EP1706939A1 - An induction motor control system - Google Patents
An induction motor control systemInfo
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- EP1706939A1 EP1706939A1 EP04797150A EP04797150A EP1706939A1 EP 1706939 A1 EP1706939 A1 EP 1706939A1 EP 04797150 A EP04797150 A EP 04797150A EP 04797150 A EP04797150 A EP 04797150A EP 1706939 A1 EP1706939 A1 EP 1706939A1
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
- H02P—CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORS OR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; CONTROLLING TRANSFORMERS, REACTORS OR CHOKE COILS
- H02P1/00—Arrangements for starting electric motors or dynamo-electric converters
- H02P1/16—Arrangements for starting electric motors or dynamo-electric converters for starting dynamo-electric motors or dynamo-electric converters
- H02P1/42—Arrangements for starting electric motors or dynamo-electric converters for starting dynamo-electric motors or dynamo-electric converters for starting an individual single-phase induction motor
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
- H02P—CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORS OR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; CONTROLLING TRANSFORMERS, REACTORS OR CHOKE COILS
- H02P27/00—Arrangements or methods for the control of AC motors characterised by the kind of supply voltage
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
- H02P—CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORS OR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; CONTROLLING TRANSFORMERS, REACTORS OR CHOKE COILS
- H02P27/00—Arrangements or methods for the control of AC motors characterised by the kind of supply voltage
- H02P27/02—Arrangements or methods for the control of AC motors characterised by the kind of supply voltage using supply voltage with constant frequency and variable amplitude
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- the present invention relates to an induction-motor-control- system/induction-motor assembly, a system of controlling an induction motor, a method of controlling an induction motor, in addition to a compressor controlled with an induction motor according to the teachings of the present invention.
- Description of the Prior Art Single-phase induction motors are widely used due to their simplicity, robustness and high performance. They are applied in household appliances in general, such as refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners, hermetic compressors, washing machines, motor-pumps, fans and some industrial applications.
- the known induction motors are generally provided with a cage- type rotor and a coiled stator, build from two windings, one of them being a running winding and the other a starting winding. During normal operation of the compressor, the running winding is fed by an alternate voltage, the starting winding being temporarily fed at the beginning of the start operation, creating a turning magnetic field in the stator gap, a condition that is necessary for accelerating the rotor and starting it.
- the turning magnetic field may be achieved by feeding the start coil with a time-lag current with respect to the current circulating through the main winding, preferably at an angle close to 90 degrees.
- This time lag between the current circulating in the windings is achieved either by constructive characteristics of the windings or by installing an external series impedance with one of the winding, but generally in series with the starting winding.
- This value of the current circulating through the starting windings, during the process of starting the engine is generally high, requiring the use of some kind of switch for interrupting this current after passage of the time necessary to promote acceleration of the motor.
- induction motors should work in limited voltage and frequency ranges.
- a feed voltage much higher than that of the project increases the exciting winding too much, thus increasing the magnetic field in the gap and, consequently, saturating the ferromagnetic material of the rotor and stator. If the voltage is raised above this point, the current rises very rapidly due to the low reluctance of the magnetic field.
- the latter may undergo a greater overvoltage than smaller motors, without problems of overcurrent and heating. This solves the problem of variation in the feed voltage, but evidently results in a need for the construction of large-size and heavy motors and, consequently, with a high cost.
- the solution has been the employment of different motors for different frequencies of the feed voltage, generating greater complexity in the management of production and stock and making it difficult or even preventing products from being used in regions having different feed frequencies.
- a further solution employed at present is the use of motors with "taps" for selecting various voltage values of the feed network.
- This solution solves the problem of variation in voltage, but requires the employment of various power switches for commuting the taps of multivoltage motors.
- the objectives of the present invention are an induction-motor control/induction-motor assembly, an induction-control system, a method of controlling an induction motor, in addition to a compressor controlled with an induction motor according to the teachings of the present invention, wherein it is possible to operate with the motor in a broad range of voltage values of the feed network.
- one the possibility of starting the motor assembled in isolation or in conjunction with a compressor is foreseen, dispending the use of a starting capacitor.
- another objective is to avoid oversizing of the motor and, consequently, the rise in cost of material, size and weight of the equipment.
- a further objective of the present invention is to prevent overheating of the motor when the network voltage is high, improving its performance and expected life.
- the assembly, system, method and compressor of the present invention are for use on a single- phase induction motor that is designed for operating below the usual value of the network, so that it will always be possible to feed the motor, and for this purpose it is sufficient if the value of the controlled voltage is lower than the value of the minimum network value, that is to say, the value of the network voltage should be a reduced one.
