The present disclosure relates to a power conversion system, and more particularly to a power conversion system with low cost, high efficiency and low power loss.
Generally, power conversion systems are used for power conversion. The conventional power conversion systems are usually classified into two types according to the circuit topologies.
The first type of power conversion system is a single-port power conversion system including a plurality of power converters. The output terminals of the plurality of power converters are connected with each other in parallel, and the single-port power conversion system outputs power through the same output port. However, the single-port power conversion system cannot meet the multi-port requirements. In addition, it is necessary to additionally install an isolated transformer to isolate the plurality of power converters. Consequently, the power conversion system is not cost-effective, and the charging efficiency is impaired.
The second type of power conversion system is a multi-port power conversion system including a plurality of power converters. The output port of each power converter is directly connected with the corresponding load. That is, the plurality of power converters output the powers independently. However, since the plurality of power converters output the powers independently, it is difficult to balance the powers from the plurality of power converters to achieve the voltage-sharing purpose. On the other hand, a large amount of reactive current needs to be injected into the power conversion system to balance the voltage. Therefore, the power conversion system is unable to meet the power factor requirements and the efficiency of the power conversion system is impaired.
Therefore, there is a need of providing an improved power conversion system in order to overcome the drawbacks of the conventional technologies.
The present disclosure provides a power conversion system with low cost, high efficiency and low power loss. In addition, redundancy of the power conversion system of the present disclosure can be achieved.
In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, a power conversion system is provided. The power conversion system is connected with at least one load. Each of the at least one load has two input terminals. The power conversion system includes N power converters. Each power converter includes an input terminal, a first output terminal and a second output terminal. Each of the N power converters receives a DC power through the corresponding input terminal. The first output terminal of a first power converter of the N power converters and the second output terminal of an N-th power converter of the N power converters are connected in parallel to form an N-th total output terminal to output an N-th total output power. The first output terminal of an i-th power converter of the N power converters and the second output terminal of an (i−1)-th power converter of the N power converters are connected in parallel to form an (i−1)-th total output terminal to output an (i−1)-th total output power. Moreover, i is an integer greater than or equal to 2 and less than N, and N is an integer. The two input terminals of each of the at least one load are connected with two corresponding total output terminals of N total output terminals, respectively. A (2k−1)-th power converter of the N power converters is connected with a first power source. A 2k-th power converter of the N power converters is connected with a second power source. Moreover, k is greater than or equal to 1, k is less than or equal to (N/2), and k is an integer.
The above contents of the present disclosure will become more readily apparent to those ordinarily skilled in the art after reviewing the following detailed description and accompanying drawings, in which:
The present disclosure will now be described more specifically with reference to the following embodiments. It is to be noted that the following descriptions of preferred embodiments of this disclosure are presented herein for purpose of illustration and description only. It is not intended to be exhaustive or to be limited to the precise form disclosed.
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The N power converters 3 are connected with the N rectifier units 2 in a one-to-one relationship. That is, each power converter 3 is electrically connected with a corresponding rectifier unit 2. Each power converter 3 includes an input terminal 31, a first output terminal 32 and a second output terminal 33. The input terminal 31 of each power converter 3 is electrically connected with the output terminal 22 of the corresponding rectifier unit 2 to receive the DC power PAi from the corresponding rectifier unit 2. The first output terminal 32 of the first power converter 3 and the second output terminal 33 of the N-th power converter 3 are connected in parallel to form the N-th total output terminal 4. The N-th total output terminal 4 outputs the N-th total output power PoN. The first output terminal 32 of the i-th power converter 3 and the second output terminal 33 of the (i−1)-th power converter 3 are connected in parallel to form the (i−1)-th total output terminal 4, wherein i is an integer greater than or equal to 2 and less than N, and N is an integer. The (i−1)-th total output terminal 4 outputs the (i−1)-th total output power Po(i−1). For example, if i is 2, the first output terminal 32 of the second power converter 3 and the second output terminal 33 of the first power converter 3 are connected in parallel to form the first total output terminal 4. The first total output terminal 4 outputs the first total output power Po1.
In an embodiment, each power converter 3 includes a first DC/DC conversion circuit 34 and a second DC/DC conversion circuit 35. The first DC/DC conversion circuit 34 has an input terminal 341 and an output terminal 342. The second DC/DC conversion circuit 35 has an input terminal 351 and an output terminal 352. The input terminal 341 of the first DC/DC conversion circuit 34 and the input terminal 351 of the second DC/DC conversion circuit 35 are connected in parallel with the input terminal 31 of the corresponding power converter 3. The input power of each power converter 3 (i.e., the DC power PAi outputted from the corresponding rectifier unit 2) is equal to the input power of the first DC/DC conversion circuit 34 plus the input power of the second DC/DC conversion circuit 35. The output terminal 342 of the first DC/DC conversion circuit 34 is electrically connected to the first output terminal 32 of the corresponding power converter 3. The output terminal 352 of the second DC/DC conversion circuit 35 is electrically connected to the second output terminal 33 of the corresponding power converter 3.
