Abstract:
A converter circuit is specified for at least one phase (R, Y, B), which converter circuit has a first switching group system which is provided for each phase (R, Y, B) and has a first main switching group which is formed by a power semiconductor switch and by a capacitor which is connected to the power semiconductor switch, and which first switching group system has at least one intermediate switching group which is formed by two series-connected power semiconductor switches which can be driven and by a capacitor, with the or one intermediate switching group being connected to the first main switching group. Furthermore, the first switching group system has a second main switching group which is formed by a power semiconductor switch, with the or an intermediate switching group being connected to the second main switching group. For simplicity and in order to improve the reliability of the converter circuit, the power semiconductor switch in the first main switching group and the power semiconductor switch in the second main switching group are each formed by only one passive electronic component which cannot be driven and has a unidirectional current-flow direction. In order to increase the capability to store electrical energy when there are a plurality of phases (R, Y, B), the first switching group systems in the phases (R, Y, B) are connected in parallel with one another.
Abstract:
A converter circuit is specified for switching a large number of switching voltage levels, which has n first switching groups for each phase, with the n-th first switching group being formed by a first power semiconductor switch and a second power semiconductor switch, and with the first first switching group to the-th switching group each being formed by a first power semiconductor switch and a second power semiconductor switch and by a capacitor, which is connected to the first and second power semiconductor switches, with each of the n first switching groups being connected in series to the respectively adjacent first switching group, and with the first and the second power semiconductor switches in the first first switching group being connected to one another. In order to reduce the amount of electrical energy stored in the converter circuit, n≧1 and p second switching groups and p third switching groups are provided, which are each formed by a first power semiconductor switch and a second power semiconductor switch and by a capacitor which is connected to the first and second power semiconductor switches, where p≧1 and each of the p second switching groups is connected in series with the respectively adjacent second switching group, and each of the p third switching groups is connected in series with the respectively adjacent third switching group, and the first second switching group is connected to the first power semiconductor switch in the n-th first switching group, and the first third switching group is connected to the second power semiconductor switch in the n-th first switching group. Furthermore, the capacitor in the p-th second switching group is connected in series with the capacitor in the p-th third switching group.
Abstract:
A converter circuit is specified for switching of a multiplicity of switching voltage levels, which have n first switching groups (1.1, . . . , 1.n) for each phase (R, S, T), with the n-th first switching group (1.n) being formed by a first drivable bidirectional power semiconductor switch (2) and a second drivable bidirectional power semiconductor switch (3), and with the first first switching group (1.1) to the (n−1)-th switching group (1.(n−1)) each being formed by a first drivable bidirectional power semiconductor switch (2) and a second drivable bidirectional power semiconductor switch (3), and by a capacitor (4) which is connected to the first and second drivable bidirectional power semiconductor switches (2, 3) with each of the n first switching groups (1.1, . . . , 1.n) being connected in a linked form to the respectively adjacent first switching group (1.1, . . . , 1.n), and with the first and the second drivable bidirectional power semiconductor switches (2, 3) in the first first switching group (1.1) being connected to one another. In order to reduce the stored electrical energy in the converter circuit, n≧1, and p second switching groups (5.1, . . . , 5.p) and p third switching groups (6.1, . . . , 6.p) are provided, which each have a first drivable bidirectional power semiconductor switch (7, 8), a second drivable bidirectional power semiconductor switch (9, 10) and a capacitor (13, 14), where p≧1. Each of the p second switching groups (5.1, . . . , 5.p) is connected in a linked form to the respectively adjacent second switching group (5.1, . . . , 5.p), and each of the p third switching groups (6.1, . . . , 6.p) is connected in a linked form to the respectively adjacent third switching group (6.1, . . . , 6.p). Furthermore, the first second and the first third switching group (5.1, 6.1) each have a third drivable bidirectional power semiconductor switch (11, 12) which is connected back-to-back in series with the respective second drivable bidirectional power semiconductor switch (9, 10), with the first second switching group (5.1) being connected to the first drivable bidirectional power semiconductor switch (2) in the n-th first switching group (1.n), and with the first third switching group (6.1) being connected to the second drivable bidirectional power semiconductor switch (3) in the n-th first switching group (1.n), and the capacitor (13) in the p-th second switching group (5.p) is connected in series with the capacitor (14) in the p-th third switching group (6.p).
Abstract:
An energy system is specified, which comprises a wind power turbine or water power turbine, which is connected to a generator, with the generator having at least two stator windings. In order to achieve a simple and robust design without a transformer, each stator winding has an associated rectifier unit, and each stator winding is connected to the AC voltage side of the associated rectifier unit. Furthermore, each rectifier unit has a respective associated energy storage circuit, and each rectifier unit is connected in parallel on the DC voltage side to the associated energy storage circuit, with the energy storage circuits being connected to one another in series.
Abstract:
The disclosure relates to a converter control unit or power system stabilizing unit for counteracting oscillations in electric power systems that is equipped and employed to provide and processes information for system-wide monitoring, protection, control and metering. It comprises means for synchronized (e.g. via GPS or another absolute/global time reference) sampling of voltages and/or currents, means for down-sampling in order to decrease the number of samples, and means for calculating phasors, i.e. time stamped amplitude and phase angle of the voltages and/or currents.
