阅读说明：本技术 电力变换装置 (Power conversion device ) 是由 柏原辰树 于 2019-02-05 设计创作，主要内容包括：课题是,提供能够有效地减少由电路的寄生电感所发生的浪涌电压的电力变换装置。解决方案是,电力变换装置1通过具有多个切换元件18A～18F的三相逆变器电路28来使对电动压缩机16的压缩机构7进行驱动的电动机8运转,根据电路的寄生电感和电动机8的相电流iu、iv、iw计算各相的浪涌电压值,导出该浪涌电压值最大的相,通过二相调制方式来抑制该浪涌电压值最大相的切换元件18A～18F的切换。(The problem is to provide a power conversion device capable of effectively reducing surge voltage generated by parasitic inductance of a circuit. The power conversion device 1 operates a motor 8 that drives a compression mechanism 7 of an electric compressor 16 by a three-phase inverter circuit 28 having a plurality of switching elements 18A to 18F, calculates a surge voltage value of each phase from a parasitic inductance of the circuit and phase currents iu, iv, iw of the motor 8, derives a phase having a maximum surge voltage value, and suppresses switching of the switching elements 18A to 18F of the phase having the maximum surge voltage value by a two-phase modulation method.)

1. A power conversion device for driving a motor by a three-phase inverter circuit having a plurality of switching elements,

a surge voltage value of each phase is calculated from a parasitic inductance of a circuit and a phase current of the motor, a phase having a maximum surge voltage value is derived, and switching of the switching element of the phase having the maximum surge voltage value is suppressed.

2. The power conversion apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a parasitic inductance of the circuit is different for each of the phases.

3. The power conversion device according to claim 1 or claim 2, comprising:

a phase voltage command calculation unit that calculates a three-phase modulation voltage command value to be applied to the motor;

a line-to-line modulation calculation unit that calculates a two-phase modulation voltage command value that fixes the ON/OFF state of a switching element of a predetermined one phase of the three-phase inverter circuit within a predetermined interval and modulates the ON/OFF state of a switching element of another two phases, based ON the three-phase modulation voltage command value; and

a PWM signal generation unit that generates a PWM signal for PWM-controlling the three-phase inverter circuit based on the two-phase modulation voltage command value,

the line-to-line modulation calculation unit calculates the surge voltage value of each phase from the parasitic inductance of the circuit and the phase current of the motor, derives the phase having the largest surge voltage value, and fixes the switching element of the phase having the largest surge voltage value in an ON or OFF state.

4. The power conversion device according to claim 3, wherein the line-to-line modulation arithmetic unit compares the surge voltage values of the maximum phase and the minimum phase of the three-phase modulation voltage command value, and fixes the switching element of the larger phase to an ON or OFF state.

5. The power conversion device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the motor drives a compression mechanism of an electric compressor.

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a power conversion device for driving a motor by a three-phase inverter circuit.

Background

Conventionally, a power conversion device for driving a motor is a device in which a three-phase inverter circuit is configured by a plurality of switching elements and PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) control is performed ON the switching elements of each UVW phase, but a high surge voltage is generated in accordance with ON (ON) and OFF (OFF) of the switching elements because of parasitic inductance in the circuit.

In view of the above, there has been developed a power conversion device in which the timing of the OFF-ON operation of each switching element is set in detail so that the direction of the current change due to the OFF-ON operation (OFF/ON operation) of the switching element (switching element) is opposite to the direction of the current change due to the OFF-ON operation of the other switching element (see, for example, patent document 1).

Disclosure of Invention

Problems to be solved by the invention

However, the parasitic inductance of the circuit varies depending on the structure and each phase, and thus, it is difficult to achieve a substantial improvement. On the other hand, in recent years, for the purpose of reducing the loss and heat generation of the switching element and improving the efficiency, it has been proposed to apply a power conversion device (inverter control device) of a method called bi-phase modulation to the PWM control unit (for example, see patent document 2).

The present invention has been made in view of such conventional circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a power conversion device capable of effectively reducing a surge voltage generated by a parasitic inductance of a circuit.

Means for solving the problems

The power conversion device of the present invention drives a motor by a three-phase inverter circuit having a plurality of switching elements, and is characterized in that a surge voltage value of each phase is calculated from a parasitic inductance of a circuit and a phase current of the motor, a phase having a maximum surge voltage value is derived, and switching of the switching element of the phase having the maximum surge voltage value is suppressed.

In the power converter according to the invention of claim 2, in the above invention, the parasitic inductance of the circuit is different for each phase.

