WO2008083638A1 - Vorrichtung zum erden von gehäusen - Google Patents
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- WO2008083638A1 WO2008083638A1 PCT/DE2007/000015 DE2007000015W WO2008083638A1 WO 2008083638 A1 WO2008083638 A1 WO 2008083638A1 DE 2007000015 W DE2007000015 W DE 2007000015W WO 2008083638 A1 WO2008083638 A1 WO 2008083638A1
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
- H01H29/00—Switches having at least one liquid contact
- H01H29/32—Switches having at least one liquid contact with contact made by a liquid jet, e.g. earthing switch with contact made by jet of water
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H05K—PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
- H05K7/00—Constructional details common to different types of electric apparatus
- H05K7/20—Modifications to facilitate cooling, ventilating, or heating
- H05K7/20218—Modifications to facilitate cooling, ventilating, or heating using a liquid coolant without phase change in electronic enclosures
- H05K7/20272—Accessories for moving fluid, for expanding fluid, for connecting fluid conduits, for distributing fluid, for removing gas or for preventing leakage, e.g. pumps, tanks or manifolds
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H05K—PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
- H05K7/00—Constructional details common to different types of electric apparatus
- H05K7/20—Modifications to facilitate cooling, ventilating, or heating
- H05K7/2089—Modifications to facilitate cooling, ventilating, or heating for power electronics, e.g. for inverters for controlling motor
- H05K7/20927—Liquid coolant without phase change
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H05K—PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
- H05K9/00—Screening of apparatus or components against electric or magnetic fields
- H05K9/0064—Earth or grounding circuit
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
- H01H9/00—Details of switching devices, not covered by groups H01H1/00 - H01H7/00
- H01H9/12—Means for earthing parts of switch not normally conductively connected to the contacts
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- the invention relates to a device for grounding at least one electrical component with a grounding point lying at ground potential and with connecting means for electrically connecting the electrical component to the grounding point.
- the invention further relates to a power converter with an electrical component and such a device.
- Power converters are used in drive technology as well as in power transmission and distribution.
- two power converters are connected to one another on the DC voltage side, with each power converter being connected to an AC voltage network.
- Each converter has phase modules, the number of which corresponds to the number of phases of the respective connected AC system.
- Each phase module therefore has an AC voltage connection for the connection of the respective phase of the AC voltage network and a DC voltage connection.
- a phase module branch which consists of a series connection of submodules.
- Each submodule has at least one power semiconductor, which is arranged in parallel connection to a freewheeling diode oriented in the opposite direction.
- the electrical components of the converter such as the housing of the submodules
- This usually serves a hand-operated contact rod or a movable to the outside of the respective housing of the submodule comb, wherein the contact rod or the comb each have a grounding point.
- the grounding of the submodules by hand requires a lot of time.
- the housing is not permanently grounded during the maintenance work, so that recharging of the housing due to a malfunction of the entire submodule can not be ruled out.
- the object of the invention is therefore to provide a device and a power converter of the type mentioned, which allow easy, safe and continuous grounding.
- the connecting means comprise an electrically conductive fluid which is conductively connected to the grounding point.
- the invention solves this problem further by a power converter with such a device.
- the electrical components are grounded via an electrically conductive fluid.
- the electrically conductive fluid enables a fast and safe grounding of such electrical components which are at a high-voltage potential during normal operation.
- the electrically conductive fluid can be conducted in basically any way between the grounding point and the components to be grounded.
- it is expedient to use a pipeline which is at least partially non-conductive is.
- the pipeline is filled with the electrically conductive fluid, including, for example, stop valves are used.
- the electrically conductive fluid is an electrically conductive water.
- Electrically conductive water is, for example, saline water, wherein the electrical conductivity is provided by the migration of ions dissolved in the water into which the salt dissolved in the water breaks down.
- Water is a particularly inexpensive fluid, so that the cost of the device according to the invention are further reduced.
- many inexpensive salts have a sufficiently high solubility in water, so that a sufficient conductivity is provided inexpensively.
- the connecting means have a grounding pipe which can be filled with electrically conductive fluid.
- the grounding pipe is made, for example, of an insulating material that is not electrically conductive. Deviating from this, the grounding pipe is only partially made of an insulating material, with the grounding pipe extending between a potential point electrically connected to the grounding point and a potential point electrically connected to the electrical components. Due to the non-conductivity of the grounding pipe provided at least in sections, grounding of the electrical components occurs only when it is filled with an electrically conductive fluid, such as ionized water.
- the grounding pipe opens into a cooling circuit comprising a cooler and a deionizing device, wherein a between the grounding point and a conductively connected to the electrical components housing connection extending pipe system at least partially consists of an electrically non-conductive material.
- a cooling circuit is used for cooling components. Cooling circuits are already present in particular in converters and serve, for example, for cooling semiconductor valves which are set up for converting electrical currents to high-voltage potential.
- the cooling circuit usually deionized
- a deionization which is known as such, so that need not be discussed in detail at this point on their structure and operation.
- ion exchangers or the like may be mentioned in this context, which are available on the market, for example in the form of replacement cartridges.
