Abstract:
A method of and apparatus for controlling a braking resistor, provided in a d.c. circuit of a frequency converter, by rectifying a mains voltage, by means of a first rectifier bridge connected to a three-phase mains supply, to form an actual value voltage; comparing said actual value voltage and a reference voltage; and operating a switch in series with the braking resistor to cause the latter to conduct when the comparison indicates that the actual value voltage is greater than the reference voltage. The reference voltage is formed from a rectified voltage obtained from the three-phase mains supply and rectified by a second rectifier bridge.
Abstract:
The present invention concerns a method for improving the dynamic converter drive for a direct current elevator motor, in which the said motor is controlled by adjusting the magnetization of the generator linked to the lifting motor, such adjustment being achieved by means of a power electronics stage controlled by the elevator speed control system, using at least elevator speed and motor current consumption (or other current information proportional thereto) as feedback parameters. The intended improvement is achieved by measuring the current values at two different points in the magnetizing circuit of the generator by means of current measuring resistors, the result of the measurement at the first point indicating the generator magnetizing current value, which is supplied to the speed control unit of the speed control system, and the current measured at the second point representing the thyristor bridge current value, which is supplied to the circuit responsible for bridge changeover control in the said power electronics stage.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for monitoring current data in a thyristor-controlled direct current drive, the drive system comprising two thyristor bridges converting alternating current into direct current for the drive motor and a current measuring unit. With the aid of a current controller the drive system is caused to operate in one of two different modes of operation, so that as the system approaches zero current condition, the normal mode of operation changes to an oscillating mode, the direct current circuit being monitored with the aid of a delayed current indicator datum in the zero current situation as well.
Abstract:
Procedure for regulating the stator flux and torque of an asynchronous motor by vector control in an imaginary space vector coordinate system, in which procedure the absolute value (.vertline..PSI..sub.s .vertline.) of the stator flux and the torque (M) are determined in said coordinate system, and in which procedure the calculation coordinates are in such a position that the rotor flux (.PSI..sub.r) is at least close to the real axis. In the procedure of the invention, the absolute value of the stator flux (.vertline..PSI..sub.s .vertline.) is regulated by means of the real part (u.sub.sr) of the stator voltage and the torque (M) by means of the stator frequency (f.sub.s). The calculation coordinates are held in said position by adjusting the imaginary part (u.sub.si) of the stator voltage.
Abstract:
Method and apparatus for the measurement and tuning of an elevator system including at least one elevator having an elevator car and its control and driving equipment. The method uses at least one computer connected to the system. The elevator system is measured and tuned using virtual measuring and tuning components operated by programs of the computer.
Abstract:
In a method of and apparatus for connecting a storage battery to an elevator inverter, the storage battery being connected to a d.c. circuit of the elevator inverter power stage, a voltage in the d.c. circuit is higher than the battery voltage. Power flows bidirectionally from the storage battery to the d.c. circuit and vice versa. When power is flowing from the storage battery to the d.c. circuit, the battery voltage is matched to the voltage in the d.c. circuit by the aid of a semiconductor switch, by means of which an energy store is charged, and a diode, by which the energy in the energy store is discharged into the d.c. circuit. When power is flowing from the d.c. circuit to the storage battery, the voltage of the d.c. circuit is matched to the battery voltage with the aid of a second semiconductor switch, by means of which the energy store is charged, and a second diode, by which the energy in the energy store is discharged into the storage battery.
Abstract:
An apparatus for controlling a three-phase inverter supplying the a.c. motor of an elevator, the inverter having a power stage implemented with semiconductor switches, and the apparatus comprising an electronic control unit for producing a velocity reference value and a tachometer generator for producing an actual velocity value, voltage measuring elements for measuring a.c. voltages at the inverter output, and pulse width modulators and drivers for controlling the semiconductor switches in the inverter's power stage with control signals derived from the pulse width modulators. With the apparatus of the invention, fast control of the control voltage is achieved. Moreover, simpler voltage measuring elements may be used instead of current measuring elements. The apparatus of the invention comprises a speed regulator for producing a rotor current frequency and the frequencies of first reference voltages from the actual velocity value and the velocity reference value, a curve calculator for producing the amplitude of the reference voltages from the rotor current frequency and the frequency of the reference voltages, a three-phase oscillator for producing second reference voltages from the frequency and amplitude of the first reference voltages, and voltage regulators for producing control voltages for the pulse width modulators from additional reference voltages obtained from the second reference voltages and the actual value voltages obtained at the inverter output.
Abstract:
A method of forming the amplitude of the reference voltage of a three-phase inverter supplying a squirrel cage motor requires no current measuring elements. In this method, the amplitude is formed by finding in predetermined constant flux curves which represent the squirrel cage motor in question, and in which the motor rotor current frequency appears as parameter, a curve from which is obtained the amplitude of the motor stator voltage, i.e. of the inverter reference voltage, corresponding to the frequency of the motor's stator voltage, i.e. of the inverter reference voltage, so that the magnetic flux in the stator will be constant.
Abstract:
A method and device for elevator DC drive motor speed control stabilization system in which current data and speed data are used as feed-back information. The current regulator is approximated by an ideal integrator, and mathematical model thereby obtained is used for determining the amplification and time constants of the control system speed loop or loops, and these system parameters are compensated by providing short instruction accentuations for achieving practically delay-free compliance with instructions.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for controlling a direct current motor of an elevator during emergency braking by conducting a current generated by the motor through a braking resistor are disclosed, in which a semiconductor switch connects the braking resistor across the motor during the emergency braking and a mains voltage to the motor is simultaneously interrupted.