Hitachi, Ltd.

Hiroshi Kamizuma

Akira Mima

Daisuke Matsumoto

Yuuichi Mabuchi

Yukio Hattori

Tetsuya Kawashima

Ryouhei Miyagawa

Tomonori Ichikawa

Kinya Nakatsu

Kimihisa Furukawa

Takashi Yano

Takeshi Tokuyama

Junpei Kusukawa

Shinji Shirakawa

Hajime Urai

Noriya Nakao

Masahiro Seo

Hangxian Gao

There is provided a power conversion apparatus including a first power semiconductor module, a second power semiconductor module, a control circuit for driving the first power semiconductor module and the second power semiconductor module, and liquid-cooling type cooling jackets, wherein the second power semiconductor module is disposed closer to an upper surface in the gravity direction than the first power semiconductor module is, the cooling jackets include a refrigerant containing hydrogen molecules and a refrigerant flow path at least between the first power semiconductor module and the second power semiconductor module, and the control circuit performs control such that the operating time period of the second power semiconductor module is shorter than the operating time period of the first power semiconductor module.

Power conversion apparatus

A plurality of power conversion units, a current sensor that detects a current at an output terminal of the power conversion unit, and a control unit that measures a frequency component in a predetermined frequency range of a current detected by the current sensor are included, the power conversion unit includes an AC/DC converter that outputs AC power at an input terminal to an output terminal, a smoothing capacitor that is connected in parallel to the output terminal and smooths an output voltage, and a variable resistance switch connected between one end of the smoothing capacitor and one end of the output terminal, the control unit controls a resistance value of the variable resistance switch according to a magnitude of a predetermined frequency component detected by the current sensor, and the output terminals of the plurality of power conversion units are connected in parallel to constitute output terminals.

Power conversion device

Provided is a power conversion system that can suppress a fault in a short-circuiting switch that bypasses a fault unit and enhance the reliability and redundancy of the system. The power conversion system is provided with a plurality of power converter units that are formed by using semiconductor switch elements and are connected in series, and comprises: switch elements that are provided to input terminals and/or output terminals of the power converter units and bypass the power converter units; and overvoltage suppressing elements which are connected in parallel with the switch elements and in which conducting states are changed by an application of a prescribed voltage.

Power conversion system

To improve accessibility with respect to a power conversion unit in a power converter. The power converter includes a circuit connection part including a positive electrode conductor, a negative electrode conductor and an AC conductor, a power semiconductor module positioned in a particular direction with respect to the circuit connection part and connected to the positive electrode conductor, the negative electrode conductor and the AC conductor and a capacitor positioned in the particular direction with respect to the circuit connection part and connected to the positive electrode conductor and the negative electrode conductor. The positive electrode conductor is connected to a positive electrode conductor of another power conversion unit through a unit connection part positioned in an opposite direction of the particular direction with respect to the circuit connection part. The negative electrode conductor is connected to a negative electrode conductor of another power conversion unit through the unit connection part.

Power conversion unit, power converter and method of manufacturing power converter

An uninterruptible power-supply system is a power converter having a PN laminated bus bar and a plurality of power conversion units and supplying power from a commercial power supply via a converter and an inverter. The power conversion units each have positive side terminals connected to each other and negative side terminals connected to each other through the PN laminated bus bar. At least one power conversion unit constitutes a phase of the converter. At least another one power conversion unit constitutes a phase of the inverter and has the positive side terminal lying adjacent to and connected through the PN laminated bus bar to the positive side terminal of the corresponding power conversion unit constituting the phase of the converter and the negative side terminal lying adjacent to and connected to the negative side terminal of the corresponding power conversion unit constituting the phase of the converter.

Power conversion device and power conversion method for power conversion device

A module of conversion circuit includes a High side IGBT, a Low side IGBT connected in series to the High side IGBT, a first terminal connected to the High side IGBT, a second terminal connected to the Low side IGBT, a capacitor connected to the first terminal and the second terminal, and a third terminal connected to a connection point between the High side IGBT and the Low side IGBT. A fourth terminal is engaged with the first terminal. A fifth terminal is engaged with the second terminal. A sixth terminal is engaged with the third terminal. The first and second terminals have at portions thereof between front edges and rear edges high-resistance parts having higher resistance than other portions.