Abstract:
A switchgear cell having a group of connection is disclosed, with the group of connection having a first and a second controllable bidirectional power semiconductor switch and a capacitor. In order to reduce the stored electrical energy and to save space, the group of connection can have a third, fourth, fifth and sixth controllable bidirectional power semiconductor switch and the first controllable bidirectional power semiconductor switch can be connected back-to-back in series with the second controllable bidirectional power semiconductor switch, the third controllable bidirectional power semiconductor switch can be connected back-to-back in series with the fourth controllable bidirectional power semiconductor switch, the capacitor can be connected to the connection point of the first controllable bidirectional power semiconductor switch to the second controllable bidirectional power semiconductor switch and to the connection point of the third controllable bidirectional power semiconductor switch) to the fourth controllable bidirectional power semiconductor switch, the fifth controllable bidirectional power semiconductor switch can be connected to the connection point of the first controllable bidirectional power semiconductor switch to the second controllable bidirectional power semiconductor switch, and to the fourth controllable bidirectional power semiconductor switch, and the sixth controllable bidirectional power semiconductor switch can be connected to the connection point of the third controllable bidirectional power semiconductor switch to the fourth controllable bidirectional power semiconductor switch and to the second controllable bidirectional power semiconductor switch.
Abstract:
An energy system is specified, which comprises a wind power turbine or water power turbine, which is connected to a generator, with the generator having at least two stator windings. In order to achieve a simple and robust design without a transformer, each stator winding has an associated rectifier unit, and each stator winding is connected to the AC voltage side of the associated rectifier unit. Furthermore, each rectifier unit has a respective associated energy storage circuit, and each rectifier unit is connected in parallel on the DC voltage side to the associated energy storage circuit, with the energy storage circuits being connected to one another in series.
Abstract:
A converter circuit having a first and a second converter element is specified, with each converter element having a DC voltage circuit and in each case one converter element phase (u1, v1, w1) of the first converter element being connected to a respective converter element phase (u2, v2, w2) of the second converter element. Furthermore, a transformer is provided, with the secondary windings of the transformer being connected to the connected converter element phases (u1, v1, w1, u2, v2, w2) of the first and second converter elements. In order to ensure that virtually no amplitude components relating to the switching frequency of the converter circuit occur during its operation in the output currents of the converter circuit and in the output voltages of the converter circuit, one secondary winding is in each case connected in series in each connection of one converter element phase (u1, v1, w1) of the first converter element to one converter element phase (u2, v2, w2) of the second converter element, in which case each secondary winding is formed by two winding elements connected in series with one another, with the junction point of the two winding elements forming a neutral-point connection, and two filter capacitors which are connected in series with one another are in each case connected in parallel with each secondary winding.
Abstract:
A converter circuit is specified for switching a large number of switching voltage levels, which has n first switching groups for each phase, with the n-th first switching group being formed by a first power semiconductor switch and a second power semiconductor switch, and with the first first switching group to the-th switching group each being formed by a first power semiconductor switch and a second power semiconductor switch and by a capacitor, which is connected to the first and second power semiconductor switches, with each of the n first switching groups being connected in series to the respectively adjacent first switching group, and with the first and the second power semiconductor switches in the first first switching group being connected to one another. In order to reduce the amount of electrical energy stored in the converter circuit, n≧1 and p second switching groups and p third switching groups are provided, which are each formed by a first power semiconductor switch and a second power semiconductor switch and by a capacitor which is connected to the first and second power semiconductor switches, where p≧1 and each of the p second switching groups is connected in series with the respectively adjacent second switching group, and each of the p third switching groups is connected in series with the respectively adjacent third switching group, and the first second switching group is connected to the first power semiconductor switch in the n-th first switching group, and the first third switching group is connected to the second power semiconductor switch in the n-th first switching group. Furthermore, the capacitor in the p-th second switching group is connected in series with the capacitor in the p-th third switching group.
Abstract:
An a.c. machine (7) with, connected in parallel thereto, a capacitor bank (CR, CS, CT), which are fed by a converter (1-4) with a d.c. intermediate circuit, form a resonant system which is excited by the rectangular current of an inverter (4) of the converter. In this case, there is superimposition of the fundamentals and the normal harmonics in the machine voltage and in the machine current of an additional harmonic with the frequency of the resonance point. In the lower speed range of the a.c. machine (7), this excitation is eliminated by an optimum operating sequence of current gaps, which are generated inside a current block by means of a quenching circuit (3). Current gaps are generated at the start and end of each current block for the purpose of damping the 11th and 13th harmonic, and in the middle of the current block for the purpose of damping the 7th harmonic. A turn-on angle basic value signal (.alpha..sub.M) is modified by a turn-on angle differential signal (.DELTA..alpha..sub.M) for the purpose of damping the 5th harmonic, in particular an exciting or available harmonic being controlled to 0 or in the vicinity of 0.