WO2016134776A1 - Appareil électroménager polyphasé ayant une sécurité accrue et procédé de commande - Google Patents

Appareil électroménager polyphasé ayant une sécurité accrue et procédé de commande Download PDF

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WO2016134776A1
WO2016134776A1 PCT/EP2015/054056 EP2015054056W WO2016134776A1 WO 2016134776 A1 WO2016134776 A1 WO 2016134776A1 EP 2015054056 W EP2015054056 W EP 2015054056W WO 2016134776 A1 WO2016134776 A1 WO 2016134776A1
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Serdar Gokhan DOGANAY
Selcuk SOYYIGIT
Gamze DAG
Ugur Camli
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Arcelik Anonim Sirketi
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24C—DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES ; DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F24C7/00—Stoves or ranges heated by electric energy
    • F24C7/08—Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02H—EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS
    • H02H3/00—Emergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired change from normal electric working condition with or without subsequent reconnection ; integrated protection
    • H02H3/26—Emergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired change from normal electric working condition with or without subsequent reconnection ; integrated protection responsive to difference between voltages or between currents; responsive to phase angle between voltages or between currents
    • H02H3/265—Emergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired change from normal electric working condition with or without subsequent reconnection ; integrated protection responsive to difference between voltages or between currents; responsive to phase angle between voltages or between currents responsive to phase angle between voltages or between currents
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B6/00—Heating by electric, magnetic or electromagnetic fields
    • H05B6/02—Induction heating
    • H05B6/04—Sources of current
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2600/00—Control issues
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02H—EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS
    • H02H11/00—Emergency protective circuit arrangements for preventing the switching-on in case an undesired electric working condition might result
    • H02H11/004—Emergency protective circuit arrangements for preventing the switching-on in case an undesired electric working condition might result in case of incorrect phase sequence; with switching for obtaining correct phase sequence