As mentioned above, the N power converters of the power conversion system 1 outputs N total output powers to N loads (not shown) through the N total output terminals 4. When compared with the first conventional power conversion system with a single total output port, the power conversion system 1 of the present disclosure includes multiple total output ports. Moreover, the power conversion system 1 is cost-effective and has high charging efficiency. In the power conversion system 1, the first output terminal 32 of the first power converter 3 and the second output terminal 33 of the N-th power converter 3 are connected in parallel, and the first output terminal 32 of the i-th power converter 3 and the second output terminal 33 of the (i−1)-th power converter 3 are connected in parallel. Consequently, the N power converters 3 are connected with each other in a circular arrangement. If the required power levels for different total output terminals 4 are different, the input power levels at the input terminals 31 of the power converters 3 may be regulated to be consistent according to the practical requirements. In other words, the power conversion system 1 can meet the power factor requirements. Consequently, the efficiency of the power conversion system 1 is increased, and the power loss is reduced.
The above power error values (i.e., from the first power error value to the N-th power error value) are the decision variables to be solved. After the power error values are solved, the output powers from the first output terminals 32 and the second output terminals 33 of all power converters 3 are determined. Consequently, the input powers of the input terminals 31 of all power converters 3 can be adjusted to be equal. In case that the input powers of the input terminals 31 of all power converters 3 are equal, the above power error values (i.e., from the first power error value to the N-th power error value) can be regulated according to the following mathematic formulae. Consequently, the circulation power or the power loss of the power conversion system 1 can be minimized. Hereinafter, the target function of the following mathematic formulae is used to achieve the minimum circulation power.
As mentioned above, it is necessary to perform the minimum power dispatch of the power converters 3 in order to minimize the circulation power and the power loss of the power conversion system 1. In accordance with a feature of the present disclosure, the target function may be expressed by the mathematic formula (1):
In the above mathematic formula, min is the minimum value, J is the target function, x1, x2, . . . , xN are the to-be-solved circulation power values (i.e., the power error values from the first power error value to the N-th power error value).
For achieving the balance between the input power and the output power of each power converter 3, the input power of the input terminal 31 of each power converter 3 is equal to the output power from the first output terminal 32 plus the output power from the second output terminal 33. That is, the associated powers may be expressed by the following mathematic formula (2):
s.t.PAn=0.5Pon+xn+0.5Po(n−1)−xn−1,n=1,2, . . . ,N (2)
In the above mathematic formula, s.t. is the abbreviation of the term “subject to”, i.e., the constraint condition. After n=1, 2, . . . , N are substituted into PAn, the terms PA1, PA2, . . . , PAN denote the input powers of the input terminals 31 of N power converters 3. After n=1, 2, . . . , N are substituted into Pon and Po(n−1), the terms Po1, Po2, . . . , PoN denote the total output powers from the N total output terminals 4. After n=1, 2, . . . , N are substituted into xn and xn−1, the terms x1, x2, . . . , xN denote the to-be-solved circulation power values (i.e., the power error values from the first power error value to the N-th power error value).
In order to achieve the consistency constraint between the input powers of the N power converters 3, the input power of each power converter 3 should be equal to the average value of the input powers of the N power converters 3. The associated powers may be expressed by the following mathematic formula (3):
PAn=
After n=1, 2, . . . , N are substituted into PAn, the terms PA1, PA2, . . . , PAN denote the input powers of the input terminals 31 of N power converters 3. Moreover,
Generally, since the power conversion system 1 has the inherent rated power capacity, the power of the power conversion system 1 is limited. In order to reasonably utilize the power capacity of the power conversion system 1, the power limit value of each power converter 3 is designed to be a half of the total power capacity of the power conversion system 1. For achieving this purpose, the to-be-solved circulation power values (i.e., the power error values from the first power error value to the N-th power error value) should not be too large. Consequently, the circulation current power will not exceed the power limit value of the power converter 3. That is, the associated powers may be expressed by the following mathematic formula (4):
|xn|≤PLimit−0.5Pon=1,2, . . . ,N (4)
After n=1, 2, . . . , N are substituted into xn, the terms x1, x2, . . . , xN denote the to-be-solved circulation power values (i.e., the power error values from the first power error value to the N-th power error value). Moreover, PLimit denotes the power limit value of the power converter 3. After n=1, 2, . . . , N are substituted into Pon, the terms Po1, Po2, . . . , PoN denote the total output powers from the corresponding total output terminals 4.
By computing the above equations (1) to (4), the following mathematic formulae (5) and (6) can be obtained according to an analytical method.
