JP2011038507A - Electric blower - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electric vacuum cleaner and a hand dryer, having an electric blower reduced in size, and also having an electric power converter for driving an electric motor, reduced in size and weight. <P>SOLUTION: This electric blower having a blast fan and incorporating a brushless motor driving the blast fan includes: a control section for controlling the brushless motor; and a power supply section having a converter section rectifying alternating-current voltage supplied from an alternating-current power supply and converting the rectified alternating-current voltage into direct-current voltage, and an inverter section converting the direct-current voltage into the alternating-current voltage and supplying the alternating-current voltage to the brushless motor. The diameter of the blast fan and the diameter of the brushless motor are formed to be approximately the same so that the rotational speed of the brushless motor is equal to or higher than a predetermined rotational speed. The converter section is provided with a boosting circuit, and the direct-current voltage is increased by the boosting circuit. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to an electric blower driven by an inverter using a commercial AC power source as a power source, and a vacuum cleaner and a hand dryer using the electric blower.

In recent years, brushless DC motors (hereinafter abbreviated as BLDCM) have been increasingly used for motors used in home appliances and the like. BLDCM has a wide variable speed range and high driving efficiency, and driving with an inverter device improves performance such as improved usability and reduced power consumption.

As a conventional technique, in an electric blower having a drive control system for driving an inverter of BLDCM, a technique for improving the reliability of a circuit board and circuit parts by efficiently cooling a power wiring member that flows a driving current of the motor is disclosed. (Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent No. 4021436 (page 9, FIG. 7)

  However, in the prior art, the rotation speed of the electric motor stays at a maximum of 40,000 rpm. Therefore, in order to obtain a dust absorption suitable as an electric vacuum cleaner or a wind force suitable as a hand dryer, the diameter of the blower is used. It is necessary to increase the diameter of the motor, and the diameter is about twice that of the motor. For this reason, the space utilization efficiency of the mounted apparatus was deteriorated.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is possible to obtain an electric vacuum cleaner and a hand drying device in which the electric blower is miniaturized and the electric motor driving power converter is also miniaturized and reduced in weight. Objective.

  An electric blower according to the present invention is an electric blower including a brushless motor that has a blower fan and drives the blower fan, and rectifies an AC voltage supplied from a control unit for brushless motor control and an AC power supply. A power supply unit having a converter unit that converts the DC voltage into a DC voltage, an inverter unit that converts the DC voltage into an AC voltage and supplies the AC voltage to the brushless motor, and the rotational speed of the brushless motor is equal to or higher than a predetermined rotational speed. Thus, the diameter of the blower fan and the diameter of the brushless motor are formed to be substantially the same, and a booster circuit is provided in the converter unit, and the DC voltage is boosted by the booster circuit.

According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain an electric vacuum cleaner and a hand drying device in which the electric blower is miniaturized and the electric motor driving power converter is also miniaturized and reduced in weight.

1 is a circuit diagram of a motor drive power conversion device according to Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a schematic diagram of the cross section of the cleaner which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows the relationship between the output voltage which concerns on Embodiment 1, and an inductor weight. It is a figure which shows the time change of the DC voltage applied to the inverter which concerns on Embodiment 6. FIG. FIG. 10 is a control flowchart according to the sixth embodiment. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the hand-drying apparatus concerning Embodiment 8.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 1 is a circuit diagram of a power conversion device for driving an electric motor according to the first embodiment. In FIG. 1, 2 is a commercial AC power source. Reference numeral 4 denotes a noise filter connected to the commercial AC power supply 2, which reduces noise generated by the power converter and propagating to the commercial AC power supply 2. Reference numeral 5 denotes a rectifier circuit connected to the noise filter 4. Reference numerals 6a and 6b denote power supply voltage detection voltage dividing resistors, which are connected in series between the DC buses on the output side of the rectifier circuit 5. A high frequency inductor 7 is connected to the positive voltage side of the rectifier circuit 5.

8 is a boost converter IGBT (insulated gate bipolar transistor), 10 is a current detection resistor, and the boost converter IGBT 8 and the current detection resistor 10 are connected in series between the DC buses on the output side of the high-frequency inductor 7. Has been. Reference numeral 9 denotes a flywheel diode, which is connected in parallel with the boost converter IGBT 8.

