Control Device for Rotating Machine of Elevator

• US 20070227828A1
• Filed: 10/28/2004
• Published: 10/04/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Inventors: Kinpara, Yoshihiko, Fukuta, Masahiro
• Granted Patent: US 7,658,268 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 187/295
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 1/285 with the use of a speed pattern generator
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 1/308 with AC powered elevator drive

Abstract

A control device for a rotating machine driving an elevator suppresses increases in the moving time of the elevator while securing control and stability in accordance with moving direction and load of a car of the elevator. A control device for controlling speed of the rotating machine without using a speed sensor includes a speed command signal generator for generating a rotational speed command for the rotating machine; and a speed sensor-less controller for controlling a voltage applied to the rotating machine without using a speed sensor, based on the rotational speed command from the speed command signal generator. In the control device, the speed command signal generator changes an acceleration running curve in a deceleration interval in accordance with the moving direction and the load of the car of the elevator to generate the rotational speed command.

Claims

1. A control device for controlling speed of a rotating machine driving an elevator without using a speed sensor, the control device comprising:

speed command signal generating means for generating a rotational speed command for the rotating machine; and

speed sensor-less control means for controlling a voltage applied to the rotating machine without using the speed sensor, based on the rotational speed command issued from the speed command signal generating means, wherein the speed command signal generating means changes an acceleration running curve in a deceleration interval in accordance with moving direction and load of a car of the elevator to generate the rotational speed command.

2. The control device according to claim 1, wherein the speed command signal generating means changes the acceleration running curve to prolong a deceleration period and to reduce magnitude of jerk in the deceleration period as the load of the car decreases during raising of the car, and to prolong the deceleration period and to reduce the magnitude of jerk in the deceleration period as the load of the car increases during lowering of the car.

3. The control device according to claim 1, wherein the speed command signal generating means changes the acceleration running curve to prolong a deceleration period and to change with time magnitude of jerk in the deceleration period toward zero as the load of the car decreases during raising of the car, and to prolong the deceleration period and to change with time the magnitude of jerk in the deceleration period toward zero as the load of the car increases during lowering of the car.

4. The control device according to claim 1, wherein the speed command signal generating means changes the acceleration running curve to prolong a deceleration period and to cause changes in jerk with time such that magnitude of acceleration in the deceleration period decreases as the load of the car decreases during raising of the car, and to prolong the deceleration period and to cause changes in jerk with time such that the magnitude of acceleration in the deceleration period decreases as the load of the car increases during lowering of the car.

5. A The control device according to claim 1, wherein

the speed sensor-less control means comprises a current detector for detecting current value of the rotating machine, a voltage command calculator for generating a voltage command based on the rotational speed command from the speed command signal generating means and the current value detected by the current detector, and a pulse width modulation (PWM) inverter for applying a voltage based on the voltage command,

the voltage command calculator, which has a storage portion in which data on torque command and load that are associated with each other are stored in advance, calculates a torque command required for causing rotational speed to follow the rotational speed command, acquires a load corresponding to a torque command in an acceleration interval of the elevator from the storage portion to estimate load of the car, and outputs the load of the car estimated to the speed command signal generating means, and

the speed command signal generating means acquires the load of the car from the voltage command calculator.

6. The control device according to claim 1, wherein

the control device further comprises a brake for applying a braking torque to the rotating machine, and

the speed sensor-less control means makes the braking torque of the brake effective to compensate for a deficiency in regenerative torque in the deceleration interval in accordance with a moving direction and load of the car.

8. The control device according to claim 1, wherein the speed sensor-less control means comprises:

a current detector for detecting current value of the rotating machine;

a voltage command calculator for generating a voltage command based on the rotational speed command from the speed command signal generating means and the current value detected by the current detector; and

a pulse width modulation (PWM) inverter for applying a voltage based on the voltage command, wherein the speed sensor-less control means estimates rotational speed of the rotating machine based on the current value detected and the voltage command.

9. A control device according to claim 8, wherein the speed command signal generating means changes the acceleration running curve to prolong a deceleration period and to reduce magnitude of jerk in the deceleration period as the load of the car decreases during raising of the car, and to prolong the deceleration period and to reduce the magnitude of jerk in the deceleration period as the load of the car increases during lowering of the car.

10. The control device according to claim 8, wherein the speed command signal generating means changes the acceleration running curve to prolong a deceleration period and to change with time magnitude of jerk in the deceleration period toward zero as the load of the car decreases during raising of the car, and to prolong the deceleration period and to change with time the magnitude of jerk in the deceleration period toward zero as the load of the car increases during lowering of the car.

11. The control device according to claim 8, wherein the speed command signal generating means changes the acceleration running curve to prolong a deceleration period and to cause changes in jerk with time such that magnitude of acceleration in the deceleration period decreases as the load of the car decreases during raising of the car, and to prolong the deceleration period and to cause changes in jerk with time such that the magnitude of acceleration in the deceleration period decreases as the load of the car increases during lowering of the car.

12. The control device according to claim 8, wherein

the speed sensor-less control means comprises a current detector for detecting current value of the rotating machine, a voltage command calculator for generating a voltage command based on the rotational speed command from the speed command signal generating means and the current value detected by the current detector, and a pulse width modulation (PWM) inverter for applying a voltage based on the voltage command,

the voltage command calculator, which has a storage portion in which data on torque command and load that are associated with each other are stored in advance, calculates a torque command required for causing rotational speed to follow the rotational speed command, acquires a load corresponding to a torque command in an acceleration interval of the elevator from the storage portion to estimate load of the car, and outputs the load of the car estimated to the speed command signal generating means, and

the speed command signal generating means acquires the load of the car from the voltage command calculator.

13. The control device according to claim 8, wherein

the control device further comprises a brake for applying a braking torque to the rotating machine, and

the speed sensor-less control means makes the braking torque of the brake effective to compensate for a deficiency in regenerative torque in the deceleration interval in accordance with moving direction and load of the car.

7. A control device for controlling speed of a rotating machine driving an elevator without using a speed sensor, the control device comprising:

speed command signal generating means for generating a rotational speed command for the rotating machine;

speed sensor-less control means for controlling a voltage applied to the rotating machine without using a speed sensor, based on the rotational speed command from the speed command signal generating means; and

a brake for applying a braking torque to the rotating machine, wherein the speed sensor-less control means makes the braking torque of the brake effective to compensate for a deficiency in regenerative torque in a deceleration interval in accordance with moving direction and load of a car of the elevator so that a constant acceleration running curve is obtained, regardless of the load of the car.