WO2011105723A2 - 리니어 압축기 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a linear compressor, and more particularly, to a linear compressor capable of adjusting a cooling force variable rate.
- a motor is also provided in a compressor, a mechanical device that increases power by compressing air, refrigerant, or various working gases by receiving power from a power generator such as an electric motor or a turbine. Or widely used throughout the industry.
- a reciprocating compressor for compressing the refrigerant while linearly reciprocating the piston inside the cylinder is formed by forming a compression space in which the working gas is absorbed and discharged between the piston and the cylinder.
- Rotary compressor that compresses the refrigerant while the roller is eccentrically rotated along the inner wall of the cylinder so that a compression space for absorbing and discharging the working gas is formed between the reciprocating compressor and the eccentrically rotating roller and the cylinder.
- Scroll compressor that compresses the refrigerant while the rotating scroll rotates along the fixed scroll by forming a compression space for absorbing and discharging the working gas between the orbiting scroll and the fixed scroll.
- the piston is directly connected to the reciprocating linear motion drive motor, so that there is no mechanical loss due to the motion conversion to improve the compression efficiency as well as a simple linear compressor has been developed a lot.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a motor control device applied to a linear compressor according to the prior art.
- the motor control apparatus includes a rectifying unit including a diode bridge 11 for receiving and rectifying and outputting AC power, which is commercial power, and a capacitor C1 for smoothing the rectified voltage, and receiving a DC voltage.
- a motor unit including an inverter unit 12 which converts into an AC voltage according to a control signal from the control unit 17 and provides the motor unit to the motor unit, the motor 13, and a capacitor C2 connected in series with the motor 13.
- a voltage detector 14 that detects the voltage across the capacitor C1, a current detector 15 that detects a current flowing in the motor unit, a sense voltage from the voltage detector 14, and a current detector 15.
- EMF counter electromotive force
- variable capacity of cooling power according to the load is determined by the capacity of the capacitor C2.
- a plurality of capacitors are also provided to selectively connect the cost. Problems such as increase of the installation space, increase of installation space, and design difficulties are accompanied.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a linear compressor and a control method thereof for enabling variable cooling power control.
- an object of this invention is to provide the linear compressor which can adjust a natural cold power variable rate according to load capacity, and its control method.
- an object of the present invention is to provide a linear compressor and a control method thereof in which the cooling force can be varied according to the need even when a cooling force larger than the load is required.
- the linear compressor according to the present invention includes a fixed member including a compression space therein, a movable member for compressing refrigerant sucked into the compression space while reciprocating linearly moving inside the fixed member, and installed to elastically support the movable member in the direction of movement of the movable member.
- a motor unit comprising at least one spring and a motor installed to be connected to the movable member to reciprocate linearly the movable member in the axial direction, a motor unit including a capacitor connected in series with the motor, and an AC voltage applied to the motor, It consists of a motor control unit for adjusting the cold power variable rate by the reciprocating motion of.
- the stroke of the movable member and the magnitude of the AC voltage applied to the motor be proportional to at least in the region close to the top dead center of the movable member.
- the motor control unit preferably includes an attenuation calculation unit that attenuates the influence of the inductance caused by the coil of the motor by using a current flowing in the motor.
- the motor control unit is a rectifying unit for receiving the AC power and outputting the DC voltage, an inverter unit for receiving the DC voltage and converting it into an AC voltage according to the control signal provided to the motor unit, and a current for sensing the current flowing in the motor unit
- the control unit integrates the current from the current sensing unit and calculates the attenuation voltage by multiplying the integrated value by a constant (1 / Cr), and controls to generate an AC voltage corresponding to a difference between the set voltage and the attenuation voltage. It is preferable to include a control unit for generating a signal and applying it to the inverter unit.
- the constant (1 / Cr) is preferably variable.
- the cooling force variable rate of a compressor is adjusted by the variable of constant (1 / Cr).
- control unit preferably controls the capacity of the entire capacitor connected in series with the motor.
- control method of the linear compressor according to the present invention includes a fixed member including a compression space therein, a movable member for compressing the refrigerant sucked into the compression space inside the fixed member, at least one spring installed to elastically support the movable member;
- a control method of a linear compressor comprising: a motor installed to be connected to a movable member, the motor configured to reciprocate linearly the movable member in an axial direction, and a motor unit comprising a capacitor connected in series with the motor, the control method comprising: a predetermined initial voltage; The first step of applying a to the motor, the second step of calculating the first attenuation voltage with the current by the application of the predetermined initial voltage, and the first required voltage corresponding to the difference between the initial voltage and the attenuation voltage A second attenuation with a third step, a fourth step of applying the calculated required voltage to the motor, and a current by application of the calculated required voltage A fifth step of calculating the voltage, a sixth step of
- the present invention has the effect of allowing a simple and quick adjustment by adjusting the natural cold power variable rate, depending on the load capacity.