In each of the above inventions, the power conversion device according to the invention of claim 3 is characterized by including: a phase voltage command operation unit that operates a three-phase modulation voltage command value to be applied to the motor; a line-to-line modulation calculation unit that calculates a two-phase modulation voltage command value that fixes the ON/OFF state of a switching element of a predetermined one phase of the three-phase inverter circuit within a predetermined interval and modulates the ON/OFF state of a switching element of another two phases, based ON the three-phase modulation voltage command value; and a PWM signal generation unit that generates a PWM signal for PWM-controlling the three-phase inverter circuit based ON the two-phase modulation voltage command value, wherein the line-to-line modulation calculation unit calculates a surge voltage value of each phase from a parasitic inductance of the circuit and a phase current of the motor, derives a phase having a maximum surge voltage value, and fixes a switching element of the phase having the maximum surge voltage value in an ON or OFF state.

In the power conversion device according to the invention of claim 4, in the above invention, the line-to-line modulation arithmetic unit compares surge voltage values of the maximum phase and the minimum phase of the three-phase modulation voltage command value, and fixes the switching element of the larger phase in an ON or OFF state.

In the power conversion device according to the invention of claim 5, in each of the above inventions, the electric motor drives the compression mechanism of the electric compressor.

Effects of the invention

According to the present invention, in a power converter that drives a motor by a three-phase inverter circuit having a plurality of switching elements, a surge voltage value of each phase is calculated from a parasitic inductance of a circuit and a phase current of the motor, the phase having the largest surge voltage value is derived, and switching of the switching element of the phase having the largest surge voltage value is suppressed.

This can effectively suppress a surge voltage generated in the circuit. In particular, in the motor that drives the compression mechanism of the electric compressor as in the invention of claim 5, since the structure becomes complicated, the parasitic inductance of the circuit differs for each phase as in the invention of claim 2, and therefore, the present invention is extremely effective.

Further, if, as in the invention of claim 3: a phase voltage command operation unit that operates a three-phase modulation voltage command value to be applied to the motor; a line-to-line modulation calculation unit that calculates a two-phase modulation voltage command value that fixes the ON/OFF state of a switching element of a predetermined one phase of the three-phase inverter circuit within a predetermined interval and modulates the ON/OFF state of a switching element of another two phases, based ON the three-phase modulation voltage command value; and a PWM signal generation unit that generates a PWM signal for PWM-controlling the three-phase inverter circuit based ON the two-phase modulation voltage command value, wherein the inter-line modulation calculation unit calculates a surge voltage value of each phase from a parasitic inductance of the circuit and a phase current of the motor, derives a phase having a maximum surge voltage value, and fixes the switching element of the phase having the maximum surge voltage value in an ON or OFF state, thereby appropriately suppressing switching of the switching element of the phase having the maximum surge voltage value by using a so-called two-phase modulation method.

In this case, if the line-to-line modulation arithmetic unit compares the surge voltage values of the maximum phase and the minimum phase of the three-phase modulation voltage command value and fixes the switching element of the larger phase to the ON or OFF state as in the invention of claim 4, it is possible to effectively suppress the surge voltage generated in the circuit while performing the PWM control of the motor by the two-phase modulation method without any trouble.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is an electrical circuit diagram of a power conversion device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional side view of an electric compressor including an embodiment of the power conversion device of fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a side view of the electric compressor of fig. 2 with the cover and the base removed, as viewed from the inverter housing portion side.

Fig. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an equivalent circuit for explaining parasitic inductance of the circuit of the power conversion device of fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a structure in which a surge voltage is generated in the equivalent circuit of fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a diagram illustrating a method of calculating surge voltage values of the maximum voltage value and the minimum voltage value in the equivalent circuit of fig. 4.

Fig. 7 is a diagram showing surge voltage values generated in respective phases in the case where PWM control is performed by the bi-phase modulation scheme of the embodiment of the present invention in the power conversion apparatus of fig. 1.

Fig. 8 is a diagram showing surge voltage values generated in respective phases in the case where PWM control is performed by a normal bi-phase modulation method in the power converter of fig. 1.

Fig. 9 is a diagram showing surge voltage values generated in respective phases in the case where PWM control is performed by the three-phase modulation method in the power converter of fig. 1.

Detailed Description

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. First, an electric compressor (so-called inverter-integrated electric compressor) 16 integrally provided with an embodiment of the power conversion device 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to fig. 2 and 3. The electric compressor 16 of the embodiment constitutes a part of a refrigerant circuit of a vehicle air-conditioning apparatus mounted on a vehicle such as an engine-driven automobile, a hybrid automobile, or an electric automobile.

(1) Structure of electric compressor 16

In fig. 2, a tubular metal (aluminum or the like) housing 2 of an electric compressor 16 is partitioned into a compression mechanism housing portion 4 and an inverter housing portion 6 by a partition wall 3 intersecting with an axial direction of the housing 2, and a scroll-type compression mechanism 7 and a motor 8 for driving the compression mechanism 7 are housed in the compression mechanism housing portion 4. In this case, the Motor 8 is an IPMSM (Interior Permanent magnet synchronous Motor) including a stator 9 fixed to the housing 2 and a rotor 11 rotating inside the stator 9.

