摘要:
A control system for energizing a direct current (DC) motor with alternating current (AC) power includes a first voltage sensor for a peak voltage of AC power; a second voltage sensor for a counter electromotive force (EMF) of the motor; a current sensor for an armature current of the motor; a digital processor having a first current controller responding to sensed armature current and a current reference, a cooperating second current controller responding to sensed peak voltage, sensed counter EMF and the current reference signal, and a gating circuit responding to the controllers; and a thyristor converter circuit sequentially gating portions of half cycles of AC power to the motor in response to firing signals from the gating circuit. The controllers may control a gate angle of the firing signals, the control system may include a third voltage sensor for a terminal voltage of the motor, and the armature current may have discontinuous and continuous waveforms. The processor may calculate a start of continuous current value which is a function of a calculated peak voltage of the AC power and a calculated counter EMF of the motor. The calculated counter EMF is sensed when an absolute value of sensed armature current is less than the start of continuous current value but, otherwise, the calculated counter EMF is related to motor terminal voltage. The calculated peak voltage of AC power is an average of an absolute value of a peak positive sensed voltage and an absolute value of a peak negative voltage under calculated discontinuous current conditions but, otherwise, the calculated peak voltage is the average plus a calculated commutation notch line voltage loss. The calculated commutation notch line voltage loss may be a function of the gate angle, the sensed armature current and the calculated peak voltage. The gate angle may be a sum of gate angles from the two controllers.
摘要:
A control system for one or more dc motors in which thyristor power modules selectively gate portions of half cycles of ac voltage to the motor field and armature windings, has digitally implemented parallel inner control loops for the armature which each generate an intermediate control signal to which proportional plus derivative control action has been applied. Logic selects the intermediate control signal which phases back firing pulses for the thyristor power modules the most for application to a common digital integrator which produces a control signal having proportional plus integral control action. The voltage across each of the thyristors is monitored and used to detect continuous and discontinuous current operation for adjusting integrator gain.
摘要:
This invention relates to an improved continuous calcining apparatus for consistently and controllably producing from calcinable reactive solid compounds of uranium, such as ammonium diuranate, uranium dioxide (UO.sub.2) having an oxygen to uranium ratio of less than 2.2. The apparatus comprises means at the outlet end of a calciner kiln for receiving hot UO.sub.2, means for cooling the UO.sub.2 to a temperature of below 100.degree. C and conveying the cooled UO.sub.2 to storage or to subsequent UO.sub.2 processing apparatus where it finally comes into contact with air, the means for receiving, cooling and conveying being sealed to the outlet end of the calciner and being maintained full of UO.sub.2 and so operable as to exclude atmospheric oxygen from coming into contact with any UO.sub.2 which is at elevated temperatures where it would readily oxidize, without the use of extra hydrogen gas in said means.
摘要:
A pneumatic driver is disclosed. The pneumatic driver includes a frame and a shaft movable between an extended driving position and a retracted position relative to the frame. A first inflatable air bladder is supported by the frame. The first inflatable air bladder is operatively connected to the shaft so that when the first air bladder is inflated, the shaft is moved into an extended driving position. A second inflatable air bladder is supported by the frame and operatively connected to the shaft. When the second air bladder is inflated, the shaft is moved to a retracted position. A valve manifold operatively connects first and second air bladders for controlling inflation and deflation of the air bladders. The frame includes longitudinal guide rods and transverse frame members fixed to the guide rods. A shaft support member having the shaft mounted thereto is slidably mounted on the guiderods. Support rods are mounted to the shaft support member by bolts received in orifices to provide a clearance fit.
摘要:
A method for making delivery gauge corrections at low mill speeds during threading and tailing out of a workpiece by varying the interstand tension of the workpiece. The tension between the last two stands is used with a desired tension and the delivery AGC by tension mode of an existing delivery automatic gauge control (AGC) to change the speed of the downstream stands. During the threading and tailing out phases, the delivery AGC by speed is turned off and set to zero. In the full run phase, the interstand regulators are changed to a tension by roll gap mode, and an existing delivery automatic gauge control (AGC) by speed is used to provide a stand speed reference for the downstream stands. In the full run phase, the delivery (AGC) by tension is turned off an set to zero. In the tailing out phase optionally, the tension between each stand is used in a similar manner to provide a speed reference change for each stand immediately downstream from where a tension controller is located.
摘要:
A digital current control arrangement for optimizing the transport time delay of a thyristor power supply used as a source of armature current for a DC motor utilizes a coarse gate angle interrupt subroutine to perform a preliminary calculation of the gate firing angle for the next thyristor to be fired. The coarse gate angle calculation is performed at a predetermined time following the firing of a previous thyristor. A finite gate angle interrupt subroutine is also provided for recalculating the gate firing angle at a second predetermined time just prior to the firing of the thyristor. The finite and coarse gate angle interrupt subroutines both perform their respective calculations using the common parameters. A flag passing arrangement is also included in the current control arrangement and is effective to insure that the finite gate firing angle is the preferred calculation used in the firing of the next thyristor.
摘要:
In a hot strip rolling mill a velocity damping compensator circuit is added to the current regulating loop of the looper motor drive generating a torque on the looper arm mechanism between roll stands, thereby to prevent disturbances when applying the looper arm and looper roller against the strip being rolled.
摘要:
An inverse timer for a process line is disclosed in which the forward end of the material is detected at a known distance from an instrument which is to be activated. The inverse timer is initiated upon forward end detection, and in a small increment of time, .DELTA.T seconds later, the instrument is activated; .DELTA.T is equal to the time required for the material to move from the point of detection to the location of the instrument, i.e., the transport time minus the reaction time of the instrument. The inverse timer includes two potentiometers for independently adjusting the transport time and the reaction times. Since the velocity of the material may vary widely during production, the inverse timer enables rapid adjustments to be made to accommodate for these new conditions without the laborious empirical determination of optimum settings of interacting potentiometers.
摘要:
A speed control system is disclosed for a direct current motor drive energized by a thyristor armature supply. Voltage regulation for the thyristor supply is through a parallel current controller in which an armature current controller is arranged in parallel with positive and negative rate current controllers, the output of this parallel combination being applied as a voltage control signal to the thyristor supply through a parallel switch which mandates priority of control. Normally, the current controller will determine the thyristor armature supply voltage, but if the armature current rate exceeds a preset current rate reference, the parallel switch intercedes and the appropriate rate current controller takes over control of the thyristor supply voltage. When the thyristor armature supply current rate goes below the rate reference setting, the armature current controller will again resume control of the thyristor supply voltage.
摘要:
An impact load controller (28) compensates for the speed drop of a drive motor (12), which speed drop is caused by a load disturbance applied to the drive motor (12). A change in the dynamics of a speed controller (30, 34) in a speed regulator system for a stand in a tandem rolling mill is initiated by detecting a speed error (WE) which is greater than a predetermined speed error value and is removed after the speed error has been reduced to a predetermined value. The controller (28) is a pure rate controller whose input is converted into a rate change in speed error, which is multiplied by a gain factor. The resultant gain value product is initially increased by a predetermined factor to provide a high input signal to the (PI) speed controller (34) of a multi-loop speed regulator system for the drive motor (12), and to precharge a low pass filter. Thereafter, the output of the impact load controller (28) is a function of the time constant of the low pass filter; whereby the product gain consisting of the rate of change in speed error decays exponentially. The load impact controller (28) can be either a microprocessor type of control arrangement or an analog type of control arrangement.