Compressor control system for air conditioner

• US 6,254,352 B1
• Filed: 12/30/1998
• Issued: 07/03/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Suwa, Kazuyoshi, Niizato, Atsusi, Oohashi, Eiji
• Primary Examiner(s): Yuen, Henry C.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Gimie, Mahmoud
• Application Number:
  US09/223,614
• Time in Patent Office: 916 Days
• Field of Search: 417/44.11, 417/45, 417/53, 318/374, 418/55.3, 340/825.63
• US Class Current: 417/44.11
• CPC Class Codes: F25B 2600/021 Inverters therefor
• CPC Class Codes: F25B 49/022 Compressor control arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 6/00 Arrangements for controlling synchronous motors or other dynamo-electric motors using electronic commutation dependent on the rotor position; Electronic commutators therefor vector control H02P21/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 30/70 Efficient control or regulation technologies, e.g. for control of refrigerant flow, motor or heating

Abstract

A compressor control system including a controller for controlling the operation of a compressor, a power source unit for supplying power to the compressor, and a power converting device for subjecting the power from the power source unit to conversion processing and then supplying the power thus converted to the controller, the controller being reset on the basis of input of a reset signal to stop said compressor, is further provided with a power monitoring device for monitoring a power state (e.g., power failure or not) of the power source unit, and outputting the reset signal to the controller when the power supply of the power source unit is intercepted.

Claims

1. A compressor control system including a controller for controlling the operation of a compressor, a power source unit for supplying power to said compressor, a power converting device for subjecting the power from said power source unit to conversion processing and then supplying the power thus converted to said controller, said controller being reset on the basis of input of a reset signal to stop said compressor, characterized by further including:

a power monitoring device for monitoring a power state of said power source unit, and outputting the reset signal to said controller when the power supply of said power source unit is interrupted,

said power monitoring device outputting the reset signal after a predetermined fixed time elapses from the interruption of the power supply of said power source unit.

2. The compressor control system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the interruption of the power supply is caused by a power failure.

3. A compressor control system including a controller for controlling the operation of a compressor, a power source unit for supplying power to said compressor, a power converting device for subjecting the power from said power source unit to conversion processing and then suppling the power thus converted to said controller, said controller being reset on the basis of input of a reset signal to stop said compressor, characterized by further including:

a power monitoring device for monitoring a power state of said power source unit, and outputting the reset signal to said controller when the power supply of said power source unit is interrupted,

said power monitoring device outputting the reset signal after a predetermined fixed time elapses from the interruption of the power supply of said power source unit wherein said predetermined fixed time is set to such a time that when the power interruption occurs in a refrigerant-compressing process of said compressor, said compressor is not reversely rotated by the repulsive force of the compressed refrigerant because the inertial force of said compressor exceeds the repulsive source of the compressed refrigerant.

4. The compressor control system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the predetermined fixed time is set to several tens msec.

5. The compressor control system as claimed in claim 4, wherein the predetermined fixed time is set to about 40 msec.

6. A compressor control system including a controller for controlling the operation of a compressor, a power source unit for supplying power to said compressor, a power converting device for subjecting the power from said power source unit to conversion processing and then supplying the power thus converted to said controller, said controller being reset on the basis of input of a reset signal to stop said compressor, characterized by further including:

a power monitoring device for monitoring a power state of said power source unit, and outputting the reset signal to said controller when the power supply of said power source unit is interrupted, said power monitoring device comprising a pulse generating circuit for generating pulses which are synchronized with the frequency of a power of said power source unit, the supply of the pulses from said power generating circuit being stopped when the power supply of said power source unit is interrupted, and a pulse monitoring circuit for monitoring the pulses generated from said pulse generating circuit to monitor the power state of said power source unit.

7. The compressor control system as claimed in claim 6, wherein said pulse monitoring circuit contains a timer for counting the predetermined fixed time, and outputs the reset signal to said controller after the fixed time elapses from the time when no pulse is generated from said pulse generating circuit, thereby stopping said compressor.

8. A compressor control system including a controller for controlling the operation of a compressor, a power source unit for supplying power to said compressor, a power converting device for subjecting the power from said power source unit to conversion processing and then supplying the power thus converted to said controller, said controller being reset on the basis of input of a reset signal to stop said compressor, characterized by further including:

a power monitoring device for monitoring a power state of said power source unit, and outputting the reset signal to said controller when the power supply of said power source unit is interrupted, said power monitoring device comprising a pulse generating circuit for generating pulses which are synchronized with the frequency of the power of said power source unit, the supply of the pulses from said pulse generating circuit being stopped when the power supply of said power source unit is interrupted, and a pulse monitoring circuit for monitoring the pulses generated from said pulse generating circuit to monitor the power state of said power source unit,

wherein said power monitoring device outputs the reset signal after a predetermined fixed time elapses from the interruption of the power supply of said power source unit.

9. The compressor control system as claimed in claim 8, wherein said pulse monitoring circuit contains a timer for counting the predetermined fixed time, and outputs the reset signal to said controller after the fixed time elapses from the time when no pulse is generated from said pulse generating circuit, thereby stopping said compressor.

10. The compressor control system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the interruption of the power supply is caused by a power failure.

11. A compressor control system including a controller for controlling the operation of a compressor, a power source unit for supplying power to said compressor, a power converting device for subjecting the power from said power source unit to conversion processing and then supplying the power thus converted to said controller, said controller being reset on the basis of input of a reset signal to stop said compressor, characterized by further including:

a power monitoring device for monitoring a power state of said power source unit, and outputting the reset signal to said controller when the power supply of said power source unit is interrupted,

wherein said power monitoring device outputs the reset signal after a predetermined fixed time elapses from the interruption of the power supply of said power source unit, said predetermined fixed time being set to such a time that when the power interruption occurs in a refrigerant-compressing process of said compressor, said compressor is not reversely rotated by the repulsive force of the compressed refrigerant because the inertial force of said compressor exceeds the repulsive force of the compressed refrigerant.

12. The compressor control system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the predetermined fixed time is set to several tens of milliseconds.

13. The compressor control system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the predetermined fixed time is set to about 40 milliseconds.

14. A compressor control system including a controller for controlling the operation of a compressor, a power source unit for supplying power to said compressor, a power converting device for subjecting the power from said power source unit to conversion processing and then supplying the power thus converted to said controller, said controller being reset on the basis of input of a reset signal to stop said compressor, characterized by further including:

a power monitoring device for monitoring a power state of said power source unit, said power monitoring device comprising a pulse generator for generating a pulse signal synchronized to the frequency of the power source, and monitor means for outputting the reset signal to said controller in the absence of said pulse signals.