A bearing portion 12 is formed in the center portion of the partition wall 3 on the compression mechanism housing portion 4 side, one end of a drive shaft 13 of the rotor 11 is supported by the bearing portion 12, and the other end of the drive shaft 13 is connected to the compression mechanism 7. A suction port 14 is formed in the casing 2 near the partition wall 3 at a position corresponding to the compression mechanism housing portion 4, and when the rotor 11 (drive shaft 13) of the motor 8 rotates to drive the compression mechanism 7, a low-temperature refrigerant as a working fluid flows into the compression mechanism housing portion 4 of the casing 2 from the suction port 14, and is sucked and compressed by the compression mechanism 7.

The refrigerant compressed by the compression mechanism 7 to have a high temperature and a high pressure is discharged to the refrigerant circuit outside the casing 2 through a discharge port, not shown. The low-temperature refrigerant flowing in from the suction port 14 passes through the vicinity of the partition wall 3, passes around the motor 8, and is sucked into the compression mechanism 7, whereby the partition wall 3 is also cooled.

The power converter 1 of the present invention for driving and controlling the motor 8 is housed in an inverter housing 6 partitioned by the partition wall 3 and the compression mechanism housing 4. In this case, the power conversion device 1 is configured to supply power to the motor 8 through a sealed terminal or a lead wire penetrating the partition wall 3.

(2) Structure of power converter 1 (arrangement on substrate 17)

In the case of the embodiment, the power conversion device 1 is configured by a substrate 17, a plurality of (6) switching elements 18A to 18F connected to electric circuit wiring on one surface side of the substrate 17, a control section 21 connected to electric circuit wiring on the other surface side of the substrate 17, and an HV connector, an LV connector, and the like, which are not shown. In the embodiment, the switching elements 18A to 18F are formed of an Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) having a MOS structure incorporated in a gate portion.

In this case, the upper-phase switching elements 18A and the lower-phase switching elements 18B and the upper-phase switching elements 18C and the lower-phase switching elements 18F of the U-phase inverter 19U and the lower-phase switching elements 18D, V phase inverter 19V and the lower-phase switching elements 18E, W phase inverter 19W of the three-phase inverter circuit (three-phase inverter circuit) 28 described later in the embodiment are each formed in two separate arrays, and the switching elements 18A and 18D, the switching elements 18B and 18E, and the switching elements 18C and 18F of one set of the arrays are radially arranged around the center of the substrate 17 as shown in fig. 3.

In the present application, the radial pattern also includes the pattern shown in fig. 3And (4) forming. Further, not limited to the arrangement shown in fig. 3, the switching elements 18A to 18F may be arranged one by one in an arc shape (fan shape) around the center of the substrate 17.

Further, in the embodiment, the following form is adopted, namely: the switching elements 18C and 18F of the W-phase inverter 19W are located on the side of the suction port 14, with respect to which the switching elements 18B and 18E of the V-phase inverter 19V are arranged at positions rotated by 90 ° counterclockwise in fig. 3, and the switching elements 18A and 18D of the U-phase inverter 19U are arranged at positions opposite to the side of the suction port 14.

Further, the terminal portion 22 of each of the switching elements 18A to 18F is connected to the substrate 17 in a state of becoming the center side of the substrate 17. Further, in this embodiment, current sensors 26A and 26B each including a current transformer for measuring a U-phase current iu, a V-phase current iv, and a W-phase current iw as motor currents (phase currents) of respective phases are provided, and the respective current sensors 26A and 26B are connected to the control unit 21. Current sensor 26A measures U-phase current iu, and current sensor 26B measures V-phase current iv. Then, W-phase current iw is calculated from these passes. In addition to the measurement of the motor current of each phase by the current sensors 26A and 26B as in the embodiment, the control unit 21 may estimate the motor current from the operating state of the motor 8.

Then, the power conversion device 1 assembled in this manner is housed in the inverter housing portion 6, attached to the partition wall 3, and covered with the cover 23 in a state where the one surface side having the switching elements 18A to 18F is on the partition wall 3 side. In this case, the substrate 17 is fixed to the partition wall 3 via a boss (boss) portion 24 rising from the partition wall 3.

In the state where the power conversion device 1 is mounted on the partition wall 3 in this manner, the switching elements 18A to 18F are in heat exchange relationship with the partition wall 3 of the casing 2 while being in close contact with the partition wall 3 directly or via a predetermined insulating heat-conducting material. At this time, the switching elements 18A to 18F are arranged so as to surround the periphery thereof at positions avoiding the positions corresponding to the bearing 12 and the drive shaft 13 (fig. 3).

Then, as described above, since the partition wall 3 is cooled by the refrigerant sucked into the compression mechanism housing portion 4, the switching elements 18A to 18F are in a heat exchange relationship with the sucked refrigerant via the partition wall 3, and are cooled by the refrigerant sucked into the compression mechanism housing portion 4 via the thickness of the partition wall 3, and the switching elements 18A to 18F themselves are configured to radiate heat to the refrigerant via the partition wall 3.

