# US 5,349,283 A · Automatic voltage control circuit by using reactive power

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- Number: US 5,349,283 A
- Document ID: US5349283A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 07/892,156
- Filed: 1992-06-02
- Granted: 1994-09-20
- Earliest claimed: 1991-07-03
- Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Kyung H. Jee
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5349283A

## CPC

- G05F 1/70: Regulating power factor; Regulating reactive current or power
- H02J 3/1864: using reactive elements connected in series with semiconductor switches, e.g. static VAR compensators [SVC], thyristor-controlled reactors [TCR] or thyristor-switched capacitors [TSC]
- H02M 7/5233: {the commutation elements being in a push-pull arrangement}
- H02M 7/53806: {in a push-pull configuration of the parallel type}
- Y02B 70/10: Technologies improving the efficiency by using switched-mode power supplies [SMPS], i.e. efficient power electronics conversion e.g. power factor correction or reduction of losses in power supplies or efficient standby modes
- Y02E 40/10: Flexible AC transmission systems [FACTS]
- G05F: SYSTEMS FOR REGULATING ELECTRIC OR MAGNETIC VARIABLES
- H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
- H02M: APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF (transformers H01F; dynamo-electric converters H02K47/00; controlling transformers, reactors or choke coils, control or regulation of electric motors, generators or dynamo-electric converters H02P)
- Y02B: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS
- Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION

## Abstract

An automatic voltage control circuit by using reactive power is disclosed. The circuit comprises a proportional integrator, a triangular wave generator, a comparing circuit having first and second comparators, an inventer, and a reactive power control circuit, wherein the proportional integrator proportionally integrates the differences between output voltages and a reference voltage, the triangular wave generator outputs first and second triangular waves with a difference of phase angle 90.degree., the comparing circuit compares the output from the proportional integrator with the first and second triangular waves, the inverter controls the effective power by the output from the first comparator, and the reactive power control circuit controls the reactive power due to the variations of the load in response to the output from the second comparator, so that the output voltage can be maintained stably regardless of the variations of the load.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An automatic voltage control circuit by using reactive power including inverter output adjusting means having a low-pass filter for filtering output voltage of said inverter to supply to a load, said automatic voltage control circuit comprising:
proportional integrator means for proportionally integrating difference between an output voltage and a reference voltage;
triangular wave generator means for generating a first triangular wave and a second triangular wave with a difference of a phase angle 90.degree. ;
comparing means having a first comparator and a second comparator for comparing an output from said proportional integrator means with said first and second triangular waves;
inverter means for controlling effective power according to an output from said second first comparator; and
reactive power control means connected to said comparing means for controlling reactive power due to variations of said load according to an output from said comparator.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The automatic voltage control circuit as claimed in claim 1, wherein said proportional integrator means comprises:
feedback means for feeding back an output voltage from said reactive power control means;
adder means for calculating a difference between said reference voltage and an the output voltage from said feedback means; and
proportional integrator means for proportionally integrating an output from said adder.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The automatic voltage control circuit as claimed in claim 1, wherein said comparing means comprises:
a first comparator for comparing said triangular waves from said triangular generator means with the output from said proportional integrating circuit; and
a second comparator for comparing said second triangular waves from said triangular wave generator means with the output from said proportional integrating circuit.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The automatic voltage control circuit as claimed in claim 1, wherein said reactive power control circuit comprises:
switching signal generating means for generating a first switching signal and a second switching signal according to polarities of said second comparator and said output voltage; and
switching means for controlling said output voltage according to said switching signals.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The automatic voltage control circuit as claimed in claim 4, wherein said switching signal generating means comprises:
a monostable pulse generator for generating pulses having a predetermined width according to an output from said first comparator; and
a first AND gate and a second AND gate for combining outputs from said polarity detector and said monostable pulse generator.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The automatic voltage control circuit as claimed in claim 4, wherein said switching means comprises a first thyristor and a second thyristor to be driven according to outputs from said first and second AND gates for controlling an output voltage from said inverter to said load.

### Claim 7

The automatic AC output voltage control circuit comprising:
an impulse commutating-type thyristor inverter for converting a supplied DC voltage into an AC output voltage;
a reactive power control means comprising polarity detector means for providing first and second logic signals in respective response to polarities of the AC output voltage, a monostable pulse generator responsive to the second output voltage for providing a third logic signal, AND gates respectively responsive to the first and third and second and third logic signals and switching means respectively responsive to the AND gates for oppositely shunting the AC output voltage; and
a feedback means comprising, proportional integrator means responsive to the AC output voltage and a reference voltage for providing the second output voltage, triangular wave generator means for producing a first triangular wave and a second triangular wave that lags 90.degree. in phase from the first triangular wave and comparing circuit means responsive to the second output voltage and the first and second triangular waves for controlling the inverter and reactive power control means.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The automatic AC output voltage control circuit according to claim 7, and further comprising a low pass filter for filtering the AC voltage from the inverter to the reactive power control means.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The automatic AC output voltage control circuit according to claim 7, wherein the porportional integrator means comprises:
output voltage feedback means for feeding back a third output voltage part of the AC output voltage;
an adder for adding a reference voltage to the third output voltage; and
proportional integrator means for integrating the third output voltage into the second output voltage.

### Claim 10 (depends on 7)

The automatic AC output voltage control circuit according to claim 7, wherein the comparing circuit means comprises:
a first comparator responsive to the second output voltage and the first triangular wave for controlling the inverter; and
a second comparator responsive to the second output voltage and the second triangular wave for controlling the reactive power control means.