Patent ID: 8045345

Claim:
A power converting apparatus comprising: a power converter into which a DC voltage of rectification means for rectifying an AC power supply is input, said power converter being configured to control and drive a load; voltage sensing means for detecting the DC voltage of said rectification means; detected DC voltage value estimation means into which a detected DC voltage value detected by said voltage sensing means is input, said detected DC voltage value estimation means being configured to output the DC voltage estimation value; and output voltage control means into which an output of said detected DC voltage value estimation means is input, said output voltage control means being configured to control an output voltage of said power converter; wherein said detected DC voltage value estimation means samples the detected DC voltage value at specific intervals of a period T, stores detected DC voltage values V n to V n−m detected at a present time t n up to a sampling time t n−m which is m sampling cycles (m≧1) before the present time t n , and calculates a DC voltage estimation value V n+1 at a next time t n+1 using the detected DC voltage values V n to V n−m , expressing a curve connecting the voltage values V n to V n−m by a quadratic function; wherein said detected DC voltage value estimation means calculates the DC voltage estimation value V n+1 at the next time t n+1 with the next time t n+1 defined as a time when the specific period T has elapsed from the present time t n ; wherein the sampling cycle is set such that a value obtained by dividing the reciprocal of the sampling cycle by the frequency of a pulsation component contained in the DC voltage falls within a range of 10 to 1667; and wherein said output voltage control means into which the DC voltage estimation value V n+1 is input corrects an output voltage command value and outputs the corrected output voltage command value to said power converter.