(3) Structure of electric circuit of power conversion device 1

Next, in fig. 1, the power conversion device 1 includes the aforementioned three-phase inverter circuit (three-phase inverter circuit) 28 and the control unit 21. The inverter circuit 28 is a circuit that converts a direct-current voltage of a direct-current power supply (battery: e.g., 300V) 29 into a three-phase alternating-current voltage and applies the three-phase alternating-current voltage to the armature coil of the stator 9 of the motor 8. The inverter circuit 28 includes the U-phase inverter 19U, V phase inverter 19V, W phase inverter 19W, and each of the phase inverters 19U to 19W includes the upper phase switching elements 18A to 18C and the lower phase switching elements 18D to 18F, respectively. Further, the freewheeling diodes 31 are connected in antiparallel to the switching elements 18A to 18F, respectively.

Then, the upper end sides of the upper phase switching elements 18A to 18C of the inverter circuit 28 are connected to the direct-current power supply 29 and the positive electrode side bus bar of the smoothing capacitor 32. Although the smoothing capacitor 32 is also connected to the electric circuit wiring on one surface side of the substrate 17 to constitute the power conversion device 1, it is not shown in fig. 2 and 3 in order to make the arrangement of the switching elements 18A to 18F easy to understand. On the other hand, the lower end sides of the lower phase switching elements 18D to 18F of the inverter circuit 28 are connected to the dc power supply 29 and the negative electrode side bus bar of the smoothing capacitor 32.

Then, the armature coil of the U-phase of the motor 8 is connected between the upper phase switching element 18A and the lower phase switching element 18D of the U-phase inverter 19U, the armature coil of the V-phase of the motor 8 is connected between the upper phase switching element 18B and the lower phase switching element 18E of the V-phase inverter 19V, and the armature coil of the W-phase of the motor 8 is connected between the upper phase switching element 18C and the lower phase switching element 18F of the W-phase inverter 19W.

(4) Structure of control unit 21

Next, the control unit 21 is configured by a microcomputer having a processor, and inputs a rotation speed command value from the vehicle ECU, inputs a phase current from the motor 8, and controls the ON/OFF states of the switching elements 18A to 18F of the inverter circuit 28 based ON these values. Specifically, the gate voltage applied to the gate terminal of each of the switching elements 18A to 18F is controlled.

The control unit 21 includes a phase voltage command operation unit 33, a line-to-line modulation operation unit 34, a PWM signal generation unit 36, and a gate driver 37. The phase voltage command operation unit 33 calculates three-phase modulation voltage command values U ' (U-phase voltage command value), V ' (V-phase voltage command value), and W ' (W-phase voltage command value) to be applied to the armature coils of the respective phases of the motor 8, based on the electric angle, the current command value, and the phase current of the motor 8. The three-phase modulation voltage command values U ', V ', and W ' are values after normalization (after correction to-1 to 1) of the voltage command values in the case of performing three-phase modulation control of the motor 8, and an example thereof is shown in the uppermost part of fig. 9.

The line-to-line modulation arithmetic unit 34 calculates two-phase modulation voltage command values U (U-phase voltage command value), V (V-phase voltage command value), and W (W-phase voltage command value) based on the three-phase modulation voltage command values U ', V ', and W ' calculated by the phase voltage command arithmetic unit 33. The U-phase current iu and the V-phase current iv measured by the current sensors 26A and 26B are input to the line modulation calculation unit 34, and the line modulation calculation unit 34 obtains the phase currents (the U-phase current iu, the V-phase current iv, and the W-phase current iw) of the motor 8. The operation of the line-to-line modulation arithmetic unit 34 will be described later in detail.

The PWM signal generation unit 36 generates PWM signals Vu, Vv, Vw serving as drive command signals for the U-phase inverter 19U, V-phase inverter 19V, W-phase inverter 19W of the inverter circuit 28 by comparing the magnitude of the carrier triangular wave with the two-phase modulation voltage command value U, V, W calculated by the line-to-line modulation calculation unit 34.

The gate driver 37 generates gate voltages Vuu and Vul of the switching elements 18A and 18D of the U-phase inverter 19U, gate voltages Vvu and Vvl of the switching elements 18B and 18E of the V-phase inverter 19V, and gate voltages Vwu and Vwl of the switching elements 18C and 18F of the W-phase inverter 19W based on the PWM signals Vu, Vv and Vw output from the PWM signal generation unit 36. These gate voltages Vuu, Vul, Vvu, Vvl, Vwu, Vwl can be represented by duty ratios that are time ratios of the ON state in a predetermined time.

Then, the switching elements 18A to 18F of the inverter circuit 28 are ON/OFF driven based ON the gate voltages Vuu, Vul, Vvu, Vvl, Vwu, Vwl output from the gate driver 37. That is, the transistor performs an ON operation when the gate voltage changes to an ON state (a predetermined voltage value), and performs an OFF operation when the gate voltage changes to an OFF state (zero). When the switching elements 18A to 18F are the IGBTs described above, the gate driver 37 is a circuit for applying a gate voltage to the IGBTs based on a PWM signal, and is configured by a photocoupler, a logic IC, a transistor, or the like.

