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 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.