Method and a system for protecting a resonant linear compressor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10001119-B2
Application number	US-201615203346-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 6, 2016
Priority date	Jul 7, 2015
Publication date	Jun 19, 2018
Grant date	Jun 19, 2018

Abstract

A method for protecting a resonant linear compressor ( 14 ) including structural resonance frequencies (w E ) and a motor that is fed by feed voltage (V a ) that has amplitude (A) and a drive frequency (w A ), both controlled according to the equation A·sin(wt). The protection method is configured so as to include the step of preventing feed to the motor at drive frequencies (w A ) that have at least one harmonic coinciding tithe the structural resonance frequency (w E ) of the resonant linear compressor ( 14 ). A protection system of a resonant linear compressor ( 14 ) includes an electronic control ( 30 ) configured to prevent feed to the motor at the drive frequencies (w A ) that have at least one harmonic coinciding with the structural resonance frequency (w E ) of the resonant linear compressor ( 14 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for protecting a resonant linear compressor ( 14 ), which comprises structural resonance frequencies (w E ) and a motor that is fed by a feed voltage (Va) that has amplitude (A) and a drive frequency (w A ), both controlled according to the equation A·sin(wt), the method comprising a step of preventing feed to the motor at the drive frequencies (w A ) that have at least one harmonic coinciding with the structural resonance frequency (w E ) of the resonant linear compressor ( 14 ).

2. The method of protecting a resonant linear compressor ( 14 ) according to claim 1 , in which the resonant linear compressor ( 14 ) comprises a piston ( 10 ), a cylinder ( 2 ), a motor and a sparing ( 7 a , 7 b ), wherein the drive frequency (w A ) is derived from actuation of the spring ( 7 a , 7 b ) and from the amplitude (A) of the feed voltage (Va) on the piston ( 1 ), which moves within the cylinder ( 2 ), the protection method comprising controlling a phase between an electric current i(t) of the compressor and the piston ( 1 ) displacement velocity.

3. The method of protecting a resonant linear compressor ( 14 ) according to claim 2 , further comprising the step of establishing the phase between the electric current i(t) of the compressor and the piston-displacement velocity at 0°.

4. The method of protecting a resonant linear compressor ( 14 ) according to claim 2 , further comprising the step of advancing the phase between the electric current i(t) of the compressor ( 14 ) and the piston displacement velocity, if at least one harmonic of the drive (w A ) coincides with the structural resonance frequency (w E ) of the resonant linear compressor ( 14 ).

5. The method of protecting a resonant linear compressor ( 14 ) according to claim 2 , further comprising the step of delaying the phase between the electric current i(t) of the compressor ( 14 ) and the piston displacement velocity, if at least one harmonic of the drive frequency (w A ) coincides with the structural resonance frequency (w E ) of the resonant linear compressor ( 14 ).

6. The method of protecting a resonant linear compressor ( 14 ) according to claim 4 , further comprising the step of reestablishing the phase between the electric current i(t) of the compressor and the piston displacement velocity, if it assumes at least one value lower than a minimum offsetting value (F sLI2 , 12 ) or at least one value higher than a maximum offsetting value (F sLS2 , 15 ).

7. The method of protecting a resonant linear compressor ( 14 ) according to claim 6 , further comprising defining at least one first lower limit (F sLI1 ) of the phase between the electric current i(t) of the compressor ( 14 ) and the piston displacement velocity, a second lower limit (F sLI2 ), a first upper limit (F sLS1 ) and a second upper limit (F sLS2 ).

8. The method of protecting a resonant linear compressor ( 14 ) according to claim 7 , further comprising the step of reestablishing the phase from the second upper limit (F sLS2 ) to the first lower limit (F sLI1 ) of the phase between the electric current i(t) of the compressor ( 14 ) and the piston displacement velocity.

9. The method of protecting a resonant linear compressor ( 14 ) according to claim 7 , further comprising the step of reestablishing the phase from the second lower limit (F sLI2 ) to the first upper limit (F sLS1 ) of the phase between the electric current i(t) of the compressor ( 14 ) and the piston displacement velocity.

