Inverter apparatus and method of reducing speed of alternating current motor

• US 7,612,518 B2
• Filed: 07/01/2005
• Issued: 11/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
• Inventors: Hiramatsu, Kazuhiko, Iura, Hideaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Ro; Bentsu
• Assistant Examiner(s): Paul; Antony M
• Application Number:
  US11/631,788
• Publication Number:
  US 20070216328A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,586 Days
• Field of Search: 318/727, 318/762, 318/779, 318/801, 318/803, 318/807, 318/811, 318/700, 318/798, 318/800, 318/430, 318/268, 318/280, 318/362, 318/599, 318/778
• US Class Current: 318/762
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 23/20 Controlling the acceleration or deceleration

Abstract

There is provided an inverter capable of reducing a speed in a short period of time without generating an overcurrent even in a case of an alternating current motor which is easy to be saturated magnetically.

A frequency of driving a motor is calculated by using a detecting value constituted by passing a direct current bus line voltage through a first filter portion, a voltage command is corrected by using a detecting value passing through a second filter portion, by making a time constant of the second filter portion larger than a time constant of the first filter portion in reducing a speed, the motor is brought into an overexcited state and loss is brought about in the motor.

Claims

1. An inverter apparatus comprising:

a converter portion for converting an alternating current voltage into a direct current voltage,

a capacitor for smoothing the direct current voltage,

an inverter portion for driving an alternating current motor by converting the direct current voltage into an alternating current,

a current converting portion for generating a detecting value of a current flowing in the motor, and

a PWM calculating portion for generating a signal for driving a gate of a power element,

a direct current voltage detecting portion for detecting the direct current voltage;

a first filter portion and a second filter portion constituting two low pass filters for filtering an output of the direct current voltage detecting portion;

a speed reducing rate setting portion for setting a speed reducing time period of the motor;

a speed reducing rate calculating portion for calculating a frequency of driving the motor from an output of the first filter portion and an output of the speed reducing rate setting portion; and

a voltage command correcting portion for correcting a voltage command from an output of the second filter portion and a given voltage command, wherein

in speed reducing, a time constant of the second filter portion is constituted by 10 through 10000 times as much as a time constant of the first filter portion.

2. The inverter apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

when the current detecting value becomes equal to or larger than a predetermined value, in accordance with a magnitude of the current, the time constant of the second filter portion is gradually reduced from an initial value in speed reducing to the time constant of the first filter portion.

3. The inverter apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

when a d-axis current detecting value calculated from the current detecting value becomes equal to or larger than a predetermined value, in accordance with a magnitude of the d-axis current, the time constant of the second filter portion is gradually reduced from an initial value in speed reducing to the time constant of the first filter portion.

4. The inverter apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

when a q-axis current detecting value calculated from the current detecting value becomes equal to or larger than a predetermined value, in accordance with a magnitude of the q-axis current, the time constant of the second filter portion is gradually reduced from an initial value in speed reducing to the time constant of the first filter portion.

5. The inverter apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

a previously set speed reducing time period is adjusted such that the output of the first filter portion becomes a previously set value in reducing a speed of the alternating current motor.

6. The inverter apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a multiplying portion for multiplying an arbitrary voltage command by 1 in normal operation and the output of the speed reducing rate setting portion by a previously set gain in speed reducing.

7. The inverter apparatus according to claim 6, wherein

when the current detecting value becomes equal to or larger than a first predetermined current value, in accordance with a magnitude of the current, the time constant of the second filter portion is gradually reduced from an initial value in speed reducing to the time constant of the first filter portion, and

when the current detecting value becomes equal to or larger than a second predetermined current value, in accordance with a magnitude of the current, the gain is gradually reduced to return to 1.

8. The inverter apparatus according to claim 6, wherein

when a d-axis current detecting value calculated from the current detecting value becomes equal to or larger than a predetermined value, in accordance with a magnitude of the d-axis current, the time constant of the second filter portion is gradually reduced from an initial value in speed reducing to the time constant of the first filter portion, and

when the d-axis current detecting value becomes equal to or larger than a first predetermined current value, in accordance with a magnitude of the current, the gain is gradually reduced to return to 1.

9. The inverter apparatus according to claim 6, wherein

when a q-axis current detecting value calculated from the current detecting value becomes equal to or larger than a predetermined value, in accordance with a magnitude of the q-axis current, the time constant of the second filter portion is gradually reduced from an initial value in speed reducing to the time constant of the first filter portion, and

when the q-axis current detecting value becomes equal to or larger than a first predetermined current value, in accordance with a magnitude of the current, the gain is gradually reduced to return to 1.

