Abstract: In a method for operating a drive system and a drive system for carrying out a method, the electric motor is connected to the AC-side connection of an inverter, the DC-side connection of the inverter is connected to the DC-side connection of the rectifier via an inductance, a capacitance is connected to the DC-side connection of the inverter, a series circuit formed from a resistor and a braking chopper is connected to the DC-side connection of the inverter, and the braking chopper is operated with a pulse width modulation frequency, which is determined by a pseudo-random number generator.

Abstract: In a method for operating a drive system, and drive system, having a rectifier and at least one inverter including an electric motor, the electric motor is connected at the AC-voltage-side connection of the inverter, the DC-voltage-side connection of the inverter is connected via inductance(s) in addition to the line inductance, to the DC-voltage-side connection of the rectifier, a capacitance is connected at the DC-voltage-side connection of the inverter and/or at the DC-voltage-side connection of the rectifier, a series circuit, including a resistor and a controllable semiconductor switch is connected at the DC-voltage-side connection of the inverter and/or at the DC-voltage-side connection of the rectifier, the braking chopper being operated using a single frequency during the particular time span in which the braking chopper is in operation, the frequency, e.g., being set apart from the resonant frequency of the resonant circuit including the inductance or the capacitances.

Abstract: In a method for operating a drive system and a drive system for carrying out a method, the electric motor is connected to the AC-side connection of an inverter, the DC-side connection of the inverter is connected to the DC-side connection of the rectifier via an inductance, a capacitance is connected to the DC-side connection of the inverter, a series circuit formed from a resistor and a braking chopper is connected to the DC-side connection of the inverter, and the braking chopper is operated with a pulse width modulation frequency, which is determined by a pseudo-random number generator.

Abstract: In a method for operating a drive system, and drive system, having a rectifier and at least one inverter including an electric motor, the electric motor is connected at the AC-voltage-side connection of the inverter, the DC-voltage-side connection of the inverter is connected via inductance(s) in addition to the line inductance, to the DC-voltage-side connection of the rectifier, a capacitance is connected at the DC-voltage-side connection of the inverter and/or at the DC-voltage-side connection of the rectifier, a series circuit, including a resistor and a controllable semiconductor switch is connected at the DC-voltage-side connection of the inverter and/or at the DC-voltage-side connection of the rectifier, the braking chopper being operated using a single frequency during the particular time span in which the braking chopper is in operation, the frequency, e.g., being set apart from the resonant frequency of the resonant circuit including the inductance or the capacitances.

Abstract: In a method for operating a drive system, and drive system, having a rectifier and at least one inverter including an electric motor, the electric motor is connected at the AC-voltage-side connection of the inverter, the DC-voltage-side connection of the inverter is connected via inductance(s) in addition to the line inductance, to the DC-voltage-side connection of the rectifier, a capacitance is connected at the DC-voltage-side connection of the inverter and/or at the DC-voltage-side connection of the rectifier, a series circuit, including a resistor and a controllable semiconductor switch is connected at the DC-voltage-side connection of the inverter and/or at the DC-voltage-side connection of the rectifier, the braking chopper being operated using a single frequency during the particular time span in which the braking chopper is in operation, the frequency, e.g., being set apart from the resonant frequency of the resonant circuit including the inductance or the capacitances.

Abstract: In a method for operating a drive system, and drive system, having a rectifier and at least one inverter including an electric motor, the electric motor is connected at the AC-voltage-side connection of the inverter, the DC-voltage-side connection of the inverter is connected via inductance(s) in addition to the line inductance, to the DC-voltage-side connection of the rectifier, a capacitance is connected at the DC-voltage-side connection of the inverter and/or at the DC-voltage-side connection of the rectifier, a series circuit, including a resistor and a controllable semiconductor switch is connected at the DC-voltage-side connection of the inverter and/or at the DC-voltage-side connection of the rectifier, the braking chopper being operated using a single frequency during the particular time span in which the braking chopper is in operation, the frequency, e.g., being set apart from the resonant frequency of the resonant circuit including the inductance or the capacitances.

Abstract: A system includes a braking resistor and a controllable switch connected in series, the controllable switch adapted to connect to a terminal on a direct-voltage side of an AC/DC converter; an evaluation unit adapted to generate a control signal to control the controllable switch and including a determination device adapted to determine electric power supplied to the braking resistor; a voltage-acquisition device adapted to supply an output signal to the evaluation unit; and a controller adapted to regulate a set value toward an output signal of the determination device, the controller adapted to supply, directly and/or via a limiter, to a parameterizable filter adapted to convey an output signal to a switching element, the switching element adapted to generate an output signal to open and/or close the controllable switch as a function of exceeding and/or undershooting of a threshold value.

Abstract: In a converter system having an AC/DC converter, and a method for operating a converter system, in which the terminal of the AC/DC converter on the direct-voltage side feeds a series circuit, which has a braking resistor and a controllable switch, the terminal of a DC/AC converter, in particular an inverter, on the direct-voltage side being connected in parallel to the series circuit. The output signal of a voltage-acquisition device is supplied to an evaluation unit, which generates a control signal for the controllable switch. The evaluation unit includes a device for determining the electric power supplied to the braking resistor, in particular from the intermediate circuit, which is determined by the device from the output signal of the voltage-acquisition device, in particular. The output signal of the device is supplied to a controller, in particular a linear controller, and the controller controls its set value toward the output signal of the device.

Abstract: In a converter system having an AC/DC converter, and a method for operating a converter system, in which the terminal of the AC/DC converter on the direct-voltage side feeds a series circuit, which has a braking resistor and a controllable switch, the terminal of a DC/AC converter, on the direct-voltage side being connected in parallel to the series circuit. The output signal of a voltage-acquisition device is supplied to an evaluation unit, which generates a control signal for the controllable switch. The evaluation unit includes a device for determining the electric power supplied to the braking resistor. The output signal of the device is supplied to a controller, and the controller controls its set value toward the output signal of the device.

Abstract: In a converter system having an AC/DC converter, and a method for operating a converter system, in which the terminal of the AC/DC converter on the direct-voltage side feeds a series circuit, which has a braking resistor and a controllable switch, the terminal of a DC/AC converter, in particular an inverter, on the direct-voltage side being connected in parallel to the series circuit. The output signal of a voltage-acquisition device is supplied to an evaluation unit, which generates a control signal for the controllable switch. The evaluation unit includes a device for determining the electric power supplied to the braking resistor, in particular from the intermediate circuit, which is determined by the device from the output signal of the voltage-acquisition device, in particular. The output signal of the device is supplied to a controller, in particular a linear controller, and the controller controls its set value toward the output signal of the device.