since it does not require a command circuit synchronized with any one of the voltage of the electric grid and the voltage of the electrical equipment.
- The electrical equipment may be an electrical equipment that is either an electric charge, such as a battery, or an electric power supply, such as a renewable energy-based generator, or both, such as a battery suitable for transmitting energy to the electric grid,
- and the electric grid may be a DC voltage electric grid, the second converter being able to be:
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- in the case where the equipment is an electric charge, an inverter suitable for providing, from the DC voltage of the electric grid, an AC voltage with frequency f0 to the second coil,
- in the case where the equipment is an electric power supply, converting a voltage with frequency f0 into a DC voltage, the second converter being connected at the input to the second coil and at the output to the electric grid,
- in the case where the electrical equipment can operate both as an electric power supply and an electric charge, suitable for a bidirectional conversion of a DC voltage into an AC voltage with frequency f0.
- The second converter may comprise a switching regulator system arranged to connect the electric grid and the second coil only during positive alternations of the AC voltage with frequency f0 and a low-pass filter suitable for at least partially filtering the voltages with frequency f0.
- Such a second converter makes it possible to provide an electric circuit suitable for connecting an electric grid to an electrical equipment with an AC transformation voltage with frequency f0.
- The invention also relates to an electric installation including:
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- an electrical equipment such as a renewable energy-based generator or an energy storage system, and
- an electric transformer circuit connected to the electrical equipment, in order to connect the electrical equipment to an electric grid,
- the electric circuit being an electric circuit according to the invention.
- Such an installation benefits from the advantages provided by circuit according to the invention.
- The present invention will be better understood upon reading the description of example embodiments, provided purely for information and non-limitingly, done in reference to the appended drawings, in which:
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FIG. 1 diagrammatically shows an example electric transformer circuit for connecting an electrical equipment to an electric grid according to the prior art, -
FIG. 2 diagrammatically illustrates an electric transformer circuit according to the invention connecting an electrical equipment to an electric grid, -
FIG. 3 illustrates a block diagram of the operation of the transformer stage of the electric circuit according to the invention, -
FIGS. 4A, 4B and 4C illustrate an example of operating voltages of the electric transformer circuit, whereFIG. 4A illustrates the current at the input of the first converter powering the electrical equipment,FIG. 4B more specifically shows the current and voltage at the transformer stage corresponding to the electrical equipment, andFIG. 4C shows the current and voltage at the transformer stage corresponding to the electric grid, -
FIG. 5 illustrates a diagrammatic example embodiment of the electric circuit ofFIG. 2 , -
FIG. 6 diagrammatically illustrates an alternative of the electric circuit ofFIG. 2 in which the electric circuit is a DC circuit, -
FIG. 7 diagrammatically illustrates an AC configuration for the second converter equipping the circuit illustrated inFIG. 2 . - Identical, similar or equivalent parts of the various figures bear the same numerical references so as to facilitate the passage from one figure to the next.
- The different possibilities (alternatives and embodiments) must be understood as not being mutually exclusive, and may be combined with one another.
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FIG. 2 diagrammatically shows anelectric transformer circuit 1 connecting anelectrical equipment 2, such as a renewable energy generator or energy storage system, to anelectric grid 3. - Such an
electric transformer circuit 1 includes: -
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first voltage converter 10 suitable for connecting theelectrical equipment 2 to part of thecircuit 1 operating with an AC voltage with frequency f0, - a
transformer 20 connected to thefirst voltage converter 10 and configured to perform an amplitude adaptation between the voltage of theelectrical equipment 2 and that of theelectric grid 3, saidtransformer 20 including a first coil L1, connected to thefirst converter 10, and a second coil L2 magnetically coupled to the first coil L1 and the first and second capacitor C1, C2 respectively associated with the first and second coil L1, L2 so as to form, with the corresponding coil, a circuit resonating at frequency f0, - a
second converter 30 connected to the second coil L2 and to theelectric grid 3 and which is configured to connect said second coil L2 to theelectric grid 3.