Reference numeral 11 denotes an IGBT gate driver, which is connected to the gate terminal of the boost converter IGBT 8. A fast recovery diode 12 has an anode connected to the output side of the high-frequency inductor 7. A smoothing capacitor 13 is connected between the DC buses on the cathode side of the fast recovery diode 12.

The high-frequency inductor 7, the boost converter IGBT 8, the flywheel diode 9, the current detection resistor 10, the fast recovery diode 12, and the smoothing capacitor 13 constitute a boost converter unit.

Reference numerals 14 a and 14 b are voltage dividing resistors for detecting the boost converter output voltage, and are connected in parallel with the smoothing capacitor 13. Reference numeral 15 denotes an inverter current detection resistor, which is connected to the output side bus side of the boost converter output voltage detection voltage dividing resistor.

  Reference numerals 16 a to 16 f denote inverter IGBTs, which are connected in series between the DC buses on the output side of the inverter current detection resistor 15. Reference numerals 17a to 17f denote flywheel diodes, which are respectively connected in parallel to the inverter IGBTs. The inverter IGBT and the flywheel diode constitute an inverter unit.

  Reference numeral 18 denotes a BLDCM of an electric blower connected to the inverter unit. Reference numeral 20 denotes an inverter IGBT gate driver, which is connected to the gate terminal of the inverter IGBT.

Reference numeral 22 denotes a hand operating means that is operated by the user to perform operation / stop of the vacuum cleaner, setting of suction force, and the like. Reference numeral 23 denotes a clock generation circuit that generates a clock that serves as an operation reference of the microcomputer 24 described later. Reference numeral 25 denotes an Hz signal circuit that generates a signal synchronized with the power supply frequency from the pulsating flow rectified by the rectifier circuit 5 from the commercial AC power supply 2 through the noise filter 4.

Reference numeral 24 denotes a microcomputer. The voltage applied to the power supply voltage detection voltage dividing resistor 6b is a Vi terminal, the voltage applied to the boost converter output voltage detection voltage dividing resistor 14b is a Vo terminal, and the current flowing through the current detection resistor 10 is set to IS. The current flowing through the inverter current detection resistor 15 is detected at the terminal by the IL terminal, and the signal of the hand operating means 22, the signal of the clock generation circuit 23, and the signal of the Hz signal circuit 25 are input, and based on these information Thus, the gate driver 11 for the IGBT 8 and the inverter part IGBT gate driver 20 are controlled.

  FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a cross section of the cleaner according to the first embodiment. A dust collection chamber 30 accumulates the sucked dust. Reference numeral 31 denotes an electric motor that generates a dust absorption force, and houses a BLDCM 18 therein. 32 is a blower that is connected to the electric motor 31 and generates a wind for dust absorption.

Reference numeral 33 denotes a power conversion device circuit board constituting a power conversion device that supplies power to the electric motor 31, and the circuit shown in FIG. 1 is formed. Reference numeral 7 denotes a high-frequency inductor, which is electrically connected to the power converter circuit board 33 so as to constitute the circuit shown in FIG. 34 is an outlet for connecting the power converter circuit board 33 and the commercial AC power source.

  Reference numeral 35 denotes a rear wheel for moving the cleaner, 36 denotes a front wheel, 37 denotes a dust collecting hose for introducing dust into the dust collecting unit 30, and 38 denotes a dust collecting filter that does not let dust go out of the dust collecting chamber. Reference numeral 39 denotes a body case for keeping the above parts in an integral structure.

Next, the operation will be described.
When the user appropriately operates the hand operating means 22, the microcomputer 24 starts operation control of the BLDCM 18. When the microcomputer 24 receives the operation command signal from the hand operation means 22, the microcomputer 24 confirms the frequency of the commercial AC power supply 2 based on the signal from the Hz signal circuit 25, and then the suction force set by the hand operation means 22 is obtained. Start control.

  That is, the microcomputer 24 first reads a voltage from the Vo terminal and compares it with a set value stored in a ROM (read only memory) in the microcomputer 24. Based on the comparison result, the voltage input to the Vi terminal, and the current value input to the IS terminal, the input voltage at the Vo terminal is matched with the data in the ROM, and is detected by the current detection resistor 10. A signal is output to the gate driver 11 for the IGBT 8 to switch the boost converter IGBT 8 so that the current waveform matches the power supply voltage waveform input to the Vi terminal.

