Abstract:
Provided is a power converter for converting electric power between a power source 1 and a load 9, including: a boosting device 2 including a boost rectifier 23 configured to prevent a backflow of a current from the load 9 side to the power source 1 side, the boosting device 2 being configured to change a voltage of electric power supplied from the power source 1 to a predetermined voltage; a commutation device 4 configured to perform a commutation operation of causing a current flowing through the boosting device 2 to flow through an other path; and a controller 100 configured to perform control related to the voltage change of the boosting device 2 and control related to the commutation operation of the commutation device 4, in which the commutation device 4 is configured to flow, when the commutation device 4 performs the commutation operation, a current generating a voltage causing reverse recovery of the boost rectifier 23 to the commutation device 4 side.
Abstract:
A power conversion device configured to convert electric power from a power source 1 to a load 9, the power conversion device including: a voltage boosting device 2 including a boost rectification unit 23 configured to prevent backflow of a current from a side of the load 9 to a side of the power source 1, the voltage boosting device 2 being configured to change voltage of power from the power source 1 to a predetermined voltage; and a commutation device 4 including a transformer 41 and configured to perform commutation operation, in the commutation operation, the transformer 41 applying a voltage induced by a current flowing through a primary-side winding to a secondary-side winding, which is on an other path different from that for the voltage changing device 2, wherein the transformer 41 includes at least part of windings that are wound such that an inter-winding distance is uniform.
Abstract:
A power conversion apparatus includes: a rectifier for rectifying an AC voltage supplied from an AC power supply; a first smoothing capacitor and a second smoothing capacitor connected in parallel to each other, configured to smooth and charge an output from the rectifier; an inrush current preventing circuit connected in series to the first smoothing capacitor, the inrush current preventing circuit including an inrush preventing resistor for suppressing an inrush current and a first relay connected in parallel to the inrush preventing resistor; a second relay connected in series to the second smoothing capacitor; an inverter circuit for converting the output smoothed by the first smoothing capacitor and the second smoothing capacitor into an AC voltage and outputting the AC voltage to a load; and relay controlling means for controlling a switching operation of the first relay and the second relay. Further, the relay controlling means sets, when the operation of the inverter circuit is started, the first relay to an on state and the second relay to an off state, and controls, while the inverter circuit is operated, the operation of the second relay based on the state of the load.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the mounting surface and the cost by detecting a current, that cannot be detected directly by a current detector, based on a current that can be detected by a current detector by calculation.SOLUTION: By utilizing the fact that the path of a flowing current changes depending on the state of a switching element 5 in a converter, a load current iflowing through an inverter 8, that cannot be detected directly in a current detection unit, is detected from a reactor current iand a capacitor iby calculation.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a harmonic suppressor that charges a bootstrap capacitor without having an adverse effect on an AC power supply, and to provide an air conditioner having the same.SOLUTION: A harmonic suppressor 7 applies a duty limit so as to satisfy 0%≤duty ratio
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide: a power conversion device capable of detecting variations in power source environments, such as voltage imbalance and voltage variation of an AC power source; a compressor; a blower; an air conditioner; and a refrigerator, each using the power conversion device.SOLUTION: On the basis of an output voltage, a reactor current and a command voltage of a converter part 10, a power conversion device finds a switching command value D according to a ratio of an output voltage of a rectifier to the command voltage. The power conversion device controls the driving of a switching element 12 of the converter part 10 on the basis of the switching command value D, and also detects a degree of variation in power source environments that is at least one of voltage imbalance and voltage variation of an AC power source on the basis of the switching command value D.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control device for an air conditioner, which enables reduction in size, weight and cost of a heat sink for radiating heat of a reactor and a switching element.SOLUTION: The control device for an air conditioner includes: a reactor R and a switching element S which are provided as main circuit components of at least one of an inverter device for driving the compressor or the blower of the air conditioner and a higher harmonic suppression device 20 for suppressing higher harmonic generated by the inverter device; a heat sink H for radiating heat generated from the switching element S; and a temperature detecting element T for detecting the temperature of the reactor R. The reactor R is disposed on the upstream side of an air path, the heat sink H is disposed on the downstream side of the air path, the switching element S comprises a wide band gap semiconductor. The control device further includes a control circuit for protecting the reactor R from overheating based on the detected temperature of the temperature detecting element T.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a power conversion device capable of enhancing suppression effect of a harmonic current while reducing operation load.SOLUTION: A power conversion device includes: a chopper circuit section having a rectifier rectifying an AC power source, a step-up reactor, a switching element, and a backflow prevention element and stepping up an output of the rectifier by chopping; switching control means 10 for controlling the switching element by a driving pulse; a smoothing capacitor smoothing an output of the chopper circuit section; bus-line-voltage detection means; and reactor-current detection means. The switching control means 10 includes: on-duty calculation means 29 for calculating the on-duty of the driving pulse on the basis of a bus-line voltage and a reactor current; rectifier-current estimation means 26 for estimating a rectifier voltage on the basis of at least the reactor current; on-duty theoretical value calculation means 27 for calculating the theoretical value of the on-duty according to the rectifier voltage; and on-duty compensation means 30 for compensating the on-duty on the basis of the on-duty and the theoretical value.