Patents by Inventor Chunsong Sui

Chunsong Sui has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11874336
    Abstract: A method and a system for diagnosing a fault of a three-phase three-level rectifier are relate to the technical field of fault diagnosis of power electronic equipment, and provided to implement identification and location of an open-circuit fault of a power switching device thereof. A deviation between an expected value and an actual value of a phase-to-phase voltage is adopted as a diagnosis variable. The diagnosis variable is calculated by adopting a screening technique, thereby reducing calculation error to ensure accuracy of diagnosis. Only existing voltage current signals in a control system of the rectifier are required to calculate the diagnosis variable, so no additional hardware is required and low-cost fault diagnosis can be implemented. Different voltage thresholds are adopted for different fault characteristic sections, and the voltage thresholds are updated in real time according to a direct current side voltage, which improves diagnosis speed while ensuring higher robustness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: WUHAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yigang He, Mingyun Chen, Chunsong Sui, Zhaorong Zeng, Hui Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220206082
    Abstract: A model-based method and system for diagnosing an open-circuit fault of a power transistor of a three-phase converter are provided, which belong to the technical field of fault diagnosis of power electronic equipment and can implement fast and accurate diagnosis of the open-circuit fault of the power transistor of the three-phase converter without adding an additional hardware. The fault diagnosis method of the disclosure only needs current and voltage sampling signals and drive signals that already exist in a control system of the converter and has the advantage of simple implementation. A cycle accumulated value of a difference between a sampling current and an estimated current after the power transistor of the converter has the open-circuit fault is used as a diagnostic variable, which can quickly and accurately complete diagnosis of a faulty power transistor and has relatively strong practicability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: WUHAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yigang HE, Chunsong Sui, Hui ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11360128
    Abstract: Provided are a failure diagnosis method and apparatus for open circuit failure of a power tube of a three-phase rectifier based on a current signal, relating to a failure diagnosis technique for power electronic equipment and capable of quickly and accurately diagnosing on an open circuit failure of the power tube of the three-phase rectifier without adding a hardware component. The failure diagnosis method only requires a sampled current existing in the control system of the rectifier and some intermediate computing signals and is therefore simple and requires little computing resource. A distorted current after the open circuit failure occurs in the power tube of the rectifier and a positive/negative half cycle where the current is present when the failure occurs serve as diagnostic variables. By analyzing the sampled current, a quick diagnosis on the power tube having the open circuit failure is provided. Thus, the invention is highly applicable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: WUHAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yigang He, Chunsong Sui, Hui Zhang, Bolun Du, Zhaorong Zeng, Mingyun Chen
  • Publication number: 20220146592
    Abstract: A method and a system for diagnosing a fault of a three-phase three-level rectifier are relate to the technical field of fault diagnosis of power electronic equipment, and provided to implement identification and location of an open-circuit fault of a power switching device thereof. A deviation between an expected value and an actual value of a phase-to-phase voltage is adopted as a diagnosis variable. The diagnosis variable is calculated by adopting a screening technique, thereby reducing calculation error to ensure accuracy of diagnosis. Only existing voltage current signals in a control system of the rectifier are required to calculate the diagnosis variable, so no additional hardware is required and low-cost fault diagnosis can be implemented. Different voltage thresholds are adopted for different fault characteristic sections, and the voltage thresholds are updated in real time according to a direct current side voltage, which improves diagnosis speed while ensuring higher robustness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: WUHAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yigang HE, Mingyun Chen, Chunsong Sui, Zhaorong Zeng, Hui ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20210389352
    Abstract: Provided are a failure diagnosis method and apparatus for open circuit failure of a power tube of a three-phase rectifier based on a current signal, relating to a failure diagnosis technique for power electronic equipment and capable of quickly and accurately diagnosing on an open circuit failure of the power tube of the three-phase rectifier without adding a hardware component. The failure diagnosis method only requires a sampled current existing in the control system of the rectifier and some intermediate computing signals and is therefore simple and requires little computing resource. A distorted current after the open circuit failure occurs in the power tube of the rectifier and a positive/negative half cycle where the current is present when the failure occurs serve as diagnostic variables. By analyzing the sampled current, a quick diagnosis on the power tube having the open circuit failure is provided. Thus, the invention is highly applicable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: WUHAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yigang HE, Chunsong Sui, Hui ZHANG, Bolun DU, Zhaorong Zeng, Mingyun Chen