Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Motor speed estimation for drive safety system
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Application No.: US17106733Application Date: 2020-11-30
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Publication No.: US11271507B2Publication Date: 2022-03-08
- Inventor: Toni Kuikka , Juho Salminen , Petri Havanto
- Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
- Applicant Address: CH Baden
- Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
- Current Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
- Current Assignee Address: CH Baden
- Agency: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd.
- Priority: EP19212049 20191128
- Main IPC: H02P23/14
- IPC: H02P23/14 ; G01R31/34 ; H02P3/06

Abstract:
According to an aspect, there is provided a method for evaluating safety of a speed of a motor controlled by a frequency converter. The method includes, first, measuring first, second and third phase currents of three-phase electric power fed from the frequency converter to the motor and forming first, second and third current measurement pairs based thereon. Then, the speed of the motor is estimated separately based on each measurement pair to produce respective first, second and third estimates for the speed of the motor. A voting logic is applied to the first, second and third estimates for the speed of the motor. A voting logic is applied to the first, second and third estimates. An output of the voting logic is fed to a safety logic controlling at least one safety function of the frequency converter. The output of the voting logic includes an estimate for the speed of the motor and an indication whether or not said final estimate is valid according to the voting logic.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210167710A1 MOTOR SPEED ESTIMATION FOR DRIVE SAFETY SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2021-06-03
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