JP2016075185A - Gas compression device and activation method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide gas compression device capable of preventing activation failure, even in a case where quality of a power source is bad or where residual pressure at operation start is large and large activation force is required.SOLUTION: A gas compression device comprises a compressor generating compressed air, an electric motor driving the compressor, a driving circuit driving the electric motor, a tank storing the compressed air, and a control circuit controlling the driving circuit. The control unit inversely rotates the electric motor in activation of the compressor, and after gas in a cylinder of the compressor is subjected to preliminary compression, normally rotates the electric motor and then activates the compressor.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Description

  The present invention relates to a gas compression apparatus capable of controlling a motor in accordance with a compressor state such as inverter control.

  In a conventional gas compression device, when used with a plurality of power tools connected to an extension cord, the power supplied to the motor against the voltage drop so that the rotation speed can be maintained when the power supply voltage drops. The current increases to compensate. On the other hand, due to limitations of the semiconductor rating and the rated capacity of the breaker, a current limit is applied so that the maximum current becomes a certain value (for example, 15 A) or less, or the target rotational speed is reduced.

  In such a conventional technology, when the motor is driven at a low voltage, the power consumption accompanying the start-up of the own machine may cause a further voltage drop, resulting in a start-up failure due to power shortage, or a voltage drop during operation May stop the rotation of the motor.

  In addition, although the power is supplemented by increasing the current when the voltage is low, the loss due to the resistance component in the power supply and drive circuit of the control device increases, so the amount of heat generated by the control device and the power actually supplied to the motor are not much. There was also a problem that efficiency did not increase and efficiency was poor.

  Patent Document 1 states that “a power control device for an air compressor is composed of a rectifier, a drive circuit, a current sensor, a voltage detection circuit, a control circuit, etc. Then, the motor is energized from the power source via the power control device. Thus, the compressor is operated to store the compressed air in the air tank, and the control circuit saves the motor of the compressor having the compressed air stored in the air tank when the power supply voltage V decreases. Priority is supplied to other electrical devices while operating at the same time, which prevents power supply overload and current breaker operation even when multiple electrical devices are used together. It is possible to use each electrical device smoothly. ”(See summary).

JP 2006-288053 A

  According to the above prior art, the inverter supplies a larger amount of current than usual when the power supply voltage drops due to the control circuit that monitors the power supply voltage and power supply current, and is limited by the capacity of the circuit breaker. When the maximum current value is reached, the target rotational speed of the motor is decreased so that the current falls below the predetermined value, or the voltage continues to decrease and falls below the preset predetermined value. The output to the motor was stopped and the compressor was stopped.

  For this reason, when the starting load of the compressor is large, the electric power necessary for continuous operation of the compressor cannot be supplied, and the motor may be locked.

  Also, depending on the power supply voltage, the pressure in the tank when the compressor is restarted, and the operating status of other electrical equipment connected to the same power source, the power required for restarting the compressor may be insufficient, and the motor will lock. In some cases, abnormal noise or vibration may occur due to step-out.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems of the prior art, and in the case where the quality of the power supplied to the compressor is not good or when the residual pressure at the start of operation is large and a large starting force is required. Another object of the present invention is to provide a gas compression device that can appropriately control its own starting method according to the usage situation and can prevent unintentional starting failure of the compressor.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention employs the structures described in the claims.
The present invention includes a plurality of means for solving the above-described problems. If an example of the gas compression device of the present invention is given, a compressor that generates compressed gas, an electric motor that drives the compressor, and the electric motor A gas compression device comprising a drive circuit for driving the engine, a tank for storing the compressed gas, and a control circuit for controlling the drive circuit, wherein the control circuit reversely rotates the electric motor when the compressor is started. And after pre-compressing the gas in the cylinder of the compressor, the compressor is started after the electric motor is rotated forward.