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  • the present invention relates to a polyphase electrical household appliance, in particular to a cooking appliance.
  • a cooking appliance generally comprises a power source unit which has an input means that includes two terminals for respectively connecting the protective earth line PE and the neutral line N and an additional terminal for connecting a single phase line L1, or two additional terminals for respectively connecting two phase lines L1, L2 or three additional terminals for respectively connecting three phase lines L1, L2, L3 of the mains of the three-phase electric power system.
  • the cooking appliance allows only a mono phase electrical connection.
  • the cooking appliance allows a two-phase electrical connection usually with the option of making a mono phase electrical connection by shunting the respective terminals.
  • the cooking appliance allows a three-phase electrical connection usually with the option of making a mono phase electrical connection or alternatively a two-phase electrical connection again by shunting the respective terminals.
  • the customers are generally advised to consult a professional electrician for the installation of their electrical household appliances.
  • the professional electrician will correctly decide for the type of the electrical connection to be made by considering the capacity of the wiring in the customer’s house and the wattage of the electrical household appliance to be installed.
  • some customers try to connect their electrical household appliances to the three-phase AC mains by themselves. In such instances, there is a risk that the appliance is not correctly connected to the mains and thus, the electric wiring in the house and/or the appliance may get damaged. Such damages may cause fire and/or an electric shock during the operation of the household appliance.
  • An objective of the present invention is to provide a polyphase electrical household appliance and a control method which overcomes the aforementioned drawbacks of the prior art in a cost effective way and which enables an improved safety.
  • the household appliance of the present invention comprises a protection unit which detects the relative phases of the lines that are connected to the terminals of its input means assigned to the phase lines of the three-phase AC mains, and controls the output means of the power source unit in accordance with the detection result.
  • the household appliance can be prevented from being incorrectly connected to the three-phase mains in particular when a two-phase electrical connection or a three-phase electrical connection to the mains is mandatorily prescribed by the manufacturer. Thereby, the risk of damaging the electric wiring in the house and/or the appliance can be eliminated or reduced as much as possible. With the present invention, the safety of the polyphase electrical household appliance has been improved. Thereby, the consumer satisfaction can be increased.
  • the relative phases of the lines are detected by way of monitoring the zero-crossings of the corresponding signals.
  • the present invention is not limited to the zero-crossing method.
  • Other phase-angle measurement methods known to those skilled in the art can be alternatively used.
  • the output of electric power is inhibited to at least some of the load circuits of the appliance unless the detected relative phase differences are successively 120 degrees.
  • the user can be prevented from taking the household appliance into operation when the electrical connection is incorrect.
  • the normal operation of the appliance is permitted when the detected relative phase differences are successively 120 degrees.
  • the output of electric power is inhibited by interrupting the neutral output line.
  • the interruption is implemented through an electrically operable switch, in particular a relay which inhibits operation when it is closed and permits operation when it is opened.
  • the user is visually and/or audibly warned through the display and/or the loudspeaker of the appliance when the electrical connection is detected as incorrect.
  • the present invention can be particularly applied to polyphase electrical household appliances which have comparatively high energy consumptions.
  • the present invention can be more particularly applied to electrical cooking appliances which perform cooking by radiative heat transfer and/or convective heat transfer and/or electromagnetic induction.
  • the present invention is applied to an induction cooking appliance.
  • some of the load circuits which are subjected to the inhibition have induction coils which are normally operable in accordance with user inputs through an interface only when the electrical connection is detected as correct.
  • Figure 1 – is a schematic view of an induction cooking appliance which has five terminals for electrical connection to the three-phase AC mains according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • Figure 2 – is a schematic view of a protection unit of the induction cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • Figure 3 – is a flowchart showing the steps of a method for controlling a polyphase electrical household appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the polyphase electrical household appliance (1) is suitable for use in a three-phase AC electric power system (Fig. 1 to 2).
  • the polyphase electrical household appliance (1) comprises a plurality of load circuits (2) and a power source unit (3) which comprises an input means that includes either four or five terminals for respectively connecting the protective earth line (PE), the neutral line (N) and either two phase lines (L1, L2) or three phase lines (L1, L2, L3) of the three-phase mains of the three-phase electric power system; and an output means for outputting electric power via a plurality of output lines (L1’, L2’, L3’, N’) to the plurality of load circuits (2) (Fig. 1 to 2).
  • PE protective earth line
  • N neutral line
  • the household appliance (1) of the present invention comprises a protection unit (4) which detects the relative phases of the lines that are connected to the terminals of said input means assigned to the phase lines (L1, L2, L3) of the three-phase mains, and controls said output means in accordance with the detection result.
  • the protection unit (4) detects the relative phases of said lines by monitoring the zero-crossings of the corresponding signals.
  • the protection unit (4) inhibits the output means to output electric power to one or more than one of the load circuits (2) unless the relative phase differences are successively 120 degrees. In this embodiment, the protection unit (4) permits the output means to output electric power to the plurality of load circuits (2) if the relative phase differences are successively 120 degrees.
  • the protection unit (4) comprises a switching unit (5) for interrupting the output line (N’) which is assigned to the neutral line (N) and which leads to said one or more than one of the load circuits (2).
  • the protection unit (4) inhibits or permits the output means to output electric power by way of turning the switching unit (5) off or on respectively.
  • the household appliance (1) comprises a display unit (6) for visually outputting information to the user.
  • the protection unit (4) causes the display unit (6) to display a warning when the output means is inhibited by the protection unit (4).
  • the household appliance (1) is provided as an induction cooking appliance (1).
  • one or more than one of the load circuits (2) each comprise an induction coil and a control circuit for operating the induction coil in accordance with user inputs.
  • the control circuit comprises a rectifier and an inverter for operating the induction coil.
  • the present invention also provides a method for controlling the household appliance (1).
  • the method of the present invention comprises a step (S1) of detecting the relative phases of the lines which are connected to the terminals of the appliance (1) that are assigned to the phase lines (L1, L2, L3) of the three-phase mains of the three-phase electric power system; and a step (S1-S4) of controlling the electric power which is to be output via a plurality of output lines (L1’, L2’, L3’, N’) to the plurality of load circuits (2) of the appliance (1) in accordance with the detection result obtained in the detection step (S1) (Fig. 3).
  • the relative phases of said lines are detected by monitoring the zero-crossings of the corresponding signals.
  • control step (S1-S4) comprises: a step (S1 to S3) of inhibiting the electric power to be output to one or more than one of the load circuits (2) unless the relative phase differences are successively 120 degrees; and a step (S4) of permitting the electric power to be output to the load circuits (2) if the relative phase differences are successively 120 degrees.
  • the output line (N’) which is assigned to the neutral line (N) and which leads to said one or more than one of the load circuits (2) is interrupted.
  • the method comprises a step (S5) of visually and/or audibly warning the user when the electric power to be output to said one or more than one of the load circuits (2) is inhibited in the inhibiting step (S3).

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La présente invention concerne un appareil électroménager polyphasé (1) destiné à être utilisé dans un système d'alimentation électrique triphasée. L'appareil électroménager (1) comprend des circuits de charge (2), une unité de source de puissance (3) qui a un moyen d'entrée qui comprend quatre ou cinq bornes servant à connecter respectivement les conduites de terre protectrices (PE), la conduite neutre (N) et deux conduites de phase (L1, L2) ou trois conduites de phase (L1, L2, L3) du réseau électrique et un moyen de sortie destiné à délivrer la puissance électrique par l'intermédiaire d'une pluralité de conduites de sortie (L1 ', L2 ', L3 ', N') aux circuits de charge (3). L'appareil électroménager (1) de la présente invention comprend : une unité de protection (4) qui détecte les phases relatives des conduites qui sont connectées aux bornes desdits moyens d'entrée attribuées aux conduites de phase (L1, L2, L3) du réseau électrique et commande ledit moyen de sortie en accord avec le résultat de détection.
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