Frequency converter device which adaptively responds to a power failure

• US 5,705,904 A
• Filed: 10/25/1996
• Issued: 01/06/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Inventors: Kuriyama, Shigemi
• Primary Examiner(s): Sircus, Brian
• Application Number:
  US08/738,078
• Time in Patent Office: 438 Days
• Field of Search: 318/254, 318/439, 318/138, 318/132, 318/799-803, 307/64, 307/66
• US Class Current: 318/400.21
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/32 Means for protecting converters other than automatic disconnection
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 5/4505 having a rectifier with controlled elements
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 27/08 with pulse width modulation

Abstract

A frequency converter device comprises a first converter 5 in a pulse-width modulation system for converting an AC voltage into a DC voltage; a second converter 2 in a pulse-width modulation system for supplying an AC voltage with a variable voltage and a variable frequency to a motor; a capacitor 15 connected between an output side of said first converter 5 and an input side of said second converter 15; a current suppressing circuit connected to the input side of said first converter 5 and consisting of a resistor 31 and a relay 32; a detection circuit 19 for detecting the presence or absence of the power supply inputted to said first converter 5; a circuit 16 for measuring the voltage across said capacitor 15; a drive control circuit 30a for stopping the conversion of said first converter 5 when power failure of an input power supply occurs and when the voltage across the capacitor is not smaller than a prescribed value, continuing the drive state of the relay 32 and said second converter 2, thereby continuing an output.

Claims

1. A frequency converter device, comprising:

a first converter in a pulse-width modulation system for converting an AC voltage into a DC voltage;

a second converter in a pulse-width modulation system for supplying an AC voltage with a variable voltage and a variable frequency to a motor;

a capacitor connected between an output side of said first converter and an input side of said second converter;

a current suppressing circuit connected to the input side of said first converter and consisting of a resistor and a short-circuiting means;

a detection circuit for detecting the presence or absence of a power supply inputted to said first converter;

a circuit for measuring the voltage across said capacitor;

a drive control circuit for stopping the conversion of said first converter when power failure of the input power supply occurs and when the voltage across the capacitor is not smaller than a prescribed value, continuing the drive state of the short-circuiting means in said current suppressing circuit and said second converter, thereby continuing an output.

2. A frequency converting device according to claim 1, wherein when power failure occurs, said drive control circuit stops the conversion of said first converter, and when the voltage across the capacitor is smaller than a prescribed value, the drive state of the short-circuiting means in said current suppressing circuit and the second converter is changed into a state before power energization.

3. A frequency converting device according to claim 1, wherein during power restoration after instantaneous power failure occurs when the voltage across a capacitor is not smaller than a prescribed value, said drive control circuit starts conversion of the first converter.

4. A frequency converting device according to claim 1, further comprising a residual voltage detector circuit for detecting the rotary speed of an induction motor in terms of a residual voltage generated therefrom, wherein during power restoration after instantaneous power failure occurs the voltage across a capacitor is smaller than a prescribed value, said drive control circuit short-circuits the short-circuiting means in said current suppressing circuit to start the conversion of said first converter and determines the conversion state of said second converter in accordance with the rotary state of said motor to start the conversion state of said second converter.

5. A frequency converter device according to claim 1, wherein when instantaneous voltage drop occurs, said drive control circuit, if the voltage across said capacitor is not smaller than a prescribed value, said drive control circuit continues the state of the short-circuiting means in the said drive control circuit and the conversion states of said first converter and said second converter.

6. A frequency converter device according to claim 1, wherein when instantaneous voltage drop occurs, if the voltage across said capacitor is smaller than a prescribed value, said current suppressing circuit opens the short-circuiting means in said current suppressing circuit and stops the conversion of said first converter and said second converter.

7. A frequency converter device according to claim 6, further comprising a residual voltage detector circuit for detecting the rotary speed of an induction motor in terms of a residual voltage generated therefrom, wherein after restoration from instantaneous power failure, if the voltage across the capacitor is not smaller than a prescribed value, said drive control circuit short-circuits the short-circuiting means in said current suppressing circuit to start the conversion of said first converter and determines the conversion state of said second converter in accordance with the rotary state of said motor to start the conversion state of said second converter.