Motor drive system and control method
A motor drive system according to an embodiment includes an inverter and a control device. The inverter causes a current to flow through a winding of an induction motor. The control device drives the induction motor by controlling the inverter through vector control. The control device includes a plurality of calculation criteria for a stator magnetic flux estimated value of the induction motor and includes an appropriate magnetic flux command generation unit that selects a calculation criterion for the stator magnetic flux estimated value that further increases a loss of the induction motor from among the plurality of calculation criteria on the basis of at least a rotation speed of the induction motor in the case of braking the induction motor.
1. A motor drive system, comprising:
an inverter that causes a current to flow through a winding of an induction motor; and
a control device that drives the induction motor by controlling the inverter through vector control that further increases a loss of the induction motor using a stator magnetic flux estimated value and a stator magnetic flux command value of the induction motor in a case of braking the induction motor,
wherein the control device includes circuitry configured to select one of stator magnetic flux command values each related to a plurality of calculation criteria which include a calculation criterion using a limit value of an AC voltage output from the inverter and a rotation speed of the induction motor.
2. The motor drive system according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to select the calculation criterion for the stator magnetic flux command value on the basis of a logical value that is defined on the basis of a voltage output by the inverter, a current flowing from the inverter to the winding of the induction motor, and a rotation speed of the induction motor.
3. The motor drive system according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to select the calculation criterion for the stator magnetic flux command value by using whether or not an oval representing a maximum current of the current flowing through the winding of the induction motor is included inside a circle of a maximum voltage of a voltage relating to the winding of the induction motor on a stator magnetic flux coordinate plane.
4. The motor drive system according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to determine a magnitude of a stator magnetic flux command value on the basis of an operating point determined on the basis of a maximum current of a current flowing through the winding of the induction motor and a torque command value on a stator magnetic flux coordinate plane in a case in which a rotation speed of the induction motor is relatively low.
5. The motor drive system according to claim 4 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to set the magnitude of the stator magnetic flux command value relating to the operating point determined on the basis of the maximum current of the current flowing through the winding of the induction motor and the torque command value on the stator magnetic flux coordinate plane to be smaller than a magnitude of a stator magnetic flux command value relating to an operating point determined on the basis of a maximum voltage applied to the winding of the induction motor in a case in which the rotation speed of the induction motor is relatively low.
6. The motor drive system according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to set an operating point determined on the basis of a maximum voltage of a voltage relating to the winding of the induction motor and a torque command value on a stator magnetic flux coordinate plane to be disposed inside an oval defining a maximum current of the current flowing through the winding of the induction motor in a case in which the rotation speed of the induction motor is relatively high.
7. The motor drive system according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to limit a command value of an air gap torque of the induction motor to a value determined on the basis of a loss of the induction motor and the rotation speed of the induction motor.
8. A control method of a motor drive system including:
an inverter that causes a current to flow through a winding of an induction motor; and
a control device that drives the induction motor by controlling the inverter through vector control that further increases a loss of the induction motor using a stator magnetic flux estimated value and a stator magnetic flux command value of the induction motor in a case of braking the induction motor,
the control method comprising:
selecting one of stator magnetic flux command values each related to a plurality of calculation criteria which include a calculation criterion using a limit value of an AC voltage output from the inverter and a rotation speed of the induction motor.
9. The motor drive system according to claim 3 , wherein the stator magnetic flux coordinate plane has an origin and orthogonal coordinate axes aligned with a direction of a voltage vector relating to phases of the stator, and includes the circle and the oval overlapped.
10. The motor drive system according to claim 4 , wherein the stator magnetic flux coordinate plane has an origin and orthogonal coordinate axes aligned with a direction of a voltage vector relating to phases of the stator.
11. The motor drive system according to claim 6 , wherein the stator magnetic flux coordinate plane has an origin and orthogonal coordinate axes aligned with a direction of a voltage vector relating to phases of the stator, and includes the circle and the oval overlapped.