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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2017
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Masaru Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Shinsuke Idenoue, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Ishii, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiko Otsuka, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Abe, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A power conversion device provided with a DC power source, a voltage boost converter, an inverter, a primary smoothing capacitor, a secondary smoothing capacitor, an intermediate capacitor provided in the voltage boost converter and three voltage sensors which measure the voltages of the capacitors, further including an abnormality diagnosis controller which makes a diagnosis of the presence/absence of an abnormality in the detection characteristics of the voltage sensors, on the basis of the state of transition of the detection results of the voltage sensors which are monitored during a discharge operation by the respective capacitors.