(5) Parasitic inductance of electrical circuit

Next, parasitic inductance of an electric circuit of the three-phase inverter circuit 28 will be described with reference to fig. 4. In the three-phase inverter circuit 28 of the power conversion device 1 provided in the electric compressor 16 as in the embodiment, since the structure and the electric circuit wiring are complicated, the parasitic inductance also differs for each phase. Fig. 4 is an equivalent circuit showing an example of parasitic inductance of an electric circuit of the three-phase inverter circuit 28 according to the embodiment.

In the figure, Linp is a parasitic inductance of the positive-side bus bar between the U-phase inverter 19U and the smoothing capacitor 32, Lup is a parasitic inductance between the collector of the upper-phase switching element 18A of the U-phase inverter 19U and the positive-side bus bar, Lun is a parasitic inductance between the emitter of the lower-phase switching element 18D of the U-phase inverter 19U and the negative-side bus bar, and Linn is a parasitic inductance of the negative-side bus bar between the U-phase inverter 19U and the smoothing capacitor 32.

Furthermore, Luvp is a parasitic inductance of the positive-side bus between the U-phase inverter 19U and the V-phase inverter 19V, Lvp is a parasitic inductance between the collector of the upper-phase switching element 18B of the V-phase inverter 19V and the positive-side bus, Lvn is a parasitic inductance between the emitter of the lower-phase switching element 18E of the V-phase inverter 19V and the negative-side bus, and Luvn is a parasitic inductance of the negative-side bus between the U-phase inverter 19U and the V-phase inverter 19V.

Furthermore, Lvwp is a parasitic inductance of the positive-side bus between the V-phase inverter 19V and the W-phase inverter 19W, Lwp is a parasitic inductance between the collector of the upper-phase switching element 18C of the W-phase inverter 19W and the positive-side bus, Lwn is a parasitic inductance between the emitter of the lower-phase switching element 18F of the W-phase inverter 19W and the negative-side bus, and Lvwn is a parasitic inductance of the negative-side bus between the V-phase inverter 19V and the W-phase inverter 19W. The value of the parasitic inductance of the three-phase inverter circuit 28 as described above is measured in advance and stored in the memory 35 included in the line-to-line modulation calculation unit 34 of the control unit 21.

(6) Structure for generating surge voltage

Next, a structure in which a surge voltage is generated in the equivalent circuit of fig. 4 will be described with reference to fig. 5. As described above, since there is a parasitic inductance different in each phase of UVW in the electric circuit of the three-phase inverter circuit 28, a surge voltage occurs when a current flows through each of the switching elements 18A to 18F when the switching element is switched from ON to OFF.

For example, as shown in state 1 in fig. 5, the upper phase switching elements 18A to 18C of the inverters 19U to 19W of the respective phases of UVW are turned ON, and the lower phase switching elements 18D to 18F are turned OFF, so that a current flows as shown by arrows in the figure. In the figure, the switching elements surrounded by circles are turned ON.

From state 1, when the upper phase switching element 18A of the U-phase inverter 19U is turned OFF and the lower phase switching element 18D is turned ON as shown in state 2, a current iu in the direction indicated by the dotted arrow flows through the parasitic inductance Lup in state 2, and thus, a surge voltage 1 occurs. The value of the surge voltage 1 is iu Lup/Δ t. Here, Δ t is a coefficient depending on the switching speed of the IGBT, and in the case where the switching speeds of 6-phase IGBTs are the same in total for the upper and lower phases of the U-phase, V-phase, and W-phase, the case where Δ t is applied in common to all 6 phases is described as an example, but the case where Δ t is common is not limited to the case where Δ t is common. When the switching speeds of the 6 phases are all different, different Δ t is applied, and this can be similarly considered.

Next, from the state 2, when the upper phase switching element 18C of the W-phase inverter 19W is turned OFF and the lower phase switching element 19F is turned ON, the state changes to the state 3. At this time, the current flowing in the switching element 18C in state 2 is negative, and therefore, no surge voltage occurs in the parasitic inductance Lwp. Actually, various factors are considered in the surge voltage, but here, the following case is taken as an example: as the surge voltage, a surge voltage generated when the IGBT on current is turned OFF is dominant.

From state 3, when the upper phase switching element 18B and the lower phase switching element 18E of the V-phase inverter 19V are turned OFF as shown in state 4, a current iv in the direction indicated by the broken line arrow flows through the parasitic inductance Linp, the parasitic inductance Lvp, and the parasitic inductance Luvp in state 4, and thus the surge voltage 2 is generated. The value of the surge voltage 2 is iv × (Linp + Lvp + Luvp)/Δ t. Here, if iv (Linp + Lvp + Luvp) > iu Lup, the surge voltage 2 is larger than the surge voltage 1.

