Patent · US Expired

Control of electrical machines

US7750594B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims
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Filing dateJan 27, 2005
Grant dateJul 6, 2010
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Expiry dateJan 27, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02P6/153
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electrical machine, such as a switched reluctance motor, has a rotor and at least one electrically energizable phase winding. A control map is derived during production that includes a predetermined advance angle profile representing the energization of the phase winding with respect to the angular position of the rotor over a range of rotor speeds. This is stored in memory in a controller together with an angle correction factor to be applied to a predetermined portion of the advance angle profile. The angle correction factor compensates for the difference between a desired input power and the measured input power. The correction factor may be transmitted to the controller by means of radio frequency signals.

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