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Apparatus for maintaining synchronism of an inverter-synchronous machine drive system at light or zero machine loads

US4258302A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 28, 1979
Grant dateMar 24, 1981
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Expiry dateSep 28, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02P25/024
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

To achieve synchronization of an inverter-synchronous machine drive system, feedback of a phase angle signal, derived in part from stator current drawn by, and voltage supplied to, the synchronous machine, is provided to control the frequency of inverter thyristor conduction. At light or zero synchronous machine load conditions, machine stator current may be of insufficient magnitude to permit derivation of the phase angle feedback signal; therefore, substitute simulated stator current signals, proportional to a preselected combination of inverter thyristor gating pulses, are utilized to derive the phase angle feedback signal, thereby allowing inverter-synchronous machine drive synchronism to be maintained.

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