(7) Operation of the line-to-line modulation arithmetic section 34

Next, the operation of calculating the bi-phase modulation voltage command value U, V, W in the line-to-line modulation calculation unit 34 of the control unit 21 will be described in detail with reference to fig. 6 to 9.

(7-1) method for calculating Surge Voltage values of Voltage maximum phase and Voltage minimum phase

The line-to-line modulation calculation unit 34 calculates the surge voltage values of the maximum voltage phase and the minimum voltage phase for each switching of the switching elements 18A to 18F, and compares the magnitudes of the calculated surge voltage values. Here, the maximum voltage phase means a phase having the largest voltage command value among the three-phase modulation voltage command values U '(U-phase voltage command value), V' (V-phase voltage command value), and W '(W-phase voltage command value) calculated by the phase voltage command operation unit 33 (see the uppermost part of fig. 9), and the minimum voltage phase means a phase having the smallest voltage command value among the three-phase modulation voltage command values U' (U-phase voltage command value), V '(V-phase voltage command value), and W' (W-phase voltage command value) calculated by the same phase voltage command operation unit 33.

For example, in the case of PWM output by a triangular wave carrier, when the respective switching elements 18A to 18C at the upper phase are turned ON and PWM operation is started, the inter-line modulation operation unit 34 calculates the surge voltage value by iu _ inup/Δ t when the maximum voltage phase is the U-phase (when the U-phase voltage command value U' is maximum) and the direction of the U-phase current iu is positive.

Further, when the direction of the U-phase current iu is negative, the surge voltage value is calculated by iv × Lvun/Δ t + iw × Lwun/Δ t (where iv =0 in iv < 0, iw =0 in iw < 0, iv = -iu in iv > -iu, and iw = -iu in iw > -iu).

When the voltage maximum phase is the V phase (when the V phase voltage command value V' is maximum) and the direction of the V phase current iv is positive, the surge voltage value is calculated by iv × Linvp/Δ t.

Further, when the direction of the V-phase current iv is negative, the surge voltage value is calculated by iu Luvn/Δ t + iw Lwvn/Δ t (where iw =0 when iw < 0, iu =0 when iu < 0, iu = -iv when iu > -iv, and iw = -iv when iw > -iv).

When the maximum voltage phase is the W phase (when the W phase voltage command value W' is maximum) and the direction of the W phase current iw is positive, the surge voltage value is calculated from iw Linwp/Δ t.

When the W-phase current iw is negative in direction, the surge voltage value is calculated by iv lv wn/Δ t + iu Luwn/Δ t (iv =0 when iv < 0, iu =0 when iu < 0, iu = -iw when iu > -iw, and iv = -iw when iv > -iw).

Further, the inter-line modulation operation unit 34 calculates the surge voltage value from (-iv) Lvup/Δ t + (-iw) Lwup/Δ t when the minimum voltage phase is the U-phase (when the U-phase voltage command value U' is minimum) and when the direction of the U-phase current iu is positive. (wherein iv =0 for iv > 0, iw =0 for iw > 0, iv = -iu for-iv > iu, and iw = -iu for-iw > iu).

Further, when the direction of the U-phase current iu is negative, the surge voltage value is calculated by (-iu) × Linun/Δ t.

When the voltage minimum phase is the V phase (when the V phase voltage command value V' is minimum) and the direction of the V phase current iv is positive, the surge voltage value is calculated by (-iu) × Luvp/Δ t + (-iw) × Lwvp/Δ t. (wherein iw =0 for iw > 0, iu =0 for iu > 0, iu = -iv for-iu > iv, and iw = -iv for-iw > iv).

Further, when the direction of the V-phase current iv is negative, the surge voltage value is calculated by (-iv) Linvn/Δ t.

When the minimum voltage phase is the W phase (when the W phase voltage command value W' is minimum) and the direction of the W phase current iw is positive, the surge voltage value is calculated by (-iv) Lvwp/Δ t + (-iu) Luwp/Δ t. (wherein iv =0 for iv > 0, iu =0 for iu > 0, iu = -iw for-iu > iw, and iv = -iw for-iv > iw).

When the direction of W-phase current iw is negative, the surge voltage value is calculated by (-iw) Linwn/Δ t.

In the above description, Lvup = Lup, Lwup = Lup, Luvp = Luvp + Lvp, Lwvp = Lvp, Luwp = Luvp + Lvwp + Lwp, and Lvwp = Lvwp + Lwp.

Furthermore, Lvun = Luvn + Lvn, Lwun = Luvn + Lvwn + Lwn, Luvn = Lun, Lwvn = Lvwn + Lwn, Lun = Lun, Lvwn = Lvn.

Further, Linup = Linp + Lup, Linvp = Linp + Luvp + Lvp, and Linwp = Linp + Luvp + Lvwp + Lwp.