In the above mathematic formulae, x1 is the first power error value, Poi is the i-th total output power, and Po(i+1) is the (i+1)-th total output power, wherein Po(i+1) is Po1 when i=N. Moreover, P denotes the average value of the N total output powers, x, is the i-th power error value, xi−1 is the (i−1)-th power error value, and Po(i−1) is the (i−1)-th total output power.
From the above mathematic formulae (5) and (6), the first power error value xi can be firstly derived, and then the power error values x2 to xN can be obtained in sequence.
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However, in some situations, the unbalance of the output powers from the total output terminals of the plurality of power converters 3 is serious because of the inherent power limitation of the power conversion system 1. Consequently, the input powers of the input terminals 31 of the plurality of power converters 3 can't be regulated to be completely consistent. Under this circumstance, it is only able to regulate the input powers of the input terminals 31 of the plurality of power converters 3 to be as consistent as possible. Consequently, the above mathematic formula (3) is no longer used as a restriction for the optimization of the power error values. The mathematic formula (1) needs to be rewritten as the mathematic formula (7):
In the above mathematic formula, min is the minimum value, J is the target function, x1, x2, . . . , xN are the to-be-solved circulation power values (i.e., the first power error value to the N-th power error value), and ρ is a weighting coefficient. The weighting coefficient ρ is set by the computing control unit 5 according to the circuit characteristics of the power conversion system 1. If the value of the weighting coefficient ρ is larger, the input power consistency is better. After n=1, 2, . . . , N are substituted into PAn, the terms PA1, PA2, . . . , PAN denote the input powers of the input terminals 31 of N power converters 3. Moreover,
By computing the above equations (1), (2) and (7), the following mathematic formula (8) can be obtained according to an analytical method.
In the above mathematic formula, x=[x1, x2, . . . , xi, . . . , xN]T, xi is the i-th power error value, Poi is the i-th total output power, and ρ is a weighting coefficient. The weighting coefficient ρ is set by the computing control unit 5 according to the circuit characteristics of the power conversion system 1. After A and b are substituted into x=A−1b, x is obtained.
According to the mathematic formula (8), the computing control unit 5 acquires the first power error value xi to the N-th power error value xN. In addition, the computing control unit 5 controls the output powers from the first output terminals 32 and the second output terminals 33 of the N power converters 3 according to the first power error value x1 to the N-th power error value xN. In such way, the input powers of the input terminals 31 of the plurality of power converters 3 can be regulated to be identical. Consequently, the circulation power or the power loss of the power conversion system 1 can be minimized.
In some embodiments, the computing control unit 5 further determines whether the first power error value x1 to the N-th power error value xN comply with the mathematic formula (4), and the computing control unit 5 further controls the first power error value x, to the N-th power error value xN according to the mathematic formula (4).
|xn|≤PLimit−0.5Pon,n=1,2, . . . ,N (4)
That is, the computing control unit 5 determines whether one of the power error values is greater than an upper error limit or lower than a lower error limit. The upper error limit is equal to PLimit−0.5Pon, and the lower error limit is equal to −(PLimit−0.5Pon). If a specified power error value of the first power error value x1 to the N-th power error value xN is greater than the upper error limit, the computing control unit 5 adjusts the specified power error value to the upper error limit. Whereas, if a specified power error value of the first power error value x1 to the N-th power error value xN is lower than the lower error limit, the computing control unit 5 adjusts the specified power error value to the lower error limit.
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The first port controller 6 receives the first total output power Po1 from the first total output terminal 4, the input power reference value P11ref form the N-th port controller 6 and the input power reference value P22ref from the second port controller 6. Moreover, the first port controller 6 issues the input power reference values P12ref and P21ref to the N-th port controller 6 and the second port controller 6. The i-th port controller 6 receives the i-th total output power Poi from the i-th total output terminal 4, the input power reference value Pi1ref form the (i−1)-th port controller 6 and the input power reference value P(i+1)2ref from the (i+1)-th port controller 6. Moreover, the i-th port controller 6 issues the input power reference values P12ref and P(i+1)ref to the (i−1)-th port controller 6 and the (i+1)-th port controller 6. The N-th port controller 6 receives the N-th total output power PoN from the N-th total output terminal 4, the input power reference value PN1ref form the (N−1)-th port controller 6 and the input power reference value P12ref from the first port controller 6. Moreover, the N-th port controller 6 issues the input power reference values PN2ref and P11ref to the (N−1)-th port controller 6 and the first port controller 6.
From the above descriptions, the N port controllers 6 are in communication with each other to acquire the input power reference values from the corresponding power converters. The output powers of the corresponding power converters are corrected according to the received input power reference values through iteration computations. In such way, the input powers of the input terminals 31 of the plurality of power converters 3 can be regulated to be as consistent as possible. Consequently, the circulation power or the power loss of the power conversion system 1a can be minimized.
