Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100087971 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE CONTROLLER - An object is to obtain an electric vehicle controller capable of reducing a total sum of losses of an AD motor and losses of a main circuit. In a vector-control-command-value calculating unit, according to a torque command T*, a DC-voltage command value EFCR and a magnetic-flux command value F2R for which a total sum of losses of an AD motor and losses of a second main circuit is minimized is calculated and selected. The vector-control-command-value calculating unit outputs the magnetic-flux command value F2R to a vector control unit, and outputs the DC-voltage command value EFCR to a converter control unit. | 04-08-2010 |
20100110743 | INVERTER CONTROLLER - To suppress an unbalance of a dwell period in a changeover of phases in which switching is dwelled in an inverter controller. A PWM operation unit | 05-06-2010 |
20100128502 | ELECTRIC POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS - A power converter includes: a converter ( | 05-27-2010 |
20120063176 | POWER CONVERTING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A control device for a vehicle, the control device including, in a housing that is installed under a floor of the vehicle: a power converter configured of a semiconductor switching circuit; a control unit that controls the output of the power converter so as to supply a required load to a power; a wiring that is connected to the power converter; a voltage detector that detects a voltage applied to the wiring and outputs the detected voltage to the control unit; and a shielding unit that shields radiation noise from the wiring to the voltage detector, wherein the control unit is disposed on a first side of the housing along a traveling direction of the vehicle, the power converter is disposed on a second side of the housing along the traveling direction of the vehicle and the voltage detector is disposed between the power converter and the control unit. | 03-15-2012 |
20130073252 | MAGNETIC-POLE POSITION DETECTION APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONOUS MACHINES - An object is to provide a magnetic-pole position detection apparatus for synchronous machines that allows a desired accuracy of magnetic-pole position detection regardless of variation in DC voltage of a DC voltage source. Calculation means ( | 03-21-2013 |
20130106329 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR ROTATING MACHINE | 05-02-2013 |
20130113398 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR AC ROTARY MACHINE - A control apparatus for an AC rotary machine includes: a current detection section detecting current from a power converter to the AC rotary machine; and a control section generating a three-phase AC voltage instruction to the power converter, based on current detected by the current detection section and a torque instruction. The control section includes: an observer calculating a magnetic flux estimated value of the AC rotary machine, based on detected current and the voltage instruction; a current instruction calculation unit calculating current instruction values on rotational two axes, based on the torque instruction and the magnetic flux estimated value from the observer; and a voltage instruction calculation unit calculating the voltage instruction, based on the current instruction values from the current instruction calculation unit and the magnetic flux estimated value from the observer. | 05-09-2013 |
20130113399 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR AC ROTARY MACHINE - A control apparatus for an AC rotary machine includes a control circuit, a power converter, a current detector, and a voltage detector. The control circuit includes: an activation current instruction unit which generates a current instruction for activation; and a start phase setting unit which sets an initial rotation phase for activation control, based on the rotation direction of the AC rotary machine just after activation and on the polarity of current detected by the current detector just after activation. Thus, the current amplitude and torque shock just after activation control is started can be reduced, and assured and stable reactivation is allowed without causing the protection operation. | 05-09-2013 |
20140232112 | HYBRID-VEHICLE POWER GENERATOR CONTROL APPARATUS - A hybrid-vehicle power generator control apparatus. Based on a difference electric power value, which corresponds to the difference between an electric power generator power command value given by a higher-hierarchy control unit and an output voltage value of an electric power generator, an electric power generator control unit calculates an electric power generator rotation speed command value and based on the calculated electric power generator rotation speed command value, the electric power generator control unit PWM-controls an output of the electric-power conversion system that performs electric conversion between the electric power generator and a battery, so that the rotation speed of the electric power generator is made to keep track of the electric power generator rotation speed command value and the output electric power value of the electric power generator is made to keep track of the electric power generator power command value. | 08-21-2014 |
20140232307 | VECTOR CONTROL DEVICE FOR ELECTRIC MOTOR, ELECTRIC MOTOR, VEHICLE DRIVE SYSTEM, AND VECTOR CONTROL METHOD FOR ELECTRIC MOTOR - A vector control device includes a vector control unit computing an output voltage output from the electric power converter according to vector control based on torque command and flux command and generating a PWM signal for controlling the electric power converter based on the output voltage, a first flux-command generation unit generating a flux command for asynchronous PWM mode, and a second flux-command generation unit generating a flux command for synchronous PWM mode. When an output frequency of the electric power converter is lower than a predetermined value, a flux command generated by the first flux-command generation unit is input to the vector control unit, and when the output frequency of the electric power converter is equal to or higher than a predetermined value, a flux command generated by the second flux-command generation unit is input to the vector control unit. | 08-21-2014 |
20140232318 | POWER CONVERSION CONTROL DEVICE, POWER CONVERSION CONTROL METHOD, ELECTRIC MOTOR, AND VEHICLE DRIVING SYSTEM - A power conversion control device includes a modulation-wave generating unit generating a modulation wave based on output voltage phase angle command and modulation factor, a carrier-wave generating unit that, in a case of non-overmodulation state, generates a triangular wave or saw-tooth wave as the carrier wave, and, in a case of overmodulation state, generates, as the carrier wave, a signal fixed to −1 in a first section that is a predetermined range centering on timing corresponding to a peak position of the modulation wave, generates, as the carrier wave, a signal fixed to +1 in a second section obtained by shifting the first section by a half cycle of the modulation wave, and generates, as the carrier wave, a triangular wave or saw-tooth wave in remaining third section, and a comparing unit that compares the carrier wave and the modulation wave and generates a switching signal. | 08-21-2014 |
20140247003 | POWER CONVERSION DEVICE - A power conversion device formed of a converter for rectifying a single-phase AC voltage to a DC voltage and an inverter for driving an AC motor by converting the DC voltage to an AC voltage includes: a first compensation unit that uses a frequency component twice the frequency of the single-phase AC voltage with respect to the DC voltage outputted from the converter or a current outputted from the inverter as a compensation value for at least one of a torque command value, a current command value, a voltage command value, a frequency command value, and a phase angle command value; and a second compensation unit that uses the DC voltage outputted from the converter or a current outputted from the inverter after being subjected to low frequency cut-off processing and gain processing. | 09-04-2014 |
20140330462 | HYBRID-VEHICLE POWER GENERATION CONTROL APPARATUS - A hybrid-vehicle power generator control apparatus includes an integrated control unit that issues a driving command and a control command to an engine control unit and an electric-power conversion system control unit, respectively, based on requested electric power requested by a load apparatus, and a limiter that limits the control command from the integrated control unit such that when rotation frequency of an electric power generator is same as or lower than a predetermined value, the value of torque generated by the electric power generator becomes smaller than the value of torque generated by an engine. A limitation of the control command by the limiter prevents torques of the engine and the electric power generator from stepping out of the stable operating points. | 11-06-2014 |
20140350757 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR HYBRID VEHICLE FOR RAILROAD - In a vehicle control apparatus, a system controller that overall controls an engine controller and a converter controller is provided. The system controller drives, through the converter controller, a generator with a generator-rotational-speed command value ωc_ref1 smaller than idling maintenance minimum rotational speed ωe_idol_min of an engine, starts, through the engine controller, fuel injection to the engine after elapse of a predetermined time, and, when the rotational speed of the engine reaches a predetermined rotational speed threshold ωe_th that is larger than the generator-rotational-speed command value ωe_ref and smaller than the idling maintenance minimum rotational speed ωe_idol_min, outputs, to a converter, a gate cutoff signal GSTOP for turning off energization to the generator. | 11-27-2014 |