  Moreover, if an example of the starting method of the gas compression apparatus of this invention is given, the compressor which produces | generates compressed gas, the electric motor which drives the said compressor, the drive circuit which drives the said electric motor, and the said compressed gas will be stored. And a control circuit for controlling the drive circuit. A method for starting the gas compression apparatus, wherein the motor is reversely rotated when the compressor is started to preliminarily compress the gas in the cylinder of the compressor. And a step of starting the compressor after rotating the electric motor in the forward direction.

  According to the present invention, even when the voltage of the power source is lowered, the gas compression device is reduced by increasing the acceleration of the motor due to the reaction force of the cylinder internal pressure caused by the reverse rotation and the increase of the mechanical angle to the top dead center. It is possible to exceed the top dead center with electric power, and it is possible to prevent the compressor from starting up poorly.

  In addition, a motor with a smaller rated output can be used as compared with the maximum output of the compressor, and it is possible to provide a compact and inexpensive compressor.

1 is a system configuration diagram of a gas compression apparatus showing Example 1. FIG. 2 is a specific circuit configuration example of an inverter of the control device showing the first embodiment. It is a figure which shows the time change of the specific operating state according to the pressure of the gas compression apparatus which shows Example 1. FIG. It is the schematic which shows the drive state of the conventional gas compression apparatus. It is a figure which shows the specific circuit signal of the control apparatus in the conventional gas compression apparatus. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a driving state of the gas compression device according to the first embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure of the motor of the gas compression apparatus which shows Example 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows the flow of the arithmetic processing of the control apparatus which shows Example 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows the specific circuit signal of the control apparatus which shows Example 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows the relationship between the pressure of the control apparatus which shows Example 2, and the angle before a bottom dead center. It is a figure which shows the relationship between the power supply voltage of the control apparatus which shows Example 3, and the angle before a bottom dead center. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a flow of arithmetic processing of a control device illustrating a fourth embodiment.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a gas compression apparatus showing an example of the present invention. In the figure, the compressor converts the AC power supplied from the power source 1 into DC by the bridge diode 3 inside the controller 2 and calculates the angle information of the electric motor 9 obtained from the position sensor 11 by a control circuit 7 such as a microcomputer. Then, the inverter circuit 4 as a drive circuit is driven so as to achieve a desired rotation speed, and the electric motor 9 is rotated. The compressor main body 10 driven by the electric motor 9, a temporary storage tank 13 for temporarily storing the compressed gas discharged from the compressor main body 10, and a pressure sensor 12 for measuring the pressure in the tank are roughly configured. Has been. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 14 represents a check valve, reference numeral 15 represents a regulator, and reference numeral 16 represents piping.

  Further, the control device 2 monitors a voltage detection circuit 6 that measures the voltage of the power source 1 supplied to the electric motor 9, a power source current detection circuit 5 that monitors the current of the power source, and an output current to the electric motor 9. A motor current detection circuit 17 is provided. The control device 2 calculates the amount of compressed gas used from the signal of the pressure sensor 12 and controls the operation and stop of the compressor 10. Here, in this embodiment, the AC power source 1 is directly rectified and used, but the inverter circuit 4 may be connected via a power factor correction circuit or a booster circuit.

  In the case of a three-phase motor, the inverter circuit 4 is composed of six power elements 401 as shown in FIG. 2, and the rotational position and rotational speed of the motor 9 are determined by the position signal 20 obtained from the position sensor 11. Calculation is performed by the control circuit 7, and the output is controlled by the drive signal 19 of the power element 401 so as to obtain a desired rotation characteristic. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 18 denotes a power factor correction circuit (PFC).