10. The inverter apparatus according to claim 6, wherein

a previously set speed reducing time period is adjusted such that the voltage detecting value outputted by the first filter portion becomes a previously set value in reducing the speed of the alternating current motor.

11. The inverter apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the time constant of the second filter portion is made to be equal to or larger than the time constant of the first filter portion in speed reducing,

the frequency is reduced to a predetermined frequency while maintaining the voltage command, thereafter,

the speed of the motor is reduced by a previously set rate of the frequency to the voltage.

12. The inverter apparatus according to claim 11, wherein

when the current detecting value becomes equal to or larger than a predetermined value, in accordance with a magnitude of the current, the time constant of the second filter portion is reduced from an initial value in speed reducing to the time constant of the first filter portion, and

when the current detecting value becomes equal to or larger than the predetermined value, in accordance with the magnitude of the current, even before the frequency is reduced to the predetermined value, the voltage command is reduced, and a rate of the frequency to the voltage is gradually returned to a rate in a normal control state.

13. The inverter apparatus according to claim 11, wherein

when a d-axis current detecting value calculated from the current detecting value becomes equal to or larger than a predetermined value, in accordance with a magnitude of the d-axis current, the time constant of the second filter portion is gradually reduced from an initial value in speed reducing to the time constant of the first filter portion, and

when the d-axis current detecting value becomes equal to or larger than the predetermined value, in accordance with the magnitude of the d-axis current, even before reducing the frequency to the predetermined value, the voltage command is reduced, and a rate of the frequency to the voltage is gradually returned to a rate in the normal control state.

14. The inverter apparatus according to claim 11, wherein

when a q-axis current detecting value calculated from the current detecting value becomes equal to or larger than a predetermined value, in accordance with a magnitude of the q-axis current, the time constant of the second filter portion is gradually reduced from an initial value in speed reducing to the time constant of the first filter portion, and

when the q-axis current detecting value becomes equal to or larger than the predetermined value, in accordance with the magnitude of the q-axis current, even before reducing the frequency to the predetermined value, the voltage command is made to be equal to or smaller than the voltage command in the normal control state, and a rate of the frequency to the voltage is gradually returned to a rate in the normal control state.

15. The inverter apparatus according to claim 11, wherein

a previously set speed reducing time period is adjusted such that the voltage detecting value outputted by the first filter becomes a previously set value in reducing the speed of the alternating current motor.

26. The method of reducing a speed of a motor of an inverter apparatus according to claim 15, further comprising:

a step of gradually reducing the time constant of the second filter portion from an initial value in speed reducing to the time constant of the first filter portion in accordance with a magnitude of the q-axis current when the q-axis current detecting value calculated from the current detecting value becomes equal to or larger than a predetermined value and making the voltage command equal to or smaller than the voltage command in the normal operating state, and gradually returning a rate of the frequency to the voltage to a rate in the normal control state even before reducing the frequency to the predetermined value in accordance with the magnitude of the q-axis current when the q-axis current detecting value becomes equal to or larger than the predetermined value.

16. A method of reducing a speed of a motor of an inverter apparatus including:

a converter portion for converting an alternating current voltage into a direct current voltage, a capacitor for smoothing the direct current voltage, an inverter portion for driving an alternating current motor by converting the direct current voltage into an alternating current, a current converting portion for generating a current detecting value, and a PWM calculating portion for generating a signal for driving a gate of a power element of the inverter portion;

the method comprising;

a step of detecting the direct current voltage;

a step of calculating the current detecting value;

a step of filtering the direct current voltage by a first filter portion;

a step of filtering the direct current voltage by a second filter portion by a time constant the same as a time constant of the first filter portion in normal operation and by a time constant larger than the time constant of the first filter portion by a multiplication factor of 10 through 10000 in speed reducing;

a step of calculating a frequency of driving the motor by a speed reducing rate set by a speed reducing rate setting portion for setting a speed reducing time period of the motor and an output of the first filter portion; and

a step of correcting a voltage command from an output of the second filter portion and a given voltage command.

17. The method of reducing a speed of a motor of an inverter apparatus according to claim 16, wherein

when the current detecting value becomes equal to or larger than a predetermined value, in accordance with a magnitude of the current, the time constant of the second filter portion is gradually reduced from an initial value in speed reducing to the time constant of the first filter portion.