  When the boost converter IGBT 8 is turned on, a current flows through the high frequency inductor 7, the boost converter IGBT 8, and the current detection resistor 10, and energy is stored in the high frequency inductor 7. Thereafter, when the boost converter IGBT 8 is turned off, the energy stored in the high frequency inductor 7 is released to generate a high voltage, and the smoothing capacitor 13 is charged through the first recovery diode 12.

  Here, the microcomputer 24 monitors the current flowing through the current detection resistor 10 and controls the boost converter IGBT 8 so that the phase of the voltage after rectification and the phase of the current match. Thereby, the power factor seen from the commercial AC power supply 2 side is set to approximately 1, and the harmonic current is suppressed. That is, by using the boost converter as an active filter, the current waveform is brought close to a sine wave and the power factor is set to approximately 1.

  In addition, although the step-up rate in the step-up converter unit during operation is arbitrary, for example, in the present embodiment, it is set so that the output is about 150 to 300V. Generally, in order to suppress the harmonic current, it is necessary to take a boost ratio of 1.2 or more, and when considering the weight reduction and high efficiency of the converter circuit, the output voltage is 170 V or more and is as low as possible. Good value. Furthermore, by increasing the efficiency of the circuit in this way, it is possible to reduce the weight of the heat dissipating fins of the switching element, which is a heavy component.

  Note that the switching of the boost converter IGBT 8 is preferably set to 10 kHz or more at which the audibility of the user falls, considering that the device is used indoors. On the other hand, since the restriction on the noise emitted from the outlet 34 is 150 kHz or more, the switching frequency should be as high as possible below that. However, in the vicinity of 150 kHz, the fundamental frequency or low-order harmonics of the switching frequency are already within the regulation range, so the switching frequency is desirably 70 kHz or less.

In general, the ratio of the high-frequency inductor is high with respect to the total weight of the power converter. For this reason, when considering weight reduction of the device, it is necessary to reduce the weight of the high-frequency inductance.

FIG. 3 shows the relationship between the weight of the high-frequency inductor 7 when the input power is 1 kW, and the output voltage / switching frequency. For comparison, the weight of the reactor for countermeasures against power harmonics during voltage doubler rectification, which is a converter circuit without high frequency switching, is also plotted. FIG. 3 shows that it is advantageous to reduce the output voltage and increase the switching frequency in order to reduce the weight of the high-frequency inductor.

If the switching frequency is increased, the high-frequency inductor 7 can be reduced in weight, but the size and weight of the noise filter 4 are increased. Therefore, it is desirable to select a switching frequency that minimizes the total weight and size of the noise filter 4 and the high-frequency inductor 7.

  Next, the DC voltage output from the boost converter unit is converted to AC in the inverter unit and supplied to the BLDCM 18.

That is, the microcomputer 24 refers to the current (shunt current) flowing through the inverter unit current detection resistor 15 as a motor current with the IL terminal, and sends a PWM (pulse width modulation) control signal to the inverter unit IGBT according to the control program in the ROM. Output to the gate driver 20. The inverter IGBT gate driver 20 selectively controls switching of the inverter IGBTs 16a to 16f, whereby an AC voltage is supplied to the BLDCM 18, and the BLDCM 18 rotates.

  At this time, by controlling the inverter unit, the BLDCM 18 can be operated at a variable speed, and the rotation speed of the electric blower is controlled so as to obtain an optimum suction force according to the user's preference and the condition of the surface to be cleaned. Therefore, it can be a convenient vacuum cleaner.

  The rotation of the BLDCM 18 causes the air blower 32 connected to the electric motor 31 to generate dust collecting air, and the dust sucked from the dust collecting hose 37 is collected in the dust collecting chamber 30.

  According to the first embodiment, by detecting the rotor position by the shunt current without using the rotor position detection element, there is an effect that the electric motor can be reduced in size and weight by the amount that no fixed parts are required. The electric motor can be rotated at a high speed of 50,000 rpm or more, and the electric motor and the blower can be downsized accordingly.

Further, by providing the noise filter at that time, there is an effect that it is possible to reduce the influence of noise generated when the switching element is switched at high speed on the commercial AC power supply.

