摘要:
A method and system for balancing a rotating device or rotating system having a rotatable member and a shaft attached to the rotatable member, such that balancing is based on system response to simultaneous control actions to place mass, such as for example, fluid, at predetermined locations within the rotating system or rotating device. Mass can be simultaneously placed at predetermined locations within the rotating system. A system model of measured force and motion parameters can then be calculated in response to simultaneously placing mass at predetermined locations within the rotating system, in order to determine a required correction necessary to place the rotating system in a balanced state. Force can be measured at predetermined locations throughout the rotating system or rotating device in response to simultaneously placing the mass at the predetermined locations within the rotating system or rotating device. Motion can also be measured at predetermined locations throughout the rotating system or rotating device in response to simultaneously placing the mass at predetermined locations within the rotating system or rotating device. A matrix of measured force and motion parameters can be calculated based on independent perturbations of the rotating system. Additionally, an independence or rank criterion may be formulated to determine whether consecutive control actions are different enough from one another toexcite the system in independent directions, thereby forming a model that is sufficiently representative of the dynamics of said rotating system.
摘要:
A thermostat capable of accommodating primary and secondary loads is taught. Preferably a hydronic valve actuator is the primary load and a fan coil of variable speed is the secondary load. Temperature sensing is electronic and both heating and cooling as well as multiple fan modes are accommodated.
摘要:
A apparatus is provided for estimating the position of a rotor of a commutated brushless motor operating without a shaft position sensor. The apparatus includes a tank circuit that incorporates a phase winding of the motor. A low-power signal of a frequency F.sub.1 is injected into the tank circuit. The frequency F.sub.1 is much greater than the switching frequency F.sub.s of the phase winding. Because the effective inductance (L) of the phase winding incorporated into the tank circuit changes in a cyclic manner in response to changes in the mechanical angle .THETA. of the rotor, the characteristic resonant frequency F.sub.0 of the tank circuit varies between maximum and minimum values. The effect of the variation of the resonant frequency F.sub.0 on the output characteristics of the tank circuit are used by a detection circuit to resolve the mechanical angle .THETA. of the rotor and, thereby, control the timing of the phase firing sequence. The two illustrated embodiments detect changes to the amplitude and phase, respectively, of the signal from the tank circuit in response to the changing inductance of the phase winding incorporated into the tank circuit.