- the present invention has the effect of preventing the stroke jump phenomenon that can occur during the control of the linear compressor.
- the present invention has the effect that the cooling force can be varied according to the need, even if a larger cooling force than the load is required.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a motor control device applied to a linear compressor according to the prior art.
- FIG. 2 is a control block diagram of the linear compressor according to the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a control embodiment of the control unit of FIG. 2.
- FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a linear compressor according to the present invention.
- 5 is a graph of conversion of the input voltage and the stroke of the motor in the linear compressor according to the present invention.
- Figure 6 is a graph of the change in cold power and load in the linear compressor according to the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a control configuration diagram of the linear compressor according to the present invention
- FIG. 3 is a control embodiment of the control unit of FIG. 2.
- the control configuration of the linear compressor includes a rectifying unit 21 for receiving AC power, which is commercial power, rectifying and smoothing the output, and receiving a DC voltage, according to a control signal from the control unit 25.
- An inverter unit 22 which is converted into a voltage and provided to the motor 23, a motor unit including a coil L and a capacitor C2 connected in series, a motor unit and an inverter unit 22, or a coil in the motor unit (
- the motor sensing voltage Vmotor to be applied to the motor 23 or the motor unit is calculated based on the current sensing unit 24 that detects the current flowing in L) and the sensed current from the current sensing unit 24.
- the control unit 25 generates and applies a control signal corresponding to the inverter unit 22, and a voltage sensing unit 26 sensing the magnitude of the DC voltage from the rectifying unit 21.
- a control signal corresponding to the inverter unit 22 and a voltage sensing unit 26 sensing the magnitude of the DC voltage from the rectifying unit 21.
- the configuration for supplying the voltage required for the control unit 25, the current sensing unit 24, the voltage sensing unit 26, and the like corresponds to a technical configuration that is natural to those skilled in the art. Therefore, the description is omitted.
- the rectifier 21 includes a diode bridge for performing a general rectification function, a capacitor C1 for smoothing the rectified voltage, and the like. As shown in FIG. 2, the rectifier 21 and the capacitor C1 may be configured independently or may be configured as a single rectifier.
- the inverter unit 22 is a means for receiving a DC voltage, generating an alternating voltage, and applying the alternating voltage to the motor 23.
- the inverter unit 22 turns on / off the IGBT element according to the control signal from the IGBT element and the control unit 25. It is provided with the gate control part etc. which turn off.
- the inverter unit 22 is only a degree that is naturally recognized by those familiar with the technical field to which the present invention belongs, and the description thereof is omitted.
- the motor 23 is composed of a coil L as in a general motor in other mechanical configurations, and a capacitor C2 is connected in series. In the following, the motor 23 and the capacitor C2 are referred to collectively as the motor portion.
- the current sensing unit 24 is an element that senses a current flowing in the conductive line between the inverter unit 22 and the motor 23 or senses a current flowing in the coil L of the motor 23.
- the voltage detector 26 is a device that detects the DC voltage output from the rectifier 21 or the voltage of both ends of the capacitor C1. In this case, the voltage detector 26 may detect the total DC voltage, or may detect the DC voltage reduced at a predetermined ratio.
- the controller 25 receives a start command of the linear compressor from the outside, or generates a control signal for applying a predetermined applied voltage Vin to the motor 23 when AC commercial power is applied, thereby generating an inverter unit ( 22). Accordingly, the inverter unit 22 generates an AC voltage corresponding to the applied voltage Vin and applies it to the motor 23.
- the current sensing unit 24 detects the current i from the inverter unit 22 to the motor 23 or the current i flowing through the coil L of the motor 23.
- the controller 25 receives the current i from the current detector 24 and performs a process as shown in FIG. 3.
- the control unit 25 calculates the attenuation voltage Vc by multiplying the integrated value by a constant 1 / Cr by the integrator 25a that integrates the current i from the current sensing unit 24. And an arithmetic unit 25c for calculating the difference between the set applied voltage Vin and the attenuation voltage Vc.
- the applied voltage Vin in this embodiment will correspond to the voltage applied by the inverter unit in the conventional compressor, and is fixed or variable according to the control algorithm of the nia compressor.
