Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Michio Otsubo

Yuki Yoshida

A control device controls a switching element that is connected to a conductor and that executes a switching operation for causing the conductor to switch between conductive and non-conductive states. The control device includes an element controller and a current value measurer. When a target conduction ratio is a positive value lower than 1, the element controller controls the switching element to be in an on-state during a period defined by a switching cycle and a detective conduction ratio than the target conduction ratio and equal to or lower than 1, in at least one cycle that is each the switching cycle. The current value measurer measures a value of direct current flowing in the conductor, based on a detected current value that is digital data generated in every sampling cycle independent from the switching cycle by detection of a current sensor signal output from a current sensor.

Control device, electronic apparatus, and control method

A control device includes a changing rate calculator, a first threshold calculator, and a separation determiner. The control device determines whether a current collector is separate from a power line, in a power conversion system in which a power converter converts power supplied from the current collector to the primary side of the power converter into alternating-current (AC) power and supplies the AC power to a motor connected to the secondary side of the power converter. The changing rate calculator calculates a changing rate of the voltage at the primary side of the power converter. The first threshold calculator calculates a first threshold having the absolute value positively correlated with an output power from the power converter. The separation determiner compares the changing rate with the first threshold and determines whether the current collector is separate from the power line.

Control device for railway vehicles and disconnection determination method

A vehicle control device includes a power converter that converts supplied direct current power and supplies the converted direct current power to a load device. A first voltage detector detects a first voltage that is a voltage of the power supply line. A second voltage detector detects a second voltage that is a voltage of the power converter on a side where a power supply source is provided. When a first contactor is closed and brought into a state allowing current to flow through the first contactor, if a decreasing amount of the first voltage from a first time ago to a present time is greater than or equal to a first threshold and a decreasing amount of the second voltage from a second time ago to the present time is greater than or equal to a second threshold, a contactor controller opens the first contactor.

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Tokyo, Japan

Michio Otsubo