Reactive power compensation apparatus

Claim 2

A reactive power compensation apparatus for compensating for voltage fluctuation of an AC power supply system, comprising: first arithmetic means for synthesizing a positive-phase fundamental wave voltage signal from voltages of the AC power supply system; second arithmetic means for synthesizing negative-phase voltage signals from the voltages of the AC power supply system; third arithmetic means, coupled to said first and second arithmetic means, for synthesizing current instructions from the positive-phase fundamental wave voltage and the negative-phase voltage signals; and means, coupled to said third arithmetic means, for generating a reactive power corresponding to the current instructions.

Claim 3

A reactive power compensation apparatus for compensating for voltage fluctuation of an AC power supply system, comprising: first conversion means for converting voltages of the AC power supply system into dual phase voltage signals; second conversion means for converting the voltages of the AC power supply system into unit-dual-phase voltage signals; first synthesizing means, coupled to said first and second conversion means, for synthesizing a positive-phase fundamental wave voltage signal from the dual phase voltage signals and the unit-dual-phase voltage signals; second synthesizing means, coupled to said first and second conversion means, for synthesizing negative-phase voltage signals from the dual phase voltage signals and the unit-dual-phase voltage signals; third synthesizing means, coupled to said first and second synthesizing means, for synthesizing current instructions from the positive-phase fundamental wave voltage signal and the negative-phase voltage signals; and means, coupled to said third synthesizing means, for supplying a reactive power corresponding to the current instructions to the AC power supply system.

Claim 4

A reactive power compensation apparatus for compensating for voltage fluctuation of an AC power supply system, comprising: first conversion means for converting voltages of the AC power supply system into dual phase voltage signals; second conversion means for converting the voltages of the AC power supply system into unit-dual-phase voltage signals; first synthesizing means, coupled to said first and second conversion means, for synthesizing a positive-phase fundamental wave voltage signal from the dual phase voltage signals and the unit-dual-phase voltage signals; second synthesizing means, coupled to said first and second conversion means, for synthesizing negative-phase voltage signals from the dual phase voltage signals and the unit-dual-phase voltage signals; third synthesizing means, coupled to said first and second synthesizing means, for synthesizing current instructions from the positive-phase fundamental wave voltage signal and the negative-phase voltage signals; and means, coupled to said third synthesizing means, for supplying a reactive power corresponding to the current instructions to the AC power supply system.

Claim 5

A reactive power compensation apparatus for compensating for an unbalanced voltage and voltage fluctuation of a multi-phase AC power supply system, comprising: first means for, if N is an integer not less than 2, generating, from multi-phase voltages of the N-phase multi-phase AC power supply system, unit-sine signal e1d*, synchronous with a first-phase voltage, and unit-sine signal e1q*, whose phase is delayed by substantially 90 degrees from unit-sine signal e1d*; second means for generating dual phase voltage signal e1ds and dual phase voltage signal e1qs from the multi-phase voltages by dual-phase conversion which has d and q axes and in which the d axis is in-phase with the first-phase voltage; third means for generating signals P1P, P1N, and Q1N from unit-sine signals e1d*, e1q* and dual phase voltage signals e1ds and e1qs in accordance with the following arithmetic operations: P1P=e1d*·e1ds+e1q*·e1qs P1N=e1d*·e1ds-e1q*·e1qs Q1N=e1d*·e1qs+e1q*·e1ds fourth means for generating signal P1PD corresponding to a detected DC component of signal P1P; fifth means for generating signals P1ND and Q1ND corresponding to detected DC components of signals P1N and Q1N; and sixth means for generating first- to Nth-phase current instructions of the N-phase multi-phase AC power supply system from signals P1PD, P1ND, and Q1ND, wherein said reactive power compensation apparatus compensates for the unbalanced voltage and the voltage fluctuation of the multi-phase AC power supply system based on the first- to Nth-phase current instructions.