- a
- In order to illustrate the different measurement locations for the voltages of the
electric circuit 1 and the currents that cross through it, the circuit illustrated inFIG. 2 shows ampermeters I1, I2, lac and voltmeters U1, U2. - In
FIG. 2 , theelectrical equipment 2 is a DC voltage power supply whose voltage is denoted Vdc. Of course, the circuit illustrated inFIG. 2 being bidirectional, theelectrical equipment 2 can also be an electric charge or a power supply and a charge in turn, without going beyond the scope of the invention. - The
first converter 10 includes a first capacitance Cbus placed in parallel with theelectrical equipment 2 in order to filter the disruptions that the conversion offered by thefirst converter 10 may induce. Thefirst converter 10 also includes a switching circuit comprising four switches S1, S2, S3, S4 so as to allow an adaptation between the DC voltage of theelectrical equipment 2 and the AC voltage frequency f0 of thetransformer 20. To do that, the pairs of switches S1/S2 and S3/S4 are opened by alternating at the frequency JO so as to alternate the polarization of the connection between theelectrical equipment 2 and thetransformer 20. Such a command of the switches S1 to S4 is traditional to obtain conversions of the DC voltage into an AC voltage, of an AC voltage into a DC voltage, or a bidirectional DC voltage-AC voltage conversion. - The
transformer 20 makes it possible to act as an interface between the first andsecond converters electrical equipment 2 and the voltage of theelectric grid 3. In order to optimize the performance of thecircuit 1 while ensuring good galvanic insulation between the electrical equipment and the electric grid, the transformer is a weakly coupled transformer, i.e., the magnetic coupling between the first coil and the second coil is less than 0.7 and may be approximately or even less than 0.5, and the first and second coils are each associated with the corresponding capacitance to form a circuit resonating at frequency f0. - Such a weakly coupled
transformer 20 can be obtained by using a transformer of the air type, i.e., not including a magnetic core between the two coils. Thus, the coupling between the first and second coils L1, L2 is done in the “air”, since the magnetic core is replaced by an empty space. - The operating principle of the
transformer 20 is illustrated inFIG. 3 . Indeed, the first coil L1 with the first capacitance C1 forms a first resonating circuit and the second coil L2 with the second capacitance C2 forms a second resonating circuit, those two resonating circuits having resonance frequency f0. Those two circuits must therefore respect the following equation: -
- With f0 the resonance frequency, ω0 the pulse at the resonance, L1, L2 the respective inductances of the first and second coils L1, L2, and C1, C2 the respective capacitances of the first and second capacitance.
- Thus, the following relations may be deduced between the voltage U1 and the currents I1 and I2:
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- As a result, one can see that the transformer works as a current power supply with the amplitude of I2, which can be controlled by U1.
- The circuit being symmetrical, the relationships below between the voltage U2 and the currents I1 and I2 can be deduced from relationship (1):
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- In this way, the operation of the transformer as a current power supply is reversible. It is possible to control I1 by U2 and I2 by U1 in a configuration in which the pairs U1/I1 and U2/I2 are in phase, i.e., with a resistive dipole behavior.
- It will also be noted that the weak coupling makes it possible to limit the constraints regarding the sinusoidai nature of the currents I1 and I2. It is thus possible to limit the conversion stages for the first and
second converters - The second coil L2 is connected to the
second converters 30. The second converter, so as to allow the connection of the second coil to theelectric grid 3, includes four switches S5, S6, S7, S8 and two capacitances Cpos, Cneg mounted in parallel with the switches S5, S6, S7, S8. - The switches S5, S6, S7, S8 of the
second converters 30 are arranged so as to allow a connection of the second coil L2 with theelectric grid 3 when the switches S5, S7 are closed and the switches S6, S8 are open and to isolate theelectric grid 3 from the second coil L2 when the switches S5, S7 are open and the switches S6, S8 are closed. - In order to obtain such an arrangement, the second coil L2 is connected to the electric grid by means of switches S5 and S7 with placement in parallel with the two capacitors Cpos, Cneg. The switches S6, S8 connect the two terminals of the second coil L2 so as to short-circuit it. In the configuration illustrated in
FIG. 2 , without this being necessary for the operation of theelectric circuit 1, the shared terminal of the switches S8, S5 is connected to the shared terminal between the capacitors Cneg, Cpos. - The switching cells S5/S6 and S8/S7 are connected head to tail. If these switching cells S5/S6 and S8/S7 are polarized, then their negative terminals are connected to one another or their positive terminals are connected to one another.
