Power conversion apparatus capable of performing step-up/step-down operation

A power conversion apparatus comprising:

• a first input/output terminal pair;
• a second input/output terminal pair;
• a DC/DC converter connected to the first input/output terminal pair and the second input/output terminal pair;
• and
• a controller that controls the DC/DC converter,
• wherein the DC/DC converter comprises:
• a first switching leg which has a first switching element and a second switching element that are connected in series via a first connection point and which is connected to the first input/output terminal pair:
• a second switching leg which has a third switching element and a fourth switching element that are connected in series via a second connection point and which is connected to the first switching leg in parallel;
• a third switching leg which has a fifth switching element and a seventh switching element that are connected in series via a third connection point and which is connected to the second input/output terminal pair;
• a fourth switching leg which has a sixth switching element and an eighth switching element that are connected in series via a fourth connection point and which is connected to the third switching leg in parallel;
• a first energy accumulating/converting unit which is connected to the first connection point and the second connection point and includes one winding wire of a transformer;
• and
• a second energy accumulating/converting unit which is connected to the third connection point and the fourth connection point and includes another winding wire of the transformer,
• wherein at least one of the first energy accumulating/converting unit and the second energy accumulating/converting unit has a reactor which is connected to the winding wires of the transformer in series,
• wherein the controller has,
• in a state that the seventh switching element and the eighth switching element are turned off,
• a first state that the first switching element and the fourth switching element are turned on, the second switching element and the third switching element are turned off, the fifth switching element is turned on, and the sixth switching element is turned off,
• a second state that the first switching element and the fourth switching element are turned on, the second switching element and the third switching element are turned off, and the fifth switching element and the sixth switching element are turned off,
• a third state that the first switching element is turned off, the fourth switching element is turned on, the second switching element and the third switching element are turned off, and the fifth switching element and the sixth switching element are turned off,
• a fourth state that the second switching element and the third switching element are turned on, the first switching element and the fourth switching element are turned off, the sixth switching element is turned on, and the fifth switching element is turned off,
• a fifth state that the second switching element and the third switching element are turned on, the first switching element and the fourth switching element are turned off, and the fifth switching element and the sixth switching element are turned off, and
• a sixth state that the third switching element is turned on, the second switching element is turned off, the first switching element and the fourth switching element are turned off, and the sixth switching element and the fifth switching element are turned off, and the controller repeats and executes a transition from the first state, the second state, the third state, the fourth state, the fifth state, and the sixth state in this order, and
• wherein the controller controls periods of the third state and the sixth state,
• wherein, when Ton represents periods of the first state and the fourth state and Toff1 represents periods of the second state and the fifth state, the periods of the third state and the sixth state are controlled by controlling Ton and Toff1 such that Toff1=Ton/(k−1) is satisfied for a predetermined coefficient k.