  In this configuration, when the pressure in the tank 13 reaches a predetermined upper limit P_stop as shown in FIG. 3, the compressor stops, and at this time, the piston of the compressor main body reacts with the compressed gas remaining in the gap volume portion in the cylinder. Due to the force, it is pushed back to the vicinity of the bottom dead center as shown in FIG. Next, as the compressed gas in the tank 13 is used as shown in FIG. 3, when the pressure reaches a predetermined lower limit value P_restart, the motor 9 is restarted, as shown in FIG. The compression process begins again. At this time, when the lower limit value of the pressure for restarting the compressor 10 is high, or when the voltage of the power supply 1 is lowered, the power supply current detection circuit 5 and the motor current detection circuit 17 are used for power supply and circuit protection. When the current is limited according to the measured value and the power supplied to the motor 9 is reduced, the gas pressure in the cylinder cannot be increased beyond the pressure in the tank 13, and as a result The motor 9 may be stepped out or locked without discharging the compressed gas and pushed back as shown in FIG. 4C, leading to a start-up failure. At this time, the position signal 20 (HU / HV / HW), the drive signal 19 (Up / Un / Vp / Vn / Wp / Wn), and the current supplied to the motor 9 (IU / IV / IW) in the control device 2 A representative example is shown in FIG. Here, the maximum value of the motor current is equal to or greater than the allowable current value Im_pk for protecting the power element 401, the control circuit 7 detects an overcurrent, and stops supplying power to the motor 9.

  Therefore, in this embodiment, when it is determined that the power supply voltage is lower than the predetermined voltage, when the motor 9 is driven, the control circuit 7 first causes the inverter 4 to reversely rotate as compared with the normal time. Is driven, and the motor 9 is reversely rotated as shown in FIG. Then, after the motor 9 reaches a predetermined bottom dead center angle BBDC (Before Bottom Death Center Angle) as shown in FIG. 6B, output to the motor 9 is temporarily stopped, and FIG. Thus, the rotation direction of the motor 9 is switched from reverse rotation to normal rotation. At this time, due to the reaction force in which the gas compressed inside the cylinder re-expands and the increase of the acceleration section accompanying the increase of the machine angle capable of running from the normal rotation start angle to the top dead center, the (d) of FIG. As shown in FIG. 6 (e), the rotational speed is increased, the motor 9 can be rotated with a smaller current than before, the discharge valve is finally opened, and the compressed gas can be discharged. It is possible to exceed.

  The reverse rotation angle of the motor may be rotated in the reverse rotation direction by a mechanical angle of 0 to 180 degrees or, for example, 120 degrees within the range of the discharge valve operation start angle.

  FIG. 7 shows a 10-pole 15-slot DC brushless motor. In the figure, reference numeral 31 denotes a stator, reference numeral 32 denotes a coil, reference numeral 33 denotes a rotor, and reference numerals 11a to 11c denote position sensors. FIG. 8 shows a flowchart of the calculation processing of this embodiment when such a DC brushless motor is used, and FIG. 9 shows an electrical signal in the control device 2 at that time. In FIG. 9, HU / HV / HW represents a position signal, Up / Un / Vp / Vn / Wp / Wn represents a drive signal, and IU / IV / IW represents a current supplied to the motor.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 8, first, at the time of restarting the compressor, the rotation angle of the rotor that is stopped is measured using the position sensor 11 in Step 101. In Step 102, the motor 9 is rotated in the reverse rotation direction. Next, in step 103, it is determined whether or not the rotation angle of the rotor is a predetermined angle before BBDC. If NO is determined, the process returns to step 102 and thereafter reaches the angle BBDC before bottom dead center. Continue reverse rotation until. If it is determined Yes in step 103, the output of the motor 9 is stopped in step 104, and the rotation angle of the rotor is measured in step 105. At this time, the piston is pushed back by the re-expansion force of the compressed gas inside the cylinder, and it is determined in step 106 whether or not the motor 9 has been normally rotated. Continue monitoring the rotor rotation angle at. If it is determined Yes in step 106, it can be determined that the rotor has started to rotate normally due to the re-expansion force of the compressed gas, and therefore output is started in step 107 so that the motor 9 rotates in the normal direction.