- the water in the cooling circuit is demineralized so that only the OH ⁇ and H 3 ⁇ + ions due to the internal dissociation of the water can contribute to the conductivity of the water. This ensures a sufficiently low conductivity of the water, so that the normal operation can be resumed while cooling the components without grounding.
- valves are suitable for controlling the introduction of the electrically conductive fluid into the cooling circuit.
- the grounding pipe extends to a connection point, which is electrically conductively connected to the one or more electrical components, wherein the grounding pipe is at least partially made of an insulating material.
- the grounding pipe is extended up to the housings or up to an electrically conductive connection point connected to the housings.
- the electrically conductive fluid in a cooling circuit is omitted according to this variant.
- Deionization following grounding is omitted according to this variant.
- To ground the grounding pipe is simply filled with electrically conductive fluid and made in this way an electrically conductive connection of the electrical components with the grounding point.
- the grounding pipe communicates with a reservoir filled with electrically conductive fluid.
- electrically conductive fluid for example electrically conductive
- Water has a sufficiently high level of dissolved ions, so that a sufficient conductivity is provided.
- the cooling circuit expediently has a circulating pump.
- a circulation pump is also useful for the grounding pipe.
- the electrical components can be any components.
- the electrical components are capacitors or other components of a power converter.
- the electrical components are housings of semiconductor modules or semiconductors.
- FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of the device according to the invention and the power converter according to the invention, wherein the power converter is in normal operation
- FIG. 2 shows the device and the power converter according to Figure 1, wherein the power converter is grounded for maintenance purposes
- FIG. 3 shows a further variant of the invention
- FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of the device 1 according to the invention, which is provided for the electrically conductive connection of electrical components 2 of a power converter with a grounding point 3.
- the electrical components are housings 2 of submodules of the power converter.
- the device 1 comprises a grounding pipe 4, which extends between a filled with electrically conductive water reservoir 5 and a cooling circuit 6.
- the cooling circuit 6 comprises a deionization device 8, a cooler 9 for cooling the water during normal operation and filter means 10.
- the cooling circuit 6 also has a piping system which has heat exchange regions 11 for exchanging heat with the housings 2.
- shut-off valves 7 In the position of the shut-off valves 7 shown in FIG. 1, the reservoir 5 does not communicate with the cooling circuit 6. The shut-off valves 7 rather ensure that the cooler 9 and the deionization device 8 and the filter means 10 are connected to heat exchange regions 11.
- the power converter according to the invention is shown in the figures only with the housings 2, but also has so-called semiconductor valves for switching electrical currents, which are in the field of energy transmission and distribution usually at a high voltage potential.
- the semiconductor valves usually each comprise a series connection Submodules, which in turn consist of semiconductor modules with turn-off power semiconductors.
- the semiconductor modules and, in particular, the housing 2 of the semiconductor modules shown in FIG. 2 are heated, so that cooling is required. This is provided by the cooling circuit 6.
- the cooling circuit 6 In the heat exchange areas 11 there is a transfer of heat from the semiconductor modules into the cooling liquid, which in the example shown in FIG. 1 consists of non-conducting water.
- Cooling 9 provides for a cooling of the through the housing 2 of the semiconductor modules of the heated water ,
- FIG. 2 shows an exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 1 in a grounded state.
- the shut-off valves 7 were actuated accordingly, so that the deionization device 8, the cooler 9 and the filter means 10 no longer communicate with the heat exchange sections 11. Instead, a connection of the heat exchange sections 11 to the reservoir 5 is via the Grounding pipe 4 is provided.
- the electrically conductive water of the reservoir 5 flows due to the action of a circulating pump, not shown in Figure 2 or 1 in the extending between the shut-off valves 7 and the heat exchange sections 11 piping system. In this way, it comes through the electrically conductive water to an electrically conductive connection between the grounding point 3 and the housings 2, which of course in the heat exchange areas 11 are both thermally conductive and electrically connected to the housings 2.
- FIG 3 shows a variant of the device 1 according to the invention, which has a grounding pipe 4, which is not connected to the cooling circuit 6. Instead, the grounding pipe 4 extends to housing connections 12, which are provided for supporting the grounding pipe 4 to the housings 2.
- the housing connections 12 are each electrically conductively connected to a housing 2.
- the pipeline 4 consists of an electrically nonconducting material, which moreover provides the dielectric strength necessary for the respective high voltages, in order to reliably avoid leakage currents, partial discharges or the like.
- To ground the housing 2 is electrically conductive
- the electrically conductive water is removed from the grounding pipe 4 by a circulating pump (not shown in FIG. 3) or else by another suction device.
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US11031198B2 (en) | 2019-01-07 | 2021-06-08 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | Arrangement and method for connecting contact points to a reference potential |
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CN103402345A (zh) * | 2013-08-14 | 2013-11-20 | 南车株洲电力机车研究所有限公司 | 一种电子器件多级水冷装置 |
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EP3474424B1 (de) | 2017-10-23 | 2020-09-09 | Audi Ag | Elektrische maschine und kraftfahrzeug |
US11031198B2 (en) | 2019-01-07 | 2021-06-08 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | Arrangement and method for connecting contact points to a reference potential |
EP4410435A1 (de) * | 2023-02-03 | 2024-08-07 | Iveco S.P.A. | Wartungssystem zur elektrischen isolierung einer konditionierflüssigkeit |
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