- the integrator 25a and the attenuator 25b correspond to the attenuation calculation unit that attenuates the influence of inductance by the coil L of the motor by using the current i flowing in the motor 23. That is, in the present embodiment, there is a capacitor (C2) connected to the coil (L) of the motor 23, by controlling the motor applied voltage (Vmotor) applied to the motor 23 by the inductance effect of the coil (L) To reduce or maintain it.
- Vmotor motor applied voltage
- the current i applied to the control unit 25 is influenced by the capacitor C2 connected to the motor 23, and this current i is again in the control unit 25. Since it is influenced by the integrator 25a and the attenuator 25b to be implemented, it should be recognized as flowing through the software capacitor Cr. Therefore, it should be recognized that the hardware capacitor C2 and the software capacitor Cr are connected in series. Accordingly, the capacity of the entire capacitor Ctotal connected in series with the motor 23 is calculated as follows.
- C is the capacity of the capacitor (C2)
- Cvirtual corresponds to the constant (Cr).
- the capacitor C2 should be installed with a capacity corresponding to the maximum cooling force possible in the present compressor, and then, by varying the constant Cvirtual, the total capacitor Ctotal.
- the control should be made in such a way as to maintain or reduce the capacity of.
- the capacity of the capacitor C2 can be set according to the size of the coil L of the motor 23, and the LC resonant frequency (frequency by the capacitor C2 and the coil L) is the machine of the compressor. It may be set to correspond to the resonance frequency.
- the controller 25 After the motor application voltage Vmotor is calculated, the controller 25 generates a control signal for causing the inverter unit 22 to apply the calculated motor application voltage Vmotor to the motor 23 or the motor unit. To the inverter section 22. That is, the controller 25 may control the operation of the motor 23 by feeding the sensed current i back to the motor applied voltage Vmotor. In the present invention, since the counter electromotive force is reflected and fed back to the current i, it does not need to be considered separately. Subsequently, the controller 25 may further include attenuation voltage (for example, the applied voltage Vin that integrates the motor applied voltage Vmotor with the applied voltage Vin which is an initial voltage and the current applied by the applied motor applied voltage Vmotor). ) Is repeatedly calculated and applied according to the difference from the first attenuation voltage) or the first attenuation voltage, etc.).
- attenuation voltage for example, the applied voltage Vin that integrates the motor applied voltage Vmotor with the applied voltage Vin which is an initial voltage and the current applied by the applied motor applied voltage
- the motor applied voltage Vmotor which is a required voltage
- the motor applied voltage Vmotor that is, the maximum value
- the DC voltage Vdc DC voltage
- the inverter section 22 applies an AC voltage (motor applied voltage Vmotor) having a magnitude within this DC voltage Vdc to the motor section or the motor 23.
- the control unit 25 adjusts the magnitude of the AC voltage applied from the inverter unit 22 to the motor unit or the motor 23 so as to maintain the necessary cooling force.
- control unit 25 may achieve the required high cooling power by varying the frequency of the motor applied voltage Vmotor from the inverter unit 22, for example, by increasing the frequency at high load.
- FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a linear compressor according to the present invention.
- the linear compressor according to the present invention is provided with an inlet pipe 32a and an outlet pipe 32b through which refrigerant flows in and out of one side of the sealed container 32, and a cylinder inside the sealed container 32.
- the piston 34 is installed to be fixed, and the piston 36 is installed inside the cylinder 34 so as to reciprocate linear movement so as to compress the refrigerant sucked into the compression space P inside the cylinder 34.
- an intake valve 52 is installed at one end of the piston 36 in contact with the compression space P
- a discharge valve assembly 54 is installed at one end of the cylinder 34 in contact with the compression space P. The intake valve 52 and the discharge valve assembly 54 are automatically adjusted to open and close according to the pressure in the compression space P, respectively.
- the airtight container 32 is installed so that the upper and lower shells are coupled to each other so that the inside is sealed, and an inlet tube 32a through which the refrigerant is introduced and an outlet tube 32b through which the refrigerant is discharged are installed, and a cylinder ( 34, the piston 36 is installed so as to be elastically supported in the movement direction for reciprocating linear motion, and the linear motors 40 are assembled to each other by the frame 48 outside the cylinder 34 to form an assembly.
- the assembly is installed to be elastically supported by the support spring 59 on the bottom surface of the sealed container (32).