  In this embodiment, the reverse rotation is performed only once. However, when the pressure in the tank 13 is high or when the power supplied from the power source 1 is low, the reverse rotation and the forward rotation are repeated a plurality of times. It is good also as a system to run while gradually increasing the angle before the bottom dead center and the angle after the bottom dead center while utilizing the re-expansion force of the compressed gas inside the cylinder.

  In the present invention, “activation” includes “reactivation” in FIG. 3.

  The second embodiment of the present invention is configured to change the angle before the bottom dead center that is rotated backward at the time of restart according to the pressure in the tank.

  In the first embodiment, when the pressure in the tank 13 is high or the power supplied from the power source 1 is low, the compressor is operated when the compressed gas cannot be discharged into the tank 13 by operating the discharge valve at the start from the bottom dead center. The motor 9 is locked or stepped out depending on the pressure in the cylinder during the reverse rotation, during the period from the compression process until the discharge valve is opened and the top dead center is reached. May end up. Therefore, in the second embodiment, as a modified example, as in the “change characteristic of stop angle before bottom dead center” in FIG. 10, the pressure in the tank and the characteristic of opening the discharge valve are measured in advance, and the measured angle before bottom dead center is obtained. On the other hand, stop angles BBDC_L and BBDC_H having a predetermined margin are stored in the storage circuit 8 of the control device 2. Then, the angle before the bottom dead center for reverse rotation at the time of restart is changed according to the pressure in the tank 13.

  According to the present embodiment, by changing the angle before the bottom dead center that reversely rotates at the time of restart according to the pressure in the tank, the motor is not locked or stepped out during the reverse rotation.

  The third embodiment of the present invention is configured to change the angle before the bottom dead center that is reversely rotated upon restart according to the power supply voltage.

  Depending on the power supply environment in which the compressor is installed, when the compressor is rotated in the reverse direction, when the voltage drops compared to the angle at which the compressor can rotate at normal voltage (for example, BBDC_L), the power is reduced before reaching that angle. It will run out and stop. Therefore, information on the power supply voltage measured by the voltage detection circuit 6 configured in the control device 2 is monitored by the control circuit 7, and when the power supply voltage at the time of restart is lower than normal, normal reverse rotation is stopped. A small value compared to the angle BBDC_L, for example, BBDC_L65 is set in advance as shown in “low voltage bottom dead center stop angle changing characteristic” in FIG. Calculate by Then, in accordance with the power supply voltage, reverse rotation is performed at the time of restart up to the calculated stop angle at the time of reverse rotation.

  According to the present embodiment, it is possible to prevent an abnormal stop of the compressor even at a low voltage.

  In the fourth embodiment of the present invention, when the power supply voltage is in a normal range, reverse rotation is not performed at the time of restart.

  In general, when the power supply voltage is in a normal range above a certain level, the compressor is sufficiently supplied with electric power necessary for starting and operating. Therefore, when the control method of the first embodiment is performed, There may be concerns about poor start-up response and increased power consumption. Therefore, when the power supply voltage measured by the voltage detection circuit 6 is in a predetermined state or more, the control circuit 7 performs control so that the normal operation is performed without performing the control method of the first embodiment. A flowchart of the arithmetic processing at this time is shown in FIG.

  First, when the compressor is restarted, the rotation angle of the stopped rotor is measured using the position sensor 11 in step 201, the voltage is measured by the voltage detection circuit 6 in step 202, and the power supply voltage is reduced in step 203. Or not (for example, 95 V or less). If it is determined Yes in step 203, the motor 9 is reversely rotated, stopped, and forwardly rotated in steps 204 to 208 as in FIG. If it is determined No in step 203, the voltage is a normal value. Therefore, in step 209, normal rotation of the motor 9 is started as usual and the compressor is restarted.