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The first proportional unit 61 of the first port controller 6 is electrically connected to the first total output terminal 4 to receive the first total output power Po1 from the first total output terminal 4. Moreover, after the first total output power Po1 is multiplied by 0.5, the first proportional unit 61 obtains a first intermediate variable. The first adder 62 of the first port controller 6 is electrically connected to the first proportional unit 61 of the first port controller 6 and the N-th port controller 6 to receive the first intermediate variable and the first power error value x1. After the first intermediate variable and the first power error value x1 are added, the input power reference value P12ref corresponding to the second DC/DC conversion circuit 35 of the first power converter 3 is obtained by the first adder 62 of the first port controller 6 and transmitted to the N-th port controller 6. The first subtractor 63 of the first port controller 6 is electrically connected to the first proportional unit 61 of the first port controller 6 and the second port controller 6 to receive the first intermediate variable and the first power error value x1. After the first power error value x1 is subtracted from the first intermediate variable, the input power reference value P21ref corresponding to the first DC/DC conversion circuit 34 of the second power converter 3 is obtained by the first subtractor 63 and transmitted to the second port controller 6. The second adder 64 of the first port controller 6 is electrically connected to the first adder 62 of the first port controller 6 and the N-th port controller 6 to receive the input power reference value P12ref from the first adder 62 of the first port controller 6 and the input power reference value P11ref from the N-th port controller 6. After the input power reference values P12ref and P11ref are added, the second adder 64 of the first port controller 6 obtains the input power of the input terminal 31 of the first power converter 3 (i.e., the first DC power PA1). The third adder 65 of the first port controller 6 is electrically connected with the first subtractor 63 of the first port controller 6 and the second port controller 6 to receive the input power reference value P21ref from the first subtractor 63 of the first port controller 6 and the input power reference value P22ref from the second port controller 6. After the input power reference values P21ref and P22ref are added, the third adder 65 obtains the input power of the input terminal 31 of the first power converter 3 (i.e., the second DC power PA2). The second subtractor 66 of the first port controller 6 is electrically connected to the second adder 64 and the third adder 65 to receive the first DC power PA1 from the second adder 64 and the second DC power PA2 from the third adder 65. After the first DC power PA1 is subtracted from the second DC power PA2, the second subtractor 66 obtains a first power variable. The power coordinator 67 of the first port controller 6 is electrically connected with the second subtractor 66, the first adder 62 and the first subtractor 63 to receive the first power variable from the second subtractor 66 and issues the first power error value x1 to the first adder 62 and the first subtractor 63.
The first proportional unit 61 of the i-th port controller 6 is electrically connected to the i-th total output terminal 4 to receive the i-th total output power Poi from the i-th total output terminal 4. Moreover, after the i-th total output power Poi is multiplied by 0.5, the first proportional unit 61 obtains an i-th intermediate variable. The first adder 62 of the i-th port controller 6 is electrically connected to the first proportional unit 61 of the i-th port controller 6 and the (i−1)-th port controller 6 to receive the i-th intermediate variable and the i-th power error value xi. After the i-th intermediate variable and the i-th power error value xi are added, the input power reference value Pi2ref corresponding to the second DC/DC conversion circuit 35 of the i-th power converter 3 is obtained by the first adder 62 of the i-th port controller 6 and transmitted to the (i−1)-th port controller 6. The first subtractor 63 of the i-th port controller 6 is electrically connected to the first proportional unit 61 of the i-th port controller 6 and the (i+1)-th port controller 6 to receive the i-th intermediate variable and the i-th power error value xi. After the i-th power error value xi is subtracted from the i-th intermediate variable, the input power reference value P(i+1)1ref corresponding to the first DC/DC conversion circuit 34 of the (i+1)-th power converter 3 is obtained by the first subtractor 63 and transmitted to the (i+1)-th port controller 6. The second adder 64 of the i-th port controller 6 is electrically connected to the first adder 62 of the i-th port controller 6 and the (i−1)-th port controller 6 to receive the input power reference value Pi2ref from the first adder 62 of the i-th port controller 6 and the input power reference value Pi1ref from the (i−1)-th port controller 6. After the input power reference values Pi2ref and Pi1ref are added, the second adder 64 of the i-th port controller 6 obtains the input power of the input terminal 31 of the i-th power converter 3 (i.e., the i-th DC power PAi). The third adder 65 of the i-th port controller 6 is electrically connected with the first subtractor 63 of the i-th port controller 6 and the (i+1)-th port controller 6 to receive the input power reference value P(i+1)1ref from the first subtractor 63 of the i-th port controller 6 and the input power reference value P(i+1)2ref from the (i+1)-th port controller 6. After the input power reference values P(i+1)1ref and P(i+1)2ref are added, the third adder 65 of the i-th port controller 6 obtains the input power of the input terminal 31 of the first power converter 3 (i.e., the (i+1)-th DC power PA(i+1)). The second subtractor 66 of the i-th port controller 6 is electrically connected to the second adder 64 and the third adder 65 to receive the i-th DC power PAi from the second adder 64 and the (i+1)-th DC power PA(i+1) from the third adder 65. After the i-th DC power PAi is subtracted from the (i+1)-th DC power PA(i+1), the second subtractor 66 of the i-th port controller 6 obtains an i-th power variable. The power coordinator 67 of the i-th port controller 6 is electrically connected with the second subtractor 66, the first adder 62 and the first subtractor 63 to receive the i-th power variable from the second subtractor 66 and issues the i-th power error value xi to the first adder 62 and the first subtractor 63.