- the sizing of the motor is effected in such a way that the minimum torque required to -start the load is achieved with a voltage lower than the minimum voltage expected in the feed network.
- the torque supplied by the motor will always be greater than the minimum required, in any voltage condition supplied by the network.
- an induction-motor-control-system / induction-motor assembly the motor and induction having a ; nominal operation voltage
- the control system comprising a central processing unit, the central processing unit modulating the level of a controlled network voltage, the controlled voltage being applied to the induction motor, the network voltage fluctuating from a minimum network voltage, the network voltage having a network frequency, and the induction motor having, a nominal operation voltage and a nominal operation frequency, the induction motor having a nominal operation voltage lower than the value of the minimum network voltage, the processing unit measuring the network frequency and, when there is a difference between the network frequency and the nominal operation frequency, the processing unit establishes a value of an altered nominal voltage, the altered nominal voltage being applied to the induction motor and, when the network frequency is equal to the network frequency, the processing unit alters the value of the controlled voltage to the level of the nominal voltage.
- an induction-motor control system comprising a central processing unit associated to a network voltage, the processing unit being associable to the induction motor, the induction motor having a nominal operation voltage, the network voltage fluctuating from a minimum network voltage, the induction motor being fed by a controlled voltage obtained from the network voltage, the controlled voltage being adjusted by the central processing unit, the induction motor having a nominal operation voltage, the value of the minimum network voltage being a value higher than the value of the nominal operation voltage of the induction motor, the central processing unit adjusting the controlled voltage as a function of variations in the network voltage and, in starting, applies the network voltage to the induction motor.
- the objectives of the present invention are further achieved by means of a method of controlling an induction motor, the induction motor having a nominal operation voltage and a nominal operation frequency, the induction motor being fed by a controlled voltage that is obtained from the modulation of a network voltage, the network voltage having a network frequency, the method comprising the steps of: (a) measuring the network voltage, measuring the controlled voltage and measuring the network frequency, b) comparing the value of the network frequency measured with the nominal operation frequency and, when there is a different between the network frequency and the nominal operation frequency, establishing a value of an altered nominal voltage and applying the controlled voltage in the value of the altered nominal voltage to the induction motor and, when the network frequency is equal to the nominal operation frequency, adjusting the value of the controlled voltage to the level of the nominal voltage.
- - Figure 1 represents a block diagram of the system of the present invention
- - Figure 2 represents a time diagram of the fluctuation of the network voltage.
- an electric induction motor 10 is fed by a controlled voltage Vc, which is obtained by modulating a network voltage VAC-
- a central processing unit 8 controls a set of switches 6 and 7, which are selectively actuated, controlling the level of the controlled voltage Vc.
- the set of switches 6, 7 essentially comprises running switches 6 electrically interconnected to the running winding of the induction motor 10, and starting switches 7, which are electrically interconnected to the starting winding of the motor 10, which allows these windings to be selected by the processing central 8.
- a first and a second voltage measuring devices 4, 11 are foreseen, respectively, both of them being associated to the central processing unit 8.
- This voltage sensors may be, for example, resistive dividers applied to an analog input of the central processing unit 8.
- a frequency sensor 5 is foreseen, which is associated to the central processing unit 8 and the network voltage VAC-
- This frequency sensor 9 may be a digital counter of cycles per second effected by the network voltage, may be an analog frequency converter for voltage or any circuit that determines the cycles effected by the network voltage in a certain interval of time.
- the system 1 will measure the voltage and the current applied to the motor 10 and adjust these magnitudes by means of the central processing unit 8, the level of the controlled voltage V c that is effectively applied to the motor 10, besides the measurement of the network frequency f A c so that the value of the controlled voltage Vc can be adequated when the network frequency f A c is different from the nominal operation frequency fN M of the motor 10, in addition to the form of starting the motor 10 according to the teachings of the present invention.
- the network voltage V A c will fluctuate within a foreseeable range of maximum network voltage V A C- AX and a minimum network voltage V AC -MIN-
- a motor 10 having a nominal operation voltage VNM lower than the minimum network voltage V A C-MIN should be used.
- the motor 10 should be designed to function with a nominal operation voltage VN or an effective voltage value lower than the minimum value expected in the network feed voltage V A c that is to say, lower than the minimum network voltage V A C-MIN, according to figure 2.
- the network voltage V A c may have very high values to proceed with the application of the controlled voltage Vc at the same value of the network voltage V A c, as described above, it may be necessary that, during the starting, the controlled voltage V c applied to the motor 10 should only be adjusted to a value higher than the nominal operation voltage VNM of the motor.
- V N M the value of nominal operation voltage V N M should be designed so as to guarantee that the central processing unit 8 can always impose a controlled voltage value Vc higher than the value necessary to obtain the nominal torque of the motor 10.