- a predetermined oil is contained in the bottom surface of the airtight container 32, and an oil supply device 60 for pumping oil is installed at the bottom of the assembly, and oil is supplied to the inside of the lower frame 48 of the assembly.
- An oil supply pipe 48a is formed to be supplied between the cylinders 34, so that the oil supply device 60 is operated by the vibration generated by the reciprocating linear movement of the piston 36 to pump oil, and The oil is supplied to the gap between the piston 36 and the cylinder 34 along the oil supply pipe 48a to cool and lubricate.
- the cylinder 34 is formed in a hollow shape so that the piston 36 can reciprocate linearly, and a compression space P is formed at one side, and one end is located close to the inside of the inlet pipe 32a. It is preferable to be provided on the same straight line as the inflow pipe 32a.
- the cylinder 34 has a piston 36 installed in one end close to the inlet pipe 32a so as to reciprocate linearly, and a discharge valve assembly 54 is installed at one end opposite to the inlet pipe 32a. .
- the discharge valve assembly 54 is a discharge cover 54a is installed to form a predetermined discharge space on one end of the cylinder 34, and the discharge valve is installed to open and close one end of the compression space (P) side of the cylinder ( 54b) and a valve spring 54c, which is a kind of coil spring that imparts an elastic force in the axial direction between the discharge cover 54a and the discharge valve 54b, and has an O-ring R around one end of the cylinder 34. It is installed so that the discharge valve 54a is in close contact with one end of the cylinder (34).
- a curved loop pipe 58 is installed between one side of the discharge cover 54a and the outlet pipe 32b.
- the loop pipe 58 not only guides the compressed refrigerant to be discharged to the outside. Vibration caused by the interaction of the cylinder 34, the piston 36, and the linear motor 40 buffers the transmission of the entire sealed container 32.
- valve spring 54c is compressed to open the discharge valve 54b.
- the refrigerant is discharged from the compressed space P, and then completely discharged along the loop pipe 58 and the outlet pipe 32b.
- the piston 36 has a refrigerant passage 36a formed at the center so that the refrigerant flowing from the inlet pipe 32a flows, and one end of the piston 36 adjacent to the inlet pipe 32a is connected by the linear motor. 40 is installed to be directly connected, and the suction valve 52 is installed at one end of the inflow pipe 32a in the opposite direction, and is installed to be elastically supported by various springs in the movement direction of the piston 36.
- the suction valve 52 is formed in a thin plate shape so that the center portion is partially cut to open and close the refrigerant passage 36a of the piston 36, and one side is fixed by a screw to one end of the piston 36a. It is installed as possible.
- the suction valve 52 is opened to compress the refrigerant.
- the suction in the space P and the pressure in the compression space P becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined suction pressure, the refrigerant in the compression space P is compressed while the suction valve 52 is closed.
- the piston 36 is installed so as to be elastically supported in the movement direction.
- a piston flange 36b protruding in a radial direction at one end of the piston 36 proximate to the inflow pipe 32a includes a mechanical spring such as a coil spring or the like.
- the refrigerant is elastically supported in the movement direction of the piston 36 by 38a, 38b, and the refrigerant contained in the compression space P on the opposite side to the inflow pipe 32a acts as a gas spring by its elastic force, thereby causing the piston 36 It will elastically support.
- the mechanical springs 38a and 38b have a constant mechanical spring constant K m regardless of the load, and the mechanical springs 38a and 38b are fixed to the linear motor 40 based on the piston flange 36b.
- the predetermined support frame 56 and the cylinder 34 are installed side by side in the axial direction, respectively, the mechanical spring 38a supported by the support frame 56 and the mechanical spring 38a installed in the cylinder 34.
- the gas spring has a variable gas spring constant (K g ) depending on the load, the gas contained in the compression space (P) is the elastic force increases as the pressure of the refrigerant increases as the ambient temperature increases.
- K g variable gas spring constant
- the gas spring has a larger gas spring constant K g as the load increases.
- the mechanical spring constant (K m ) is constant, while the gas spring constant (K g ) is variable depending on the load, so the overall spring constant is also variable depending on the load, and the natural frequency (f n ) of the piston is also the gas It depends on the spring constant K g .
- this load can be measured in various ways, but since such a linear compressor is configured to be included in a refrigeration / air conditioning cycle in which the refrigerant is compressed, condensed, evaporated, and expanded, the load is the condensing pressure which is the pressure at which the refrigerant is condensed. It can be defined as the difference in the evaporation pressure, which is the pressure at which the refrigerant is evaporated, and further determined in consideration of the average pressure obtained by averaging the condensation pressure and the evaporation pressure in order to increase the accuracy.
