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Control of an electrical machine

US8841876B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 30, 2011
Grant dateSep 23, 2014
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Expiry dateJun 14, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02P23/26
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of controlling an electrical machine that includes exciting a phase winding with a supply voltage, and freewheeling the phase winding when current in the phase winding exceeds a threshold. The threshold is then adjusted in response to changes in the supply voltage and/or the speed of the electrical machine. Additionally, a control system that implements the method and an electrical machine comprising the control system are described.

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