IP Library Granted Patent US 8,680,793
Granted Patent B2
US 8,680,793 · App. 13/636,179 · Granted Mar 25, 2014

Avoidance of torsional excitations in converter-controlled compressor runs

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Patent No.
US 8,680,793
App. No.
13/636,179
Granted
Mar 25, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A machine has a rotor and includes a converter-controlled drive and a working machine, wherein the drive and the working machine are connected such that a torque is transmitted. A frequency converter is electrically connected to the drive. The frequency converter is embodied such that in a Campbell diagram intersection points are based on the natural torsional frequency of the rotor and V-shaped symmetrical straight lines of the inter-harmonic exciter frequency for output frequencies. The output frequencies are grouped into a plurality of concentration ranges based upon a rotational speed of the machine, wherein each concentration range comprises output frequencies which are close to one another and which respectively have a common output point on the abscissa of the Campbell diagram. Each concentration range defines a blocking range, wherein the machine has an operating rotational speed range which lies outside the blocking ranges.

Claims (39)

1. A machine, comprising:

a rotor,

a converter-controlled drive with a variable rotational frequency,

a working machine, wherein the drive and the working machine are connected to one another such that a torque is transmitted,

a frequency converter which is electrically connected to the drive and converts input frequencies to output frequencies,

wherein the frequency converter is embodied such that in a Campbell diagram, relating to the machine, intersection points result from

the natural torsional frequency of the rotor and

V-shaped symmetrical straight lines of the inter-harmonic exciter frequency for the output frequencies,

wherein the output frequencies are grouped into a plurality of concentration ranges based upon a rotational speed of the machine,

wherein each concentration range comprises output frequencies which are close to one another and which respectively have a common output point on the abscissa of the Campbell diagram,

wherein upper and lower limits of each concentration range is defined by an intersection point of

a lowest and/or second lowest and/or third lowest natural torsional frequency of the rotor and

two straight lines of a pair of the inter-harmonics of the first order of the concentration range,

wherein each concentration range defines a blocking range, and

wherein the machine has an operating rotational speed range which lies outside the blocking ranges.

2. The machine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the drive comprises a number of pole pairs which, together with a motor feeding frequency range, define the operating rotational speed range which lies outside the blocking ranges.

3. The machine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a transmission for transmitting the rotational speed of the drive to a rotational speed of the working machine acts between the drive and the working machine.

4. The machine as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the rotational speed of the working machine is higher than the rotational speed of the drive.

5. The machine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the frequency converter is a current intermediate-circuit converter.

6. The machine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the frequency converter is a voltage converter.

7. The machine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the drive is a synchronous motor.

8. The machine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the drive is an asynchronous motor.

9. The machine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a maximum absorption capacity of the drive is at least one megawatt.

10. The machine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the working machine is a turbo-machine.

11. The machine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the working machine is a turbo compressor.

12. A method of operating a machine with a rotor, comprising:

providing a converter-controlled drive with a variable rotational frequency and a working machine,

connecting the drive and the working machine such that a torque is transmitted,

connecting electrically a frequency converter to the drive, wherein the converter converts input frequencies to output frequencies,

wherein the converter is embodied such that in a Campbell diagram, relating to the machine, intersection points are based on

the natural torsional frequency of the rotor and

V-shaped symmetrical straight lines of an inter-harmonic exciter frequency for the output frequencies,

wherein the output frequencies are grouped into a plurality of concentration ranges based upon a rotational speed of the machine,

wherein each concentration range comprises output frequencies which are close to one another and which respectively have a common output point on the abscissa of the Campbell diagram,

wherein upper and lower limits of each concentration range is defined by an intersection point of

a lowest and/or second lowest and/or third lowest natural torsional frequency of the rotor and

two straight lines of a pair of the inter-harmonics of the first order of the concentration range,

wherein each concentration range defines a blocking range, and

wherein the machine has an operating rotational speed range which lies outside the blocking ranges.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 15, 2021
From: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
To: SIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 055950/0027 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 27, 2012
From: HUETTEN, VOLKER; WAGNER, NORBERT
To: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 029353/0223 →