  For example, when the rotation speed is 60,000 rpm, the rotation speed is 1.5 times that of the conventional rotation speed. In general, the air volume of a blower is proportional to the cube of the number of revolutions. Therefore, if the number of revolutions is increased 1.5 times to blow the same amount of air, the volume of the blower can be reduced to 1 / 3.4. In addition, when the motor has the same output, the output torque and the rotational speed are inversely proportional. Therefore, if the rotational speed is increased by 1.5 times, the output torque can be reduced to 2/3, and the motor can be made smaller in diameter as the output torque can be reduced. It becomes possible.

  Thus, the electric motor 31 and the blower 32 can be miniaturized, and when both are approximately the same diameter, as shown in FIG. 2, a space-saving high efficiency vacuum cleaner can be obtained. By reducing the diameter of these devices, the material used for the electric blower can be reduced, and the electric blower can be reduced in weight (for example, 1.5 kg → 0.5 kg in the 1 kW class).

  Further, according to the first embodiment, the switching frequency of the boost converter IGBT 8 is 16 kHz or more and 70 kHz or less, and the total weight and size of the noise filter 4 and the high frequency inductor 7 are set to the minimum switching frequency. There is an effect that can be reduced in weight.

  Note that non-grounded devices such as vacuum cleaners have high common mode impedance, so parts that occupy a large weight in the weight and size of noise filter circuits such as common mode choke coils are unnecessary or have a small capacity. For this reason, when combined with a high-frequency switching boost converter, the effect of reducing weight and size is high.

  In addition, since the outlet 34 has a long cable in a device such as a vacuum cleaner, the impedance of the normal mode is high, and other components that occupy a large weight in the weight and size of the noise filter circuit such as a normal mode choke coil are also included. Small capacity compared to other devices. For this reason, when combined with a high-frequency switching boost converter, the effect of reducing weight and size is high.

  In general, when operating at the same rotation speed and torque point, the input current of BLDCM 18 can be reduced as the input voltage is higher. Therefore, according to the first embodiment, the inverter input uses the output from the boost converter. There is an effect that can be reduced as compared with the case where the input current of the motor is not boosted.

Therefore, the output current of the inverter can be reduced, and the steady loss of the IGBT of the inverter output switch element can be reduced as compared with the case where the boost is not boosted, and the radiating fin (not shown) of the inverter IGBT which is a heavy component is reduced in size and weight. There are possible effects.

  Moreover, if this heat radiation fin is arrange | positioned in the exhaust air path of an electric blower, size reduction and weight reduction are possible. Particularly in the case of a vacuum cleaner, a dust collection chamber 30 is provided on the suction side of the electric blower, and dust is filtered there, and a clean exhaust air can be obtained. Therefore, the cleaner is suitable for cooling a power converter that does not remove dust. Similarly, if the rectifier circuit 5, the heat radiating fin of the boost converter IGBT 8, the heat radiating fin of the first recovery diode 12, and the high frequency inductor 7 are also arranged in the exhaust air passage of the electric blower, the size and weight can be further reduced.

  In addition, by applying it to a boost converter high-speed motor, it becomes possible to generate a necessary and sufficient voltage even at a high speed of 50,000 rpm or more. By supplying this voltage to the subsequent inverter, a sufficient blower output can be obtained. There is an effect to get.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
In the above embodiment, the fast recovery diode 12 is used, but a diode using a wide band gap semiconductor such as silicon carbide (SiC) or gallium nitride (GaN) can also be used.

  The wide band gap semiconductor generally refers to a semiconductor having a band gap larger than that of silicon. For example, SiC, diamond, GaN, and the like are known as wide band gap semiconductors.

By using a diode made of a wide band gap semiconductor in place of the fast recovery diode 12, the recovery current when the boost converter IGBT 8 is switched can be reduced, and the switching loss of the boost converter IGBT 8 and the fast recovery diode 12 can be reduced. This makes it possible to reduce the size and weight of the radiating fin. Further, switching noise can be reduced by reducing the recovery current, and the noise filter 4 having a large weight as described above can be reduced in size and weight.

Embodiment 3 FIG.
So far, a common one-stone DC chopper circuit has been described as the booster circuit, but it is also possible to use an interleaved boost converter that performs a zero current switch.

As a result, switching loss and noise can be reduced, and the booster circuit and noise filter can be reduced in size and weight.

  Needless to say, the same effect can be obtained by using two or more stones or a converter circuit that switches on the AC side.

Embodiment 4 FIG.
Up to now, the microcomputer has been used to control the power conversion circuit, but it is also possible to use a high-speed logic IC or analog IC.