The first proportional unit 61 of the N-th port controller 6 is electrically connected to the N-th total output terminal 4 to receive the N-th total output power PoN from the N-th total output terminal 4. Moreover, after the N-th total output power PoN is multiplied by 0.5, the first proportional unit 61 obtains an N-th intermediate variable. The first adder 62 of the N-th port controller 6 is electrically connected to the first proportional unit 61 of the N-th port controller 6 and the (N−1)-th port controller 6 to receive the N-th intermediate variable and the N-th power error value xN. After the N-th intermediate variable and the N-th power error value xN are added, the input power reference value PN2ref corresponding to the second DC/DC conversion circuit 35 of the N-th power converter 3 is obtained by the first adder 62 of the N-th port controller 6 and transmitted to the (N−1)-th port controller 6. The first subtractor 63 of the N-th port controller 6 is electrically connected to the first proportional unit 61 of the N-th port controller 6 and the first port controller 6 to receive the N-th intermediate variable and the N-th power error value xN. After the N-th power error value xN is subtracted from the N-th intermediate variable, the input power reference value P11ref corresponding to the first DC/DC conversion circuit 34 of the first power converter 3 is obtained by the first subtractor 63 and transmitted to the first port controller 6. The second adder 64 of the N-th port controller 6 is electrically connected to the first adder 62 of the N-th port controller 6 and the (N−1)-th port controller 6 to receive the input power reference value PN2ref from the first adder 62 of the N-th port controller 6 and the input power reference value PN1ref from the (N−1)-th port controller 6. After the input power reference values PN2ref and PN1ref are added, the second adder 64 of the N-th port controller 6 obtains the input power of the input terminal 31 of the N-th power converter 3 (i.e., the N-th DC power PAN). The third adder 65 of the N-th port controller 6 is electrically connected with the first subtractor 63 of the N-th port controller 6 and the first port controller 6 to receive the input power reference value P11ref from the first subtractor 63 of the N-th port controller 6 and the input power reference value P12ref from the first port controller 6. After the input power reference values P11ref and P12ref are added, the third adder 65 of the N-th port controller 6 obtains the input power of the input terminal 31 of the first power converter 3 (i.e., the first DC power PA1). The second subtractor 66 of the N-th port controller 6 is electrically connected to the second adder 64 and the third adder 65 to receive the N-th DC power PAN from the second adder 64 and the first DC power PA1 from the third adder 65. After the N-th DC power PAN is subtracted from the first DC power PA1, the second subtractor 66 of the N-th port controller 6 obtains an N-th power variable. The power coordinator 67 of the N-th port controller 6 is electrically connected with the second subtractor 66, the first adder 62 and the first subtractor 63 to receive the N-th power variable from the second subtractor 66 and issues the N-th power error value xN to the first adder 62 and the first subtractor 63.
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The integration unit 671 of the first port controller 6 is connected with the second subtractor 66 to receive the first power variable from the second subtractor 66. The integral limiter 672 of the first port controller 6 is connected with the integration unit 671. After the first power variable is processed by the integral unit 671 and the integral limiter 672 of the first port controller 6 sequentially, a first transition variable is obtained. The second proportional unit 673 of the first port controller 6 is connected with the second subtractor 66 to receive the first power variable from the second subtractor 66. After the first power variable is processed by the second proportional unit 673 of the first port controller 6, a second transition variable is obtained. The fourth adder 674 of the first port controller 6 is connected with the integral limiter 672 and the second proportional unit 673 to receive the first transition variable from the integral limiter 672 and the second transition variable from the second proportional unit 673. After the first transition variable and the second proportional unit 673 are added by the fourth adder 674 of the first port controller 6, a third transition variable is obtained. The low-pass filtering unit 675 of the first port controller 6 is connected with the fourth adder 674 to receive the third transition variable from the fourth adder 674. The circulation limiter 676 of the first port controller 6 is connected between the low-pass filtering unit 675 and the first adder 62 and connected between the low-pass filtering unit 675 and the first subtractor 63. After the third transition variable is processed by the low-pass filtering unit 675 and the circulation limiter 676 of the first port controller 6 sequentially, the first power error value x1 is obtained.
