IP Library Granted Patent US 10,742,151
Granted Patent B2
US 10,742,151 · App. 16/292,593 · Granted Aug 11, 2020

Inverter control device and motor drive system

Inventors: Shun Taniguchi (Tokyo, JP); Kazuya Yasui (Tokyo, JP); Tomoaki Shigeta (Tokyo, JP)
Assignees: Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation; Toshiba Industrial Products and Systems Corporation
H02P21/22H02P21/00H02P21/05H02P25/022H02P25/092H02P27/08
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Patent No.
US 10,742,151
App. No.
16/292,593
Granted
Aug 11, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device according to an embodiment includes an circuit; a detector for detecting a current response output from the circuit; a vector converter for converting the current response into a d-axis current and a q-axis current by using a rotational phase angle of a motor connected to the circuit; a calculator for calculating, based on a torque command and a current phase angle command, a current amplitude command of the current response output from the circuit; a dq-axes converter for calculating a d-axis current command and a q-axis current command from the current amplitude command and the current phase angle command; and a controller for calculating a voltage command so that the d-axis current command and the q-axis current command are equal to the d-axis current and the q-axis current.

Claims (41)

1. An inverter control device comprising:

an inverter main circuit;

a current detector for detecting a current response output from the inverter main circuit;

a vector converter for converting the current response into a d-axis current and a q-axis current by using a rotational phase angle of a motor connected to the inverter main circuit;

a current amplitude command calculator for calculating, based on a torque command and a current phase angle command, a current amplitude command of the current response output from the inverter main circuit;

a dq-axes converter for calculating a d-axis current command and a q-axis current command from the current amplitude command and the current phase angle command; and

a current controller for calculating a voltage command so that the d-axis current command and the q-axis current command are equal to the d-axis current and the q-axis current.

2. The inverter control device according to claim 1 , further comprising a speed controller for calculating a torque command of the motor so that a rotational speed of the motor equals a rotational speed command supplied from the outside.

3. The inverter control device according to claim 2 , further comprising a current phase angle command value calculator for calculating the current phase angle command such that the voltage command does not exceed a maximum output voltage value.

4. A motor drive system comprising:

the inverter control device according to claim 2 ; and

the motor connected to the inverter main circuit.

5. The motor drive system according to claim 4 , wherein the motor is a synchronous reluctance motor.

6. The inverter control device according to claim 1 , further comprising a current phase angle command calculator for calculating, based on the current amplitude command, the current phase angle command of the current response output from the inverter main circuit.

7. The inverter control device according to claim 6 , further comprising:

a torque limit calculator for calculating a maximum torque command value that does not exceed a current phase angle maximum value; and

a torque limiter for limiting so that the torque command does not exceed the maximum torque command value.

8. A motor drive system comprising:

the inverter control device according to claim 6 ; and

the motor connected to the inverter main circuit.

9. The motor drive system according to claim 8 , wherein the motor is a synchronous reluctance motor.

10. The inverter control device according to claim 1 , further comprising a current phase angle command value calculator for calculating the current phase angle command such that the voltage command does not exceed a maximum output voltage value.

11. The inverter control device according to claim 10 , further comprising:

a torque limit calculator for calculating a maximum torque command value that does not exceed a current phase angle maximum value; and

a torque limiter for limiting so that the torque command does not exceed the maximum torque command value.

12. A motor drive system comprising:

the inverter control device according to claim 10 ; and

the motor connected to the inverter main circuit.

13. The motor drive system according to claim 12 , wherein the motor is a synchronous reluctance motor.

14. The inverter control device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a first current phase angle command calculator for calculating a first current phase angle command from the current amplitude command;

a second current phase angle command calculator for calculating a second current phase angle command so that the voltage command does not exceed a targeted output voltage value; and

an adder for calculating the current phase angle command by adding the first current phase angle command and the second current phase angle command.

15. A motor drive system comprising:

the inverter control device according to claim 14 ; and

the motor connected to the inverter main circuit.

16. The motor drive system according to claim 15 , wherein the motor is a synchronous reluctance motor.

17. A motor drive system comprising:

the inverter control device according to claim 1 ; and

the motor connected to the inverter main circuit.

18. The motor drive system according to claim 17 , wherein the motor is a synchronous reluctance motor.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Jul 29, 2025
From: TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 072239/0263 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 7, 2020
From: YASUI, KAZUYA; SHIGETA, TOMOAKI
To: TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION; TOSHIBA INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS AND SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053138/0959 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-173014 · Sep 5, 2016 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2017031002 · Aug 29, 2017
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