As a result, the switching of the booster circuit can be speeded up and the motor can be rotated at high speed, which is advantageous in that it can be made smaller and lighter.

Embodiment 5 FIG.
In the above embodiment, BLDCM is used as a motor, but an induction motor can be used instead of BLDCM.

Since the induction motor does not have a brush, it goes without saying that the same effect can be obtained. In addition, in the case of the induction motor, no magnet is required in the rotor, so that the mechanical strength of the rotor at high speed rotation is more advantageous than BLDCM.

Embodiment 6 FIG.
In this embodiment, even when the motor torque at the initial start varies depending on the rotor stop position, the voltage condition for effectively starting the motor is adjusted.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a time change of the DC voltage applied to the inverter. When the converter is not started, the DC voltage applied to the inverter shows a time change as shown by the dotted line in FIG. Since the AC power supply voltage fluctuates within a range of 100 V ± 10%, if this is full-wave rectified, bus voltages of 154 V (MAX value), 140 V (TYP value), and 126 V (MIN value) are output. When the inverter is started at time t1, the DC voltage applied to the inverter decreases, and the output voltage of the inverter becomes unstable.

  For this reason, not only the variation of the rotor stop position but also the variation of the commercial AC power supply is added to the variation of the motor starting torque at the time of starting. As a result, the reliability of starting the motor is greatly reduced. In the case of a vacuum cleaner or hand dryer directly instructed by the user, if the activation fails, the user will feel uncomfortable even if retrying immediately. In addition, even when the motor is not started immediately after pressing the switch, the user feels uncomfortable. In addition, after time t2, the motor performs steady rotation.

  In order to prevent this, in the present embodiment, as shown by the solid line in FIG. 4, the converter is started at a time t0 before the motor is started, and is set to a predetermined target voltage (for example, 180V) at the motor start time t1. Control to reach. If the inverter is started after settling to this target voltage, the starting DC voltage is uniquely determined without depending on the commercial AC power supply voltage, so the starting probability is dramatically improved. The circuit configuration is the same as in FIG.

  The operation will be described. FIG. 5 is a control flowchart according to the present embodiment.

  After the user connects the power outlet to the power source and turns on the power (S1), the microcomputer 24 performs an initial process (S2). In the initial process, the microcomputer 24 confirms the frequency of the commercial AC power supply 2 based on the signal from the Hz signal circuit 25. Thereafter, the microcomputer 24 activates the converter (S3). S4 is a step of waiting until the output voltage of the converter is settled, and waits for the output voltage of the converter to settle for about 10 msec, for example.

In S5, it is a step of determining whether or not the user has operated the hand operating means 22 as appropriate to turn on the operation switch. If the operation switch is turned on, the microcomputer 24 activates the inverter to activate the BLDCM 18. Is activated (S6). Further, when the microcomputer 24 receives the operation command signal from the hand operating means 22 after the boosted voltage of the output voltage is settled (S7), the microcomputer 24 turns the inverter so that the suction force set by the hand operating means 22 is obtained. By controlling, the BLDCM 18 is steadily rotated (S8).

  The steps after the boosting operation of the converter are the same as those in the first embodiment.

  If priority is given to the starting time, the converter may be started in advance after the user turns on the outlet, and the motor may be started immediately after the user turns on the switch at hand. If the boosted voltage of the converter is higher than the target value due to regeneration when the motor is stopped, the motor is started after it is set to the target value. If a low-voltage control power supply is stepped down from a DC power supply, the settling time for the boosted voltage due to regeneration to reach a predetermined voltage may be shortened.

  A means for correcting the inverter output voltage by PWM so as to make the inverter output voltage unique with respect to the DC voltage of the converter is also conceivable. However, the BLDCM 18 is connected to the magnetic pole at a rotational speed of 50,000 rpm or more with a motor of two or more poles. In order to drive by vector control without using a position sensor, it is necessary to set the carrier frequency to 12 kHz or more, which is 10 times or more of the electrical rotation frequency of 1.2 kHz. In the case of a carrier frequency of 12 kHz or more, the inverter dead time 4 μsec allowed in the 1 kW class inverter main circuit is generated, but a voltage error due to the dead time is 4.8% or more. This error correction cannot be removed by simple PWM correction.