Power conversion apparatus including terminals having higher resistance portions

The present invention reduces the footprint of a power conversion device. A first power semiconductor module and a second power semiconductor module are connected to a positive conductor, a negative conductor, and an alternating-current conductor. An external alternating-current terminal, the first power semiconductor module, the second power semiconductor module, a capacitor, and an external direct-current terminal including an external positive terminal and an external negative terminal are arrayed on a straight line extending in the longitudinal direction of a circuit connection section. The external alternating-current terminal is disposed at one longitudinal end of the circuit connection section. The external direct-current terminal is disposed at the other longitudinal end of the circuit connection section.

Power conversion unit and power conversion device

A cooling structure of a heating element includes: the heating element having at least one cooling surface from which a plurality of pin fins project; a heat receiving plate which has a shape complying with the cooling surface and in which holes are formed at positions facing each pin fin, each pin fin being movably inserted into the holes; a cooler which has a pair of clamping members that sandwich therebetween the heating element and the heat receiving plate while pressing the heating element and the heat receiving plate, and which cools the heat receiving plate; and a space securing part which is provided on the heat receiving plate and suppresses a distance between the pair of clamping members so as not to apply a pressing force by the clamping members to the heating element.

Cooling structure of heating element and power conversion device

A power converter that can be made compact and lightweight is provided. The power converter includes a control circuit power supply, a power semiconductor module that includes power conversion elements, a control circuit board that operates with power from the control circuit power supply and controls the power conversion elements, and a capacitor connected to the power conversion elements. In the power converter, the control circuit power supply charges the capacitor through the control circuit board. With this configuration, hot swapping of the power converter from the converter system can be performed. A boosting circuit may boost voltage of the control circuit power supply to charge the capacitor.

Power converter

A capacitor device includes: a film capacitor element that has a coiled body in which an insulating layer and an electrification layer are laminated and wound together, and a pair of collector electrodes that are formed upon two opposite end faces of the coiled body; a case that has a capacitor housing portion within which the film capacitor element is received; a pair of inserts having insulation properties, one of which is inserted between one of the pair of collector electrodes and one of inner walls of the capacitor housing portion; and a mass of sealing and insulating material that is charged between the film capacitor element and the one of the inner walls of the capacitor housing portion.

Capacitor device and electrical power conversion device

A power conversion device capable of reducing a temperature variation between a plurality of semiconductor modules is provided. The power conversion device comprises condensers, a plurality of semiconductor modules, heat dissipation unitsto, a bus barconnecting the condenserswith the plurality of the semiconductor modules, and a ventilation unit having cool wind blow. The power conversion module has features that the plurality of semiconductor modulesare arranged apart from the condensersand in a line in a longitudinal direction of the bus barand that the cool windblows in a direction from the condenserstoward the plurality of semiconductor modulesthat are mounted.

A cooling structure is provided. The cooling structure includes cooling surfaces on two confronting side surfaces; a plurality of double-sided-cooling power module, the heat receiving block pinching the heating elements arranged in a vertical direction on the confronting side surfaces, first and second cooling devices, each including the heat radiating fins, disposed above the heating elements, extending in a horizontal direction, and a pressure contacting part configured to contact the heating elements and the receiving block with a pressure force. The heat radiation fins are blown from a side of the electric terminal.

Cooling structure for heating element and power converter

There is provided an incoherent UWB-IR communication method by which erroneous demodulation is difficult to occur even in a multipath environment. Thus, the present invention includes an incoherent wireless communication method including a first step of modulating transmission data, a second step of converting the modulated transmission data into pulses and converting the pulses received from the external into reception data, and a third step of demodulating the reception data, wherein the pulses used in the second step includes a plurality of pulse sequences and the plurality of pulse sequences is such that the peaks of cross-correlation values are lower than the peaks of autocorrelation values.

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Hiroshi Kamizuma