Inverter controller for driving motor and air conditioner using inverter controller
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsMitsuo Kawaji, Hideo Matsushiro, Tomohiro Sugimoto
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Abstract
A reactor having a predetermined small capacity is connected to a rectifier, and a capacitor having a predetermined small capacity is connected between DC bus lines of the inverter, so that a small, light and low-cost inverter controller for driving a motor can be implemented, and even when an inverter DC voltage largely fluctuates and it is difficult to drive the motor, the motor can be kept driving by operating the inverter such that a voltage applied to the motor may stay constant by a motor voltage command corrector which generates a motor voltage command correction value of the motor.
Claims9
An inverter controller for driving a motor, comprising:
- an AC power supply for supplying an AC power;
- a rectifier formed of a diode bridge for rectifying the AC power to be converted to DC power;
- a reactor having a predetermined small capacity which is connected to the rectifier, for improving a power factor of the AC power supply;
- an inverter which converts the DC power to AC power for driving the motor;
- a capacitor having a predetermined small capacity which is connected between DC bus lines of the inverter to absorb regeneration energy from the motor;
- a motor voltage command generator which generates a motor voltage command value of the motor, based on a speed command value of the motor applied from the outside;
- a positive neutral (PN) voltage detector which detects a DC voltage value of the inverter;
- a PN voltage corrector which calculates a ratio of the DC voltage detection value of the inverter obtained by the PN voltage detector to a predetermined DC voltage reference value of the inverter to thereby generate a PN voltage correction factor;
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- a motor voltage command corrector which generates a motor voltage command correction value of the motor,
- wherein the PN voltage corrector provides the PN voltage correction factor by dividing the DC voltage reference value by the DC voltage detection value, and sets a predetermined maximum value of the PN voltage correction factor as the PN voltage correction factor when the DC voltage detection value is zero or less.
An air conditioner which includes a converter apparatus for converting AC power to DC power and an inverter apparatus for converting the DC power converted by the converter to AC power of a variable voltage and a variable frequency and supplying the AC power to a motor for driving a compressor,
- wherein the inverter apparatus comprises:
- an AC power supply for supplying an AC power;
- a rectifier formed of a diode bridge for converting the AC power to DC power;
- a reactor having a predetermined small capacity which is connected to the rectifier, for improving a power factor of the AC power supply;
- an inverter which converts the DC power to AC power for driving the motor;
- a capacitor having a predetermined small capacity which is connected between DC bus lines of the inverter to absorb regeneration energy from the motor;
- a motor voltage command generator which generates a motor voltage command value of the motor, based on a speed command value of the motor applied from the outside;
- a positive neutral (PN) voltage detector which detects a DC voltage value of the inverter;
- a PN voltage corrector which calculates a ratio of the DC voltage detection value of the inverter obtained by the PN voltage detector to a predetermined DC voltage reference value of the inverter to thereby generate a PN voltage correction factor;
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- a motor voltage command corrector which generates a motor voltage command correction value of the motor,
- wherein the PN voltage corrector provides the PN voltage correction factor by dividing the DC voltage reference value by the DC voltage detection value, and sets a predetermined maximum value of the PN voltage correction factor as the PN voltage correction factor when the DC voltage detection value is zero or less.
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