  In this way, when driving BLDCM at a high speed of 50,000 rpm or higher, inverter output voltage fluctuations occur due to variations in DC bus voltage, so the configuration that controls the DC voltage by controlling the output voltage of the converter improves startability Is very effective in principle. As described above, this effect becomes more prominent as the number of motor poles and the number of rotations are increased.

  For the voltage error due to the dead time described above, a method of detecting the current phase and correcting the dead time is also conceivable. In this case, however, a current phase detection circuit is required, or the control CPU uses the control CPU for the correction. It is difficult to achieve both high-speed driving and processing load. In addition, when the current phase is detected by the shunt current detection method, the PWM width at the time of start-up is narrower than the ringing time of the shunt current, particularly in a high-speed rotating fan that requires a low voltage at the time of start-up. In the case of a high carrier frequency of 12 kHz or higher as described above, current detection is extremely difficult, and it is difficult to accurately detect and correct the current phase.

  As shown by the dotted line in FIG. 4, when the converter is not started, the DC voltage decreases and the inverter output voltage varies during acceleration from the motor start (t1) to the steady state (t2). become. As shown by the solid line in FIG. 4, when the motor is started after the converter is started, the inverter output voltage during the acceleration of the motor is also uniquely determined each time, so that the step-out due to the condition variation due to the voltage fluctuation during the acceleration is eliminated. In the case of the step-out phenomenon, it takes time to detect the step-out and perform the restart, and the user feels uncomfortable. In particular, the effect is high when applied to a vacuum cleaner or a hand-drying device that requires a startup speed and should not give the user a discomfort due to the startup failure.

  According to the sixth embodiment, since the inverter is started after the converter output voltage is settled, there is an effect that the motor can be started in a stable state.

  In the present embodiment, the DC voltage can also be increased by the operation of the converter circuit even in a steady state. Since a brushless DC motor generates an induced voltage in proportion to the number of rotations, it is necessary to give a high voltage to overcome it by an inverter when rotating at a high speed. However, since the output voltage of the inverter is defined by the input DC voltage, the solid line in FIG. 4 is more advantageous for speeding up the motor. As described above, by increasing the speed of the motor, the diameters of the blower and the motor can be made the same, and the effect is high with the electric blower for the vacuum cleaner in which weight reduction and volumetric efficiency are dramatically increased.

  Further, since the inverter output voltage is high, the motor current can be reduced with respect to the same motor output. By reducing the motor current, the steady loss of the switching elements such as the inverter IGBT and the diode can be reduced, the weight of the radiating fin, which is a heavy component of the inverter circuit, can be reduced, and the total weight of the blower and its drive circuit can be reduced. In particular, a vacuum cleaner that the user pulls and moves by himself / herself has the effect that it can be cleaned comfortably by being light.

  Further, since the output voltage of the inverter can be increased even during acceleration, a large amount of torque can be generated from the motor, and the startup time can be shortened. In particular, it is highly effective for an industrial hand dryer that requires a reduction in drying time.

  Also, if the load on the motor is lightened due to clogging of the dust collection filter or increased pressure loss in the dust collection chamber, the motor current will be reduced and the circuit current will be increased. By increasing the number, the suction force can be maintained, and it is possible to clean comfortably without worrying about filter clogging. In addition, during low speed operation such as at night, the motor can be driven without boosting, so that switching for boosting the converter is stopped after startup, and operation with priority on efficiency is also possible.

  In the above embodiment, an example in which a commercial power source is used as the power source has been described. However, a low-voltage DC power source such as a lithium ion battery or a fuel cell is used as the power source, or the DC power source and the commercial power source are used in combination. As a result, it is possible to obtain a motor / compressor / circuit total system with a reliable start-up while increasing the speed of the blower and reducing the weight and size. Further, when a booster circuit is used, a great effect can be obtained by further speeding up.

Embodiment 7 FIG.
In the sixth embodiment, the method of improving the reliability at the time of starting by making the DC voltage constant by the converter so as to reduce the influence of the dead time error has been described. However, in order to reduce the dead time itself, By using a high-speed MOSFET (switching time of 100 nsec order) or a wide gap semiconductor (switching time of 10 to 100 nsec order) from silicon IGBT (switching time μsec order) as the main circuit element, the influence of the dead time can be reduced. . For example, the dead time of a silicon IGBT is 4 μsec, whereas the dead time of a high-speed MOSFET or a wide band gap semiconductor is 0.8 μsec or less, and the dead time error can be 1% or less. This also has the effect of improving reliability.

