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Method and apparatus for operating a plurality of parallel coupled, arbitrarily loaded induction machines from a single controlled current inverter

US4298831A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 24, 1980
Grant dateNov 3, 1981
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Expiry dateMar 24, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02P5/74
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A plurality of arbitrarily loaded induction machines are operated from a single, controlled current inverter by regulating the amplitude of inverter output current in response to the average of the individual induction machine phase angles, the machine phase angle being the phase relationship magnitude between machine air gap flux and current, and by regulating the frequency of inverter output current in response to the average of the individual induction machine phase angle and the slip frequency of the most heavily loaded induction machine. The most heavily loaded induction machine is thus assured of having sufficient flux, thereby greatly reducing the possibility of machine pull-out and resultant inverter instability.

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