Device for driving elevator at service interruption

• US 5,285,029 A
• Filed: 06/10/1992
• Issued: 02/08/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Inventors: Araki, Hiroshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Skudy, R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): NAPPI, ROBERT E
• Application Number:
  US07/896,680
• Time in Patent Office: 608 Days
• Field of Search: 187/119, 187/114, 307/66, 307/68, 363/37, 363/97, 363/98, 318/811, 318/803
• US Class Current: 187/290
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 1/302 for energy saving
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 1/308 with AC powered elevator drive
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 5/027 to permit passengers to leave an elevator car in case of failure, e.g. moving the car to a reference floor or unlocking the door
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 9/062 for AC powered loads
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 5/4585 having a rectifier with controlled elements
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 21/00 Arrangements or methods for the control of electric machines by vector control, e.g. by control of field orientation

Abstract

The device for driving an elevator at the time of a service interruption according to the present invention has a circuit for varying d-axis magnetic flux command to prevent regeneative power that can damage the elements in an inverter from being generated at the time of an interruption eliminating the need for a regenerative power consumption circuit.

Claims

1. A device for driving an elevator at the time of a service interruption comprising:

an induction motor for driving an elevator,

a converter for converting the AC voltage supplied by a commercial power source into a DC voltage,

a capacitor for smoothing the DC voltage obtained by said converter,

a DC voltage detector for detecting the DC voltage across said capacitor,

a regular inverter for converting the DC voltage smoothed by said capacitor into an AC voltage to drive and control said induction motor,

a control circuit for generating an AC voltage command value and outputting it to said regular inverter,

a battery for supplying power to said regular inverter when the commercial power source is interrupted, and

a DC voltage suppression means for controlling the DC voltage command value generated by said control circuit by controlling the DC voltage across said capacitor detected by said DC voltage detector so that the DC voltage across said capacitor does not exceed a set value when the commercial power source is interrupted.

2. A device according to claim 1 further comprising a current detector for detecting the AC current supplied from said regular inverter to the primary winding of said induction motor, and a velocity detector for detecting the rotor angular velocity of said induction motor, said control circuit generating an AC voltage command value according to the AC current detected by said current detector and a rotor angular velocity detected by said velocity detector.

3. A device according to claim 2 wherein said control circuit comprises:

a first phase conversion means for generating a d-axis current and a q-axis current in a two-axis rotary coordinate system according to the AC current detected by said current detector and a rotor angular velocity detected by said velocity detector,

a magnetic flux computing unit for computing the d-axis magnetic flux interlinking with the rotor at the secondary side of said induction motor according to the d-axis current and q-axis current generated by said first phase conversion means,

a magnetic flux controller for generating a d-axis current command value according to the deviation between a d-axis magnetic flux command value and the d-axis magnetic flux computed by said magnetic flux computing unit,

a velocity controller for generating a q-axis current command value according to the deviation between a rotor angular velocity command value and the rotor angular velocity detected by said velocity detector,

a d-axis current controller for generating a d-axis voltage command value according to the deviation between the d-axis current command value generated by said magnetic flux controller and the d-axis current generated by said first phase conversion means,

a q-axis current controller for generating a q-axis voltage command value according to the deviation between the q-axis current command value generated by said velocity controller and the q-axis current generated by said first phase conversion means, and

a second phase conversion means for generating an AC voltage command value for said regular inverter according to the d-axis voltage command value generated by said d-axis current controller and the q-axis voltage command value generated by said q-axis current controller.

4. A device according to claim 3 wherein said DC voltage suppression means comprises:

a voltage command generating circuit for generating a DC voltage command value across said capacitor,

a DC voltage controller for generating a d-axis magnetic flux correction value according to the deviation between the DC voltage detected by said DC voltage detector and the DC voltage command value generated by said voltage command generating circuit,

a subtracter for generating a d-axis magnetic flux correction command value by obtaining the deviation between the d-axis magnetic flux command value and the d-axis magnetic flux correction value generated by said DC voltage controller, and

a switch which is inserted between said DC voltage controller and said subtracter and is closed when the commercial power source is interrupted.

5. A device according to claim 4 wherein said voltage command generating circuit generates a constant DC voltage command value.

6. A device according to claim 4 wherein said voltage command generating circuit generates a gradually decreasing DC voltage command value which initially equals the DC voltage detected by said DC voltage detector when switchover to driving at interruption takes place, and which becomes constant after reaching a set value.

7. A device according to claim 1 further comprising an interruption inverter for interruption for converting the output voltage of said battery into an AC voltage and a switching means for switching the power source to said control circuit from the commercial power source to said inverter for interruption when the commercial power source is interrupted.

8. A device for driving an elevator at the time of a service interruption comprising:

an induction motor for driving an elevator;

a converter for converting the AC voltage supplied by a commercial power source into a DC voltage;

a capacitor for smoothing the DC voltage obtained by said converter;

a DC voltage detector for detecting the DC voltage across said capacitor;

a first inverter for converting the DC voltage smoothed by said capacitor into an AC voltage to drive and control said induction motor;

a control circuit for generating an AC voltage command value and outputting the AC voltage command value to said regular inverter;

a battery for supplying power to said regular inverter;

first and second switches connected between said battery and said regular inverter, said first and second switches being closed when the commercial power source is interrupted;

a voltage command generating circuit for generating a DC voltage command;

a first subtractor connected to said voltage command generating circuit and to said DC voltage detector for generating a difference signal representative of the difference between the DC voltage command and the DC voltage across said capacitor;

a DC voltage controller for generating a d-axis magnetic flux correction value according to the difference signal generated by said first subtractor;

a switch which interconnects said DC voltage controller with said control circuit and which is closed when the commerical power source is interrupted.