Further, Linun = Linn + Lun, Linvn = Linn + Luvn + Lvn, and Linwn = Linn + Luvn + Lvwn + Lwn.

The above summary is shown in fig. 6. Here, the surge voltage 1 of fig. 5 described above is when the aforementioned voltage minimum phase is the U-phase and the direction of the U-phase current iu is positive. At this time, the surge voltage 1 is calculated by (-iv) × Lvup/Δ t + (-iw) × Lwup/Δ t, but since iv is positive, iv =0, and since-iw > iu, iw = -iu. Therefore, (-iv) Lvup/Δ t + (-iw) Lwup/Δ t is rewritten to iu Lwup/Δ t, and since Lwup = Lup, the surge voltage 1 is iu Lup/Δ t.

The surge voltage 2 of fig. 5 explained above is when the voltage maximum phase is the V phase and the direction of the V-phase current iv is positive. At this time, the surge voltage 2 is calculated by iv × Linvp/Δ t, but since Linvp = Linp + Luvp + Lvp, the surge voltage 2 is iv × (Linp + Lvp + Luvp)/Δ t.

(7-2) the two-phase modulation operation of the line-to-line modulation arithmetic section 34

As described above, the line-to-line modulation arithmetic unit 34 calculates the surge voltage value of the maximum phase (voltage maximum phase) and the surge voltage value of the minimum phase (voltage minimum phase) among the three-phase modulation voltage command values U ', V ', W ' for each switching, and compares the magnitude relationship therebetween. Then, the larger phase is derived as the phase having the largest surge voltage value. Next, a two-phase modulation voltage command value U (U-phase voltage command value), V (V-phase voltage command value), and W (W-phase voltage command value) are calculated and outputted, the ON/OFF state of the switching element of the phase having the largest surge voltage value being fixed to the ON state (in the case of the voltage-largest phase) or the OFF state (in the case of the voltage-smallest phase), and the ON/OFF states of the switching elements of the other phases being modulated. This suppresses switching of the switching element of the phase having the largest surge voltage.

Fig. 7 shows a U-phase voltage command value U, V and a phase voltage command value V, W, which are two-phase modulation methods according to the embodiment of the present invention, as well as surge voltages generated in respective phases when PWM control is performed using these. The binary modulation voltage command value U, V, W calculated by the line-to-line modulation calculation unit 34 is a value obtained by normalizing (correcting to-1 to 1) the voltage command value for performing the binary modulation control of the motor 8.

Fig. 9 also shows surge voltage values (S1 is an upper phase, S2 is a lower phase, and the same applies hereinafter) generated in each phase in the case of a three-phase modulation system in which the switching elements 18A to 18F are PWM-controlled using the three-phase modulation voltage command values U ', V ', W ' calculated by the phase voltage command operation unit 33. Further, fig. 8 shows surge voltage values occurring in respective phases in the case of PWM control with the bi-phase modulation voltage command value U, V, W calculated by the normal bi-phase modulation method, in order to compare with the case of the bi-phase modulation method of the embodiment of the present invention of fig. 7. This normal two-phase modulation method compares the three-phase modulation voltage command values U ', V ', W ' of the respective phases calculated by the phase voltage command calculation unit 33, fixes the ON/OFF states of the switching elements 18A to 18F of the phase having the largest absolute value to the ON or OFF states, and suppresses switching of the switching elements 18A to 18F.

It is understood that in the case of the three-phase modulation scheme of fig. 9, surge voltages having surge voltage values MAX1 to MAX5 occur in each phase, and particularly, a surge voltage having a maximum surge voltage value MAX4 occurs in the W phase (in the figure, the value indicated by MAX is the peak value of each surge voltage value, and the same applies hereinafter).

ON the other hand, in the case of the normal two-phase modulation scheme shown in fig. 8, since the switching elements are fixed to the ON or OFF state at the timings of the surge voltage values MAX1 to MAX5 at the time of the occurrence of the three-phase modulation scheme shown in fig. 9, the surge voltage value MAX1 falls to the surge voltage value MAX6, the surge voltage value MAX2 falls to the surge voltage value MAX7, the surge voltage value MAX3 falls to the surge voltage value MAX8, the surge voltage value MAX4 falls to the surge voltage value MAX 86 9, the surge voltage value MAX5 falls to the surge voltage value MAX10, and the peak value falls.

ON the other hand, in the case of the two-phase modulation scheme according to the embodiment of the present invention shown in fig. 7, since the switching of the switching elements is suppressed by comparing the magnitude relationship between the surge voltage value of the maximum voltage phase and the surge voltage value of the minimum voltage phase, deriving the larger phase as the phase having the maximum surge voltage value, and fixing the ON/OFF state of the switching elements of the maximum voltage phase to the ON state (in the case of the maximum voltage phase) or the OFF state (in the case of the minimum voltage phase) as described above, the ON state of the switching elements of the V phase is extended to t2 shown in fig. 7 because the surge voltage MAX7 of the V phase, which is the maximum voltage phase, is greater than the surge voltage value (shown by MAX15 in fig. 8) of the U phase, which is the minimum voltage phase, at the time t1 in fig. 8. From this, it is understood that the surge voltage value MAX7 of the V phase in fig. 8 falls to the surge voltage value MAX11 in fig. 7.