- The
electric grid 3 is connected to the switches S5, S7 and to the capacitors Cneg, Cpos through the inductance Lac so as to filter part of the noise at the residual frequency f0 of the conversion provided by thesecond converters 30. The choice of the positioning of Lac is not restricted; it can be positioned between S7 and the electric grid or be split into two inductances connecting S5 to theelectric grid 3 for the first and S7 to the electric grid for the second. - The command of the switches S5, S6, S7, S8 is done independently of the state of the voltage of the electric grid and the current in the second coil L2, i.e., the second converter operates in an open loop.
- Thus, the switches S5, S6, S7, S8 form a switching regulator system suitable for providing the second coil L2 with an AC voltage with fundamental frequency f0 and proportional to the voltage of the electric grid resulting from a low-pass filter, the command of said switching regulator system being independent of the state of the voltages of the
electric grid 3 and theelectrical equipment 2. - In this way, for a period of
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- the command of the switches S5, S6, S7, S8 can be summarized as follows:
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- for 0<t<½T, S5 and S7 closed and S6 and S8 open,
- for ½ T<t<T, S5 and S7 open and S6 and S8 closed.
- Thus, in the configuration with S5 and S7 closed and S6 and S8 open, and considering equations (2) to (7) of the
transformer 20 previously described, in particular equation (7), it may be deduced that: -
- The voltage Vac(t) being able to be written as follows Vac(t)=Vac·sin(ω2·t), equation (8) can be written:
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- In this way, the
transformer 20 operates as a current power supply applying a current I1 where of the amplitude is proportional to Vac with a modulation frequency f0. It is the latter current that is illustrated inFIG. 4A . - With the
first converter 10 and its switches S1, S2, S3, S4, the phase of the voltage U1 relative to the current I1 can be controlled. Yet, as shown by equation (4) previously introduced, the current I2 is proportional to U2 with a phase shift of n/4. Thus, if U1 is controlled so that it is in phase opposition with I1 as illustrated inFIG. 4B , the modulation of the voltage U1 makes it possible to control the amplitude of the current I2 and obtain a zero phase shift between the current I2 and the voltage U2. The amplitude of the current lac therefore results from the amplitude of the current I2, the voltage U2 being in phase with I2, as illustrated inFIG. 4C , and the capacitors Cpos, Cneg associated with the inductance Lac acting as a low-pass filter. It will be noted that with such a command of the switches S1, S2, S3, S4, the switching of the switches S5, S6, S7, S8 takes place at 0 current and therefore with very low losses. - It is therefore possible, with such an electric transformation circuit, to control the current lac in the
electric grid 3. - Furthermore, the circuit illustrated in
FIG. 3 being bidirectional, according to a similar principle, it is possible to supply anelectrical equipment 2 of the electric charge type with theelectric grid 3. To that end, it suffices to control the voltage U1 so that it is in phase with I1 to operate as a generator with respect to the grid, or to control the voltage U1 so that it is in phase opposition with I1 to operate as a charge with respect to the grid. - One can also see that, since the current I1 depends on U2 and I2 depends on U1, it is possible, by equipping the
electric circuit 1 with measuring systems, for only one side of theelectrical equipment 2 to know the state of the electric current 1 on the side of theelectric grid 3. -
FIG. 5 diagrammatically illustrates an example embodiment of thecircuit 1 according to the invention in which each switch S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6, S7, S8 is replaced by a an isolated gate bipolar transistor T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, better known under its acronym IGBT, and a diode mounted in anti-parallel with respect to the IGBT. Such a use of an IGBT and a diode mounted together in an antiparallel configuration to operate as a switch being known by those skilled in the art, this configuration is not explained in more detail in this document. It should nevertheless be noted that with such a configuration, the frequency f0 can typically be set at a value of 15 kHz, thus offering a high transformation performance, despite potentially higher operating voltages of the switching cells T5/T6 and T7/T8 formed by the IGBT/diode T5, T6, T7, T8 pairs. -
