IP Library Granted Patent US 8,643,320
Granted Patent B2
US 8,643,320 · App. 13/386,119 · Granted Feb 4, 2014

Control system for electric motor applied to cyclic loads and control method for electric motor applied to cyclic loads

Inventors: Claudio Eduardo Soares (Joinville, BR); Dietmar Erich Bernhard Lilie (Joinville, BR); Roberto Andrich (Joinville, BR); Luiz Von Dokonal (Joinville, BR)
Assignee: Whirlpool S.A.
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Patent No.
US 8,643,320
App. No.
13/386,119
Granted
Feb 4, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present application refers to a system and a control method especially applied to electric motors designed to drive cyclical loads. The present system includes an electric motor ( 10 ), at least an electronic control unit ( 20 ) and at least an electronic power unit ( 30 ), the electric motor ( 10 ) is electrically driven by the electronic power unit ( 30 ), the electronic power unit ( 30 ) being electrically commanded by the electronic control unit ( 20 ), the system including an average speed controller implemented by the electronic control unit ( 20 ), the average speed controller being arranged to monitor an instantaneous speed (V i ) of the electric motor ( 10 ) and provide an average speed value of the motor ( 10 ), the electronic control unit ( 20 ) being arranged to calculate an average voltage (V m ) based on the average speed obtained, the electronic power unit ( 30 ) being arranged to electrically drive the electric motor ( 10 ) by an instantaneous voltage value (V ins ), this instantaneous voltage value (V ins ) being calculated by multiplying the average voltage (V m ) by the result of the division between the instantaneous speed (V i ) and the average speed.

Claims (23)

1. Control system for electric motor applied to cyclical loads, the control system comprising:

an electric motor ( 10 );

at least an electronic control unit ( 20 );

at least an electronic power unit ( 30 );

the electric motor ( 10 ) being electrically driven by the electronic power unit ( 30 );

an electronic power unit ( 30 ) being electrically commanded by the electronic control unit ( 20 ),

the control system further comprising an average speed controller implemented by the electronic control unit ( 20 ), the average speed controller being arranged to monitor an instantaneous speed (V i ) of the electric motor ( 10 ) and provide an average speed value RPM average of the motor ( 10 ), the electronic control unit ( 20 ) being arranged to calculate an average voltage (V m ) based on the average speed obtained, the electronic power unit ( 30 ) being arranged to electrically drive the electric motor ( 10 ) by an instantaneous voltage value (V ins ), this instantaneous voltage value (V ins ) being calculated by multiplying the average voltage (V m ) by the result of the division between the instantaneous speed (V i ) and the average speed RPM average .

2. System according to claim 1 , wherein the electric motor ( 10 ) is of the Brushless DC type.

3. System according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic power unit ( 30 ) comprises a set of electronic power switches (SW 2 N) arranged to control a voltage in each phase of the electric motor ( 10 ).

4. System according to claim 1 , wherein the instantaneous voltage value (V ins ) is calculated so as to provide a current waveform of the electric motor ( 10 ) substantially aligned to a waveform of the induced voltage in the electric motor ( 10 ).

5. System according to claim 1 , further comprising a filter arranged to optimize the speed reading of the electric motor ( 10 ).

6. Control method for electric motor ( 10 ) applied to cyclical loads, the method comprising the following steps:

i) calculating an average speed RPM average of the electric motor ( 10 ) based on a reading of an instantaneous speed (V i ) of the motor,

ii) calculating, based on the average speed RPM average , an average voltage (V m ),

iii) monitoring an instantaneous speed (V i ) of the electric motor ( 10 ),

iv) electrically driving the electric motor ( 10 ), by way of an instantaneous voltage value (V ins ), this instantaneous voltage value (V ins ) being calculated by multiplying the average voltage (V m ) by the result of the division between the instantaneous speed (V i ) and the average speed RPM average .

7. Control method for electric motor ( 10 ) according to claim 6 , wherein the steps are implemented by a control system comprising:

an electric motor ( 10 );

at least an electronic control unit ( 20 );

at least an electronic power unit ( 30 );

the electric motor ( 10 ) being electrically driven by the electronic power unit ( 30 );

an electronic power unit ( 30 ) being electrically commanded by the electronic control unit ( 20 );

the control system further comprising an average speed controller implemented by the electronic control unit ( 20 ), the average speed controller being arranged to monitor an instantaneous speed (V i ) of the electric motor ( 10 ) and provide an average speed value RPM average of the motor ( 10 ), the electronic control unit ( 20 ) being arranged to calculate an average voltage (V m ) based on the average seed obtained the electronic power unit ( 30 ) being arranged to electrically drive the electric motor ( 10 ) by an instantaneous voltage value (V ins ), this instantaneous voltage value (V ins ) being calculated by multiplying the average voltage (V m ) by the result of the division between the instantaneous speed (V i ) and the average speed RPM average .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 27, 2019
From: WHIRLPOOL S.A.
To: EMBRACO - INDÚSTRIA DE COMPRESSORES E SOLUÇÕES EM REFRIGERAÇÃO LTDA.
Reel/Frame 048453/0336 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 12, 2012
From: SOARES, CLAUDIO EDUARDO; LILIE, DIETMAR ERICH BERNHARD; ANDRICH, ROBERTO; DOKONAL, LUIZ VON
To: WHIRLPOOL S.A.
Reel/Frame 028534/0265 →
Priority Claims (1)
BR 0902349 · Jul 22, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
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