The integration unit 671 of the i-th port controller 6 is connected with the second subtractor 66 to receive the i-th power variable from the second subtractor 66. The integral limiter 672 of the i-th port controller 6 is connected with the integration unit 671. After the i-th power variable is processed by the integral unit 671 and the integral limiter 672 of the i-th port controller 6 sequentially, the first transition variable is obtained. The second proportional unit 673 of the i-th port controller 6 is connected with the second subtractor 66 to receive the i-th power variable from the second subtractor 66. After the i-th power variable is processed by the second proportional unit 673 of the i-th port controller 6, the second transition variable is obtained. The fourth adder 674 of the i-th port controller 6 is connected with the integral limiter 672 and the second proportional unit 673 to receive the first transition variable from the integral limiter 672 and the second transition variable from the second proportional unit 673. After the first transition variable from the integral limiter 672 and the second transition variable from the second proportional unit 673 are added by the fourth adder 674 of the i-th port controller 6, the third transition variable is obtained. The low-pass filtering unit 675 of the i-th port controller 6 is connected with the fourth adder 674 to receive the third transition variable from the fourth adder 674. The circulation limiter 676 of the i-th port controller 6 is connected between the low-pass filtering unit 675 and the first adder 62 and connected between the low-pass filtering unit 675 and the first subtractor 63. After the third transition variable is processed by the low-pass filtering unit 675 and the circulation limiter 676 of the i-th port controller 6 sequentially, the i-th power error value xi is obtained.
The integration unit 671 of the N-th port controller 6 is connected with the second subtractor 66 to receive the N-th power variable from the second subtractor 66. The integral limiter 672 of the N-th port controller 6 is connected with the integration unit 671. After the N-th power variable is processed by the integral unit 671 and the integral limiter 672 of the N-th port controller 6 sequentially, the first transition variable is obtained. The second proportional unit 673 of the N-th port controller 6 is connected with the second subtractor 66 to receive the N-th power variable from the second subtractor 66. After the N-th power variable is processed by the second proportional unit 673 of the N-th port controller 6, the second transition variable is obtained. The fourth adder 674 of the N-th port controller 6 is connected with the integral limiter 672 and the second proportional unit 673 to receive the first transition variable from the integral limiter 672 and the second transition variable from the second proportional unit 673. After the first transition variable and the second proportional unit 673 are added by the fourth adder 674 of the N-th port controller 6, the third transition variable is obtained. The low-pass filtering unit 675 of the N-th port controller 6 is connected with the fourth adder 674 to receive the third transition variable from the fourth adder 674. The circulation limiter 676 of the N-th port controller 6 is connected between the low-pass filtering unit 675 and the first adder 62 and connected between the low-pass filtering unit 675 and the first subtractor 63. After the third transition variable is processed by the low-pass filtering unit 675 and the circulation limiter 676 of the N-th port controller 6 sequentially, the N-th power error value xN is obtained.
In some embodiments, only some of the total output terminals 4 are connected to the corresponding loads. For example, only M total output terminals 4 of the N total output terminals 4 are connected to M corresponding loads. For reducing the burden of dispatching electric energy among the N power converters 3 of the power conversion system 1, it is necessary to uniformly and dispersedly connect the M loads to the M total output terminals 4, and the M loads are added to the power conversion system 1 in a specific sequence.
If M>(N/2), any two of the M total output terminals 4 that are connected with the M loads are adjacent to each other or separated from each other through one total output terminal 4 that is not connected with any of the M loads. That is, any two of the M total output terminals 4 with loads are separated from each other through one total output terminal 4 without load, or any two of the M total output terminals 4 with loads are adjacent to each other. In an application example, the power conversion system 1 has eight total output terminals 4, and five total output terminals 4 need to be connected to five loads. The first load is connected to the first total output terminal 4 to receive the first total output power Po1. The second load is connected to the fifth total output terminal 4 to receive the fifth total output power Po5. The third load is connected to the seventh total output terminal 4 to receive the seventh total output power Po7. The fourth load is connected to the third total output terminal 4 to receive the third total output power Po3. The fifth load is connected to the second total output terminal 4 to receive the second total output power Po2. In other words, the first, second, third, fifth and seventh total output terminals 4 are connected with the corresponding loads, and the fourth, sixth and eighth output terminals 4 are not connected with any load. The first, second, third, fifth and seventh total output terminals 4 are adjacent to each other or separated from each other through one total output terminal that is not connected with any of the five loads.
In an application example, the power conversion system 1 has eight total output terminals 4, and eight total output terminals 4 need to be connected to eight loads. The first load is connected to the first total output terminal 4 to receive the first total output power Po1. The second load is connected to the fifth total output terminal 4 to receive the fifth total output power Po5. The third load is connected to the seventh total output terminal 4 to receive the seventh total output power Po7. The fourth load is connected to the third total output terminal 4 to receive the third total output power Po3. The fifth load is connected to the second total output terminal 4 to receive the second total output power Po2. The sixth load is connected to the sixth total output terminal 4 to receive the sixth total output power Po6. The seventh load is connected to the fourth total output terminal 4 to receive the fourth total output power Po4. The eighth load is connected to the eighth total output terminal 4 to receive the eighth total output power Po8. In other words, the eight total output terminals 4 are all connected with the corresponding loads, and these total output terminals 4 are adjacent to each other.
