Fuel cell system including soft switching boost converter
    1.
    发明授权
    Fuel cell system including soft switching boost converter 有权
    燃料电池系统包括软开关升压转换器

    公开(公告)号:US09029030B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-05-12

    申请号:US13516163

    申请日:2010-12-16

    摘要: A voltage boost converter includes: a main voltage boost portion that has a first switch and a first coil, and that raises output voltage of a direct-current power source by using counter electromotive force of the coil caused by the switch performing a switching action on the coil; and a subsidiary voltage boost portion which has a capacitor that adjusts potential difference between two poles of the switch by amount of electricity stored, and which reduces switching loss of the switch by adjusting the amount of electricity in the capacitor during the switching action, and which has a second switch and a second coil. The second coil is formed by winding a wire around at least a portion of a core formed of a magnetic body. The core is provided with a gap formed of a non-magnetic body. A core region formed of a magnetic body is adjacent to the gap.

    摘要翻译: 升压转换器包括:主升压部分,其具有第一开关和第一线圈,并且通过使用由开关执行开关动作的开关的线圈的反电动势来提高直流电源的输出电压 线圈 以及辅助升压部,其具有通过存储的电量来调节开关的两极之间的电位差的电容器,并且通过在开关动作期间调节电容器的电量来减小开关的开关损耗,并且哪个 具有第二开关和第二线圈。 第二线圈通过围绕由磁体形成的芯的至少一部分缠绕而形成。 芯部设置有由非磁性体形成的间隙。 由磁性体形成的芯部区域与间隙相邻。

    FUEL CELL SYSTEM INCLUDING SOFT SWITCHING BOOST CONVERTER
    2.
    发明申请
    FUEL CELL SYSTEM INCLUDING SOFT SWITCHING BOOST CONVERTER 有权
    燃料电池系统,包括软开关升压转换器

    公开(公告)号:US20120295174A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-11-22

    申请号:US13516163

    申请日:2010-12-16

    IPC分类号: G05F1/62 H01M8/04

    摘要: A voltage boost converter includes: a main voltage boost portion that has a first switch and a first coil, and that raises output voltage of a direct-current power source by using counter electromotive force of the coil caused by the switch performing a switching action on the coil; and a subsidiary voltage boost portion which has a capacitor that adjusts potential difference between two poles of the switch by amount of electricity stored, and which reduces switching loss of the switch by adjusting the amount of electricity in the capacitor during the switching action, and which has a second switch and a second coil. The second coil is formed by winding a wire around at least a portion of a core formed of a magnetic body. The core is provided with a gap formed of a non-magnetic body. A core region formed of a magnetic body is adjacent to the gap.

    摘要翻译: 升压转换器包括:主升压部分,其具有第一开关和第一线圈,并且通过使用由开关执行开关动作的开关的线圈的反电动势来提高直流电源的输出电压 线圈 以及辅助升压部,其具有通过存储的电量来调节开关的两极之间的电位差的电容器,并且通过在切换动作期间调节电容器中的电量来减小开关的开关损耗,并且哪个 具有第二开关和第二线圈。 第二线圈通过围绕由磁体形成的芯的至少一部分缠绕而形成。 芯部设置有由非磁性体形成的间隙。 由磁性体形成的芯部区域与间隙相邻。

    CONVERTER CONTROLLING APPARATUS AND MULTIPHASE CONVERTER
    4.
    发明申请
    CONVERTER CONTROLLING APPARATUS AND MULTIPHASE CONVERTER 有权
    转换器控制装置和多相转换器

    公开(公告)号:US20120106204A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-05-03

    申请号:US13382773

    申请日:2009-07-09

    IPC分类号: H02M3/335

    摘要: A driving frequency setting portion is provided. The driving frequency setting portion sets a switching frequency of a switching element on the basis of a notification from a driving phase number switching portion. A ripple current detected by a current sensor is in inverse proportion to inductance of reactor. Since a ripple current becomes the largest in the single-phase driving, in this embodiment, considering both the ripple current and switching loss, a switching frequency for the single-phase driving is set higher than a switching frequency for multiphase driving.