  However, unlike the silicon IGBT described in the first embodiment, in the silicon MOSFET, the voltage drop of the element depends on the current, so this correction is necessary. However, under the narrow PWM condition such as at the time of start-up described in the first embodiment, the current detection accuracy cannot be ensured, the voltage error cannot be corrected, and an error depending on the DC voltage remains after all. The start-up reliability is higher when the DC voltage is controlled using the converter and the start-up is performed after the converter is stabilized. For this reason, it is more effective to have a wide gap semiconductor with a small voltage drop of the element because the voltage drop itself is small.

Embodiment 8 FIG.
So far, we have described the case where it is applied to a vacuum cleaner, but the size of the system is small even in hand dryers that are fixed on toilets and washroom walls and washstands where the installation location is narrow, and dry hands. Therefore, the speed of BLDCM can be increased to reduce the total size of the motor / compressor / circuit.

  FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of a hand dryer according to the eighth embodiment. As shown in FIG. 6, the substantially rectangular parallelepiped hand drying device 601 whose back surface 630 side is attached to the wall of the room opens upward and to the left and right sides (the left and right sides may be closed), and has a substantially U-shaped groove shape. Hand insertion chamber 602.

  The inner wall surface 603 of the hand insertion chamber 602 is inclined toward the back side of the hand insertion chamber 602 as the first inner wall surface, the front surface 604, the substantially vertical rear lower surface 607, and the second inner wall surface. It has a rear upper surface 606 and a bottom surface 608 with a lowered central portion. A drainage port 609 for draining water scattered from the hand is provided in the lower central portion of the bottom surface 608. A drainage pipe 610 is connected to the drainage port 609, and a lower end of the drainage pipe 610 is connected to a drainage tank 611. Has been.

  Infrared light emitting units 612 and 614 as first and second hand detecting means for detecting the presence or absence of hand insertion at the upper part of the front surface 604 of the hand insertion chamber 602 and the corners of the front surface 604 and the bottom surface 608, respectively. Is installed. The infrared light emitting units 612 and 614 detect the presence / absence of hand insertion in cooperation with the infrared light receiving unit 613 installed at the center of the rear upper surface 606.

  The hand dryer 601 includes an air supply duct 618 that supplies high-pressure air to first and second nozzles 615 and 616 described later. A high pressure air supply device 619 is connected to the air supply duct 618. The intake port 620 of the high-pressure air supply device 619 is provided with a detachable filter 621 that removes dust and the like in the intake air.

  A first nozzle 615 that ejects the first air flow a toward the rear upper surface 606 (second inner wall surface) is installed on the upper portion of the front surface 604 (first inner wall surface) of the manual insertion chamber 602, A second nozzle 616 that ejects the second air flow c toward the front surface 604 (first inner wall surface) is installed on the rear upper surface 606 (second inner wall surface). The positions of the first and second nozzles 615 and 616 are shifted in the vertical direction, that is, the position of the first nozzle 615 is below the position of the second nozzle 616 (the back side of the manual insertion chamber 602). It is installed in a staggered manner.

  A blower fan 641 that is rotated by a BLDCM 640 is provided in the high-pressure air supply device 619. As the blower fan 641 rotates, high-pressure air is supplied to the air supply duct 618.

  Here, if the electric blower according to the first embodiment is used, the blower fan 641 and the BLDCM 640 have a common rotating shaft and are formed so that the lengths of the two diameters are substantially equal. Can be lowered and can be directly installed on the sink. Further, since the speed of the BLDCM 640 can be increased to reduce the total weight of the motor, the compressor, and the circuit, the weight of the entire hand dryer 601 can also be reduced.

  Further, if the air from which the dust has been removed after passing through the dust removal filter 621 is passed through the radiating fins and the motor of the converter / inverter, the high-voltage main element of the converter / inverter / motor can be efficiently cooled, and the fin The size and weight can be reduced. Further, the heat transferred from the fins to the air increases the temperature of the air ejected from the nozzle for drying, improving the drying performance and improving the comfort of the user in winter.

  In particular, since heat generated by switching of the boost converter in the present invention is greater than that of conventional passive and simple switching converters, drying and comfort due to waste heat are enhanced. In addition, since the radiating fin is cooled by the air from which the dust has been removed, there is no effect that the dust does not adhere to the radiating fin, and the aging degradation of the heat performance of the fin does not occur.