Claim 6

A reactive power compensation apparatus for compensating for an unbalanced voltage and voltage fluctuation of a multi-phase AC power supply system, comprising: first means for, if N is an integer not less than 2, generating, from multi-phase voltages of the N-phase multi-phase AC power supply system, unit-sine signal e1d*, synchronous with a first-phase voltage, and unit-sine signal e1q*, whose phase is delayed by substantially 90 degrees from unit-sine signal e1d*; second means for generating dual phase voltage signal e1ds and dual phase voltage signal e1qs from the multi-phase voltages by dual-phase conversion which has d and q axes and in which the d axis is in-phase with the first-phase voltage; third means for generating signals P1P, P1N, and Q1N from unit-sine signals e1d*, e1q* and dual phase voltage signals e1ds and e1qs in accordance with the following arithmetic operations: P1P=e1d*·e1ds+e1q*·e1qs P1N=e1d*·e1ds-e1q*·e1qs Q1N=e1d*·e1qs+e1q*·e1ds fourth means for generating signal P1PD corresponding to a detected DC component of signal P1P; fifth means for generating signals P1ND and Q1ND corresponding to detected DC components of signals P1N and Q1N; and sixth means for generating first- to Nth-phase current instructions of the N-phase multi-phase AC power supply system from signals P1PD, P1ND, and Q1ND, wherein said reactive power compensation apparatus compensates for the unbalanced voltage and the voltage fluctuation of the multi-phase AC power supply system based on the first- to Nth-phase current instructions.

Claim 7

An apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said sixth means includes: setting signal generating means for generating system voltage setting signal EREF* for setting the voltage of the AC power supply system to be maintained by the operation of said reactive power compensation apparatus; first arithmetic means for generating signals P2ND, Q2ND, P3ND, and Q3ND from signals P1ND and Q1ND using the following arithmetic operations: P2ND=P1ND·cos (2π/3)-Q1ND·sin (2π/3) Q2ND=P1ND·sin (2π/3)+Q1ND·cos (2π/3) P3ND=P1ND·cos (2π/3)+Q1ND·sin (2π/3) Q3ND=-P1ND·sin (2π/3)+Q1ND·cos (2π/3) second arithmetic means for generating voltage deviation signals ΔEU, ΔEV, and ΔEW from signals EREF*, P1PD, Q1ND, Q2ND, Q3ND, P1ND, P2ND and P3ND through the following arithmetic operations: ΔEU=-EREF*+P1PD+P1ND+(Q2ND-Q3ND)/√3 ΔEV=-EREF*+P1PD+P2ND+(Q3ND-Q1ND)/√3 ΔEW=-EREF*+P1PD+P3ND+(Q1ND-Q2ND)/√3 and current instruction means for amplifying voltage deviation signals ΔEU, ΔEV, and ΔEW and generating current instructions IU*, IV*, and IW* corresponding to the voltage deviation signals.

Claim 8

An apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said sixth means includes: setting signal generating means for generating system voltage setting signal EREF* for setting the voltage of the AC power supply system to be maintained by the operation of said reactive power compensation apparatus; first arithmetic means for generating signals P2ND and P3ND from signals P1ND and Q1ND using the following arithmetic operations: P2ND=P1ND·cos (2π/3)-Q1ND·sin (2π/3) P3ND=P1ND·cos (2π/3)+Q1ND·sin (2π/3) second arithmetic means for generating voltage deviation signals ΔEU, ΔEV, and ΔEW from signals EREF*, P1PD, P1ND, P2ND, and P3ND through the following arithmetic operations: ΔEU=-EREF*+P1PD+2·P1ND ΔEV=-EREF*+P1PD+2·P2ND ΔEW=-EREF*+P1PD+2·P3ND and current instruction means for amplifying voltage deviation signals ΔEU, ΔEV, and ΔEW and generating current instructions IU*, IV*, and IW* corresponding to the voltage deviation signals.

