Abstract:
A thyristor bridge (28, 34) of an electrical converter (12) is connected to at least one DC link (30) and comprising at least one phase leg (40) for each output phase (R, S, T) and each phase leg (40) being composed of two series-connected thyristor arms (38). The thyristor arms (38) of a thyristor bridge (28, 34) are cyclically switched by: determining an upper bound (76) for a firing angle (66) of a thyristor arm (38), wherein the upper bound (76) is determined from voltage and current measurements (74, 62); and determining a firing angle (44) for the thyristor bridge (28, 34), which firing angle (44) determines a switching time (70) of the thyristor arm (38), wherein the firing angle (44) is determined, such that it is less or equal to the upper bound (76).
Abstract:
An electrical converter (12) with at least two output phases comprises a rectifier (28) and a thyristor-based inverter (34) interconnected by a DC link (30) with an inductor (32), wherein the thyristor-based inverter (34) comprises a half-bridge (40) with at least two half-bridge arms (42a, 42b) for each output phase of the electrical converter (12) and each arm (42a, 42b) being provided by a thyristor (38). A method for switching the electrical converter (12) comprises: cyclically switching the thyristors (38) of the inverter (34), such that at at least one time instant (58), two thyristors (38) of different half-bridge arms (42a, 42b) are switched on simultaneously, such that a pulse number, which determines at how many time instants (58) thyristors (38) of the inverter (34) are switched during one stator voltage period, is lower than the number of half-bridge arms (42a, 42b) of the inverter (34).
Abstract:
A method of controlling a compressor system (10) comprises a gas compressor (32) and an electrical variable-speed drive (30) supplied by an electrical grid (36) and driving the gas compressor (32). A method of controlling the compressor system (10) comprises: detecting a voltage dip (12) in a grid voltage (V) supplied to the electrical drive (30) by comparing the grid voltage (V) with a voltage dip threshold; in the case, a voltage dip (12) is detected: assuming a future development (72) of the grid voltage (V); predicting a future development (84) of at least one process quantity (q) based on at least one process parameter (86) measured in the compressor system (10) and the assumption of the future development (72) of the grid voltage (V); providing the predicted future development (84) of the least one process quantity (q) to a protection system (88). The assumed future development (72) of the grid voltage (V) is based on a predefined depth and a predefined length of an average voltage dip, the predefined depth and the predefined length of the average voltage dip are determined online from a set of historical voltage dip cases, and the assumed future development (72) of the grid voltage (V) is based on an assumption of a persistence of the actual measured voltage.
Abstract:
A load commutated converter interconnects an AC power grid with an AC load and comprises a grid-side converter, a DC link and a load-side converter. A method for controlling the load commutated converter comprises: determining a gridside firing angle for the grid-side converter; determining a load-side firing angle for the load-side converter; determining a grid voltage of the AC power grid; modifying the grid-side firing angle and/or the load-side firing angle based on the grid voltage, such that when an undervoltage condition in the AC power grid occurs, the operation of the load commutated converter is adapted to a change in the grid voltage; and applying the grid-side firing angle to the grid-side converter and the load-side firing angle to the load-side converter.
Abstract:
The invention is related to a control arrangement for controlling a group of compressors (13A, 13B, 13C) in a compressor station (10), powered by an electrical power supply system (1), in case of disturbances in the electrical power supply system, each compressor being run by an electrical variable speed drive (23A, 23B, 23C) providing a drive torque for the compressor, the control arrangement comprising a main control unit (24) operable to determine a total available power for the variable speed drives during a disturbance in the electrical power supply system and select a number of drive torques for operating at least some of the compressors during the disturbance, where the power used for obtaining the selected drive torques is within the total available power.