FIG. 6 illustrates anexample circuit 1 according to the invention in which theelectric grid 3 is a DC grid. Thecircuit 1 according to this example embodiment differs from thecircuit 1 illustrated inFIG. 2 in that theelectric grid 3 is connected in parallel with the capacitances Cpos and Cneg. In the case ofFIG. 6 , the connection assumes that if the switching cells S5/S6 and S7/S8, formed by the switches S5, S6, S7, S8, are polarized, they are connected to one another by their negative terminals. - In this way, for an
electrical equipment 1 that is an electricity power supply, the polarized electric grid is powered by a current or voltage with the same polarity. In that way, with such a connection, the electric grid is powered or charged by a current made substantially direct by the filter formed by the capacitance Cpos, Cneg and the inductance Lac, depending on whether the transfer of power with theequipment 1 is positive or negative. - Likewise, when the
electrical equipment 2 is a charge or an uncontrolled electric power supply, theelectric circuit 1 makes it possible to adapt the voltage value experienced by the electrical equipment, using a principle similar to that explained for the circuit illustrated inFIG. 2 . - According to one alternative of this embodiment, not illustrated, the
second converter 30 may include, according to a principle similar to that of thefirst converter 10, a switching circuit comprising four four-quadrant switches so as to allow an adaptation between the DC voltage of the electric grid and the AC voltage with frequency f0 of thetransformer 20. In this way, the DC voltage supplied by theelectric grid 3 can be cut to provide the second coil L2 with an AC voltage with frequency f0, with an amplitude still proportional to Vac, as previously explained. -
FIG. 7 illustrates an alternative of thesecond converter 20 illustrated inFIG. 2 . The switches of such asecond converter 20 according to this alternative may be commanded in the same way as the switches S5, S6, S7, S8 so as to allow, in a first position, a connection of the second coil L2 with theelectric grid 3 and, in a second position, to isolate theelectric grid 3 from the second coil L2. It may be noted that in such an alternative, a single capacitor Cac is implemented.
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1. An electric transformer circuit for connecting electrical equipment, such as a renewable energy-based generator or an energy storage system, to an electric grid, said circuit comprising:
a first voltage converter suitable for connecting the electrical equipment to part of the electric circuit operating with an AC voltage with frequency f0,
a transformer connected to the first voltage converter and configured to perform an amplitude adaptation between the voltage of the electrical equipment and that of the electric grid, the transformer including a first coil connected to the first converter and a second coil magnetically coupled to the first coil, the first and second coils being arranged secured in movement, the transformer forming the part of the electric circuit working with an AC voltage with frequency f0,
a second converter configured to connect said second coil to the electric grid, wherein the magnetic coupling between the first coil and the second coil being less than 0.7,
and wherein in that the transformer includes a first and second capacitor respectively associated with the first and second coils so as to form, with the corresponding coil, a circuit resonating at frequency f0.
2. The circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the transformer is a transformer of the air type.
3. The circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the frequency f0 is a frequency greater than 1 kHz.
4. The circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical equipment is an electrical equipment working with a DC voltage that is an electric charge, such as a battery, the first converter being, an AC to DC voltage converter with the transformer at the input and the electrical equipment at the output.
5. The circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical equipment is an electrical equipment working with a DC voltage that is an electric power supply, such as a renewable energy-based generator, the first converter being an inverter with the electrical equipment at the input and the transformer at the output.