10. The method of protecting a resonant linear compressor ( 14 ) according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of verifying whether the drive frequency (w A ) comprises harmonics that coincide with the structural resonance frequency (w E ).

11. The method of protecting a resonant linear compressor ( 14 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the resonant linear compressor ( 14 ) comprises structural resonance frequencies (w E ) delimited by at least one lower limit value (F rLI ) and at least one upper limit value (F rLS ), the protection method further comprising the step of interrupting the operation of the resonant linear compressor ( 14 ), if the drive frequency (w A ) assumes values higher than the lower limit value (F rLI ) and lower than the upper limit value (F rLS ).

12. The method of protecting a resonant linear compressor ( 14 ) according to claim 5 , further comprising the step of reestablishing the phase between the electric current i(t) of the compressor and the piston displacement velocity, if it assumes at least one value lower than a minimum offsetting value (F sLI2 , 12 ) or at least one value higher than a maximum offsetting value (F sLS2 , 15 ).

13. A system for protecting a resonant linear compressor ( 14 ), the resonant linear compressor ( 14 ) comprising structural resonance frequencies (w E ) and a motor that is fed by a feed voltage (Va) comprising amplitude (A) and a drive frequency (w A ) controlled according to the equation A·sin(wt),
the protection system further comprising an electronic control ( 30 ), wherein:
the electric control ( 30 ) is configured so as to prevent feed to the motor at the drive frequencies (w A ) that have at least one harmonic coinciding with the structural resonance frequency (w E ) of the resonant linear compressor ( 14 ).

14. The system of protecting a resonant linear compressor ( 14 ) according to claim 13 , wherein the electronic control ( 30 ) is further configured to control a phase between the electric current i(t) of the compressor ( 14 ) and the piston ( 1 ) displacement velocity.

15. The system of protecting a resonant linear compressor ( 14 ) according to claim 13 , wherein the electronic control ( 30 ) is configured to advance the phase between the electric current i(t) of the compressor ( 14 ) and the piston displacement velocity, if at least one harmonic of the drive frequency (w A ) coincides with the structural resonance frequency (w E ) of the resonant linear compressor ( 14 ).

16. The system of protecting a resonant linear compressor ( 14 ) according to claim 14 , wherein the electronic control ( 30 ) is configured to delay the phase between the electric current i(t) of the compressor ( 14 ) and the piston displacement velocity, if at least one harmonic of the drive frequency (w A ) coincides with the structural resonance frequency (w E ) of the resonant linear compressor ( 14 ).

17. The system of protecting a resonant linear compressor ( 14 ) according to claim 15 , wherein the electronic control ( 30 ) is configured to reestablish the phase between the electric current i(t) of the compressor ( 14 ) and the piston displacement velocity, if it assumes at least one value lower than a minimum offsetting value (F sLI2 ) or at least one value higher than a maximum offsetting value (F sLS2 ).

18. The system of protecting a resonant linear compressor ( 14 ) according to claim 13 , wherein the electronic control ( 30 ) is configured so as to verify whether the drive frequency (w A ) comprises harmonics that coincide with the structural resonance frequency (w E ).

19. The system of protecting a resonant linear compressor ( 14 ) according to claim 13 , wherein the electronic control ( 30 ) is configured to reestablish the phase between the electric current i(t) of the compressor ( 14 ) and the piston displacement velocity from a second upper limit (F sLS2 ) to a first lower limit (F sLI1 ).

20. The system of protecting a resonant linear compressor ( 14 ) according to claim 13 , wherein the electronic control ( 30 ) is configured to r

Assignees

• Whirlpool Sa

Inventors

• Lilie Dietmar Erich Bernhard
• Dainez Paulo Sergio

Classifications

• F04B53/10

  Valves; Arrangement of valves · CPC title

• F04B35/04 Primary

  the means being electric · CPC title

• F04B2203/0402

  Voltage · CPC title

• F04B35/045 Primary

  using solenoids · CPC title

• F04B49/06 Primary

  Control using electricity (regulating by means of floats actuating electric switches F04B49/04) · CPC title