  According to the eighth embodiment, by using the electric blower according to the first embodiment, the height as a hand dryer can be lowered, and there is an effect of enabling direct installation on the washstand. Further, since the total weight of the motor, the compressor, and the circuit can be reduced, there is an effect that the weight of the entire hand drying device 601 can be reduced.

The present invention is not limited to vacuum cleaners and hand dryers, but can reduce the overall size and weight of electric motors and power converters, such as clothes drying heat pump systems built in washing machines and heat pump bathroom dryers. It can also be applied to particularly required equipment.

  Further, the present invention can be applied to a heat pump system that is installed in a ceiling or a washing machine and dries clothes. In such a system, the weight of the system can be reduced relative to the strength of the floor at the installation site and the strength of the ceiling, so the BLDCM can be sped up and the total weight of the motor, compressor, and circuit can be reduced. effective.

  Moreover, it is applicable also to the compressor motor of an air conditioner, and its power converter device, and the effect of size reduction and weight reduction of an apparatus is acquired similarly.

2 Commercial AC Power Supply 4 Noise Filter 5 Rectifier Circuits 6a and 6b Voltage Dividing Resistor for Power Supply Voltage 7 High Frequency Inductor 8 IGBT for Boost Converter
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 9 Flywheel diode 10 Current detection resistor 11 Gate driver 12 for IGBT8 Fast recovery diode 13 Smoothing capacitor 14a, 14b Voltage dividing resistor 15 for step-up converter output voltage detection Inverter part current detection resistor 16a-16f IGBT for inverter
17a-17f Flywheel diode 18 BLDCM
20 Inverter IGBT gate driver 22 Hand operating means 23 Clock generation circuit 24 Microcomputer 25 Hz signal circuit 30 Dust collection chamber 31 Electric motor 32 Blower 33 Power converter circuit board 34 Outlet 35 Rear wheel 36 Front wheel 37 Dust suction hose 38 Dust collection Filter 39 Main body case 601 Hand dryer 602 Hand insertion chamber 603 Inner wall surface 604 Front surface 606 Rear upper surface 607 Rear lower surface 608 Bottom surface 609 Drain port 610 Drain pipe 611 Drain tank 612, 614 Infrared light emitting unit 613 Infrared light receiving unit 615, 616 Nozzle 618 Air duct 619 High-pressure air supply device 620 Air intake port 621 Filter 630 Back surface 640 BLDCM
641 Fan

Claims (11)

An electric blower having a blower fan and having a built-in brushless motor that drives the blower fan,
A control unit for controlling the brushless motor;
A power supply unit including a converter unit that rectifies an AC voltage supplied from an AC power source and converts the DC voltage into a DC voltage; and an inverter unit that converts the DC voltage into an AC voltage and supplies the AC voltage to the brushless motor;
The rotation speed of the brushless motor is equal to or greater than a predetermined rotation speed so that the diameter of the blower fan and the diameter of the brushless motor are substantially equal, and a booster circuit is provided in the converter unit. An electric blower that boosts the DC voltage. The electric blower according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined rotational speed is 50,000 rpm. The power supply unit includes a noise filter,
The converter unit includes an inductor connected to the positive voltage side on the input side, and a converter unit switching element connected between the DC buses,
The electric blower according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the rotation speed of the brushless motor and the switching frequency of the converter unit switching element are set so that the sizes of the noise filter and the inductor are optimized. The electric blower according to claim 3, wherein a switching frequency of the converter unit switching element is 16 kHz or more and 70 kHz or less. The converter unit is
A smoothing capacitor connected between the DC buses in parallel with the converter unit switching element;
The electric blower according to claim 3 or 4, comprising a fast recovery diode connected to a positive voltage side between the converter unit switching element and the smoothing capacitor. The electric blower according to claim 5, wherein the first recovery diode is formed of a wide band gap semiconductor. The electric blower according to claim 6, wherein the wide band gap semiconductor is SiC, a GaN-based material, or diamond. The electric blower according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the inverter is started after the voltage is boosted to a predetermined value by the booster circuit. The electric blower according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the converter circuit element is made of a MOSFET or a wide band gap semiconductor to reduce dead time. The vacuum cleaner using the electric blower in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 9. A hand dryer using the electric blower according to claim 1.

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