    摘要翻译: 提供驱动频率设定部。 驱动频率设定部根据来自驱动相位数切换部的通知设定开关元件的开关频率。 由电流传感器检测到的纹波电流与电抗器的电感成反比。 由于在单相驱动中纹波电流变得最大,因此在本实施方式中,考虑到纹波电流和开关损耗两者,将单相驱动的开关频率设定为高于多相驱动的开关频率。

    Converter control device for a bidirectional power supply system having plural parallel phases
    5.
    发明授权
    Converter control device for a bidirectional power supply system having plural parallel phases 有权
    用于具有多个并联相位的双向电源系统的转换器控制装置

    公开(公告)号:US08111056B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-02-07

    申请号:US12442438

    申请日:2007-10-01

    IPC分类号: G05F1/59

    摘要: A converter device which is configured by connecting three converter circuits in parallel is provided between a secondary battery serving as a first power supply and a fuel cell serving as a second power supply. Two differential ammeters are placed on three reactors corresponding to the three converter circuits. A control unit includes a passing electric power calculation module which calculates electric power passing through the converter device on the basis of detected values of the two differential ammeters, an electric power equalization module which performs equalization of passing electric power between the respective converter circuits which constitute the converter device, a module for changing the number of drive phases which changes the number of drive phases of the converter device in response to the passing electric power, and a voltage conversion control module which controls the converter device and executes a desired voltage conversion.

    摘要翻译: 在用作第一电源的二次电池和用作第二电源的燃料电池之间提供并联连接三个转换器电路的A转换器装置。 两个差分电流表放置在对应于三个转换器电路的三个电抗器上。 控制单元包括通过电力计算模块,其基于两个差分电流表的检测值来计算通过转换器装置的电力;电力均衡模块,其在构成的各个转换器电路之间进行通过电力的均衡 转换器装置,用于改变响应于通过电力而改变转换器装置的驱动相位数的驱动相位数的模块,以及控制转换器装置并执行所需电压转换的电压转换控制模块。

    CONVERTER CONTROL DEVICE
    6.
    发明申请
    CONVERTER CONTROL DEVICE 有权
    转换器控制器件

    公开(公告)号:US20100007319A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-01-14

    申请号:US12442438

    申请日:2007-10-01

    IPC分类号: H02M3/155

    摘要: A converter device which is configured by connecting three converter circuits in parallel is provided between a secondary battery serving as a first power supply and a fuel cell serving as a second power supply. Two differential ammeters are placed on three reactors corresponding to the three converter circuits. A control unit includes a passing electric power calculation module which calculates electric power passing through the converter device on the basis of detected values of the two differential ammeters, an electric power equalization module which performs equalization of passing electric power between the respective converter circuits which constitute the converter device, a module for changing the number of drive phases which changes the number of drive phases of the converter device in response to the passing electric power, and a voltage conversion control module which controls the converter device and executes a desired voltage conversion.

    摘要翻译: 在用作第一电源的二次电池和用作第二电源的燃料电池之间提供并联连接三个转换器电路的A转换器装置。 两个差分电流表放置在对应于三个转换器电路的三个电抗器上。 控制单元包括通过电力计算模块,其基于两个差分电流表的检测值来计算通过转换器装置的电力;电力均衡模块,其在构成的各个转换器电路之间进行通过电力的均衡 转换器装置,用于改变响应于通过电力而改变转换器装置的驱动相位数的驱动相位数的模块,以及控制转换器装置并执行所需电压转换的电压转换控制模块。

    Fuel cell system
    7.
    发明授权
    Fuel cell system 有权
    燃料电池系统

    公开(公告)号:US08906567B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-12-09

    申请号:US13258146

    申请日:2009-06-08

    摘要: The present invention detects a failure in an FC converter. A target voltage determination section determines an output target voltage for a fuel cell. A superimposition signal generation section generates a predetermined reference signal to be superimposed onto the output target voltage. A voltage command signal generation section generates a voltage command signal by superimposing the reference signal onto the output target voltage. A frequency characteristics calculation section calculates the frequency characteristics of the reference signal component superimposed on the output voltage of the fuel cell. A failure judgment section judges that a failure occurs in the FC converter if a value of the calculated frequency characteristics is less than the lower limit threshold value of an allowable range established based on reference characteristics. A gain adjustment section adjusts the gains in the FC converter so that the frequency characteristics calculated by the frequency characteristics calculation section correspond to the reference characteristics.

    摘要翻译: 本发明检测FC转换器的故障。 目标电压确定部确定燃料电池的输出目标电压。 叠加信号生成部生成叠加在输出目标电压上的规定的基准信号。 电压指令信号生成部通过将基准信号叠加在输出目标电压上来生成电压指令信号。 频率特性计算部分计算叠加在燃料电池的输出电压上的参考信号分量的频率特性。 如果所计算的频率特性的值小于基于参考特性建立的允许范围的下限阈值,则故障判断部分判断在FC转换器中发生故障。 增益调整部分调节FC转换器中的增益,使得由频率特性计算部分计算的频率特性对应于参考特性。