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Moreover, the transformers 37 of the power converters 3 in the power conversion system 1b are connected with each other according to a specified connecting relationship. For example, the second secondary winding 373 of the transformer 37 of the i-th power converter 3 is connected with the first secondary winding 372 of the transformer 37 of the (i+1)-th power converter 3, and the second secondary winding 373 of the transformer 37 of the N-th power converter 3 is connected with the first secondary winding 372 of the transformer 37 of the first power converter 3. Consequently, the transformers 37 of the N power converters 3 need to be operated at the same switching frequency.
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A method of acquiring the phase shift angle of the voltage at the primary winding 371 of the transformer 37 and the phase shift angle of the voltage at the second secondary winding 373 of the transformer 37 will be described as follows.
The i-th port controller 6 is connected with the i-th total output terminal 4 and the input terminal 31 of the i-th power converter 3. In addition, the i-th port controller 6 receives the i-th output voltage Voi, the i-th output power Poi and the reference voltage value Voiref from the i-th total output terminal 4, and the i-th port controller 6 receives the i-th input terminal voltage Vdci and the input power PAi from the input terminal 31 of the i-th power converter 3. In this embodiment, the N port controllers 6 are in communication with each other to acquire the input power PAi from all port controllers 6 through communication coordination. Moreover, each port controller 6 acquires the input power average value
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In another embodiment, the input side controller 68 acquires the phase shift angle φAi of the voltage at the primary winding 371 of the transformer 37 according to the input terminal voltages.
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φo1=PI(Vo1ref−Vo1), and
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In the above formulae, φo1 is the phase shift angle of the voltage at the second secondary winding 373 of the transformer 37 of the first power converter 3, φoi is the phase shift angle of the voltage at the second secondary winding 373 of the transformer 37 of the i-th power converter 3, PI is a proportional integral function according to the circuit characteristics of the power conversion system 1b, Vo1ref is the reference voltage value of the total output terminal 4 of the first power converter 3, Voiref is the reference voltage value of the total output terminal 4 of the i-th power converter 3, Vo1 is the voltage of the total output terminal 4 of the first power converter 3, and Voi is the voltage of the total output terminal 4 of the i-th power converter 3.
After the input side controller 68 and the output side controller 69 of the port controller 6 calculate the phase shift angles φAi and φoi, the voltages of the input terminal 31 and the total output terminal 4 of the corresponding power converter 3 are respectively controlled.
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It is noted that numerous modifications and alterations may be made while retaining the teachings of the disclosure. For example, the power converter may include three or more than three DC/DC conversion circuits.
The first output terminal 32 of the first power converter 3, the second output terminal 33 of the N-th power converter 3 and the third output terminal 71 of the second power converter 3 are connected to the N-th total output terminal 4. The N-th total output terminal 4 outputs the N-th total output power PoN. For example, the N-th power converter 3 is the eighth power converter 3, and the eighth total output terminal 4 outputs the eighth total output power Po8. The first output terminal 32 of the i-th power converter 3, the second output terminal 33 of the (i−1)-th power converter 3 and the third output terminal 71 of the (i+1)-th power converter 3 are connected to the (i−1)-th total output terminal 4. The (i−1)-th total output terminal 4 outputs the (i−1)th total output power Po(i−1), wherein i is an integer greater than or equal to 2 and less than 8. For example, if i=2, the first output terminal 32 of the second power converter 3, the second output terminal 33 of the first power converter 3 and the third output terminal 71 of the third power converter 3 are connected to the first total output terminal 4. The first total output terminal 4 outputs the first total output power Po1.
In this embodiment, each power converter 3 of the power conversion system 1c includes a first DC/DC conversion circuit 34, a second DC/DC conversion circuit 35 and a third DC/DC conversion circuit 72. The third DC/DC conversion circuit 72 has an input terminal 721 and an output terminal 722. The input terminal 341 of the first DC/DC conversion circuit 34, the input terminal 351 of the second DC/DC conversion circuit 35 and the input terminal 721 of the third DC/DC conversion circuit 72 are connected to the input terminal 31 of the corresponding power converter 3. The output terminal 722 of the third DC/DC conversion circuit 72 is connected to the third output terminal 71 of the corresponding power converter 3. The circuitry structure of the power conversion system 1c of this embodiment can increase the output power of the total output terminal 4. Consequently, the reliability of the power conversion system 1c is enhanced. The load-adding method of the power conversion system 1c is similar to that of
In the above embodiments, a single power conversion system has a single-phase circuitry structure. In some embodiments, three power conversion systems are connected with each other to form a three-phase circuitry structure.