6. The circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical equipment is an electrical equipment working with a DC voltage that is could be alternately an electric charge and an electric power supply, such as a battery adapted to transmit energy to the electric grid, the first converter being an AC voltage to DC voltage bidirectional converter.
7. The circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical equipment is an electrical equipment that is an electric charge, such as a battery,
and wherein the electric grid can be an AC electric grid with frequency f2, the second converter being able to be adapted to convert a voltage with frequency f2 into a voltage with frequency f0, the second converter being connected at the input to the electric grid and at the output to the second coil.
8. The circuit according to claim 7 , wherein the second converter comprises a switching regulator system suitable for providing the second coil with an AC voltage with fundamental frequency f0 and proportional to the voltage of the electric grid resulting from a low-pass filter, the command of said switching regulator system being independent of the state of the voltages of the electric grid and the electrical equipment.
9. The circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical equipment is an electrical equipment that is an electric power supply, such as a renewable energy-based generator,
and wherein the electric grid can be an AC electric grid with frequency f2, the second converter being able to be adapted to convert a voltage with frequency f0 into a voltage f2, the second converter being connected at the input to the second coil and at the output to the electric grid.
10. The circuit according to claim 9 , wherein the second converter comprises a switching regulator system suitable for providing the second coil with an AC voltage with fundamental frequency f0 and proportional to the voltage of the electric grid resulting from a low-pass filter, the command of said switching regulator system being independent of the state of the voltages of the electric grid and the electrical equipment.
11. The circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical equipment is an electrical equipment that could be alternatively be alternately an electric charge and an electric power supply, such as a battery suitable for transmitting energy to the electric grid,
and wherein the electric grid can be an AC electric grid with frequency f2, the second converter being able to be adapted to bidirectionally convert a voltage with frequency f2 into a voltage with frequency f0.
12. The circuit according to claim 11 , wherein the second converter comprises a switching regulator system suitable for providing the second coil with an AC voltage with fundamental frequency f0 and proportional to the voltage of the electric grid resulting from a low-pass filter, the command of said switching regulator system being independent of the state of the voltages of the electric grid and the electrical equipment.
13. The circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical equipment is an electrical equipment that is an electric charge, such as a battery,
and wherein the electric grid is an AC electric grid, the second converter being an inverter suitable for providing, from the DC voltage of the electric grid, an AC voltage with frequency f0 to the second coil (L2).
14. The circuit according to claim 13 , wherein the second converter comprises a switching regulator system arranged to connect the electric grid and the second coil only during positive alternations of the AC voltage with frequency f0 and a low-pass filter suitable for at least partially filtering the voltages with frequency f0.
15. The circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical equipment is an electrical equipment that is an electric power supply, such as a renewable energy-based generator,
and wherein the electric grid is an AC electric grid, the second converter being a converter suitable to convert a voltage with frequency f0 into a DC voltage, the second converter being connected at the input to the second coil and at the output to the electric grid.
16. The circuit according to claim 15 , wherein the second converter comprises a switching regulator system arranged to connect the electric grid and the second coil only during positive alternations of the AC voltage with frequency f0 and a low-pass filter suitable for at least partially filtering the voltages with frequency f0.
17. The circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical equipment is an electrical equipment that could be alternatively be alternately an electric charge and an electric power supply, such as a battery suitable for transmitting energy to the electric grid,
and wherein the electric grid is an AC electric grid, the second converter being suitable for a bidirectional conversion of a DC voltage into an AC voltage with frequency f0.
18. The circuit according to claim 17 ,
wherein the second converter comprises a switching regulator system arranged to connect the electric grid (3) and the second coil only during positive alternations of the AC voltage with frequency f0 and a low-pass filter suitable for at least partially filtering the voltages with frequency f0.
19. An electric installation comprising:
an electrical equipment such as a renewable energy-based generator or an energy storage system, and
an electric transformer circuit connected to the electrical equipment, in order to connect the electrical equipment to an electric grid,
wherein the removable device is an electric circuit according to claim 1 .
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