Abstract:
An inverter circuit utilizing controlled rectifiers for changing direct current power to alternating current power is provided with control apparatus which includes means to sense variations in an operational parameter to provide compensation to insure that a current utilized to commutate or turn off a conducting rectifier is maintained substantially constant.
Abstract:
D R A W I N G THE CURRENT AND VOLTAGE TO EACH PHASE OF AN A-C MOTOR ARE SENSED AND UTILIZED TO PRODUCE A PHASE CONTROL SIGNAL HAVING AN AVERAGE VALUE PORTIONAL TO THE AVERAGE MAGNITUDE OF THE IN-PHASE CURRENT WITHIN THAT PHASE. THE PHASE CONTROL SIGNALS ARE SUMMED TO PRODUCE A COMPOSITE SIGNAL INDICATIVE OF CERTAIN MOTOR OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS, INCLUDING SLIP AND TORQUE, THE COMPOSITE CONTROL SIGNAL BEING SUPPLIED TO THE CONTROL OF AN INVERTER WHICH PRODUCES VARIABLE FREQUENCY ALTERNATING CURRENT ELECTRIC POWER FOR DRIVING THE A-C MOTOR. IN RESPONSE TO VARIATIONS IN THE COMPOSITE CONTROL SIGNAL, THE FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCY AND THE AVERAGE VOLTAGE OF THE ALTERNATING CURRENT POWER ARE ADJUSTED BY THE CONTROL.
Abstract:
A SOLID STATE POWER CIRCUIT, SUCH AS A POLYPHASE INVERTER OF ENERGIZING AN A-C MOTOR IN AN A-C ADJUSTABLE SPEED DRIVE SYSTEM, INCLUDES TWO OR MORE PARALLEL CONNECTED SERIES CIRCUITS EACH INCLUDING A PAIR OF ALTERNATELY CONDUCTIVE THYRISTORS IN SERIES INDICTIVE MEANS AND A FILTER NETWORK INCLUDING AT LEAST TWO L-C STAGES FOR SUPPLYING D-C ELECTRIC POWER TO THE SERIES CIRCUITS FROM A SOURCE OF ELECTRIC POTENTIAL. WHEN A SHORT CIRCUIT OR SHOOTTHROUGH IN THE POWER CIRCUIT HAS OCCURRED OR, UNDER SOME CONDITIONS, IS ABOUT TO OCCUR, THE RESULTING HIGH CURRENT FLOW TO THE SERIES CIRCUITS FROM THE FILTER NETWORK IS DETECTED AND ALL OF THE THYRISTORS OF AT LEAST TWO OF THE SERIES CIRCUITS ARE TURNED ON SIMULTANEOUSLY IN RESPONSE TO THE DETECTED CURRENT SUCH THAT THE FILTER CAPACITOR OF THE L-C STAGE ADJACENT THE SERIES CIRCUITS WILL RESONATE WITH THE TOTAL EFFECTIVE PARALLEL INDUCTANCE IN THE SERIES CIRCUITS TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT REVERSE VOLTAGE TO TURN OFF ALL OF THE TYRISTORS. TO RESPOND TO INCREASED CURRENT FLOW RESULTING FROM A WIDE RANGE OF FAULT CONDITIONS IN AN EFFECTIVE AND ECONOMICAL MANNER, THE DETECTION MEANS IS RESPONSIVE TO THE CAPACITIVE CURRENT FLOW IN AT LEAST TWO OF THE L-C STAGES INCLUDING THE TWO STAGES ADJACENT THE SERIES CIRCUITS. A DIODE OR SIMILAR RECITIFER IS PROVIDED ACROSS THE FILTER INDUCTOR OF THE L-C STAGE ADJACENT THE SERIES CIRCUITS TO PREVENT EXCESSIVE VOLTAGE ON THE RESONATING CAPACITOR, TO CONTROL RIPLE VOLTAGE, AND TO PREVENT UNDAMPED OSCILLATIONS IN THE FILTER NETWORK
Abstract:
An electrical power system includes power conversion apparatus for receiving electric power from a source and supplying the electric power in converted form to a load and control apparatus for automatically stopping the operation of the power conversion apparatus in response to the departure of a selected operating parameter, such as input voltage to the power conversion apparatus, from a preestablished range having upper and lower limits. A signal representative of the operating parameter is sensed and utilized to produce an out-of-range signal only when the operating parameter departs from the preestablished range, the out-of-range signal being utilized in turn to stop the operation of the power conversion apparatus.
Abstract:
The actual electric current transmitted between a source of variable voltage electric power and an electric motor connected thereto is continuously monitored and utilized to generate a first control signal in response to a motoring current equal to or greater than a predetermined level and a second control signal in response to a regenerative current equal to or greater than a predetermined level. A regulator is responsive to the first control signal to reduce the output voltage of the electric power source and to the second control signal to increase the output voltage of the power source, the result being a rapid reduction in the actual current.
Abstract:
The d-c voltage of reversible d-c to a-c power conversion apparatus is continuously sensed and utilized to produce an overvoltage signal when and only when the d-c voltage is equal to or greater than a pre-determined level. The overvoltage signal is transmitted to the control means for the power conversion apparatus as a control signal, the magnitude and polarity of the overvoltage signal being such that the operating frequency of power conversion means is increased.