Abstract: The invention relates to a control apparatus for a refrigerator compressor having at least one two-phase AC asynchronous motor (K1, K2), having mains connection means (10) for connection to a preferably public voltage supply network which nominally provides a mains AC voltage of between 85 V and 264 V, in particular between 100 V and 230 V, first voltage converter means (14) which are connected downstream of the mains connection means and are intended to generate an intermediate voltage, in particular an intermediate DC voltage, from the mains AC voltage, second voltage converter means (16-1, 16-2) which are connected downstream of the first voltage converter means and are intended to generate an output signal which is independent of a level and a mains frequency of the mains AC voltage, in particular has a constant voltage and/or frequency in periods, and is intended to control the refrigerator compressor with an AC voltage of a plurality of differently predefinable voltage levels, wherein the mains connecti

Abstract: A motor control device controls an induction motor driving a spindle of a machine tool, and includes: a spindle control unit that controls a rotational position or rotational speed of the spindle, and a secondary magnetic flux of the induction motor in accordance with an operation command based on an operation program of the machine tool; an advance detection unit that pre-reads the operation program, and detects a change in the operation command requiring to increase the secondary magnetic flux of the induction motor in advance; and an advance change unit that causes the secondary magnetic flux of the induction motor to increase prior to a change in the operation command in the spindle control unit, in a case of a change in the operation command being detected by the advance detection unit.

Abstract: A control sub-system for controlling an electric machine is presented. The control sub-system includes a phase shift control unit to receive an electric signal indicative of an angular position of a rotor. The phase shift control unit generates a phase shifted electric signal by applying a phase shift to the electric signal. The magnitude of the phase shift is determined based on a speed control signal. The phase shift control unit is configured to generate a phase command signal based on the phase shifted electric signal. The control sub-system also includes a switching unit to control a supply of a phase current to one or more phase windings the electric machine based on the phase command signal such that the rotor is operated at a predetermined rotational speed. Related method of controlling the electric machine is also presented.

Abstract: System and method of remotely connecting and disconnecting an auxiliary power supply of the frequency inverter for variable capacity compressors employed in cooling systems. The inverter includes a circuit breaker that when it receives an external signal to activate the auxiliary power supply indicating that the auxiliary supply should be connected, the circuit breaker enables the auxiliary power supply, which activates the inverter. The inverter begins sending, continually, the internal maintenance signal to activate the auxiliary supply to the circuit breaker indicating that the auxiliary supply should be kept running, making the circuit breaker maintain the auxiliary power supply enabled.

Abstract: A system for controlling a brushless motor includes drive circuitry in communication with the brushless motor and a primary control device in communication with the drive circuitry. The system also includes a secondary control device in communication with the drive circuitry and a multiplexer for selectively providing an output of the primary control device or an output of the secondary control device to the drive circuitry, wherein the output of the primary control device is provided to the drive circuitry when the primary control device is operating normally.

Abstract: Disclosed is a flux controller for maintaining reliable flux estimation performance in a low velocity region, the controller including a velocity controller, a torque current controller for outputting a torque voltage command, a flux controller for outputting a flux current command, a flux current controller for receiving the flux current command to output a flux voltage command, a three-phase converter for converting the torque voltage command and the flux voltage command into a three-phase voltage command applied to the induction motor to output the three-phase voltage command, a flux estimator for outputting a rotating angle of a rotor of the induction motor, an estimated flux value of the rotor and an estimated velocity of the rotor, and a flux regulator for receiving the torque voltage command and the estimated velocity to output a gain value that regulates a magnitude of the flux command.

Abstract: An apparatus for estimating a parameter of an induction motor is provided. The estimating apparatus receives an output from a current controller and d and q-axis currents in a synchronous reference frame applied to an induction motor, calculates an error of rotor resistance, and obtains a difference between the rotor resistance and nominal rotor resistance.

Abstract: A three-phase induction machine with a starting winding and a running winding and a winding change-over switch which switches over a flow of current between the starting winding and the running winding, wherein a phase of the phases of the starting winding and a corresponding phase of the phases of the running winding of the three-phase induction machine are supplied with electrical energy by a common electrical supply line, and wherein one phase of the phases of the starting winding and the corresponding phase of the phases of the running winding are electrically interconnected by an electrically conductive connection in the three-phase induction machine. Also provided is a method for operating a three-phase induction machine as well as an aircraft or spacecraft which has a corresponding three-phase induction machine.

Abstract: Assemblies for HVAC systems and methods of operating HVAC systems are disclosed, including a method of operating an HVAC system having a condenser motor operatively coupled to a fan and a controllable bus voltage for powering the condenser motor. The method includes increasing the controllable bus voltage from a first voltage to a second voltage to increase a speed of the condenser motor.

