US 12,294,126 B2
Power conversion system
Takaharu Hagiwara, Okazaki (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on May 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/737,189.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-093602 (JP), filed on Jun. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0393207 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. G01R 31/64 (2020.01); G01R 31/42 (2006.01); H01M 8/04858 (2016.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01); H02M 3/07 (2006.01)
CPC H01M 8/04888 (2013.01) [G01R 31/42 (2013.01); G01R 31/64 (2020.01); H02M 1/0009 (2021.05); H02M 3/07 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power conversion system that performs power conversion between a power supply and a load, the power conversion system comprising:
a DC-DC converter that includes
a pair of input ends connected to the power supply,
a pair of output ends connected to the load,
a reactor having a first reactor end connected to a first input end of the pair of input ends,
a diode having an anode connected to a second reactor end of the reactor, and a cathode connected to a first output end of the pair of output ends, and
a switch having a first switch end connected to the second reactor end, and a second switch end connected to a second input end of the pair of input ends and to a second output end of the pair of output ends;
a capacitor connected between the pair of output ends;
a current sensor configured to measure current values of a current flowing through the reactor; and
a control unit configured to control operation of the switch,
wherein the control unit is configured to perform a diagnostic process to diagnose deterioration of the capacitor, the diagnostic process including
repeatedly turning on and off the switch to add a first alternating-current component that fluctuates at a predetermined frequency to a voltage applied from the power supply to a series circuit, the series circuit being constituted by the reactor and the capacitor,
acquiring the current values measured by the current sensor while repeatedly turning on and off the switch,
determining a second alternating-current component of the measured current values,
calculating a phase difference between the first alternating-current component and the second alternating-current component, or a gain of the second alternating-current component relative to the first alternating-current component, and
determining whether the phase difference is greater than a first upper limit value, or the gain is greater than a second upper limit value, wherein
the control unit determines that the capacitor is deteriorated in a case where the phase difference is greater than the first upper limit value, or the gain is greater than the second upper limit value.