- the load is calculated to be proportional to the difference between the condensation pressure and the evaporation pressure and the average pressure, and as the load increases, the gas spring constant K g increases.
- the load between the condensation pressure and the evaporation pressure increases. Even if the difference between the condensation pressure and the evaporation pressure is the same, the larger the average pressure is, the greater the load is, and the larger the gas spring constant K g is calculated corresponding to the load.
- the linear compressor may be provided with a sensor (pressure sensor, temperature sensor, etc.) for calculating the load.
- the load is measured so as to measure the condensation temperature which is substantially proportional to the condensation pressure and the evaporation temperature which is proportional to the evaporation pressure, and is proportional to the difference between the condensation temperature and the evaporation temperature and the average temperature.
- the mechanical spring constant (K m ) and the gas spring constant (K g ) can be determined through various experiments, and the resonance frequency of the piston is increased according to the load by increasing the ratio of the gas spring constant to the total spring constant. It can be varied in a relatively wide range.
- the linear motor 40 is configured such that a plurality of laminations 42a are stacked in the circumferential direction, and an inner stator 42 installed to be fixed to the outside of the cylinder 34 by the frame 48 and a coil wound configured to wind the coils.
- the outer stator 44 is configured such that a plurality of laminations 44b are laminated in the circumferential direction around the hull 44a and is provided with a predetermined gap with the inner stator 42 outside the cylinder 34 by the frame 48.
- a permanent magnet 46 positioned in the gap between the inner stator 42 and the outer stator 44 and installed to be connected by the piston 36 and the connecting member 47, wherein the coil winding body 44a is provided. May be installed to be fixed to the outer side of the inner stator 42.
- the linear motor 40 corresponds to one embodiment of the motor 23 described above.
- 5 is a graph of conversion of the input voltage and the stroke of the motor in the linear compressor according to the present invention.
- the cooling force variable can be performed in a stable state. That is, the controller 25 controls the AC voltage applied to the motor 23 so that the stroke of the piston 36 as the movable member and the magnitude of the AC voltage applied to the motor 23 are proportional to the piston in response to the load. It is possible to perform the natural cold power variable by the reciprocating motion of (36).
- the stroke of the piston 36 and the magnitude of the alternating voltage applied to the motor 36 are proportional to at least in the region close to the top dead center of the movable member, thereby preventing stroke jump.
- Figure 6 is a graph of the change in cold power and load in the linear compressor according to the present invention. In this embodiment, it is assumed that the capacitance C of the capacitor C2 is 21 kW.
- the cold power variable curve (I) is in the form of a fixed cold power variable curve.
- the cooling force variable curve I and the cooling force variable curve II with respect to the cooling force variable curve II are shown with a cooling force variable curve III having an approximately moderate cooling force variable rate.
- the control unit 25 stores a constant (1 / Cr) that the control unit 25 can vary. According to the needs of low cooling power, medium cooling power, and high cooling power, Cr or 1 is required.
- a cooling force adjustment such as a cooling force variable curve (II) or (III) can be performed.
- the control device In addition to the control according to the need for cooling power, for example, even when the control is performed so that the total capacitor (Ctotal) is 10 kW, even if a low cooling power is required, the control device is provided with a separate input or a separate control algorithm. Therefore, it is possible to control the total capacitor (Ctotal) to be 15 kW, so that additional cooling force can be generated.
- the controller 25 can adjust the cooling force variable rate by varying the constant 1 / Cr (or Cr). That is, as shown in FIG. 6, when the control unit 25 determines Ctotal of a specific capacity, the size of the Cvirtual may be calculated by the following equation using Equation 1.
- the size of the constant Cr is set to correspond to Cvirtual.
- the phase difference between the motor applied voltage Vmotor and the current i is reduced, so that more cold power can be exerted under the same load. That is, the LC resonance frequency is determined by the value of Ctotal, and the phase of the motor applied voltage (Vmotor) and the current (i) at a predetermined load is determined. At this time, when the Ctotal is changed, the motor applied voltage (Vmotor) and The phase of the current i is changed so that the total power is changed. In other words, since the cooling power becomes larger or smaller, the natural cooling power variable rate is different.
- FIG. 7 are voltage graphs of a linear compressor according to the present invention.
- the attenuation voltage Vc calculated from the current i is subtracted from the applied voltage Vin to calculate the actual motor applied voltage Vmotor, which is applied to the coil (Vmotor).
