Electric compressor, motor control method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11418136-B2
Application number	US-201816763154-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 24, 2018
Priority date	Nov 20, 2017
Publication date	Aug 16, 2022
Grant date	Aug 16, 2022

Abstract

A motor control device provided with a control unit which controls the number of rotations of a motor by implementing a first control which enables high-torque and precise control, or a second control enabling more efficient control than the first control with respect to the motor; and a switching determination unit which, if an actual measurement value of the number of rotations of the motor is greater than a prescribed threshold value of the number of rotations, switches the first control to the second control. The switching determination unit further switches the first control to the second control if the actual measurement value of the number of rotations is not more than the threshold value of the number of rotations, and when a prescribed time has passed from a point in time at which the actual measurement value of the number of rotations matched the required number of rotations.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electric compressor comprising:
a motor control device comprising:
a control unit that controls a rotation speed of a motor in accordance with a required rotation speed by performing first control which enables high torque and precise control on the motor, or by performing second control which enables higher efficient control than the first control on the motor; and
a switching determination unit that switches from the first control to the second control, in a case where a rotation speed measured value of the motor exceeds a prescribed rotation speed threshold value,
wherein the switching determination unit further switches from the first control to the second control, in a case where the rotation speed measured value is equal to or smaller than the rotation speed threshold value and a prescribed time elapses with the rotation speed measured value coinciding with the required rotation speed,
wherein both of the first control and second control are inverter control.

2. The electric compressor according to claim 1 ,
wherein the switching determination unit further switches from the first control to the second control, in a case where a fluctuation in the required rotation speed is equal to or greater than a prescribed fluctuation threshold value.

3. The electric compressor according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a torque correlation parameter acquisition unit that acquires a parameter correlated with a torque to be output by the motor,
wherein the switching determination unit switches from the first control to the second control, in a case where the torque estimated based on the acquired parameter exceeds a torque threshold value.

4. The electric compressor according to claim 1 ,
wherein the prescribed time is one second.

5. The electric compressor according to claim 2 ,
wherein the prescribed time is one second.

6. The electric compressor according to claim 3 ,
wherein the prescribed time is one second.

7. An electric compressor comprising:
a motor control device comprising:
a control unit that controls a rotation speed of a motor in accordance with a required rotation speed by performing first control capable of following the required rotation speed or a torque load applied to the motor at every first predetermined time unit, on the motor, or by performing second control capable of following the required rotation speed or the torque load at every second predetermined time unit which is longer than the first predetermined time unit in the first control, on the motor; and
a switching determination unit that switches from the first control to the second control, in a case where a rotation speed measured value of the motor exceeds a prescribed rotation speed threshold value,
wherein the switching determination unit further switches from the first control to the second control, in a case where the rotation speed measured value is equal to or smaller than the rotation speed threshold value and a prescribed time elapses with the rotation speed measured value coinciding with the required rotation speed,
wherein both of the first control and second control are inverter control.

8. The electric compressor according to claim 7 ,
wherein the switching determination unit further switches from the first control to the second control, in a case where a fluctuation in the required rotation speed is equal to or greater than a prescribed fluctuation threshold value.

9. The electric; compressor according to claim 7 , further comprising:
a torque correlation parameter acquisition unit that acquires a parameter correlated with a torque to be output by the motor,
wherein the switching determination unit switches from the first control to the second control, in a case where the torque estimated based on the acquired parameter exceeds a torque threshold value.

10. The electric compressor according to claim 7 ,
wherein the prescribed time is one second.

11. A motor control method comprising:
a step of controlling a rotation speed of a motor in accordance with a required rotation speed by performing first control which enables high torque and precise control on the motor, or by performing second control which enables higher efficient control than the first control on the motor; and
a step of switching from the first control to the second control, in a case where a rotation speed measured value of the motor exceeds a prescribed rotation speed threshold value,
wherein in the step of switching from the first control to the second control, the first control is further switched to the second control, in a case where the rotation speed measured value is equal to or smaller than the rotation speed threshold value and a prescribed time elapses with the rotation speed measured value coinciding with the required rotation speed, and
wherein both of the first control and second control are inverter control.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores a program for causing a computer to execute a process comprising:
a step of controlling a rotation speed of a motor in accordance with a required rotation speed by performing first control which enables high torque and precise control on the motor, or by performing second control which enables higher efficient control than the first control on the motor; and
a step of switching from the first control to the second control, in a case where a rotation speed measured value of the motor exceeds a prescribed rotation speed threshold value, wherein in the step of switching from the first control to the second control, the first control is further switched to the second control, in a case where the rotation speed measured value is equal to or smaller than the rotation speed threshold value and a prescribed time elapses with the rotation speed measured value coinciding with the required rotation speed, and
wherein both of the first control and second control are inverter control.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Thermal Systems Ltd

Inventors

• Hattori Makoto
• Takashige Takayuki
• Watanabe Kyohei

Classifications

• H02P6/06 Primary

  Arrangements for speed regulation of a single motor wherein the motor speed is measured and compared with a given physical value so as to adjust the motor speed · CPC title

• H02P23/03

  specially adapted for very low speeds · CPC title

• F04D27/004

  by varying driving speed · CPC title

• H02P29/20

  for controlling one motor used for different sequential operations · CPC title

• B60H1/00428

  electric · CPC title