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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2015
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Toshiba Mitsubishi-electric Industrial Systems Corporation, Chuo-Ku, JP;
Kimiyuki Koyanagi, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Takushi Jimichi, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Yasuhiro Shinomiya, Chuo-Ku, JP;
Taichiro Tsuchiya, Chuo-Ku, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Chuo-ku, JP;
Abstract
A power conversion device including: an energy storage unit which receives and stores voltage of a self-power-feeding device; and a bypass unit drive device which, when voltage of the self-power-feeding device becomes smaller than a predetermined lower limit value, causes a bypass unit to perform short-circuiting operation by power stored in the energy storage unit. Thus, by appropriately setting the above voltage lower limit value as a threshold value for the short-circuiting operation, it becomes possible to swiftly and reliably perform short-circuiting protection operation even if a cell converter has failed, thus it is possible to always safely continue the operation of the power conversion device.