At time t3 in fig. 8, the surge voltage value MAX9 of the W phase that is the voltage maximum phase is larger than the surge voltage value (shown by MAX16 in fig. 8) of the V phase that is the voltage minimum phase, and therefore, the ON state of the switching element of the W phase extends to t4 in fig. 7. Thereby, the surge voltage value MAX9 of the V phase in fig. 8 drops to the surge voltage value MAX13 in fig. 7.

Further, at time t5 in fig. 8, since the surge voltage value MAX10 of the W-phase, which is the voltage minimum phase, is larger than the surge voltage value (shown by MAX17 in fig. 8) of the V-phase, which is the voltage maximum phase, the OFF state of the switching element of the W-phase extends to t6 in fig. 7. Thereby, the surge voltage value MAX10 of the W phase in fig. 8 drops to the surge voltage value MAX14 in fig. 7. That is, it is found that the bi-phase modulation scheme according to the embodiment of the present invention suppresses the peak of the surge voltage value more than the normal bi-phase modulation scheme.

As described above in detail, in the present invention, since the surge voltage value of each phase of UVW is calculated from the parasitic inductance of the three-phase inverter circuit 28 and the phase current (iu, iv, iw) of the motor 8, the phase having the largest surge voltage value is derived, and the switching of the switching element of the phase having the largest surge voltage value is suppressed, it is possible to derive the phase having the largest surge voltage value from the parasitic inductance of the circuit and the phase current flowing through the motor 8, and to suppress the switching itself of the switching elements 18A to 18F which is the cause of the occurrence of the surge voltage in the phase having the largest surge voltage value.

This can effectively suppress a surge voltage generated in the circuit. In particular, in the power conversion device 1 applied to the motor 8 that drives the compression mechanism 7 of the electric compressor 16 as in the embodiment, the structure becomes complicated, and therefore, the parasitic inductance of the circuit differs for each phase, and therefore, the present invention is extremely effective.

Further, in the embodiment, there are provided: a phase voltage command operation unit 33 for operating the three-phase modulation voltage command values U ', V ', and W ' applied to the motor 8; a line-to-line modulation calculation unit 34 that calculates a two-phase modulation voltage command value U, V, W that fixes the ON/OFF state of a switching element of a predetermined one phase of the three-phase inverter circuit 28 within a predetermined interval such as PWM and modulates the ON/OFF state of another two-phase switching element, based ON the three-phase modulation voltage command values U ', V ', and W '; and a PWM signal generating unit 36 that generates a PWM signal for PWM-controlling the three-phase inverter circuit 28 based ON the two-phase modulation voltage command value U, V, W, wherein the line-to-line modulation arithmetic unit 34 calculates a surge voltage value of each phase from a parasitic inductance of the circuit and a phase current of the motor 8, derives a phase having a maximum surge voltage value, and fixes the switching element of the phase having the maximum surge voltage value in an ON or OFF state.

In this case, in the embodiment, the inter-line modulation arithmetic unit 34 compares the surge voltage values of the maximum phase (voltage maximum phase) and the minimum phase (voltage minimum phase) of the three-phase modulation voltage command values U ', V ', W ' and fixes the switching element of the larger phase to the ON or OFF state, and therefore, it is possible to effectively suppress the surge voltage generated in the circuit while performing the PWM control of the motor 8 by the two-phase modulation method without any trouble.

Note that the equivalent circuit shown in fig. 4 and the calculation method shown in fig. 6 are examples, and if the electric circuit wiring of the three-phase inverter circuit 28 is different, the equivalent circuit is different, and the method of calculating the surge voltage value is also different. In the embodiment, the method of calculating the surge voltage value in the case of starting to turn ON the switching elements 18A to 18C of the upper phase is described, but the method of starting to turn ON the switching elements 18D to 18F of the lower phase is different.

In the embodiment, the motor current (phase current) of each phase, i.e., the U-phase current iu, the V-phase current iv, and the W-phase current iw, is measured by the current sensors 26A and 26B each including a current transformer. Further, in the embodiment, the present invention is applied to the power conversion device 1 that controls driving of the motor 8 of the electric compressor 16, but the present invention is not limited to this in the invention other than claim 5, and is effective in controlling driving of motors of various devices.

Description of reference numerals

1 Power conversion device

7 compression mechanism

8 electric motor

16 electric compressor

18A-18F switching element

19U U phase inverter

19V V phase inverter

19W W phase inverter

21 control part

26A, 26B current sensor

28 three-phase inverter circuit

33-phase voltage command operation unit

34 line-to-line modulation arithmetic section

36 PWM signal generating part

37 gate driver.