Abstract:
A plastic liquid cooled variable speed drive or inductor provided. The cooler provides lightweight, space conservative, corrosive free cooling to the components as well as provides a mounting area for modules. A cooler can be mounted to the core of an inductor to absorb heat generated by the core losses.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for synchronous operation of variable speed drives having active converters include extending the synchronous operation of an active converter to the AC mains voltage during complete line dropout. A phase angle control circuit includes a squaring amplifier, a first phase-lock loop circuit associated and a second phase-lock loop circuit. The squaring amplifier receives the AC power source and outputs a rectangular output signal to a pair of phase lock loop (PLL) circuits. The first PLL circuit with a first lag-lead filter is configured with a high cutoff frequency to provide the converter stage with a phase angle parameter; and the second phase-lock loop circuit including a second lag-lead filter configured to have a low cutoff frequency to provide the lag-lead filter the capability of storing the phase angle of the mains voltage during mains interruption.
Abstract:
A variable speed drive (VSD) for heating, ventilation, air-conditioning and refrigeration (HVAC & R) applications includes a variable speed drive system configured to receive an input AC voltage at a fixed AC input voltage and provide an output AC power at a variable voltage variable frequency. The variable speed drive includes a converter stage connected to an AC power source providing the input AC voltage, the converter stage being configured to convert the input AC voltage to a boosted DC voltage; a DC link connected to the converter stage, the DC link being configured to filter and store the boosted DC voltage from the converter stage; and an inverter stage connected to the DC link, the inverter stage being configured to convert the boosted DC voltage from the DC link into the output AC power having the variable voltage and the variable frequency. The variable speed drive also includes a ground fault protection system for interrupting fault current flowing to an input phase of the active converter, the ground fault on an input phase of the active converter, and the controller; wherein the active converter further includes at least two semiconductor switches for each power phase of the AC power source; each of inversely connected to switch in parallel, wherein each of the reverse lGBTs inversely connected to switch the RB IGBTs to a nonconductive state in response to a sensed ground fault current.
Abstract:
A method of providing ride-through capability in a chiller/refrigeration system employs a variable speed drive with an active converter stage, a DC link stage and an inverter stage for providing variable frequency and voltage to power at least one motor. An induction motor is coupled to the output of the inverter stage for driving a compressor in the chiller/refrigeration system. The ride-through method comprises operating the active converter to regulate the DC link voltage of the DC link stage to a predetermined voltage level until the current through the active converter equals a predetermined current limit, then transferring regulation of the DC link to the inverter upon reaching the current limit of the converter. The compressor is unloaded, and the power flow through the inverter is reversed to maintain the voltage level of the DC link stage. Pre-rotation vanes, slide valve, or check valve are used to unload the compressor.
Abstract:
An optocoupler circuit (10) includes a switch (22) connected in parallel with a photo LED (20), the photo LED (20) having an anode and a cathode. The anode is connected to a power supply via a decoupling capacitor (28). The optocoupler circuit is arranged so that the switch turns on the photo LED when in the open position. When closed, the switch (22) directs current flow through a series resistor (32) to ground and shunts current flow away from the photo LED to turn off the photo LED. A second capacitor (38) is connected to the cathode of the photo LED. The second capacitor is wired in series with a second switch (40) and a current limiting resistor (42) connected to ground. The first switch (22) and second switch (04) operate in complementary states to prevent the cathode connected capacitor (38) from discharging. The disclosed optocoupler circuit (10) provides the ability to function at increased levels of common mode voltage transients.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for synchronous operation of variable speed drives having active converters include extending the synchronous operation of an active converter to the AC mains voltage during complete line dropout. A phase angle control circuit includes a squaring amplifier, a first phase-lock loop circuit associated and a second phase-lock loop circuit. The squaring amplifier receives the AC power source and outputs a rectangular output signal to a pair of phase lock loop (PLL) circuits. The first PLL circuit with a first lag-lead filter is configured with a high cutoff frequency to provide the converter stage with a phase angle parameter; and the second phase-lock loop circuit including a second lag-lead filter configured to have a low cutoff frequency to provide the lag-lead filter the capability of storing the phase angle of the mains voltage during mains interruption.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for improved Variable Speed Drives having active inverters include an input filter for filtering common mode and differential mode currents. A three-phase inductor has three windings, each winding of the three-phase inductor having a center tap dividing each winding into a pair of inductor sections; and a three-phase input capacitor bank connected in a wye configuration to the three center taps at one end, and to a common point at the opposite end. The three-phase input capacitor bank provides a short circuit for frequencies above a predetermined fundamental frequency for shunting such frequencies through the three phase capacitor bank, while passing the predetermined fundamental frequency to an input AC power source.
Abstract:
A method of providing ridethrough capability in a chiller system employs a variable speed drive with an active converter stage, a DC link stage and an inverter stage for providing variable frequency and voltage to power at least one motor. An induction motor is coupled to the output of the inverter stage for driving a compressor in the chiller system. The ridethrough method comprises operating the active converter to regulate the DC link voltage of the DC link stage to a predetermined voltage level until the current through the active converter equals a predetermined current limit, then transferring regulation of the DC link to the inverter upon reaching the current limit of the converter. The compressor is unloaded, and the power flow through the inverter is reversed to maintain the voltage level of the DC link stage. Prerotation vanes, slide valve, or check valve are used to unload the compressor.