Abstract:
An electric load apparatus (100) includes a DC power source (B), a voltage sensor (10, 20), system relays (SR1, SR2), a capacitor (11, 13), a DC/DC converter (12), an inverter (14), a current sensor (24), a rotation sensor (25), a control apparatus (30), and an AC motor (M1). The control apparatus (30) restricts an increase amount of consumed power in the AC motor (M1) in a range in which the driving operation of the electric load apparatus (100) can be maintained, when the increase amount of the consumed power in the AC motor (M1) exceeds an allowable power that can be supplied from the capacitor (13) to the inverter (14).
Abstract:
This invention comprises a DC motor driving circuit for use with a solar powered heating system and other applications such as solar powered irrigation or pumping. The circuit, in addition to functioning as a DC-to-DC converter between a photovoltaic (PV) power source and a motor, also contains a short term energy storage capability that is used to provide a jolt of current to a stopped motor. The circuit is designed to maximize motor runtime, and to be applicable to the varying internal resistances and pumping loads of a variety of motors.
Abstract:
A motor controller is made up of a power supply circuit rectifying an AC power supply for outputting desired DC voltages while, at the same time, improving the power factor of the AC power supply, and a motor drive circuit for driving a motor. The controller has a rectifier circuit for converting AC power to a DC voltage and a smoothing circuit, a converter circuit constituted of a chopper circuit for controlling the DC voltage by utilizing a switching operation and the energy storing effect of an inductance, a motor drive device made up of an inverter circuit connected to the output of the converter circuit to control a motor, a converter control circuit for controlling the switching operation of the chopper circuit, an inverter control circuit for controlling the switching operation of the inverter circuit thereby driving the motor, a speed detector circuit for detecting a position of the rotor of the motor for calculating the speed of the motor, a speed control circuit receiving the calculated speed value and a speed command value for controlling the motor speed through the inverter circuit, and a DC voltage control circuit receiving the output signal of the speed control circuit for controlling the DC voltage through the converter control circuit in accordance with the output signal. The DC voltage control circuit, when the output of the speed control circuit reaches a predetermined value, outputs a signal to cause the DC voltage to increase or decrease to the converter control circuit. The output of the speed control circuit is a duty ratio signal or a speed deviation signal representing a deviation of the calculated speed value from the speed command value.
Abstract:
A controller for driving permanent magnet type synchronous motor. A motor terminal voltage or IPM (intelligent power module) input voltage necessary to achieve a target operating point is computed based on torque command and motor revolution. When the computed voltage exceeds an actual battery voltage, a booster is inserted between the battery and IPM, and the battery voltage, after being boosted, is applied between the direct current terminals of the IPM. Since the motor terminal voltage can be made so as to not exceed the boosted voltage even if the motor terminal voltage rises along with a rise in revolution and speed voltage, field weakening control becomes unnecessary.
Abstract:
An elevator wherein an electric motor for driving the cage of the elevator is driven by the use of alternating current produced by an inverter, comprising a converter which feeds D.C. power to the inverter and which is so arranged that a plurality of transistors are connected into a bridge corresponding to the number of phases of an A.C. power source connected on the input side of the converter and that diodes are connected to the respective transistors in inverse parallel relationship. In addition, a battery to be used in emergency is connected on the input side of the converter. The converter is controlled in the pulse width modulation in the normal state of the A.C. power source, and the converter connected to the battery is controlled as a chopper during the stoppage of the power source, thereby making it possible to run the elevator at high speed even with the battery of low voltage.
Abstract:
In an electric power converting apparatus utilized to convert the power of a storage battery into an AC voltage, step up the AC voltage by use of a step up transformer and rectify the secondary voltage of the transformer to directly operate a DC driving motor of a car or an AC motor through an inverter, a rectifier and an inverter are provided to energize the secondary of the transformer from a commercial source and another rectifier is provided on the primary side of the transformer to charge the storage battery.
Abstract:
The application provides a motor control method for driving a motor. The motor control method includes: at a normal status, when the motor outputs power, determining whether an output current of the motor reaches a maximum current limit; when the output current of the motor reaches the maximum current limit, controlling the motor to enter a boosting status to raise a maximum instantaneous output power of the motor; and when the motor has reached a maximum time limit within a boosting period at the boosting status, or when the output current of the motor drops from the maximum current limit, controlling the motor to return to the normal status from the boosting status.
Abstract:
A boost circuit and method is described for supplying a boost voltage to a rotor of the electric machine, just as the electric machine is pulsed on, the boost voltage aids the rotor in quickly overcoming its start-up inductance, rapidly turn on the rotor. As a result, much faster transition times are realized each time the electric machine transitions from the off state to the on state at the start of a pulse. By reducing the transition time, the overall efficiency of the electric machine is significantly improved.
Abstract:
A power converter includes: a rectifying and boosting unit that rectifies first alternating-current power supplied from a commercial power supply and boosts a voltage of the first alternating-current power; a capacitor connected to an output end of the rectifying and boosting unit; an inverter to convert power output from the rectifying and boosting unit and the capacitor into second alternating-current power, and output the second alternating-current power to a device; and a control unit that reduces a current flowing through the capacitor by controlling the rectifying and boosting unit and by controlling the inverter such that the inverter outputs, to the device, the second alternating-current power containing a ripple dependent on a ripple of power flowing from the rectifying and boosting unit into the capacitor. The control unit controls in accordance with a load state.
Abstract:
Selective efficiency multi-phase traction inverters and chargers as heat sources for thermal conditioning of electric vehicles is provided. The traction inverter comprises a plurality of phases, each of the plurality of phases having at least one semiconductor switching device, the at least one semiconductor switching device configured to switch between at least three differing states, for thermal management of the electric vehicle components and compartments. The traction inverter includes a controller coupled to the plurality of phases, to operate the plurality of phases in a first mode of the traction inverter to drive the electric motor as a traction motor. The controller operates the plurality of phases in a second mode of the traction inverter as a first type of converter. The controller to operate the plurality of phases in a third mode of the traction inverter as a second type of converter.