- the starting of the motor 10 is effected by simultaneously energizing the starting and running windings, until the motor rotor has reached the nominal rotation or, at least, has a rotation substantially close to the nominal rotation, so that its normal functioning can be guaranteed, even after turning off the starting switch 7, which occurs after a pre-defined time for starting the motor.
- the central processing unit 8 should adjust the controlled voltage Vc as a function of variations in the network voltage V A c, to keep the value of the controlled voltage V c constant. This is effected by measuring the frequency of the network voltage f A c by means of a frequency sensor 5, which, from the central processing unit 8, adjusts the controlled voltage Vc to keep it suitable to the normal conditions of the motor 10.
- the controlled voltage Vc should be increased or decreased to prevent decrease or increase in the current i of the motor 10 stator, caused by the variation of the respective impedance for the new value of the network frequency f A c.
- the variations in current caused by variation in the load on the shaft will not affect the output voltage value imposed by the controller, which will only be-adjusted for variations in the frequency.
- the motor-control system 1 / motor 10 assembly should be designed, as well as the control system 1 taken in isolation, so that the processing unit 8 can measure the network frequency f AC and compare the value of this measurement with the value of the motor operation frequency f M, the latter being previously established as a function of the type of motor 10 which is intended to be used.
- the processing unit detects that there is a difference between the network frequency f A c and the nominal operation frequency fN .
- the processing unit 8 should establish a new value of nominal voltage VN that will be an altered nominal voltage VNM- A .
- the value of the altered nominal voltage VNM-A is corrected as a function of the network and the correction will be proportional to the difference between the value of the network frequency f A c and the nominal operation frequency f NM of the motor 10 and the controlled voltage V c applied to the motor 10 will have the altered nominal voltage V N M-A-
- the system can apply a corrected controlled voltage V c for the new value of the nominal voltage to be applied to the motor 10, which will operate with a differentiated level of voltage as compared with the level of nominal voltage of the motor VNM and, in this way, it will prevent the current I of the motor 10 stator from being raised or lowered as a function of the variability of the network voltage f AC .
- the system of the present invention prevents problems of burning the motor 10 or low torque thereon.
- This fact can be understood based on the following example: if a motor 10 that is designed for operation with a network frequency f A c of 50 Hz is fed with a network frequency f AC of 60 Hz, that is, higher than that foreseen in design, the motor impedance will increase and the current i of the motor 10 will decrease, resulting in low torque of the motor.
- a motor designed for a network frequency f A c of 60 Hz is fed with a network frequency of 50 Hz, it will have an overcurrent i, which will result in excessive heating and even burning the motor 10.
- a method is foreseen which has the steps of initially measuring the network voltage V AC , the controlled voltage Vc and the network frequency f AC .
- the measured value of the network frequency f A c should be compared with the nominal operation frequency f NM , the latter being already previously known due to the constructive characteristics of the motor 10. if a difference between the measured value of the network frequency f A c and the nominal operation' frequency fNM is detected, it can be concluded that the motor 10 is operating out of the ideal conditions, and so the controlled voltage Vc applied to the motor 10 should be raised or lowered, as already described.
- This raising or lowering the level of the controlled voltage Vc is carried out by a step in which the processing unit 8 establishes a new value for the controlled voltage Vc, designated altered nominal voltage VNM-A and, from this moment on, it can operate under this new condition of network frequency f A c without the problems of low torque or excessive heating of the motor 10.
- the processing unit 8 concludes that there is no difference between the value of the network frequency f A c and the nominal operation frequency f N .
- the value of the controlled voltage V c should be reduced to the level of the nominal voltage VNM-
- the controlled voltage Vc of value equal to the network voltage V A c to the motor-starting winding should be applied and such voltage applied should be maintained for a starting time long enough for the motor to be substantially close to the nominal rotation and be able to operate normally.
- the network voltage V A c may have too high values for proceeding with the application of the controlled voltage Vc at the same level of the network voltage V A c, it may be necessary that, during the starting, the controlled voltage Vc applied to the motor 10 should be adjusted only to a value higher than the nominal operation voltage V N M motor, in this case being lower than that of the network voltage V A c.
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| EP (1) | EP1706939A1 (en) |
| JP (1) | JP4598776B2 (en) |
| KR (1) | KR101074557B1 (en) |
| CN (1) | CN100539386C (en) |
| AR (1) | AR046667A1 (en) |
| BR (1) | BRPI0305338B1 (en) |
| EC (1) | ECSP066680A (en) |
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| BRPI1010816A2 (en) * | 2009-05-22 | 2016-04-05 | Arcelik As | arrangement for starting a single phase induction motor |
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