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Apparatus and method for controlling torque of induction motor through vector control type inverter

Assignee: Meidensha Corp
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Filing: 1997-02-13
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Granted: 1998-09-22
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Expires: 2017-02-13
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Abstract

Abstract In apparatus and method for controlling a torque of an induction motor through a vector control method type inverter having a slip frequency calculator arranged for calculating a slip frequency used to perform a vector control for the induction motor and a secondary resistance compensation circuit arranged for correcting the slip frequency by a temperature variation in a secondary resistance of the induction motor, basically a skin effect correction circuit is added for deriving an error component developed in an output of the secondary resistance compensation circuit when a leakage inductance Lσis non-linearly varied due to a skin effect phenomenon.

Inventors

  • 👤 Yasuhiro Yamamoto

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02P; H02P21/00; H02P21/06; H02P21/10; H02P21/08; H02P21/09; H02P21/14; H02P21/16; H02P2207/00; H02P2207/01

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim 384 words
An apparatus for controlling a torque of an induction motor through a vector control method type inverter, comprising: a) a detector arranged for detecting a velocity ωr of a rotor of the induction motor; b) an output frequency calculator arranged for calculating an output frequency ω 1 of the induction motor from the detected rotor velocity ωr; c) a model calculator having a model equivalent to the induction motor and arranged for calculating at least a secondary induced voltage E 2 * of the model from a torque current instruction IT*, a secondary magnetic flux instruction λ 2d *, and the output frequency ω 1 ; d) an induced voltage and magnetic flux calculator arranged for calculating at least a secondary induced voltage E 2 from a primary voltage and current of the induction motor; e) an error characteristic variable extracting circuit arranged for deriving a deviation between the calculated secondary induced voltages by said induced voltage and magnetic flux calculator and said model calculator 9 and extracting and outputting an error characteristic variable corresponding to a variation in a secondary resistance of the induction motor from the deviation therebetween as a one-dimensional component; f) a slip calculator arranged for calculating a slip frequency ωs from the secondary magnetic instruction λ 2d *, the torque current instruction IT*, and the secondary resistance R 2 ' of the induction motor; and g) a compensation circuit arranged for correcting the slip frequency calculation of said slip calculator used to perform a vector control for the induction motor by a temperature variation in the secondary resistance of the induction motor according to an output variable of said error characteristic variable extracting circuit, wherein said apparatus further comprises a skin effect correction circuit having a non-linear function table and arranged for deriving an error component developed in an output of said compensation circuit when a leakage inductance of the induction motor is non-liearly varied due to a skin effect from the non-linear function table corresponding to the detected velocity ωr of the rotor of the induction motor and at least either of the torque current instruction IT* or torque instruction Trq and an adder arranged for adding the outputted error component of said skin effect correction circuit to the output variable of said error characteristic variable extracting circuit.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 384 words
An apparatus for controlling a torque of an induction motor through a vector control method type inverter, comprising: a) a detector arranged for detecting a velocity ωr of a rotor of the induction motor; b) an output frequency calculator arranged for calculating an output frequency ω 1 of the induction motor from the detected rotor velocity ωr; c) a model calculator having a model equivalent to the induction motor and arranged for calculating at least a secondary induced voltage E 2 * of the model from a torque current instruction IT*, a secondary magnetic flux instruction λ 2d *, and the output frequency ω 1 ; d) an induced voltage and magnetic flux calculator arranged for calculating at least a secondary induced voltage E 2 from a primary voltage and current of the induction motor; e) an error characteristic variable extracting circuit arranged for deriving a deviation between the calculated secondary induced voltages by said induced voltage and magnetic flux calculator and said model calculator 9 and extracting and outputting an error characteristic variable corresponding to a variation in a secondary resistance of the induction motor from the deviation therebetween as a one-dimensional component; f) a slip calculator arranged for calculating a slip frequency ωs from the secondary magnetic instruction λ 2d *, the torque current instruction IT*, and the secondary resistance R 2 ' of the induction motor; and g) a compensation circuit arranged for correcting the slip frequency calculation of said slip calculator used to perform a vector control for the induction motor by a temperature variation in the secondary resistance of the induction motor according to an output variable of said error characteristic variable extracting circuit, wherein said apparatus further comprises a skin effect correction circuit having a non-linear function table and arranged for deriving an error component developed in an output of said compensation circuit when a leakage inductance of the induction motor is non-liearly varied due to a skin effect from the non-linear function table corresponding to the detected velocity ωr of the rotor of the induction motor and at least either of the torque current instruction IT* or torque instruction Trq and an adder arranged for adding the outputted error component of said skin effect correction circuit to the output variable of said error characteristic variable extracting circuit.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 113 words