  According to the present embodiment, when the power supply voltage is in a normal range, the reverse rotation is not performed at the time of restart, so that the responsiveness at the time of restart of the compressor can be improved.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Power supply 2 Control apparatus 3 Rectifier circuit 4 Inverter circuit 5 Power supply current detection circuit 6 Voltage detection circuit 7 Control circuit 8 Memory circuit 9 Motor 10 Compressor main body 11 Position sensor 12 Pressure sensor 13 Tank 14 Check valve 15 Regulator 16 Piping 17 Motor Current detection circuit 18 Power factor correction circuit (PFC)
19 Output signal (Up / Un / Vp / Vn / Wp / Wn)
20 Position signal (HU / HV / HW)
31 Stator 32 Coil 33 Rotor 401 Power element

Claims (12)

A compressor that generates compressed gas;
An electric motor for driving the compressor;
A drive circuit for driving the electric motor; a tank for storing the compressed gas;
A gas compression device comprising a control circuit for controlling the drive circuit,
The control circuit reversely rotates the electric motor when starting the compressor, pre-compresses the gas in the cylinder of the compressor, and then starts the compressor after rotating the electric motor forward. Gas compression device. The gas compression device according to claim 1,
A position sensor for detecting the rotation angle of the electric motor;
The control circuit rotates the electric motor in the reverse direction to stop it, and after determining that the electric motor has started normal rotation based on information from the position sensor, starts the compressor by rotating the electric motor in the normal direction. A gas compression device characterized by the above. The gas compression device according to claim 1,
The gas compressor according to claim 1, wherein the drive circuit comprises an inverter circuit. The gas compression device according to claim 1,
The control circuit repeats reverse and forward rotation of the electric motor a plurality of times, and gradually increases the angle before the bottom dead center and the angle after the bottom dead center while using the re-expansion force of the compressed gas inside the cylinder, A gas compression apparatus, wherein the compressor is started after the electric motor is rotated forward. The gas compression device according to claim 1,
A pressure sensor for detecting the pressure in the tank;
The said control circuit changes the angle before a bottom dead center to reversely rotate at the time of starting according to the pressure in a tank, The gas compression apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. The gas compression device according to claim 1,
A voltage detection circuit for detecting a voltage of a power supply for supplying power to the drive circuit;
The said control circuit changes the angle before a bottom dead center to reversely rotate at the time of starting according to a power supply voltage, The gas compression apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. The gas compression device according to claim 1,
A voltage detection circuit for detecting a voltage of a power supply for supplying power to the drive circuit;
The gas compressor according to claim 1, wherein the control circuit is configured not to perform reverse rotation at startup when the power supply voltage is in a normal range. A gas compression apparatus comprising: a compressor that generates compressed gas; an electric motor that drives the compressor; a drive circuit that drives the electric motor; a tank that stores the compressed gas; and a control circuit that controls the drive circuit. The starting method of
Reversely rotating the electric motor when starting the compressor, pre-compressing the gas in the cylinder of the compressor;
And a step of starting the compressor after the electric motor has been rotated forward. In the starting method of the gas compression device according to claim 8,
A method for starting a gas compression apparatus, comprising: a step of determining that the electric motor has started normal rotation based on information from a position sensor before the step of starting the compressor after normal rotation of the electric motor. In the starting method of the gas compression device according to claim 8,
A starting method of a gas compression device, characterized in that an angle before bottom dead center that reversely rotates at the time of starting is changed according to a pressure in a tank. In the starting method of the gas compression device according to claim 8,
A starting method for a gas compression device, characterized in that the angle before bottom dead center that reversely rotates at start-up is changed according to a power supply voltage. In the starting method of the gas compression device according to claim 8,
Determining whether the power supply voltage detected by the voltage detection circuit has dropped,
When the power supply voltage is in a normal range, skipping the step of pre-compressing the gas in the cylinder by reversely rotating the electric motor, and performing the step of starting the compressor after rotating the electric motor forward To start the gas compression device.

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