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Method for operating a converter circuit and apparatus for implementing the method

US8050060B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 18, 2009
Grant dateNov 1, 2011
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Expiry dateApr 29, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02M7/48
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The disclosure specifies a method for operating a converter circuit, the converter circuit having a converter unit with a large number of drivable power semiconductor switches and with a three-phase electrical AC voltage system, in which the drivable power semiconductor switches are driven by means of a drive signal (SA) formed from a control signal ((SR), and the control signal (SR) is formed by adjusting an H-th harmonic component of system currents (iNH) to a system current setpoint value (iNHref), where H=1, 2, 3, . . . . In order to reduce a harmonic component in the system voltages, the system current setpoint value (iNHref) is formed by adjusting an H-th harmonic component of system voltages (uNH) to a predeterminable system voltage setpoint value (uNHref), the control difference (uNHdiff) from the H-th harmonic component of the system voltages (uNH) and the system voltage setpoint value (uNHref) being weighted by a system impedance (yNH) determined with respect to the H-th harmonic component. In addition, an apparatus is disclosed for implementing the method.

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