Abstract:
A motor driving device is disclosed. The motor driving device includes: a rectifier rectifying alternating current (AC) power into direct current (DC) power to output an input voltage; a first buck-boost converter including a plurality of switches for converting the input voltage and having a buck mode of stepping down the input voltage and a boost mode of stepping up the input voltage; an inverter converting a DC-link voltage transformed from the first buck-boost converter into an AC voltage and transferring the AC voltage to a motor; and a controller receiving motor information related to driving of the motor, comparing magnitudes of a desired DC-link voltage depending on the received motor information and the input voltage with each other, and performing a control to switch only any one of the plurality of switches so that the first buck-boost converter is operated in the buck mode or the boost mode.
Abstract:
A power supply apparatus for a vehicle includes first and second batteries (B1, B2) provided electrically in parallel to main loads (14, 22), a boost converter (12A) provided between the first battery (B1) and the main loads, a boost converter (12B) provided between the second battery (B2) and the main loads, an auxiliary battery (B3), a DC/DC converter (33), and an auxiliary load (35) driven by power from the auxiliary battery (B3) or DC/DC converter (33). The controller (30) determines charging currents or discharging currents for the batteries (B1, B2) reflecting variations in a current flowing through the auxiliary load (35). Accordingly, a power supply apparatus for a vehicle can thus be provided in which imbalance between charging/discharging currents for a plurality of power storage devices is reduced.
Abstract:
A control device (200) for a motor drive system (100) including an AC motor (MG1) having a magnet in a rotor, a converter (120), and an inverter (130) generates a step-up command value for the converter (120) based on a torque command value for the AC motor (MG1). The control device (200) determines whether or not to carry out field-weakening control for increasing a current in a direction weakening force of a magnet that is supplied from the inverter (130) to the AC motor (MG1), based on the step-up command value and a state of drive of the AC motor (MG1). When field-weakening control should be carried out and when an absolute value of the torque command value is smaller than a threshold value, the control device (200) further increases the generated step-up command value. By doing so, an amount of a field-weakening current can be decreased and therefore efficiency of the motor drive system (100) can be improved.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a power supply device for an electric vehicle that allows highly efficient operation of a compressor inverter. A power supply device for motor vehicle 10 has: a main circuit 13 having a power source 11, a DC-DC converter 18, and a main inverter 17 that drives a main motor 12; an auxiliary circuit 15 having an auxiliary inverter 19 that drives an auxiliary motor 14, a first electrical circuit 23 that is connected to the main circuit 13 on a primary side of the DC-DC converter 18, a second electrical circuit 24 that is connected to the main circuit 13 on a secondary side of the DC-DC converter 18, and a connection circuit 30 configured to be capable of selecting one of the first electrical circuit 23 and the second electrical circuit 24 as a path for supplying a direct current voltage to the auxiliary inverter 19; and a control device 16 that controls the connection circuit 30 when the main motor 12 is in power running operation so that switching between the first electrical circuit 23 and the second electrical circuit 24 is performed corresponding to a required voltage of the auxiliary inverter 19.
Abstract:
A power supply for an electric motor includes a converter (22) that can increase and decrease a voltage supplied into an inverter (32) and then into the stator windings (36) of the motor. As a separate feature, the inverter includes a control coil (44) which is positioned within a motor housing (40) such that it may be cooled by a thermal management system (42) for the motor.
Abstract:
A power supply device for a vehicle includes a battery (B1), a power line (power supply line (PL1) and ground line (SL2)), a connection unit (20), a charger (6) that is an electric power supply unit, an accessory load (45), a voltage sensor (13) and a control device (30). When the accessory load (45) is operating, the control device (30) sends signals (CNT1, CNT2 and CNT3) to the connection unit (20) to turn off all of three system main relays (SMR1 - SMR3). Thereby, battery (B1) is electrically disconnected from charger (6). The control device (30) further produces a power command (Pchg) based on a predetermined target voltage and a voltage (VH) detected by the voltage sensor (13) such that the detected voltage (VH) attains the target voltage.
Abstract:
A motor controller (8) for an axial-gap motor permits a reduced size of the entire system of including a drive circuit and a power source of the motor, reduced cost, and higher reliability to be achieved by controlling the energization mode of the motor. The motor controller (8) has a torque command determiner which inputs a first DC voltage to a first inverter (32a) at least either when a rotor (11) is at a halt or when the number of revolutions of the rotor (11) is a predetermined number of revolutions or less, supplies a field axis current for changing the magnetic flux of a field of the rotor (11) to a first stator (12a) from the first inverter (32a) such that the amount of energization is temporally changed, converts an induced voltage developed in a second stator (12b) by the supplied field axis current into a second DC voltage by a second inverter (32b), and outputs the second DC voltage, thereby charging a second battery.
Abstract:
An ECU (60) activates a shutdown permission signal (RG) and provides it to an AND gate (50) when a shutdown signal (DWN) is inactive. Thus, when an abnormality sensing device (40) does not sense an abnormality, the ECU (60) always keeps the shutdown permission signal (RG) active. The AND gate (50) performs logical AND between a signal (OVL) provided from the abnormality sensing device (40) and the shutdown permission signal (RG) to provide the shutdown signal (DWN) to inverters (20 and 30). When a limp-home run permission signal (BLS) becomes active while the shutdown signal (DWN) is active, the ECRU (60) inactivates the shutdown permission signal (RG).