Abstract: In the hybrid vehicle, a boost converter is controlled to make a post-boost voltage or a voltage on the side of an inverter become a target post-boost voltage corresponding to a target operation point of a motor in accordance with a target post-boost voltage setting map that divides an operation region of the motor into a non-boost region and a boost region when a operation point of the motor is included in the boost region. The target post-boost voltage setting map is prepared so that the non-boost region includes a region in which a loss produced by driving the motor when not boosting the post-boost voltages becomes smaller than the loss produced when boosting the post-boost voltage and the boost region includes a region in which the loss produced when boosting the post-boost voltage becomes smaller than the loss produced when not boosting the post-boost voltage.

Abstract: Disclosed is a flux controller for maintaining reliable flux estimation performance in a low velocity region, the controller including a velocity controller, a torque current controller for outputting a torque voltage command, a flux controller for outputting a flux current command, a flux current controller for receiving the flux current command to output a flux voltage command, a three-phase converter for converting the torque voltage command and the flux voltage command into a three-phase voltage command applied to the induction motor to output the three-phase voltage command, a flux estimator for outputting a rotating angle of a rotor of the induction motor, an estimated flux value of the rotor and an estimated velocity of the rotor, and a flux regulator for receiving the torque voltage command and the estimated velocity to output a gain value that regulates a magnitude of the flux command.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a control system for a single-phase induction motor comprising at least one electronic control circuit (6), at least a main switch (3), at least an auxiliary switch (4), at least one voltage conditioner block (5), the main switch (3) being electrically associated to the main winding (21) of the single-phase induction motor (2), the auxiliary switch (4) being electrically associated to the auxiliary winding (22) of the single-phase induction motor (2), the electronic control circuit (6) being electrically associated to the voltage conditioner block (5) by way of first and second power terminals (9,10), the electronic control circuit (6) being electrically associated to the main and auxiliary switches (3,4) by way of first and second command terminals (13,14), the main and auxiliary switches (3,4) being turned on or off by the electronic control circuit (6), in order to energize or de-energize the main (21) and auxiliary (22) windings, the control system for a single-phase induct

Abstract: After the power source to the control substrate is turned on, power is supplied to the compressor driver and the fan driver. Then, when it is determined that an indoor unit is in operation, the compressor driver and the fan driver are operated. Meanwhile, when it is determined that the indoor unit is not in operation, after the lapse of ten minutes or twenty minutes under a predetermined setting, the power to the compressor driver and the fan driver is cut. When the operation of the indoor unit is started again, power is supplied to the compressor driver and the fan driver.

Abstract: An inverter device driving an induction motor including main and auxiliary windings both having different winding specifications includes a three-arm inverter circuit having phase output terminals connected to the main winding, the auxiliary winding and a neutral winding of the induction motor respectively and converting a DC power supply to two-phase substantially sinusoidal PWM voltage, a current detector detecting currents of the respective main and auxiliary windings from a DC power supply current, a vector control computing unit obtaining balanced inductance values and resistance values from inductance values and resistance values of the respective main and auxiliary windings, determining a two-phase voltage to be supplied to the induction motor by vector control computing based on the balanced inductance values and resistance values, and a PWM signal forming unit forming a PWM signal controlling the inverter circuit according to the two-phase voltage.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for controlling a double-ended inverter system having a first inverter and a second inverter. The method comprises determining a required output current and determining a desired second inverter current. The method further comprises determining a second inverter switching function, wherein only a selected leg in the second inverter is modulated at a duty cycle, determining a first inverter switching function based on the second inverter switching function, and modulating the first inverter and the second inverter using the first inverter switching function and the second inverter switching function.

Abstract: An excitation current processor of a current controller processes the excitation current corresponding to the magnetic flux instruction from the magnetic flux instruction processor. It multiplies this excitation current with a boost coefficient to obtain an excitation current instruction. Here, the boost coefficient is determined based on the difference obtained by subtracting the magnetic flux estimation value processed by the magnetic flux processor based on the excitation current feedback from the voltage conversion device from the magnetic flux instruction input from the magnetic flux instruction processor. Further, the boost coefficient can be found from the function of time from the start of the rise of the magnetic flux.

Abstract: In a motor driving apparatus, a control unit detects a rotation frequency of a motor to be driven and generates a control voltage Vcnt in a manner such that the rotation frequency thereof is brought close to a desired rotation frequency. A clamping circuit sets an upper limit Vcu and a lower limit Vcl of the control voltage Vcnt. A drive unit drives the motor based on the control voltage Vcnt generated by the control unit. A start circuit fixes the control voltage Vcnt to a predetermined initial voltage Vinit at the start of driving the motor.

Abstract: An inverter device driving an induction motor including main and auxiliary windings both having different winding specifications includes a three-arm inverter circuit having phase output terminals connected to the main winding, the auxiliary winding and a neutral winding of the induction motor respectively and converting a DC power supply to two-phase substantially sinusoidal PWM voltage, a current detector detecting currents of the respective main and auxiliary windings from a DC power supply current, a vector control computing unit obtaining balanced inductance values and resistance values from inductance values and resistance values of the respective main and auxiliary windings, determining a two-phase voltage to be supplied to the induction motor by vector control computing based on the balanced inductance values and resistance values, and a PWM signal forming unit forming a PWM signal controlling the inverter circuit according to the two-phase voltage.