18. The method of reducing a speed of a motor of an inverter apparatus according to claim 16, wherein

when a d-axis current detecting value calculated from the current detecting value becomes equal to or larger than a predetermined value, in accordance with a magnitude of the d-axis current, the time constant of the second filter portion is gradually reduced from an initial value in speed reducing to the time constant of the first filter portion.

19. The method of reducing a speed of a motor of an inverter apparatus according to claim 16, wherein

when a q-axis current detecting value calculated from the current detecting value becomes equal to or larger than a predetermined value, in accordance with a magnitude of the q-axis current, the time constant of the second filter portion is gradually reduced from an initial value in speed reducing to the time constant of the first filter portion.

20. The method of reducing a speed of a motor of an inverter apparatus according to claim 16, wherein

a previously set speed reducing time period is adjusted such that the voltage detecting value outputted by the first filter portion becomes a previously set value in reducing the speed of the alternating current motor.

21. The method of reducing a speed of a motor of an inverter apparatus according to claim 16, further comprising:

a step of multiplying the voltage command given by a multiplying portion by 1 in normal operation and by a previously set gain in speed reducing; and

a step of correcting the voltage command from an output of the multiplying portion and an output of the second filter portion.

22. The method of reducing a speed of a motor of an inverter apparatus according to claim 21, further comprising:

a step of gradually reducing the time constant of the second filter portion from an initial value in speed reducing to the time constant of the first filter portion in accordance with a magnitude of the current when the current detecting value becomes equal to or larger than a predetermined value, and gradually reducing the gain to return to 1 in accordance with a magnitude of the current when the current detecting value becomes equal to or larger than a first predetermined value.

23. The method of reducing a speed of a motor of an inverter apparatus according to claim 21, further comprising:

a step of gradually reducing the time constant of the second filter portion from an initial value in speed reducing to the time constant of the first filter portion in accordance with a magnitude of a d-axis current when the d-axis current detecting value calculated from the current detecting value becomes equal to or larger than a predetermined value, and gradually reducing the gain to return to 1 in accordance with the magnitude of the current when the d-axis current detecting value becomes equal to or larger than a first predetermined value.

24. The method of reducing a speed of a motor of an inverter apparatus according to claim 21, further comprising:

a step of gradually reducing the time constant of the first filter portion from an initial value in speed reducing to the time constant of the first filter portion in accordance with a magnitude of a q-axis current when the q axis current detecting value calculated from the current detecting value becomes equal to or larger than a predetermined value, and gradually reducing the gain to return to 1 in accordance with the magnitude of the current when the q-axis current detecting value becomes equal to or larger than a first predetermined value.

25. The method of reducing a speed of a motor of an inverter apparatus according to claim 21, further comprising:

a step of adjusting a previously set speed reducing time period such that the voltage detecting value of the first filter portion becomes a previously set value in reducing the speed of the alternating current motor.

27. The method of reducing the speed of a motor of an inverter apparatus according to claim 16, further comprising:

a step of reducing only the frequency while maintaining only the voltage command, and reducing the speed of the motor by a rate set with the frequency and the voltage when the frequency is reduced to a predetermined frequency.

28. The method of reducing a speed of a motor of an inverter apparatus according to claim 27, further comprising:

a step of gradually reducing the time constant of the second filter portion from an initial value in speed reducing to the time constant of the first filter portion in accordance with a magnitude of the current when the current detecting value becomes equal to or larger than a predetermined value and also making the voltage command equal to or smaller than the voltage command in the normal control state, and gradually returning a rate of the frequency to the voltage to a rate in the normal control state even before reducing the frequency to the predetermined value in accordance with the magnitude of the current when the current detecting value becomes equal to or larger than the predetermined value.

29. The method of reducing a speed of a motor of an inverter apparatus according to claim 27, further comprising:

a step of gradually reducing the time constant of the second filter portion from an initial value in speed reducing to the time constant of the first filter portion in accordance with a magnitude of a d-axis current when the d-axis current detecting value calculated from the current detecting value becomes equal to or larger than a predetermined value and making the voltage command equal to or smaller than the voltage command in the normal operating state, and gradually returning a rate of the frequency to the voltage to a rate in the normal control state even before reducing the frequency to the predetermined value in accordance with the magnitude of the d-axis current when the d-axis current detecting value becomes equal to or larger than the predetermined value.

30. The method of reducing a speed of a motor of an inverter apparatus according to claim 27, further comprising:

a step of adjusting a previously set speed reducing time period such that the voltage detecting value outputted by the first filter portion becomes a previously set value in reducing the speed of the alternating current motor.