An apparatus for controlling a torque of an induction motor through a vector control method type inverter as claimed in claim 1, which further comprises: a load facility connected to the rotor of the induction motor; a torque detector arranged for detecting a load torque of the induction motor; and a torque control circuit arranged for comparing the detected load torque of the induction motor and the torque instruction Trq and correctively tuning the non-linear function table in said skin effect correction circuit so that the detected load torque of the induction motor coincides with the torque instruction Trq when the load torque is applied from the load facility to the induction motor.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 120 words
An apparatus for controlling a torque of an induction motor through a vector control method type inverter as claimed in claim 1, which further comprises: a skin effect transient component correction circuit having another non-linear function table and arranged for deriving a variation component of the secondary resistance when the secondary resistance of the induction motor is non-linearly varied due to the skin effect from the other non-linear function table according to the detected velocity of the rotor ωr and at least either of the torque current instruction IT* or the torque instruction Trq; and a multiplier arranged for multiplying the output of said compensation circuit by a multiplier of an output of said skin effect transient component correction circuit.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 178 words
An apparatus for controlling a torque of an induction motor through a vector control method type inverter as claimed in claim 3, which further comprises: a switch arranged for switching the output of said skin effect transient component correction circuit to a gain of 1; a load facility connected to the rotor of the induction motor; a torque detector arranged for detecting a load torque of the induction motor; and a torque control circuit arranged for comparing the detected load torque of the induction motor and the torque instruction Trq and correctively tuning the non-linear function table in said skin effect correction circuit so that the detected load torque of the induction motor coincides with the torque instruction Trq when the load torque is applied from the load facility to the induction motor and wherein the other non-linear function in the skin effect transient component correction circuit is tuned according to an output of said multiplier when the non-linear function table in the skin effect correction circuit is tuned according to an output of said torque control circuit.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 87 words
An apparatus for controlling a torque of an induction motor through a vector control method type inverter as claimed in claim 4, wherein said non-linear function table in said skin effect correction circuit is a two-dimensional table having two lateral axes corresponding to the inputted detected velocity ωr of the rotor of the induction motor and to the inputted torque current instruction IT* and a longitudinal axis corresponding to the error component having the same unit as the output variable of the error characteristic variable extracting circuit.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 43 words
An apparatus for controlling a torque of an induction motor through a vector control method type inverter as claimed in claim 5, wherein said output error component of the skin effect correction circuit is derived from the non-linear function table using an interpolation.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 46 words
An apparatus for controlling a torque of an induction motor through a vector control method type inverter as claimed in claim 5, wherein said output error component of the skin effect correction circuit is derived from the non-linear function table using an approximation of the function.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 88 words
An apparatus for controlling a torque of an induction motor through a vector control method type inverter as claimed in claim 5, wherein said non-linear function table in said skin effect correction circuit is a three-dimensional table having x-y coordinates corresponding to the detected velocity of the induction motor rotor ωr and the torque current instruction IT* and a z axis corresponding to the output error component of the skin effect correction circuit having the same unit as the output variable of the error characteristic variable extracting circuit.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 39 words
An apparatus for controlling a torque of an induction motor through a vector control method type inverter as claimed in claim 8, wherein the output variable of the error characteristic variable extracting circuit is the secondary induced voltage deviation.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 106 words
