Control system for induction motor

Claim 2

In a control system for a multi-phase induction motor with multiple windings, said system having power converter means for driving the motor, command generator means responsive to torque and excitation current setpoint commands for controlling said power converter means to drive said motor to produce a predetermined output torque and flux, a rotation detector for detecting the rotational speed of the motor, means responsive to the primary currents of said motor for generating primary current signals proportional thereto, and means responsive to the primary voltage of said motor for generating primary voltage signals proportional thereto, the improvement comprising means responsive to said priamry current siganls and to said primary voltage signals for calculating an energy function signal which is independent of the value of the secondary winding resistance, means responsive only to the primary currents and to the rotational speed of said motor of generating a presumed power function signal which depends on the value of the secondary winding resistance where the presumed power function signal is determined by the formula: ##EQU21## where M* is the primary/secondary mutual inductance motor constant assumed for calculation, L 2 * is the secondary winding inductance motor constant assumed for calculation, ω o =ωr+M*/T 2 * i qs e /Φ 2d e , ω r is the measured motor rotational speed, T 2 *=R 2 */L 2 *, R 2 *=the secondary winding resistance assumed for calculation, P=the differential operator (d/dt) Φ 2d e =M*/(1+pT 2 *) i ds e , i ds e =i ds cos θ o +i qs sin θ o i qs e =-i ds sin θ o +i qs cos θ o θ o =∫ω o dt i ds =√3/2 i us i qs =1/√2i us +√2i vs i us and i vs are the measured motor primary currents, and correction means comprising means for forming the difference of said energy function signal and said presumed power function signal, means responsive to said difference for generating an integrated difference signal and means responsive to said integrated difference signal and to a command setpoint signal for generating a correction signal, said correction signal causing said command generator means to control said induction motor to produce a predetermined output torque and flux independent of the value of said secondary winding resistance.

Claim 3

A control system for an induction motor comprising: current command generating circuit means responsive to command values of output torque and secondary flux for generating a torque current command and an excitation current command; current-vector arithmetic circuit means responsive to said torque current command and to said excitation current command for computing a primary current amplitude command, a phase command and a slip angle frequency command in accordance with a functional relationship based on assumed numerical constants of the induction motor; rotation detecting means responsive to the rotational speed of said induction motor for generating a rotational output signal; a current command generator means responsive to said primary current amplitude command, to said phase command, to said skip angle frequency command and to said rotational speed output for generating primary current command values; primary current detector means for detecting the actual primary current values of said induction motor and generating a primary current signal; current control circuit means responsive to said primary current command values and to said primary current signal for generating motor control signals; variable frequency-power converter means responsive to said motor control signals for driving said induction motor by means of variable frequencies; primary voltage detector means for detecting the actual primary voltage values of said induction motor and for generating a primary voltage signal; power arithmetic circuit means responsive to said primary current signal and to said primary voltage signal for computing an output signal representing an electric energy associated with a reactive power which is generated in said induction motor in accordance with a formula which depends on numerical constants assumed for said induction motor, but which computed energy does not depend on the secondary winding resistance; power presumption circuit means responsive to said primary current signal and to said rotational speed signal and motor constants assumed for the purposes of calculation including the inductance of the primary winding, the inductance of the secondary winding, the resistance of the secondary winding and the mutual primary/secondary inductance, for calculating an electric energy, F o , associated with a reactive power generated in said induction motor, in accordance with the following formula: ##EQU22## where M* is the primary/secondary mutual inductance motor constant assumed for calculation, L 2 * is the secondary winding inductance motor constant assumed for calculation. ω o =ωr+M*/T 2 * i qs e /Φ 2d e , ω r is the measured motor rotational speed, T 2 *=R 2 */L 2 *, R 2 *=the secondary winding resistance assumed for calculation, P=the differential operator (d/dt) Φ 2d e =M*/(1+pT 2 *) i ds e , i ds e =i ds cos θ o +i qs sin θ o i qs e =-i ds sin θ o +i qs cos θ o θ o =∫ω o dt i ds =√3/2 i us i qs =1/√2i us +√2i vs i us and i vs are the measured motor primary currents, and compensation circuit means for making comparison between the output signal of said power arithmetic circuit means and the output signal of said power presumption circuit means and for generating a correction signal in response to the comparison which correction signal is applied to said current vector arithmetic circuit means to compensate for changes in both the numerical motor constants assumed in the power presumption circuit means calculation and the numerical motor constants assumed in the calculation in current-vector arithmetic circuit means calculation.

Claim 4

A control system for an induction motor comprising: current command generating circuit means responsive to command values of output torque and secondary flux for generating a torque current command and an excitation current command; current-vector arithmetic circuit means responsive to said torque current command and to said excitation current command for computing a primary current amplitude command, a phase command and a slip angle frequency command in accordance with a functional relationship based on assumed numerical constants of the induction motor; rotation detecting means responsive to the rotational speed of said induction motor for generating a rotational output signal; a current command generator means responsive to said primary current amplitude command, to said phase command, to said skip angle frequency command and to said rotational speed output for generating primary current command values; primary current detector means for detecting the actual primary current values of said induction motor and generating a primary current signal; current control circuit means responsive to said primary current command values and to said primary current signal for generating motor control signals; variable frequency-power converter means responsive to said motor control signals for driving said induction motor by means of variable frequencies; primary voltage detector means for detecting the actual primary voltage values of said induction motor and for generating a primary voltage signal; power arithmetic circuit means responsive to said primary current signal and to said primary voltage signal for computing an output signal representing an electric energy associated with a reactive power which is generated in said induction motor in accordance with a formula which depends on numerical constants assumed for said induction motor, but which computed energy does not depend on the secondary winding resistance; power presumption circuit means responsive to said primary current signal and to said rotational speed signal and motor constants assumed for the purposes of calculation including the inductance of the primary winding, the inductance of the secondary winding, the resistance of the secondary winding and the mutual primary/secondary inductance, for calculating an electric energy, F o , associated with a reactive power generated in said induction motor, in accordance with the following formula: ##EQU22## where M* is the primary/secondary mutual inductance motor constant assumed for calculation, L 2 * is the secondary winding inductance motor constant assumed for calculation. ω o =ωr+M*/T 2 * i qs e /Φ 2d e , ω r is the measured motor rotational speed, T 2 *=R 2 */L 2 *, R 2 *=the secondary winding resistance assumed for calculation, P=the differential operator (d/dt) Φ 2d e =M*/(1+pT 2 *) i ds e , i ds e =i ds cos θ o +i qs sin θ o i qs e =-i ds sin θ o +i qs cos θ o θ o =∫ω o dt i ds =√3/2 i us i qs =1/√2i us +√2i vs i us and i vs are the measured motor primary currents, and compensation circuit means for making comparison between the output signal of said power arithmetic circuit means and the output signal of said power presumption circuit means and for generating a correction signal in response to the comparison which correction signal is applied to said current vector arithmetic circuit means to compensate for changes in both the numerical motor constants assumed in the power presumption circuit means calculation and the numerical motor constants assumed in the calculation in current-vector arithmetic circuit means calculation.