Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for controlling a reciprocating compressor capable of inexpensively and exactly controlling a position of a piston in a cylinder, by which a top clearance is minimized according to the information of a phase difference between a square wave of a piston stroke and a square wave of a current supplied to the compressor. The apparatus comprises a driving section for driving the reciprocating compressor by varying an angle or ignition in response to a control signal; a current phase detecting section for outputting a square wave corresponding to the detected current supplied to the compressor; a stroke phase detecting section for outputting a square wave corresponding to a stroke of the compressor; and a control section for controlling the angle of ignition of the driving section according to the phase difference between the square wave produced from the current phase detecting section and the square wave produced from the stroke phase detecting section.

Abstract: Device and method for controlling a piston position in a linear compressor, having a power source, a triac, and a motor, the device including a current phase detecting part for detecting a current switched at the triac, integrating the current, and generating a first square wave corresponding to the integrated current, a stroke phase detecting part for generating an AC voltage waveform having a fixed frequency and varied amplitude according to a piston reciprocation position following motor operation, and generating a second square wave corresponding to the AC voltage waveform, a zero cross detecting part for detecting a zero crossing of the voltage supplied from the power source, and a controlling part for generating a signal for controlling a piston position according to a phase difference of the first square wave detected at the current phase detecting part and the second square wave detected at the stroke phase detecting part, thereby making an efficiency and a reliability the best by controlling a piston

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for controlling a reciprocating compressor capable of inexpensively and exactly controlling a position of a piston in a cylinder, by which a top clearance is minimized according to the information of a phase difference between a square wave of a piston stroke and a square wave of a current supplied to the compressor. The apparatus comprises a driving section for driving the reciprocating compressor by varying an angle or ignition in response to a control signal; a current phase detecting section for outputting a square wave corresponding to the detected current supplied to the compressor; a stroke phase detecting section for outputting a square wave corresponding to a stroke of the compressor; and a control section for controlling the angle of ignition of the driving section according to the phase difference between the square wave produced from the current phase detecting section and the square wave produced from the stroke phase detecting section.

Abstract: Device and method for controlling a piston position in a linear compressor, having a power source, a triac, and a motor, the device including a current phase detecting part for detecting a current switched at the triac, integrating the current, and generating a first square wave corresponding to the integrated current, a stroke phase detecting part for generating an AC voltage waveform having a fixed frequency and varied amplitude according to a piston reciprocation position following motor operation, and generating a second square wave corresponding to the AC voltage waveform, a zero cross detecting part for detecting a zero crossing of the voltage supplied from the power source, and a controlling part for generating a signal for controlling a piston position according to a phase difference of the first square wave detected at the current phase detecting part and the second square wave detected at the stroke phase detecting part, thereby making an efficiency and a reliability the best by controlling a piston