Monitoring device for an electric machine, control device and method

• US 9,774,280 B2
• Filed: 09/15/2015
• Issued: 09/26/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft Wuerzburg
• Original Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft Wuerzburg
• Inventors: Joachimsmeyer, Dirk, Kronewald, Maxim
• Primary Examiner(s): Carrasquillo, Jorge L
• Application Number:
  US14/854,374
• Publication Number:
  US 20160079891A1
• Time in Patent Office: 742 Days
• Field of Search: 318490, 318650, 700293, 700297, 702 44, 702 60
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/343 in operation
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 23/02 specially adapted for optimising the efficiency at low load
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 29/024 Detecting a fault condition, e.g. short circuit, locked rotor, open circuit or loss of load
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 29/0241 the fault being an overvoltage
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 6/12 Monitoring commutation; Providing indication of commutation failure

Abstract

The present invention discloses a monitoring device for an electric machine, comprising a first detection apparatus which is configured to detect electrical power supplied to the electric machine, comprising a second detection apparatus which is configured to detect theoretical mechanical power output by the electric machine on the basis of a commutation of the electric machine, and comprising a calculation apparatus which, on the basis of the detected electrical power and of the detected theoretical mechanical power, is configured to calculate an efficiency of the electric machine and to emit an error signal if the calculated efficiency is greater than 1. The present invention further discloses a control device for an electric machine and a method for monitoring an electric machine.

Claims

1. A monitoring device for detecting a blocking of a rotor of an electric machine comprising:

a first detection apparatus which is configured to detect electrical power supplied to the electric machine,

a second detection apparatus which is configured to calculate a theoretical mechanical power output by the electric machine on the basis of a predetermined commutation of the electric machine, wherein the theoretical mechanical power output denotes mechanical power which results from a theoretical calculation of a speed which is predetermined by commutation of the electric machine,

a calculation apparatus which, on the basis of the detected electrical power and of the calculated theoretical mechanical power output, is configured to calculate an efficiency of the electric machine and to detect a blocking of the electric machine if values for the detected electrical power and the calculated theoretical mechanical power output differ from each other.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the first detection apparatus is configured to calculate the electrical power supplied to the electric machine on the basis of an electrical voltage supplied to the electric machine and of an electric current supplied to the electric machine.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the first detection apparatus comprises a voltage sensor for detecting the electrical voltage supplied to the electric machine.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the first detection apparatus comprises a current sensor for detecting the electric current supplied to the electric machine.

5. The device of claim 2, wherein the first detection apparatus comprises a measured data interface and is configured to detect the electrical voltage supplied to the electric machine and/or the electric current supplied to the electric machine by means of the measured data interface.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the second detection apparatus is configured to calculate the theoretical mechanical power output by the electric machine on the basis of a torque of the electric machine and of the speed of the electric machine which is predetermined by the commutation.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the calculation apparatus is configured to calculate the efficiency over a predetermined time period and to emit an error signal if the efficiency is greater than 1 over the entire time period.

8. A control device for an electric machine, comprising:

actuating electronics configured to actuate the electric machine on the basis of a predetermined speed; and

comprising a monitoring device according to claim 7;

wherein the actuating electronics are configured to disconnect the voltage and/or current from the electric machine if the monitoring device emits an error signal.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein the actuating electronics comprise at least one voltage sensor for detecting an electrical voltage provided to the electric machine and are configured to provide the monitoring device with a value which characterizes the detected electrical voltage.

10. The device of claim 8, wherein the actuating electronics comprise at least one current sensor for detecting an electric current provided to the electric machine and are configured to provide the monitoring device with a value which characterizes the detected electric current.

11. A method for detecting a blocking of a rotor of an electric machine, comprising:

detecting electrical power which is supplied to the electric machine;

calculating a theoretical mechanical power output by the electric machine on the basis of a predetermined commutation of the electric machine, wherein the theoretical mechanical power output denotes mechanical power which results from a theoretical calculation of a speed which is predetermined by commutation of the electric machine;

calculating an efficiency of the electric machine on the basis of the detected electrical power and the calculated theoretical mechanical power output; and

detecting a blocking of the electric machine if values for the detected electrical power and the calculated theoretical mechanical power output differ from each other.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising calculating the electrical power supplied to the electric machine on the basis of an electrical voltage supplied to the electric machine and of an electric current supplied to the electric machine.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein calculating the electrical power comprises detecting the electrical voltage supplied to the electric machine by a voltage sensor.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein calculating the electrical power comprises detecting the electric current supplied to the electric machine by a current sensor.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein calculating the electrical power comprises detecting the electrical voltage supplied to the electric machine using a measured data interface.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein calculating the electrical power comprises detecting the electric current supplied to the electric machine using a measured data interface.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein calculating the theoretical mechanical power output includes calculating the theoretical power output on the basis of a torque of the electric machine and of the speed of the electric machine which is predetermined by the commutation.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein:

calculating the efficiency comprises calculating the efficiency over a predetermined time period; and

the method includes emitting an error signal if the efficiency is greater than 1 over the entire time period.