Abstract: A system and method for protecting a motor drive unit from an associated motor includes a motor drive unit protection system. The motor drive unit protection system includes at least one switch configured to be connected between a motor drive unit and a plurality of motor leads of the motor driven by the motor drive unit. The motor drive unit protection system also includes a controller configured to monitor the motor drive unit or the motor to determine a fault condition indicative of the motor potentially operating as a generator. Upon determining the fault condition, the controller is configured to cause the at least one switch to connect the plurality of motor leads together to protect the motor drive unit from the motor when the motor is operating as a generator.

Abstract: An excitation current processor of a current controller processes the excitation current corresponding to the magnetic flux instruction from the magnetic flux instruction processor. It multiplies this excitation current with a boost coefficient to obtain an excitation current instruction. Here, the boost coefficient is determined based on the difference obtained by subtracting the magnetic flux estimation value processed by the magnetic flux processor based on the excitation current feedback from the voltage conversion device from the magnetic flux instruction input from the magnetic flux instruction processor. Further, the boost coefficient can be found from the function of time from the start of the rise of the magnetic flux.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for controlling an electric motor by regulating at least the current Iout, the voltage Uout and the frequency fout to an input of said motor, where the number of revolutions of said electric motor is proportional to said frequency fout. If an available power Pin from an energy source is greater than or equal to the nominal requested power Pnom of said electric motor, the current Iout, voltage Uout and frequency fout are set to there corresponding nominal values Inom, Unom and fnom, respectively, to achieve said requested power Pnom and frequency fnom. If said available power Pin is less than the requester power Pnom, the voltage Uout and the frequency fout are reduced such that the relation between the voltage Uout and the frequency fout is essentially constant while said current Iout is kept at its nominal value Inom.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for controlling the rotation speed of AC motors, in particular single phase motors. In this case, a controllable electronic switching device is connected upstream of the motor and is actuated by a control unit such that a sinusoidal input AC voltage is used to produce a motor AC voltage which can be varied in order to change the rotation speed. The control unit is designed in such a manner that the fundamental frequency and/or the amplitude of the motor AC voltage can be varied by phase gating.

Abstract: In a switched reluctance motor and control system for such a motor, a rotor comprises four salient poles each having a width of about 50-degrees, and a stator has six salient poles each having a width of about 30-degrees. One Excitation winding is mounted around each stator salient pole and these are connected in series. An excitation drive circuit supplies a dc excitation current to each excitation winding to excite the motor in accordance with an excitation command signal. A torque-current drive circuit renders a current, whose magnitude in accordance with a torque command, to flow into torque windings mounted one round on each of the six stator salient poles successively according to the angle of rotation of the rotor.

Abstract: An electrical control system for a variable capacity compressor having an A/C motor is provided. The control system includes a first circuit that has a start winding in series with a capacitor, a second circuit that has a main winding. The control system also includes a third circuit that includes the start winding and a fourth circuit that includes the main winding in series with the capacitor. There is also provided a power supply line that provides power to each of the circuits. The control system further includes a first switch and a second switch, both of which are responsive to loading conditions. The first switch operates to connect the first and second circuits with the power supply line to run the compressor for high load operation and the second switch operates to connect the third and fourth circuits with the power supply line to run the compressor for partial load operation.

Abstract: An induction motor has a multi-phase primary winding (stator winding) and a multi-phase secondary winding (rotor winding) which are connected to each other in opposite phase relation. The both windings are fed with variable frequency A.C. current from a common frequency converter. A position sensor for sensing a rotor position is mounted on the induction motor. The position signal of the position sensor is in phase with an air gap flux between the primary winding and the secondary winding. Magnitude of a motor current is controlled in accordance with a torque command signal indicative of an error between a speed command signal and a speed feedback signal and with a voltage command signal for determining a terminal voltage, and a phase difference of the motor current relative to the position signal is controlled in accordance with the torque command signal and the voltage command signal.

Abstract: An AC rotary machine apparatus comprises an AC rotary machine having AC windings forming five or seven phases and an AC feeder having solid state switches feeding AC power to the AC windings in five or seven phases.

Abstract: A control system for an a.c. motor having a polyphase primary winding (stator winding) and a corresponding polyphase secondary winding. The primary and the secondary windings are supplied with current from different frequency converters provided separately for each of the windings. The alternating currents flowing through the primary and the secondary windings are in opposite phase with each other. A position detector is provided for detecting the position of rotor of the a.c. motor. The magnitude of the primary current is controlled proportionally to a current reference signal in dependence on deviation of a speed feed-back signal from a speed reference signal, while the magnitude of the secondary current is controlled to a constant value. The phases of the primary and the secondary currents are controlled on the basis of the rotor position.