Claim 9

An apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said sixth means includes: setting signal generating means for generating system voltage setting signal EREF* for setting the voltage of the AC power supply system to be maintained by the operation of said reactive power compensation apparatus; first arithmetic means for generating signals Q2ND and Q3ND from signals P1ND and Q1ND using the following arithmetic operations: Q2ND=P1ND·sin (2π/3)+Q1ND·cos (2π/3) Q3ND=-P1ND·sin (2π/3)+Q1ND·cos (2π/3) second arithmetic means for generating voltage deviation signals ΔEU, ΔEV, and ΔEW from signals EREF*, P1PD, Q1ND, Q2ND, and Q3ND through the following arithmetic operations: ΔEU=-EREF*+P1PD+2·(Q2ND-Q3ND)/√3 ΔEV=-EREF*+P1PD+2·(Q3ND-Q1ND)/√3 ΔEW=-EREF*+P1PD+2·(Q1ND-Q2ND)/√3 and current instruction means for amplifying voltage deviation signals ΔEU, ΔEV, and ΔEW and generating current instructions IU*, IV*, and IW* corresponding to the voltage deviation signals.

Claim 10

A reactive power compensation apparatus for compensating for an unbalanced voltage and voltage fluctuation of a multi-phase AC power supply system comprising: first means for, if N is an integer not less than 2, generating, from multi-phase voltages of the N-phase multi-phase AC power supply system, unit-sine signal e1d1* which changes synchronously with a first-phase voltage, unit-sine signal e1q1* whose phase is advanced by substantially 90 degrees from unit-sine signal e1d1*, and phase angle signal θ1d1* indicating a phase of unit-sine signal e1d1*; second means for generating dual phase voltage signal e1ds and dual phase voltage signal e1qs from the multi-phase voltages by dual-phase conversion which has d and q axes and in which the d axis is in-phase with the first-phase voltage; third means for generating signals P1N and Q1N from unit-sine signals e1d1* and e1q1* and dual phase voltage signals e1ds and e1qs in accordance with the following arithmetic operations: P1N=e1d1*·e1ds+e1q1*·e1qs Q1N=e1d1*·e1qs-e1q1*·e1ds fourth means for generating signals P1PD and Q1ND corresponding to detected DC components of signals P1N and Q1N; fifth means for generating signals P1NA and Q1NA corresponding to detected AC components of signals P1N and Q1N; sixth means for generating, based on phase angle signal θ1d1*, unit-sine wave signal e1d2* which changes at phase angle 2·θ1d1* and unit-sine signal e1q2* whose phase is delayed by substantially 90 degrees from unit-sine signal e1d2*; seventh means for generating signal P1PD based on unit-sine signals e1d2* and e1q2* and AC component detection signals P1NA and Q1NA through the following arithmetic operation: P1PD=e1d2*·P1NA+e1q2*·Q1NA and eighth means for generating first- to Nth-phase current instructions for the N-phase multi-phase AC power supply system from signals P1PD, P1ND, and Q1ND, wherein said reactive power compensation apparatus compensates for the unbalanced voltage and the voltage fluctuation of the multi-phase AC power supply system based on the first- to Nth-phase current instructions.

Claim 11

A reactive power compensation apparatus for compensating for an unbalanced voltage and voltage fluctuation of a multi-phase AC power supply system comprising: first means for, if N is an integer not less than 2, generating, from multi-phase voltages of the N-phase multi-phase AC power supply system, unit-sine signal e1d1* which changes synchronously with a first-phase voltage, unit-sine signal e1q1* whose phase is advanced by substantially 90 degrees from unit-sine signal e1d1*, and phase angle signal θ1d1* indicating a phase of unit-sine signal e1d1*; second means for generating dual phase voltage signal e1ds and dual phase voltage signal e1qs from the multi-phase voltages by dual-phase conversion which has d and q axes and in which the d axis is in-phase with the first-phase voltage; third means for generating signals P1N and Q1N from unit-sine signals e1d1* and e1q1* and dual phase voltage signals e1ds and e1qs in accordance with the following arithmetic operations: P1N=e1d1*·e1ds+e1q1*·e1qs Q1N=e1d1*·e1qs-e1q1*·e1ds fourth means for generating signals P1PD and Q1ND corresponding to detected DC components of signals P1N and Q1N; fifth means for generating signals P1NA and Q1NA corresponding to detected AC components of signals P1N and Q1N; sixth means for generating, based on phase angle signal θ1d1*, unit-sine wave signal e1d2* which changes at phase angle 2·θ1d1* and unit-sine signal e1q2* whose phase is delayed by substantially 90 degrees from unit-sine signal e1d2*; seventh means for generating signal P1PD based on unit-sine signals e1d2* and e1q2* and AC component detection signals P1NA and Q1NA through the following arithmetic operation: P1PD=e1d2*·P1NA+e1q2*·Q1NA and eighth means for generating first- to Nth-phase current instructions for the N-phase multi-phase AC power supply system from signals P1PD, P1ND, and Q1ND, wherein said reactive power compensation apparatus compensates for the unbalanced voltage and the voltage fluctuation of the multi-phase AC power supply system based on the first- to Nth-phase current instructions.

