Abstract:
An electrical switching device for operating an electrical machine comprises an inverter circuit, an exciter circuit and a cooling device, wherein the exciter circuit is formed by at least one circuit module, wherein the circuit module is thermally coupled to the cooling device and comprises a discharge circuit, connected to the inverter circuit and adapted to discharge at least one energy accumulator of the inverter circuit.
Abstract:
A system is disclosed which utilizes a non-pulse width modulated signal, which provides a fully rectified sinusoidal modulated DC link to a single phase AC motor to emulate a variable single phase AC power line. The system provides for reduced EMI and reduced size when compared to a controller with a PWM drive signal.
Abstract:
in a method of controlling a variable speed wind turbine, said wind turbine comprising a double-fed asynchronous generator having rotor windings and stator windings and means for controlling the wind turbine speed, the method comprises the following steps:—measuring or calculating, based on measured parameters, the active electrical power (Pr) in the rotor windings, comparing the active electrical power (Pr) in the rotor windings with a preset limit (PrLimit), when the active electrical power (Pr) in the rotor windings exceeds the preset limit (PrLimit), controlling the wind turbine speed to minimize the difference between the active electrical power (Pr) in the rotor windings and a preset reference (PrRef). The rotor power (Pr) is kept at a reduced level, thus avoiding overload of wind turbine generator components.
Abstract:
A method for operating a doubly-fed machine by determining its rotational speed (nact), forming a rotational speed reference (nref), measuring network voltage and current, and calculating network active power (Pact) and reactive power (Qact). Thereafter, calculating shaft torque (T) based on active power (Pact) and rotating speed (nact), forming a frequency reference (Fref) for the inverter based on machine rotating speed (nact), rotating speed reference (nref), shaft torque (T), and the known pole pair number and network frequency, forming a reactive power reference (Qref) for the machine. Forming an Ir compensation reference (IRref) for the inverter on the basis of the reactive reference (Qref) and the reactive power (Qact), and controlling the inverter to produce rotor voltage based on frequency reference (Fref) and the IR compensation reference
Abstract:
A motor control system disclosed herein controls operation of a motor having a stator having one of an armature winding and a field winding and a rotor having the other of the armature winding and the field winding. The motor control system includes a first inverter that supplies an armature current to the armature winding, a second inverter that supplies a field current to the field winding, and a control device that controls the operations of the first inverter and the second inverter. The control device is configured to be capable of executing harmonic superimposition processing for at least partially canceling harmonics appearing in the motor by superimposing harmonic currents on the field current based on the motor operation index indicating the operation of the motor.
Abstract:
An electric power control method comprising: a current measuring step; a command value calculating step; an operating step; a determining step of determining whether to change an operation period within which the operating step is performed so as to be longer than one cycle of the carrier wave or not; a first reducing step of reducing the switching operation of the switching elements in a first half cycle of the carrier wave starting from a start timing of the operation period after the change during which the carrier wave monotonously changes; a comparing step of changing a slope of the carrier wave in an intermediate period between the first half cycle of the carrier wave and a last half cycle of the carrier wave in the operation period after the change to compare the carrier wave with the duty command value in the magnitude, the comparing step performing the switching operation of the switching elements according to a result of the comparison; and a second reducing step of reducing the switching operation of the switching elements in the last half cycle of the carrier wave.
Abstract:
A control apparatus for driving a three-phase rotary electric machine that generates torque including magnet torque and reluctance torque is provided. AC current supplied to two winding groups of the rotary electric machine have the same amplitude and the mutually different phases defined as 30±60×n[deg]. The control unit calculates d-axis current and q-axis current of 6 (2k+1)th order component superposed on a fundamental wave component on dq coordinate, to reduce a peak of the first order component in the phase current, thereby controlling the three-phase rotary electric machine. The control unit calculates current such that an amplitude of the q-axis current of the 6 (2k+1)th order component is larger than an amplitude of the d-axis current of the 6 (2k+1)th order component.
Abstract:
A single external power supply variable speed induction motor and a control method thereof are disclosed. An induction motor includes: a stator in which coils directly connected to a single-phase or 3-phase or more systematic power supply are wound; a rotor that is supported to be rotatable in the stator; a power conversion device that is attached to the rotor and controls a rotor current without connection of a separate external power supply; and a control circuit that is connected to the power conversion device and controls the power conversion device.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a device for controlling the speed of an electric motor, wherein the said motor is arranged to be connected to a voltage source, wherein the said motor comprises a stator winding and a rotor winding, wherein, in operation, a rotating stator field having a first rotational frequency is generated in the stator winding, wherein the said stator field, in operation, is arranged to induce a first rotor field having a second rotational frequency in the said rotor winding. The device comprises frequency converter means for generating a second rotor voltage having a third rotational frequency from a voltage in the rotor winding being induced from the said stator field, for being supplied to the said rotor winding, wherein the said second rotor voltage being generated by the said frequency converter, in operation, is arranged to generate a second rotating rotor field in the said rotor winding so that, in operation, the rotor rotates with a rotational frequency substantially being the difference between the rotational frequency of the stator field and the rotational frequency of the generated second rotor field.
Abstract:
An electromechanical power transfer system that transfers power between a direct current (DC) electrical power system and a prime mover, comprises: a permanent magnet machine (PMM) comprising a permanent magnet (PM) rotor that rotates a drive shaft of the prime mover, a stator with a multiphase alternating current (AC) winding coupled to the AC bus for developing a rotating magnetic field with a magnetic flux path that causes rotation of the PM rotor and a control coil with a winding that has a configuration to generate a magnetic field with flux that varies the reactance of the stator winding upon the application of current through the control coil; a plurality of AC current sensors for sensing the current in each phase of the multi-phase AC bus and generating respective AC bus current signals that represent the current level of each phase; an average current detector that receives the AC bus current signals and generates a respective current load feedback signal; a back electromotive force (emf) detector coupled to the AC bus that detects back emf generated by the stator in response to the application of AC power to the stator and generates a back emf signal representative of the detected level of back emf; a rotor position/speed estimator that receives the back emf signal and generates an estimated rotor position signal that is representative of the position of the rotor, an estimated rotor speed signal that is representative of the speed of the rotor and a closed loop enable signal that indicates a speed for the electrical starting system to switch from an open loop mode of operation to a closed loop mode of operation; a control coil current sensor for generating a control coil current signal in a control coil current feedback loop that is representative of the level of electrical current in the control coil; a first speed switch that switches between an open loop position reference signal that represents a desired position of the rotor in an open loop mode and the estimated rotor position signal that represents the position of the rotor in a closed loop mode to provide a position reference signal; a second speed switch that switches between an open loop current reference signal that represents a desired control coil current level in the open loop mode and a closed loop current reference signal that represents a desired control coil current level in the closed loop mode to provide a control coil current reference signal; an inverter/rectifier system for converting DC power from the DC power system to multiphase alternating current (AC) power on an AC bus; a control coil current regulator system for regulating current through the control coil; wherein the inverter/rectifier system responds to the position reference signal, the current load feedback signal and a current load reference signal to regulate acceleration of the PMM; wherein the control coil current regulator system responds to the control coil current reference signal and the control coil current feedback signal to regulate current in the PMM; and wherein the power transfer system starts in the open loop mode, the rotor position/speed estimator generates the closed loop enable signal that indicates a speed for the electrical starting system to switch from the open loop mode of operation to the closed loop mode of operation at a predetermined rotor speed, and the first and second speed switches respond to the closed loop enable mode to switch from their open loop mode to their closed loop mode.