The input terminals 21 of the rectifier units 2 of the three power conversion systems 1 are connected in series and connected to the AC power source P. The i-th total output terminals 4 of the three power conversion systems 1 are connected with each other in parallel to output the i-th total output power Poi. For example, the first total output terminals 4 of the three power conversion systems 1 are connected with each other in parallel to output the first total output power Po1, and the N-th total output terminals 4 of the three power conversion systems 1 are connected with each other in parallel to output the N-th total output power PoN. In some other embodiments, the i-th total output terminal 4 of the three power conversion systems 1 are connected with each other in series to output the i-th total output power Poi. Due to the three-phase circuitry structure, the power balance of the combined power system 9 is enhanced.
Moreover, the power conversion system 1e includes N rectifier units 2, N power converters 3 and N total output terminals 4. The power conversion system 1e outputs N total output powers to (N/2) loads L though the N total output terminals 4, wherein k is greater than or equal to 1, and k is less than or equal to (N/2), N is an odd number, and k is an integer. For example, the power conversion system 1e of this embodiment includes four rectifier units 2, four power converters 3 and four total output terminals 4. The power conversion system 1e outputs four total output powers to two loads L though the four total output terminals 4. Hereinafter, the two loads L are referred to as a first load L and a second load L. In this embodiment, each of the first load L and the second load L includes two input terminals. Hereinafter, the two input terminals are referred to as a first input terminal Lin1 and a second input terminal Lin2. That is, the first load L and the second load L include four input terminals (i.e., two first input terminals Lin1 and two second input terminals Lin2) collectively. The four input terminals Lin 1 and Lin2 are connected with the four total output terminals 4 in a one-to-one relationship. For example, the first input terminal Lin1 of the first load L is connected with the first total output terminal 4. The second input terminal Lin2 of the first load L is connected with the second total output terminal 4. The first input terminal Lin1 of the second load L is connected with the third total output terminal 4. The second input terminal Lin2 of the second load L is connected with the fourth total output terminal 4.
In the above embodiment, the first load L receives the output power of the first total output terminal 4 and the output power of the second total output terminal 4. The second load L receives the output power of the third total output terminal 4 and the output power of the fourth total output terminal 4. The total output power outputted from each of the total output terminals 4 is from both the first AC power source P1 and the second AC power source P2. Consequently, the first load L receives the power from the first AC power source P1 and the second AC power source P2. The second load L receives the power from the first AC power source P1 and the second AC power source P2. When the first AC power source P1 fails, the first load L and the second load L can still receive power from the second AC power source P2. On the contrary, when the second AC power source P2 fails, the first load L and the second load L can still receive the power from the first AC power source P1. Consequently, the power conversion system 1e can provide power even when the first AC power source P1 or the second AC power source P2 fails, so that the redundancy of the power conversion system 1e is achieved. Furthermore, the first power converter 3 and the second power converter 3 output the output power through the first total output terminal 4, respectively. When one of the first power converter 3 and the second power converter 3 fails, the other one of the first power converter 3 and the second power converter 3 can provide the output power so that redundancy of the power conversion system 1e can be achieved. In some embodiments, each of the total output terminals 4 of the power conversion system 1e is connected with the corresponding battery b and provides the power to charge the corresponding battery b.
In some embodiments, the total output powers outputted by the total output terminals of the power conversion system are provided to N loads instead of (N/2) loads.
From the above descriptions, the present disclosure provides a power conversion system. The power conversion system includes N power converters and N total output terminals to provide output powers to N loads. Consequently, the power conversion system can meet the multi-port requirements. Moreover, the power conversion system is cost-effective and has high charging efficiency. In the power conversion system, the first output terminal of the first power converter 3 and the second output terminal of the N-th power converter are connected in parallel, and the first output terminal of the i-th power converter and the second output terminal of the (i−1)-th power converter are connected in parallel. Consequently, the N power converters are connected in a circular arrangement. If the required power levels for different total output terminals are different, the input power levels for the input terminals of the power converters may be regulated to be consistent according to the practical requirements. In other words, the power conversion system can meet the power factor requirements. Consequently, the efficiency of the power conversion system is increased, and the power loss is reduced. Moreover, the redundancy of the power conversion system of the present disclosure can be achieved by utilizing the arrangement among the rectifier units, the power converters, the total output terminals and the loads.
While the disclosure has been described in terms of what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that the disclosure needs not be limited to the disclosed embodiment. On the contrary, it is intended to cover various modifications and similar arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims which are to be accorded with the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and similar structures.
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This application is a continuation-in-part application of U.S. application Ser. No. 17/153,551 filed on Jan. 20, 2021 and entitled “POWER CONVERSION SYSTEM”, which claims priority to China Patent Application No. 202011222500.1 filed on Nov. 5, 2020. This application also claims priority to China Patent Application No. 202110346895.4, filed on Mar. 31, 2021. The entire contents of the above-mentioned patent applications are incorporated herein by reference for all purposes.
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