    CONVERTER CONTROLLER
    8.
    发明申请
    CONVERTER CONTROLLER 有权
    转换器控制器

    公开(公告)号:US20120139522A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-06-07

    申请号:US13383119

    申请日:2009-07-10

    IPC分类号: G05F3/08

    摘要: There is disclosed a converter controller which can simply and early detect an abnormality of an auxiliary circuit constituting a soft switching converter. On turning off a first switching element, a controller detects a voltage between both the ends of a snubber capacitor and a voltage between both the ends of the first switching element, to obtain a difference voltage. The controller compares the obtained difference voltage with a voltage threshold value stored in a memory (not shown) to judge whether or not the difference voltage is larger than the voltage threshold value. When the difference voltage is smaller than the voltage threshold value, the controller judges that an auxiliary circuit is normal, to end processing, whereas when the difference voltage is not less than the voltage threshold value, the controller judges that a failure (an open failure) occurs in the auxiliary circuit, to shift to a fail safe operation, thereby ending the processing.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种转换器控制器,其可以简单且早期地检测构成软开关转换器的辅助电路的异常。 在关闭第一开关元件时,控制器检测缓冲电容器的两端之间的电压和第一开关元件的两端之间的电压,以获得差分电压。 控制器将获得的差分电压与存储在存储器(未示出)中的电压阈值进行比较,以判断差分电压是否大于电压阈值。 当差值电压小于电压阈值时,控制器判断辅助电路是正常的,以结束处理,而当差值电压不小于电压阈值时,控制器判断故障(开路故障 )发生在辅助电路中,以转移到故障安全操作,从而结束处理。

    Converter control device
    9.
    发明授权
    Converter control device 有权
    转换器控制装置

    公开(公告)号:US09024598B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-05-05

    申请号:US13379917

    申请日:2009-06-22

    IPC分类号: H02M1/34 H02M1/32

    CPC分类号: H02M1/32 H02M1/34

    摘要: Provided is a converter control device which detects an on-failure of an auxiliary switch constituting an auxiliary circuit of a soft switching converter and can prevent element failures. A current sensor for detecting the current flowing in a coil is provided between a fuel cell and the. A controller sequentially detects current by use of the current sensor and makes a judgment as to whether or not the detected current has exceeded an overcurrent threshold value stored in a memory (not shown). When the controller judges that the current has exceeded the overcurrent threshold value, the controller judges that a second switching element has an on-failure, and performs a fail-safe operation by stopping the driving of a converter (for example, a U-phase converter) of an auxiliary circuit provided with this second switching element.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种转换器控制装置,其检测构成软开关转换器的辅助电路的辅助开关的故障,并且可以防止元件故障。 用于检测在线圈中流动的电流的电流传感器设置在燃料电池和燃料电池之间。 控制器通过使用电流传感器顺序地检测电流,并判断检测到的电流是否超过存储在存储器(未示出)中的过电流阈值。 当控制器判断电流已经超过过电流阈值时,控制器判断第二开关元件具有故障,并且通过停止转换器的驱动(例如,U相)来执行故障保护操作 转换器),该辅助电路具有该第二开关元件。

    CONVERTER CONTROL DEVICE
    10.
    发明申请
    CONVERTER CONTROL DEVICE 有权
    转换器控制器件

    公开(公告)号:US20120098507A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-04-26

    申请号:US13379917

    申请日:2009-06-22

    IPC分类号: G05F1/46

    CPC分类号: H02M1/32 H02M1/34

    摘要: Provided is a converter control device which detects an on-failure of an auxiliary switch constituting an auxiliary circuit of a soft switching converter and can prevent element failures. A current sensor for detecting the current flowing in a coil is provided between a fuel cell and the. A controller sequentially detects current by use of the current sensor and makes a judgment as to whether or not the detected has exceeded an overcurrent threshold value stored in a memory (not shown). When the controller judges that the current has exceeded the overcurrent threshold value, the controller judges that a second switching element has an on-failure, and performs a fail-safe operation by stopping the driving of a converter (for example, a U-phase converter) of an auxiliary circuit provided with this second switching element.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种转换器控制装置,其检测构成软开关转换器的辅助电路的辅助开关的故障,并且可以防止元件故障。 用于检测在线圈中流动的电流的电流传感器设置在燃料电池和燃料电池之间。 控制器通过使用电流传感器顺序地检测电流,并且判断所检测的是否超过存储在存储器(未示出)中的过电流阈值。 当控制器判断电流已经超过过电流阈值时,控制器判断第二开关元件具有故障,并且通过停止转换器的驱动(例如,U相)来执行故障保护操作 转换器),该辅助电路具有该第二开关元件。