Abstract:
A driver circuit for driving an electrical motor coil is provided which comprises combined switched inductance boost voltage converter circuitry and switched inductance buck voltage converter circuitry. An input node of the driver circuit is provided to be coupled with the electrical motor coil, which provides the inductive element of both the boost and buck circuitry. Further the boost and buck circuitry share a storage capacitor, which provides the capacitive element of each circuitry, and a voltage developed across the storage capacitor by the boost circuitry forms an input of the switched inductance buck voltage converter circuitry. Bidirectional driving of the electrical motor coil is thus provided from a driver circuit which only need be supplied with a single unidirectional supply and the current drawn from that supply is significantly reduced because of the manner in which the boost and buck circuitry operate synergistically to recycle electrical power which is moved back and forth between the electrical motor coil and the storage capacitor. A corresponding driver board, electrical motor driver apparatus, method of operating a driver circuit and apparatus are also provided.
Abstract:
An apparatus for controlling a boost converter is provided with: an operating device provided with a proportional element, an integral element and a derivative element, the derivative element being configured as a bandpass filter, the operating device calculating a PID controlled variable; a controlling device for controlling the output voltage of the boost converter on the basis of the calculated PID controlled variable; a judging device for judging whether or not loss suppression on the direct current power supply is to be prioritized; and a switching device for switching an operation mode of the operating device from a variation suppression mode to a loss suppression mode if it is judged that the loss suppression is to be prioritized. In the loss suppression mode, a cutoff frequency of the bandpass filter is corrected to a lower frequency side at a lower rotational speed of the three-phase alternating current motor.
Abstract:
A motor control system includes: a converter; two inverters; two alternating-current motors; and a control unit. The control unit is configured to control the system voltage by feedback of a current phase of a current vector of motor current of each of the motors on a d-q coordinate plane so that rectangular wave control of at least one of the first and second motors is performed in a state where the current phase is an optimal current phase, wherein the control unit selects, as a subject of the feedback, the current phase of one of the motors that is larger than the other motor in system voltage deviation obtained based on the current vector.
Abstract:
A motor drive system control apparatus includes: a direct current power supply; a three-phase alternating current motor; a first power converter including switching circuits corresponding to each of three phases of the three-phase alternating current motor and a smoothing condenser disposed electrically in parallel with the switching circuits; an estimating device for estimating peak generation timing in which a peak is generated in an inter-terminal voltage VH of the smoothing condenser on the basis of at least one of an operating condition of the three-phase alternating current motor; a switching condition of the switching circuits corresponding to each of the three phases; and a controlling device for controlling a drive condition of the first power converter so the inter-terminal voltage VH (or a VH peak) in the peak generation timing decreases, for a predetermined period from start timing set in a time domain before the estimated peak generation timing.
Abstract:
In the case where DC power from a DC power supply is converted to AC power by an inverter and supplied to an AC motor, a power compensator is connected in parallel with a DC power input portion of the inverter, and a control device of the power compensator charges/discharges a power storage device to perform a power compensation process A when power demand for the AC motor exceeds a predetermined value, and takes into account power allowance which can be inputted and outputted from the DC power supply to the power storage device and performs a power storage adjustment process B of performing auxiliary charge of the power storage device within the range of the power allowance when the power compensation process A is unnecessary.
Abstract:
The present invention contemplates a hybrid vehicle capable of changing an amount to be charged to an electric power storage device in accordance with whether it is externally charged. The hybrid vehicle includes a control device inquiring of an occupant of the vehicle whether the occupant has an intention to go to a charging location for example at home. If so, the control device sets a target value for the electric power storage device's amount of a state (SOC) to have a value smaller than when the occupant does not have an intention to go to the charging location. This allows as much energy as possible to be received at the charging location and a vehicle can thus be obtained that less depends on an internal combustion engine and contributes to environmental protection.
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide a motive power output apparatus including a motor with a permanent magnet and a motor without a permanent magnet. A boost device (10) is connected to a power storage device (B). A first drive device (30) is connected to the boost device (10). A first rotating electric machine (35) with a permanent magnet is connected to the first drive device (30). A second drive device (40) is connected to the power storage device (B). A second rotating electric machine (45) without a permanent magnet is connected to the second drive device (40). A third drive device (20) is connected in parallel to the first drive device (30). A third rotating electric machine (25) with a permanent magnet is connected to the third drive device (20). The second rotating electric machine (45) is formed of a reluctance motor or an induction motor. The first rotating electric machine (35) and the second rotating electric machine (45) of the present invention may be linked to wheels of a vehicle.
Abstract:
A driver includes a sensor sensing a driving current and a driving voltage for an external device including a capacitor, a PWM, a PFC, and a controller. The PFC includes a phase angle estimation unit estimating a phase angle variation of an input voltage to the PFC based on a parameter regarding the driving current, a voltage compensator compensating an error of the driving voltage, a first current estimation unit estimating a variation of a charge of the capacitor based on the charge current and the phase angle variation estimated by the phase angle estimation unit, a second current estimation unit estimating a driving current variation, and a calculator calculating a duty ratio for the PWM based on the variation of the charge current estimated by the first current estimation unit and the driving current variation estimated by the second current estimation unit.
Abstract:
A vehicle drive system comprises inverters connected electrically with a power supply line and a ground line and controlling the current flowing through each stator coil of each of first and second motor generators, and a switch making or breaking the connection between the neutral of the stator coil of first motor generator and a battery. When the first motor generator is not used but the second motor generator is used, a controller brings the switch into connection state in parallel with voltage conversion operation of a booster unit and controls the inverter to perform voltage conversion operation using the stator coil of first motor generator as a reactor.
Abstract:
In a motor drive control system configured to include a converter capable of stepping up the voltage, when the locked state of MG2 operating as an electric motor does not occur (NO in S130), a voltage command value VHref for the converter output voltage is set according to respective required voltages of MG1 operating as an electric generator and MG2 (S140). In contrast, when the locked state of MG2 occurs (YES in S130), the voltage command value VHref is set to a limit voltage Vlmt or less for limiting the voltage step-up by the converter (S150, S180). When the locked state occurs, the converter output voltage is decreased and accordingly the DC voltage switched by the inverter is lowered, so that a switching loss at the switching device forming a part of the inverter is reduced and the temperature increase due to the heat generation can be suppressed.