Claim 12

An apparatus according to claim 7, wherien said eighth means includes: setting signal generating means for generating system voltage setting signal EREF* for setting the voltage of the AC power supply system to be maintained by the operation of said reactive power compensation apparatus; first arithmetic means for generating signals P2ND, Q2ND, P3ND, and Q3ND from signals P1ND and Q1ND using the following arithmetic operations: P2ND=P1ND·cos (2π/3)-Q1ND·sin (2π/3) Q2ND=P1ND·sin (2π/3)+Q1ND·cos (2π/3) P3ND=P1ND·cos (2π/3)+Q1ND·sin (2π/3) Q3ND=-P1ND·sin (2π/3)+Q1ND·cos (2π/3) second arithmetic means for generating voltage deviation signals ΔEU, ΔEV, and ΔEW from signals EREF*, P1PD, Q1ND, Q2ND, Q3ND, P1ND, P2ND and P3ND through the following arithmetic operations: ΔEU=-EREF*+P1PD+P1ND+(Q2ND-Q3ND)/√3 ΔEV=-EREF*+P1PD+P2ND+(Q3ND-Q1ND)/√3 ΔEW=-EREF*+P1PD+P3ND+(Q1ND-Q2ND)/√3 and current instruction means for amplifying voltage deviation signals ΔEU, ΔEV, and ΔEW and generating current instructions IU*, IV*, and IW* corresponding to the voltage deviation signals.

Claim 13

An apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said eighth means includes: setting signal generating means for generating system voltage setting signal EREF* for setting the voltage of the AC power supply system to be maintained by the operation of said reactive power compensation apparatus; first arithmetic means for generating signals P2ND and P3ND from signals P1ND and Q1ND using the following arithmetic operations: P2ND=P1ND·cos (2π/3)-Q1ND·sin (2π/3) P3ND=P1ND·cos (2π/3)+Q1ND·sin (2π/3) second arithmetic means for generating voltage deviation signals ΔEU, ΔEV, and ΔEW from signals EREF*, P1PD, P1ND, P2ND, and P3ND through the following arithmetic operations: ΔEU=-EREF*+P1PD+2·P1ND ΔEV=-EREF*+P1PD+2·P2ND ΔEW=-EREF*+P1PD+2·P3ND and current instruction means for amplifying voltage deviation signals ΔEU, ΔEV, and ΔEW and generating current instructions IU*, IV*, and IW* corresponding to the voltage deviation signals.

Claim 14

An apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said eighth means includes: setting signal generating means for generating system voltage setting signal EREF* for setting the voltage of the AC power supply system to be maintained by the operation of said reactive power compensation apparatus; first arithmetic means for generating signals Q2ND and Q3ND from signals P1ND and Q1ND using the following arithmetic operations: Q2ND=P1ND·sin (2π/3)+Q1ND·cos (2π/3) Q3ND=-P1ND·sin (2π/3)+Q1ND·cos (2π/3) second arithmetic means for generating voltage deviation signals ΔEU, ΔEV, and ΔEW from signals EREF*, P1PD, Q1ND, Q2ND, and Q3ND through the following arithmetic operations: ΔEU=-EREF*+P1PD+2·(Q2ND-Q3ND)/√3 ΔEV=-EREF*+P1PD+2·(Q3ND-Q1ND)/√3 ΔEW=-EREF*+P1PD+2·(Q1ND-Q2ND)/√3 and current instruction means for amplifying voltage deviation signals ΔEU, ΔEV, and ΔEW and generating current instructions IU*, IV*, and IW* corresponding to the voltage deviation signals.