A power converter contains at least one phase module which has a plurality of modules which are electrically connected in series. Each module has a first electrical module connection, a second electrical module connection, a first electronic switching element, a second electronic switching element and an electrical energy storage device. The phase module is assigned at least one controllable voltage source which is suitable for generating a compensation voltage in response to a corresponding actuation, the compensation voltage has a time profile such that it reduces an error voltage generated by the switching of the first electronic switching elements and the second electronic switching elements of the module.

Disclosed herein is a multilevel converter (50) for voltage conversion between a three-phase AC voltage and a DC voltage, comprising three converter arms (58), each having a first end (60) for connecting to a corresponding phase of a three-phase AC voltage source (52) and a second end (62), wherein each converter arm (58) comprises a plurality of sequentially interconnected modules (64), a main energy store (54) having a positive terminal (76) connected or connectable to a positive conduction line (78) and a negative terminal (80), a switching arrangement (84), a control system (92), configured to establish a positive state, in which the negative conduction line (82) is connected with a star point (56) of said three-phase AC voltage source (52) and the positive conduction line (78) is connected with the second end (62) of one or two converter arms (58) to which a positive phase voltage is currently applied, and a negative state, in which the positive conduction line (78) is connected with said star point (56) of said three-phase AC voltage source, and the negative conduction line (82) is connected with the second end (62) of one or two converter arms (58) to which a negative phase voltage is currently applied.

Compact light-weight on-board three-port power electronic system built in various configurations of triple-active-bridge-derived topologies, including modular implementations, with control strategies capable of bi-directional power transfer among the three ports of the power electronic system, including simultaneous charging of a high voltage (HV) battery and a low voltage (LV) battery from a single phase power grid or a three-phase power grid with minimized reactive power and active circulating current, with ensured soft-switching for MOSFET devices, and with enhanced synchronous rectification and reduced power losses.

The present disclosure provides a control method of a DC/DC converter and a related DC/DC converter. The control method allows for: detecting a difference between a first voltage and a second voltage; if an absolute value of the difference between the first voltage and the second voltage is greater than or equal to a preset value, reselecting desired operating states of respective switches in a 1-level state according to the difference between the first voltage and the second voltage and a direction of an average current from a fourth node to a first passive network in the 1-level state; and thus outputting a control signal to enable the voltage difference between the first capacitor and the second capacitor to be reduced, thereby effectively adjusting the neutral-point voltage balance of the DC/DC converter.

A method can be used to synchronize time between nodes of a converter device for high voltage power conversion. The method is performed in a first node of the converter device and includes receiving a time reference from a second node of the converter device, obtaining a delay value for receiving time references from the second node, determining a compensated time by adding the delay value to the time reference, and setting a clock in the first node to be the compensated time.

A method can be used to synchronize time between nodes of a converter device for high voltage power conversion. The method is performed in a first node of the converter device and includes receiving a time reference from a second node of the converter device, obtaining a delay value for receiving time references from the second node, determining a compensated time by adding the delay value to the time reference, and setting a clock in the first node to be the compensated time.

The present disclosure belongs to the field of vehicles, and relates to a battery energy processing device and method and a vehicle, which can charge batteries during self-heating of the batteries. The battery energy processing device includes: an energy exchange interface; a first circuit, wherein a first end of the first circuit is connected with the energy exchange interface, and a second end of the first circuit is connected with a battery; a second circuit, wherein a first end of the second circuit is connected with the battery; an energy storage device, connected with a second end of the second circuit; and a controller, configured to: in a first preset state, control the second circuit to charge and discharge the battery to heat the battery, and control the first circuit to receive energy from the energy exchange interface and output the energy to the battery to charge the battery.

A voltage generated in a DC line at the time when a sub module is deactivated in the event of a short-circuiting fault in the DC line is suppressed. A power conversion system includes a power converter including a leg circuit, a control device, and a voltage suppression circuit connected to a DC line. The leg circuit includes a plurality of sub modules connected in series, and at least one of them is a first sub module implemented by a sub module in a full-bridge configuration or a 1.5 half-bridge configuration. When the control device detects a short-circuiting fault in the DC line, it stops a switching operation of the plurality of sub modules. The voltage suppression circuit is configured to suppress a voltage generated in the DC line when the switching operation is stopped.

A power inverter topology for converting a DC input to one or more phases of AC output, and methods for operating the same. The power inverter includes a switching circuit, an input circuit and a freewheeling diode bridge arrangement. The switching circuit comprises switch arms extending between the upper and lower branches of the switching circuit. The input circuit includes upper and lower isolating switches that can be selectively operated to respectively isolate the upper and/or lower branches of the switching circuit.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an insulation monitoring device applied to a power system and a power system. The power system includes at least one power electronic converter module. The insulation monitoring device includes an insulation component, a signal source, an impedance module, and a monitoring module. The insulation component at least partially wraps around the power electronic converter module. The signal source is electrically coupled to a circuit node in the power electronic converter module, the impedance module is connected between the signal source and the insulation component, and the monitoring module is configured to monitor an insulation resistance value of the insulation component, so that an insulation state of the power electronic converter module may be determined.