AC Vector Drives 1 Revision
AC Vector Drives 1 Revision
AC Vector Drives 1 Revision
Part I
1.1
Introduction
Power Range
100-500W small fans 1-50kW fans, pumps, conveyors, escalators 500kW water pumping, coal cutting, 1MW high speed train motor (eg. x4) 10MW warship/cruise ship motor (X2)
1.1
A C
VA Al bars
C A A A B
Iron
End rings
Stator has 3 windings AA, BB, CC wound 120 apart in space Stator windings connected to 3-phase mains at e = (2) 50Hz mains Fed by 3-phase currents 120 apart in time to create rotating magnetic field Rotor has NO windings It has a cage of Aluminium bars; currents will be induced in it
1.1
P (poles) 2 4 6 8 10
s rads-1
314 157 105 78 63
rpm
S N S
50 50 50
S N
50 50
If each phase spans 60 in space, then get 4-pole distribution 1 rpm = 2 radians/minute = 2/60 radian/second (rads-1) Therefore 1 rads-1 = 60/2 10 rpm Stator windings of an IM can only be wound in one way. P is fixed for an individual machine. An IM can either be a 2-pole machine, or a 4-pole machine or .etc.
1.1
in
s r = sl ; s = r then sl = 0
P V s 2 sl P Vs 2 s T =3 =3 2 e Rr e 2 e Rr
Low Rr
High Rr
2 P Vs Slope = 3 2 e Rr
r s= s s
T = sl = s
T
Rated Operation
Irat
r
s=1 s = 0.5 s=0
1.2
IS
IR
lR
RR R (1 s ) = RR + R s s
Power losses Mechanical power
VS
LM Im
Vs , IS rms stator volts, current per PHASE (not line-line) IR rms rotor current referred to the primary (also component of Is flowing to cancel
magnetic field of rotor currents)
Im rms component of stator current which magnetises machine (sets up rotating field
magnetising inductance rotor leakage inductance, stator leakage inductance rotor self inductance, Lr = Lo + lr stator self inductance, Ls = Lo + l s stator resistance, Rr rotor resistance 1 l l + s = s = 1 Stator an rotor leakage coefficients r = r (1 + r )(1 + s ) r s Lo Lo L0 lr ls Lr Ls Rs
1.2
Leakage effects reduce torque for a given slip, also causing maximum torque and shape of torque curve at large slips 3Rr P Vs 2 Torque-slip curve now given by: T= 2 se 2 Rr 2 (l + l )2 R + + e s r s s Real T-speed curve Final speed determined by load
T
5Irat 4Irat
3Irat
2Irat
Typical fan-pump load shown When motor switched to mains: - motor goes to P1 - motor too large or too small? Smaller fan-pump load shown When motor switched to mains: - motor goes to P2 Lift, hoist load shown in green - constant due to gravitational force - slight increase due to friction etc
P1 Tacc
Irat
Tstart
P2
s=1
s=0.5
s=0
Part 1.2
Understanding the physics of operation
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.4
3Rr P Vs 2 T= 2 se 2 Rr 2 (l + l )2 R + + e s r s s
: this keeps Im (and field) constant when applied frequency changes
Torque expression becomes:
put
Vs = ke since
Im
e e _ rated
Vs k e Lo Lo
= 0.5
e e _ rated
=1
Tacc
3 Rr P k2 T = 2 sl 2 R Rr 2 s + + (l s + l r ) e sl Rs R and << r e sl
Only dependent on
0.25
0.5
0.75
r e
sl
1.4
In Vs = ke, k is such that Vrated (eg 415V) occurs at e-rated (eg 50Hz) If Vrated is the maximum voltage of the converter, then Im and the field must reduce if we wish e > e-rated Seen that as field of flux 1/e ; hence T 1/e for a given current (Ir) Eventually, leakage effects impose Field weakening region often called Constant Power Frequencies to 2e normal Employed if load also has constant power characteristic (so that good motor-load matching can be got)
T = constant Te= constant Te2 = constant
1.4
E 580V
Variable Vs and e synthesized by modulating the transistor switching pattern Motor speed r may be +ve or ve depending on phase sequence of VS Regeneration occurs when r > e Is = Is rated
Is = 0
Generating region
IDC
Is = -Is rated
1.4
IDC
E Called dynamic braking If E rises to Enom+E, then transistor turned on. If E falls to Enom-E, then turned off Cheap but energy wasteful, especially if load has many braking instances
IDC
IDC
Called PWM rectifier or active fontend Can draw near sinusoidal currents form supply Can inject reactive power into supply Line inductors required to decouple supply voltage from PWM output
1.4
6
E+E
+ + -
fe
Vm
e1
e2
e1
Irat
e2
2Irat
Voltage-frequency characteristic
1.4
Is Vs
Rs Im Vm Lm
Rr/s
Vs = I s Rs + j e Lo I m
e Lo I m
Vs = e Lo I m = kf e
When e is small -
Vm
I s Rs e Lo I m
Vs = kf e + Vb
Vb fe
The voltage boost Vb (normally 20-40V) is required to overcome the voltage drop due to Rs when e is small
1.4
About 25-30% of IM drives are driven by PWM converters Open-Loop V-f drive most common 60% of total - many drives esp. pumps and fans are just switched on and left running for long
periods under constant speed
V-f drive operation based on steady state sinusoidal operation only controlling rms values V-f drive has poor torque control and poor low speed performance - but OK for just starting loads requiring low torque at low speed Need to control instantaneous values of current to get fast control of torque and flux (and hence speed) This is done by vector control of IMs