An apparatus for controlling a torque of an induction motor through a vector control method type inverter as claimed in claim 1, wherein said induced voltage and magnetic flux calculating circuit further calculates the secondary magnetic flux λ 2 (λ 2 d, λ 2 q) as an integration of the secondary induced voltage E 2 and said model calculator further calculates the secondary magnetic flux λ2* (A 2 d*, A 2 q*) from the detected rotor velocity ωr, the torque current instruction IT*, and the exciting current instruction I0*, and the output variable of said error characteristic variable extracting circuit is the secondary magnetic flux deviation.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 62 words
An apparatus for controlling a torque of an induction motor through a vector control method type inverter as claimed in claim 4, wherein said switch is turned to connect an output end of the skin effect transient component correction circuit to the multiplier after the tuning operation of tuning the other non-linear function table in the skin effect transient component correction circuit.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 74 words
An apparatus for controlling a torque of an induction motor through a vector control method type inverter as claimed in claim 11, wherein said torque control circuit includes a subtractor arranged for subtracting the torque instruction Trq from the load torque detected by the torque detector and a two-dimensional table arranged for deriving the output variable of the skin effect correction circuit according to a subtraction result by said subtractor through the table thereof.
Claim 14
Independent Claim 321 words
A method for controlling a torque of an induction motor through a vector control method type inverter, said method comprising the steps of: a) detecting a velocity ωr of a rotor of the induction motor; b) calculating an output frequency ω 1 of the induction motor from the detected rotor velocity ωr; c) providing a model equivalent to the induction motor and calculating at least a secondary induced voltage E 2 * of the model from a torque current instruction IT*, a secondary magnetic flux instruction λ 2d *, and the output frequency ω 1 ; d) calculating at least a secondary induced voltage E 2 from a primary voltage and current of the induction motor; e) deriving a deviation between the calculated secondary induced voltages at the step d) and step c) and extracting and outputting an error characteristic variable corresponding to a variation in a secondary resistance of the induction motor from the deviation therebetween as a one-dimensional component; f) calculating a slip frequency ωs from the secondary magnetic instruction λ 2d *, the torque current instruction IT*, and the secondary resistance R 2 ' of the induction motor; and g) correcting the slip frequency calculation used to perform a vector control for the induction motor by a temperature variation in the secondary resistance of the induction motor according to an output variable at the step e), wherein said method further comprises the steps of: h) providing a non-linear function table; i) deriving an error component developed in an output of a compensation circuit when a leakage inductance of the induction motor is non-linearly varied due to a skin effect from the non-linear function table corresponding to the detected velocity CO r of the rotor of the induction motor and at least either of the torque current instruction IT* or torque instruction Trq; and J) adding the outputted error component to the output variable outputted at the step e).
Claim 15
Independent Claim 321 words
A method for controlling a torque of an induction motor through a vector control method type inverter, said method comprising the steps of: a) detecting a velocity ωr of a rotor of the induction motor; b) calculating an output frequency ω 1 of the induction motor from the detected rotor velocity ωr; c) providing a model equivalent to the induction motor and calculating at least a secondary induced voltage E 2 * of the model from a torque current instruction IT*, a secondary magnetic flux instruction λ 2d *, and the output frequency ω 1 ; d) calculating at least a secondary induced voltage E 2 from a primary voltage and current of the induction motor; e) deriving a deviation between the calculated secondary induced voltages at the step d) and step c) and extracting and outputting an error characteristic variable corresponding to a variation in a secondary resistance of the induction motor from the deviation therebetween as a one-dimensional component; f) calculating a slip frequency ωs from the secondary magnetic instruction λ 2d *, the torque current instruction IT*, and the secondary resistance R 2 ' of the induction motor; and g) correcting the slip frequency calculation used to perform a vector control for the induction motor by a temperature variation in the secondary resistance of the induction motor according to an output variable at the step e), wherein said method further comprises the steps of: h) providing a non-linear function table; i) deriving an error component developed in an output of a compensation circuit when a leakage inductance of the induction motor is non-linearly varied due to a skin effect from the non-linear function table corresponding to the detected velocity CO r of the rotor of the induction motor and at least either of the torque current instruction IT* or torque instruction Trq; and J) adding the outputted error component to the output variable outputted at the step e).

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