Control circuit of power converter

Claim 2

A control circuit of a power converter which includes switching elements switching a plurality of times in one cycle of power that is converted, and which is connected with respective output terminals to a three-phase voltage generator through reactors, said control circuit comprising: a current loop having a respective current sensor connected to each of output terminals of a multi-phase power converter for controlling instantaneous magnitude of a corresponding output current of the phases of the power converter; current instruction generation means for providing current instruction values to said current loop; current deviation vector detection means for calculating a current deviation vector between the current instruction values and corresponding current feedback values from said current sensors; voltage detection means for calculating a voltage vector of the three-phase voltage generator; and pulse width modulation (PWM) pattern selection means for selecting a PWM pattern for the power converter in accordance with the current deviation vector and the voltage vector, wherein said PWM pattern selection means sets an allowable deviation range for the current deviation vector, and selects a switching mode for the power converter from among switching modes limited by values of the current deviation vector and the voltage vector when the current deviation vector deviates from the allowable deviation range, and, thereby, selects and outputs the PWM pattern.

Claim 3

The control circuit of a power converter according to claim 1 , wherein said PWM pattern selection means calculates a passing-through time in which the current deviation vector passes through the allowable deviation range, and selects the switching mode in accordance with the passing-through time.

Claim 4

The control circuit of a power converter according to claim 2 , wherein said PWM pattern selection means weights a specific switching mode determined by values of the voltage vector in accordance with the passing-through time, and preferentially outputs the specific switching mode to the power converter.

Claim 5

The control circuit of a power converter according to claim 1 , wherein, when changes per unit time of the current instruction values exceed a prescribed change, said voltage detection means corrects the voltage vector with products of time derivatives of the current instruction values and inductances of said reactors, respectively.

Claim 6

A control circuit of a power converter which includes switching elements switching a plurality of times in one cycle of power that is converted, and which supplies three-phase AC voltages to a three-phase load through a filter circuit comprising reactors and capacitors, said control circuit comprising: a current loop having a current sensor connected to each of output terminals of a multi-phase power converter for controlling an instantaneous magnitude of a corresponding output current of the power converter; a voltage loop for controlling instantaneous magnitude of each of output voltages of the power converter; voltage instruction generation means for providing voltage instruction values to said voltage loop; voltage deviation detection means for calculating voltage deviations between the voltage instruction values and corresponding voltage feedback values, respectively; voltage control means for outputting current instruction values for said current loop in accordance with the voltage deviations, respectively; current deviation vector detection means for calculating a current deviation vector between the current instruction values and corresponding current feedback values from said current sensors; and pulse width modulation (PWM) pattern selection means for selecting a PWM pattern for the power converter in accordance with the current deviation vector and the voltage instruction values, wherein said PWM pattern selection means sets an allowable deviation range for the current deviation vector, and selects a switching mode for the power converter from among switching modes limited by the current deviation vector and the voltage instruction values when the current deviation vector deviates from the allowable deviation range, and, thereby, selects and outputs the PWM pattern, and said voltage control means outputs current instruction values that decrease the voltage deviation vector.

Claim 7

A control circuit of a power converter which includes switching elements switching a plurality of times in one cycle of power that is converted, and which supplies three-phase AC voltages to a three-phase load through a filter circuit comprising reactors and capacitors, said control circuit comprising: a current loop having a current sensor connected to each of output terminals of a multi-phase power converter for controlling an instantaneous magnitude of a corresponding output current of the power converter; a voltage loop for controlling instantaneous magnitude of each of output voltages of the power converter; voltage instruction generation means for providing voltage instruction values to said voltage loop; voltage deviation detection means for calculating voltage deviations between the voltage instruction values and corresponding voltage feedback values, respectively; voltage control means for outputting current instruction values for said current loop in accordance with the voltage deviations, respectively; current deviation vector detection means for calculating a current deviation vector between the current instruction values and corresponding current feedback values from said current sensors; and pulse width modulation (PWM) pattern selection means for selecting a PWM pattern for the power converter in accordance with the current deviation vector and the voltage instruction values, wherein said PWM pattern selection means sets an allowable deviation range for the current deviation vector, and selects a switching mode for the power converter from among switching modes limited by the current deviation vector and the voltage instruction values when the current deviation vector deviates from the allowable deviation range, and, thereby, selects and outputs the PWM pattern, and said voltage control means outputs current instruction values that decrease the voltage deviation vector.

Claim 8

The control circuit of a power converter according to claim 5 , wherein, when changes per unit time of the current instruction values are larger than a prescribed change, said voltage instruction generation means corrects the voltage instruction values with products of time derivatives of the current instruction values and inductances of said reactors, respectively.