The invention provides a power converter apparatus for converting an alternating current (AC) power input to a direct current (DC) power output. The apparatus comprises a plurality of n single-phase power converting circuits arranged in parallel, where n is equal to or greater than 2, wherein one of said n single-phase power converting circuits comprises a single-stage AC/DC converter module having an operating AC/DC converter; and each of a remaining n−1 of said single-phase power converting circuits comprises a two-stage converter module having an AC/DC converter as an input stage and a DC/DC transformer as an output stage.

A switched-mode AC-DC converter intended to deliver a DC output voltage V.sub.out between a first output terminal and a second output terminal, the converter comprising at least one conversion chain intended to convert an AC input voltage applied between an input terminal and a neutral point, the conversion chain comprising: a first output capacitor comprising one terminal connected to the first output terminal and another terminal connected to a second terminal of the input switch, a second output capacitor with the same capacitance as the first output capacitor and with a higher capacitance than the capacitance of the link capacitor, the second output capacitor comprising one terminal connected to the second output terminal and another terminal connected to the second terminal of the input switch.

A voltage compensation device according to an embodiment includes a power converter, series transformers and a controller. The controller includes a first coordinate transformation circuit, a first arithmetic part, a second coordinate transformation circuit and a second arithmetic part. The first coordinate transformation circuit generates a first output and a second output that are mutually-orthogonal by performing a rotating coordinate transformation of the normal-phase components of a three phase alternate current. The first arithmetic part calculates a system voltage based on a direct current component of the first output and generates a first compensation amount corresponding to a compensation voltage set to compensate a shift of the system voltage from a preset target voltage. The second coordinate transformation circuit generates a third output and a fourth output that are mutually-orthogonal by performing a rotating coordinate transformation of reverse-phase components of the three-phase alternating current. The second arithmetic part generates second compensation amount of a reverse-phase component of the system voltage based on a direct current component of the third output and a direct current component of the fourth output. The first arithmetic part generates the first compensation amount to cause the compensation voltage when the system voltage is within a prescribed range to be less than the compensation voltage when the system voltage is outside the prescribed range.

In brief, the invention relates in particular to a converter (100) comprising a plurality of rectifier arms (110), making it possible in particular to rectify AC electrical signals available on the electrical phases (U, V, W) of an electrical grid. To balance the electrical signals coming from the electrical phases (U, V, W) of the electrical grid, and to limit a modulation amplitude of the DC signal generated by the converter (100) between its output terminals (S1, S2), the converter (100) also comprises a correction arm (120) that determines an amplitude of electric current flowing in a neutral (N) of the electrical grid and that generates an opposing electric current of equal or if not close amplitude. The invention also relates to a two-way charger (10) comprising such a converter (100) and

A power conversion device includes a transformer, a plurality of converter cells, and a control circuit that controls semiconductor switching elements in each of the converter cells to be turned on and off. The transformer includes: a primary winding group being connected in multiple phases to an AC power supply including multiple phases; and a plurality of secondary winding groups. Each secondary winding group includes, in each of the multiple phases, secondary windings each formed of a single-phase open winding. Each converter cell converts a single-phase AC voltage between AC nodes connected to the respective secondary windings into a DC voltage by control of the semiconductor switching elements to be turned on and off, and outputs the converted DC voltage between a pair of DC nodes. The DC nodes of the plurality of converter cells are connected in series between a first DC terminal and a second DC terminal.

Provided is a power supply unit which is immersed and directly cooled in a coolant filled in a cooling apparatus. The power supply unit includes a unit substrate, and a voltage step-down device mounted on the unit substrate. The unit substrate includes a voltage input terminal for supplying an external power supply voltage, and a voltage output terminal. The voltage output terminal is electrically connected to a voltage input terminal of an electronic device. The power supply unit is mounted on a bottom of a cooling tank of the cooling apparatus so that the electronic device is positioned at an upper part of the power supply unit upon electrical connection between the electronic device and the power supply unit, and cooled by the coolant flowing from the bottom, or flowing from another section of the cooling tank. The unit substrate may be disposed apart from the bottom so as to form a flow channel which allows passage of the coolant between one surface of the unit substrate and the bottom. The voltage step-down device may be configured to include a converter module which steps down the external high voltage DC voltage from 200V to 420V to the DC voltage from 24V to 52V.

A bidirectional AC power converter, having a front-end comprising parallel sets of three switches in series, which connects multi-phase AC to coupling transformer through a first set of tank circuits, for synchronously bidirectionally converting electrical power between the multi-phase AC and a DC potential, and for converting electrical power between the DC potential to a bipolar electrical signal at a switching frequency, controlled such that two of each parallel set of three switches in series are soft-switched and the other switch is semi-soft switched; the coupling transformer being configured to pass the bipolar electrical power at the switching frequency through a second set of the tank circuits to a synchronous converter, which in turn transfers the electrical power to a secondary system at a frequency different from the switching frequency.

A multi-phase network power supply with compensation for harmonic oscillations relates to electrical engineering and is intended for supplying various electrical devices connected to a multi-phase alternating-current electrical network. The technical result of the claimed solution consists in lessening harmonic components, reducing pulsations in the voltage and current output by the power supply, and significantly reducing the required power. The multi-phase alternating-current network power supply with compensation for harmonic oscillations comprises a main multi-phase rectifier of the alternating-current network, an additional multi-phase rectifier, a controller and an additional voltage or current supply, wherein the positive terminal of the main multi-phase rectifier is capable of being connected to a load, and the negative terminal of the main multi-phase rectifier is connected to the positive terminal of the additional voltage or current supply, the negative terminal of which is capable of being connected to a load, the output terminals of the additional multi-phase rectifier are connected to the input terminals of the additional voltage or current supply, wherein the additional multi-phase rectifier is equipped with electronic switches, one in the circuit of each rectifying element, and each electronic switch is connected to the controller.

Disclosed in embodiments of the present invention are a control method and device for an alternating-current and direct-current conversion circuit, and a computer storage medium. The alternating-current and direct-current conversion circuit comprises a first commutation unit, a second commutation unit, and a coupling unit. By obtaining voltage information and current information of the alternating-current and direct-current conversion circuit, a controllable device of the first commutation unit can be controlled to be turned on in delay or turned off in advance; and the second commutation unit is controlled to work in a controllable rectification state or a controllable inversion state or an uncontrollable rectification state.

An LED light source powered by an unstable three-phase AC network is described and relates to lighting technology and is intended for use in LED lighting devices which run on unstable three-phase AC networks. The technical and economic results of the claimed invention are a significant reduction in the cost, an increase in the reliability and a reduction in the weight and dimensions of LED lighting drivers, as well as an increase in the efficiency thereof. An LED-based light source includes a three-phase voltage rectifier (a first voltage source), a second adaptive voltage source, a voltage sensor of the first voltage source, and a group of series-connected LEDs with a passive current source, the first and second voltage sources being matched and connected in series, and the group of LEDs, connected in series with a passive current source, being connected into their combined voltage, wherein the voltage of the adaptive (second) voltage source is controlled by the voltage sensor of the first voltage source such that the combined voltage of the two voltage sources is always constant and depends on the range of instability of an AC network and the voltage at the adaptive voltage source.