- Vmotor the actual motor applied voltage
- L a single or a plurality of capacitors are made equal to the voltage applied to the motor in a circuit connected in series, so that the linear compressor can be variable in cold power control.
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- 내부에 압축공간을 포함하는 고정부재와;고정부재 내부에서 왕복 직선운동하면서 압축공간으로 흡입된 냉매를 압축시키는 가동부재와;가동부재를 가동부재의 운동방향으로 탄성 지지하도록 설치된 적어도 하나 이상의 스프링과;가동부재와 연결되도록 설치되어 가동부재를 축방향으로 왕복 직선운동시키는 모터와, 모터에 직렬로 연결된 캐패시터로 구성된 모터부와;모터로 인가되는 교류 전압을 제어하되, 가동부재의 왕복 운동에 의한 냉력 가변율을 조절하는 모터 제어부로 이루어진 것을 특징으로 하는 리니어 압축기.
- 제1항에 있어서,가동부재의 스트로크와, 모터에 인가되는 교류 전압의 크기는 적어도 가동부재의 상사점으로의 근접 영역에서 비례하는 것을 특징으로 하는 리니어 압축기.
- 제1항에 있어서,모터 제어부는 모터에 흐르는 전류를 이용하여, 모터의 코일에 의한 인덕턴스 영향을 감쇄시키는 감쇄 연산부를 구비하는 것을 특징으로 하는 리니어 압축기.
- 제1항에 있어서,모터 제어부는 교류전원을 입력받아 직류 전압으로 출력하는 정류부와, 직류전압을 인가받아 제어 신호에 따라 교류전압으로 변환하여 모터부에 제공하는 인버터부와, 모터부에 흐르는 전류를 감지하는 전류 감지부와, 전류 감지부로부터의 전류를 적분하되, 적분된 값에 상수(1/Cr)를 곱하여 감쇄 전압을 연산하고, 설정 전압과, 감쇄 전압 간의 차이에 해당되는 교류전압이 생성되도록 하는 제어 신호를 생성하여 인버터부에 인가하는 제어부를 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 리니어 압축기.
- 제4항에 있어서,상수(1/Cr)는 가변되는 것을 특징으로 하는 리니어 압축기.
- 제5항에 있어서,상수(1/Cr)의 가변에 의해, 압축기의 냉력 가변율이 조절되는 것을 특징으로 하는 리니어 압축기.
- 제5항에 있어서,제어부는 모터에 직렬로 연결된 전체 캐패시터의 용량을 제어하는 것을 특징으로 하는 리니어 압축기.
- 내부에 압축공간을 포함하는 고정부재와, 고정부재 내부에서 압축공간으로 흡입된 냉매를 압축시키는 가동부재와, 가동부재를 탄성 지지하도록 설치된 적어도 하나 이상의 스프링과, 가동부재와 연결되도록 설치되어 가동부재를 축방향으로 왕복 직선운동시키는 모터와, 모터에 직렬로 연결된 캐패시터로 구성된 모터부를 구비하는 리니어 압축기의 제어 방법에 있어서, 상기 제어 방법은:기설정된 초기 전압을 모터에 인가하는 제1 단계와;기설정된 초기 전압의 인가에 의한 전류로, 제1 감쇄 전압을 산정하는 제2 단계와;초기 전압과 제1 감쇄 전압의 차이에 대응하는 제1 필요 전압을 산정하는 제3 단계와;산정된 필요 전압을 모터에 인가하는 제 4 단계와;산정된 필요 전압의 인가에 의한 전류로, 제2 감쇄 전압을 산정하는 제 5 단계와;초기 전압과 제2감쇄 전압의 차이에 대응하는 제2 필요 전압을 산정하는 제 6 단계와;제2필요 전압을 모터에 인가하는 제7단계를 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 리니어 압축기의 제어 방법.
- 제8항에 있어서,상기 제어 방법은 제5단계 내지 제7단계를 반복적으로 수행하는 것을 특징으로 하는 리니어 압축기의 제어 방법.
- 제8항에 있어서,제2 단계 또는 제5 단계는 전류를 적분하되, 적분된 값에 가변 가능한 상수(1/Cr)를 곱하여 제1 또는 제2 감쇄 전압을 연산하는 것을 특징으로 하는 리니어 압축기의 제어 방법.
- 제10항에 있어서,제2 단계 또는 제5 단계는 모터에 직렬로 연결된 전체 캐패시터의 용량을 조절하는 것을 특징으로 하는 리니어 압축기의 제어 방법.
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