Multiple supply voltage motor assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10224836-B2
Application number	US-201515022762-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 18, 2015
Priority date	Sep 18, 2015
Publication date	Mar 5, 2019
Grant date	Mar 5, 2019

Abstract

Various embodiments include determining an alternating current (AC) voltage and frequency of a supply voltage coupled to a circuit input. The circuit includes a soft starter circuit that is coupled between the circuit input and a first side of an AC motor. A stator winding configuration of the AC motor is determined. A control transformer is configured in response to the AC voltage and frequency, wherein the control transformer is coupled to the circuit input. A jumper device is configured on a second side of the AC motor in response to the stator winding configuration of the AC motor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
making a first determination of an alternating current (AC) voltage and frequency of a supply voltage coupled to a circuit input, the circuit comprising a soft starter circuit coupled between the circuit input and a first side of an AC motor;
making a second determination of a stator winding configuration of the AC motor based on the AC voltage and the frequency of the supply voltage, wherein the stator winding configuration is any one of an inside delta winding or an in-line Wye winding;
after making the first determination, installing one or more transformer jumper cables on a first side of a control transformer such that a second side of the control transformer is configured to provide a transformer output voltage to a control circuit;
after making the second determination, configuring a jumper cable on a second side of the AC motor by either:
(a) installing the jumper cable between the second side of the AC motor and the circuit input if the stator winding configuration is the inside delta winding, or
(b) installing the jumper cable across the second side of the AC motor such that connections of the second side of the AC motor are shorted together if the stator winding configuration is the in-line Wye winding; and

operating the AC motor at the AC voltage and frequency of the supply voltage.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising programming the soft starter circuit in response to AC motor parameters.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the AC motor parameters include: a current limit for the AC motor, an initial current for the AC motor, and a starter ramp time for the AC motor.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the supply voltage is in a range of 380 VAC to 690 VAC.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transformer output voltage is 120 VAC.

6. An apparatus comprising:
an input jumper device coupled to a three phase, alternating current (AC) voltage input node comprising AC voltage and a frequency from a supply voltage:
a control transformer coupled to the input jumper device;
a programmable soft starter circuit coupled between the input jumper and a first AC motor node; and
a configurable AC motor jumper device coupled to a second AC motor node;
an AC motor comprising an inside delta winding stator winding configuration or an in-line Wye winding stator winding configuration;
wherein the input jumper device is configurable to install a transformer jumper cables on a first side of the control transformer in response to the AC voltage and frequency of the supply voltage on the three phase AC voltage input node, and wherein the configurable AC motor jumper device is configurable to:
install a jumper cable between a second AC motor node and the voltage input node if the AC motor comprises the inside delta winding stator winding configuration, or
install the jumper cable across the second AC motor node such that connections on the second side of the AC motor are shorted together if the AC motor comprises in-line wye winding stator winding configuration.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the configurable AC motor jumper device shorts together connections of the second AC motor node in response to the AC motor having a Wye configuration.

8. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the configurable AC motor jumper device couples the second AC motor node to the configurable input jumper device in response to the AC motor having a delta configuration.

9. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the configurable input jumper device comprises a jumper for each phase of the supply voltage.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the configurable input jumper device comprises a jumper configuration in response to the supply voltage such that a winding of the control transformer is configured to be at a specified voltage to power the programmable soft starter circuit.

11. A system comprising:
a three phase alternating current (AC) motor having a stator winding configuration, a first winding side, and a second winding side; a three phase AC voltage input node;
an input jumper device coupled to the three phase AC voltage input node;
a control transformer having a first side and a second side, the first side coupled to the input jumper device and the second side coupled to a control circuit;
a programmable soft starter circuit coupled between the input jumper device and the first winding side of the AC motor; and
a configurable AC motor jumper device coupled to the second winding side of the AC motor;
wherein the input jumper device is configured to install a transformer jumper cables on a first side of the control transformer in response to a voltage level of a supply voltage on the three phase AC voltage input node and the configurable AC motor jumper device is configured to:
install a jumper cable between a second side of the three phase AC motor and the three phase voltage input node if the stator configuration comprises an inside delta winding, or
install the jumper cable across the second side of the three phase AC motor such that connections on the second side of the AC motor are shorted together if the stator configuration comprises in-line Wye winding in response to a stator winding of the AC motor.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the supply voltage is in a range of 380 VAC-690 VAC.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the supply voltage has a frequency of 50 Hertz (Hz) or 60 Hz.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the system is disposed on a drilling rig.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the system is disposed on a skid of a drilling rig.

Assignees

• Halliburton Energy Services Inc

Inventors

• Bachman Troy Dale

Classifications

• H02P27/16

  using AC to AC converters without intermediate conversion to DC (H02P27/05 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H02H7/06

  for dynamo-electric generators; for synchronous capacitors · CPC title

• H02P25/184 Primary

  wherein the motor speed is changed by switching from a delta to a star, e.g. wye, connection of its windings, or vice versa · CPC title

• H02P1/24

  for starting an individual AC commutator motor (starting of AC/DC commutator motors H02P1/18) · CPC title

• H02H3/08

  responsive to excess current (responsive to abnormal temperature caused by excess current H02H5/04) · CPC title