AC motor speed control apparatus

Claim 2

A speed control apparatus for an AC motor comprising, a feedback current control loop which vector-controls a drive current of an AC motor with an inverter using a semiconductor element for power amplification of the current control type; and a compensation control means which is provided within said current control loop and a compensates for non-linear current characteristics generated by dead-time resulting from ignition delay of said semiconductor element; said feedback current control loop being composed of a current detection means which detects a drive current of said AC motor, a first coordinate transform which transforms an AC current detected by such current detection means into a magnetic flux current and a torque current, a second coordinate transformer which is responsive to deviation between said magnetic flux current and a magnetic flux command and deviation between said torque current and a torque current command and outputs a 3-phase AC voltage command, and a dead-time signal forming means which generates ignition delay to a semiconductor element forming said inverter; said compensation control means comprising gain compensation circuits which are provided at the input side of said second coordinate transformer at the position where a deviation of said magnetic flux current and magnetic flux current command is input and at the position where a deviation of said torque current and torque current command is input and compensate for non-linear characteristic of deviation output of said currents.

Claim 3

A speed control apparatus for an AC motor comprising, a feedback current control loop which vector-controls a drive current of an AC motor with an inverter using a semiconductor element for power amplification of the current control type; and a compensation control means which is provided within said current control loop and compensates for non-linear current characteristic generated by dead-time resulting from ignition delay of said semiconductor element; said feedback current control loop being composed of a current detection means which detects a drive current of said AC motor, a first coordinate transformer which transforms an AC current detected by such current detection means into a magnetic flux current and a torque current a second coordinate transformer which is responsive to deviation between said magnetic flux current and a magnetic flux current command and deviation between said torque current and a torque current command and outputs a 3-phase AC voltage command, and a dead-time signal forming means which generates ignition delay to a semiconductor element forming said inverter; said AC motor being an induction motor and being controlled by a second feedback control loop which adds a slip frequency calculated by a slip frequency calculation means depending on a torque current output from said first coordinate transformer and a speed detection signal detected by a speed detection means provided to said induction motor, integrates such added outputs with an integration means and outputs the integrated signal to said first and second coordinate transformers.

Claim 4

A speed control apparatus for an AC motor comprising, a feedback current control loop which vector-controls a drive current of an AC motor with an inverter using a semiconductor element for power amplification of the current control type; and a compensation control means which is provided within said current control loop and compensates for non-linear current characteristic generated by dead-time resulting from ignition delay of said semiconductor element; said feedback current control loop being composed of a current detection means which detects a drive current of said AC motor, a first coordinate transformer which transforms an AC current detected by such current detection means into a magnetic flux current and a torque current a second coordinate transformer which is responsive to deviation between said magnetic flux current and a magnetic flux current command and deviation between said torque current and a torque current command and outputs a 3-phase AC voltage command, and a dead-time signal forming means which generates ignition delay to a semiconductor element forming said inverter; said AC motor being an induction motor and being controlled by a second feedback control loop which adds a slip frequency calculated by a slip frequency calculation means depending on a torque current output from said first coordinate transformer and a speed detection signal detected by a speed detection means provided to said induction motor, integrates such added outputs with an integration means and outputs the integrated signal to said first and second coordinate transformers.

Claim 5

A speed control apparatus for an AC motor comprising, a feedback current control loop which vector-controls a drive current of an AC motor with an inverter using a semiconductor element for power amplification of the current control type; and a compensation control means which is provided within said current control loop and compensates for non-linear current characteristic generated by dead-time resulting from ignition delay of said semiconductor element; said feedback current control loop being composed of a current detection means which detects a drive current of said AC motor, a first coordinate transformer which transforms an AC current detected by such current detection means into a magnetic flux current and a torque current, a second coordinate transformer which is responsive to deviation between said magnetic flux current and a magnetic flux current command and deviation between said torque current and a torque current command and outputs a 3-phase AC voltage command, and a dead-time signal forming means which generates ignition delay to a semiconductor element forming said inverter; said AC motor being a synchronous motor and being controlled by a second feedback control loop which adds a speed detection signal detected by a speed detection means provided to such synchronous motor and a magnetic pole position preset signal output from a magnetic pole position preset means, and outputs such added output to said first and second coordinate transformers.

Claim 6

A speed control apparatus for an AC motor comprising, a feedback current control loop which vector-controls a drive current of an AC motor with an inverter using a semiconductor element for power amplification of the current control type; and a compensation control means which is provided within said current control loop and compensates for non-linear current characteristic generated by dead-time resulting from ignition delay of said semiconductor element; said feedback current control loop being composed of a current detection means which detects a drive current of said AC motor, a first coordinate transformer which transforms an AC current detected by such current detection means into a magnetic flux current and a torque current, a second coordinate transformer which is responsive to deviation between said magnetic flux current and a magnetic flux current command and deviation between said torque current and a torque current command and outputs a 3-phase AC voltage command, and a dead-time signal forming means which generates ignition delay to a semiconductor element forming said inverter; said AC motor being a synchronous motor and being controlled by a second feedback control loop which adds a speed detection signal detected by a speed detection means provided to such synchronous motor and a magnetic pole position preset signal output from a magnetic pole position preset means, and outputs such added output to said first and second coordinate transformers.