“Variabletorque”referstothefactthatthetorquerequiredvarieswiththesquareofthespeed.Also,the
horsepower required varies with the cube of the speed, resulting in a large reduction in horsepower for
even a small reduction in speed. It is easily seen that substantial energy savings can be achieved by reducing
thespeedofafanorpump.Forexample,reducingthespeedto50%resultsina50HPmotorhavingto
produceonly12.5%ofratedhorsepower,or6.25HP.Variabletorquedrivesusuallyhavealowoverload
capacity (110%-120% for 60 seconds), becausevariabletorque applications rarely experience overload
conditions.To optimizeefficiencyand energysavings, variabletorquedrives areusually programmedto
followavariableV/Hzratio.
Theterm“constanttorque”isnotentirelyaccurateintermsoftheactualtorquerequiredforanapplication.
Manyconstanttorqueapplicationshavereciprocatingloads,suchasvibratingconveyorsandpunchpresses,
wheretherotationalmotionofthemotorisbeingconvertedtoalinearmotion.Insuchcases,thetorque
requiredcanvarygreatlyatdifferentpointsinthecycle.Forconstanttorqueloads,thisfluctuationintorque
isnota directfunctionof speed, asit is withavariable torqueload.As a result,constant torque drives
typically have a high overload rating (150% for 60 seconds) in order to handle the higher peak torque
demands.Toachievemaximumtorque,constanttorquedrivesfollowaconstantV/Hzratio.
MICROSeriesproductlineshavefulloverloadcapacity(150%for60seconds,180%for30seconds),so
thateitheronecanbeusedforeithertypeofapplication.TheV/Hzratiocanalsobechangedtooptimize
performance for either type of application.
6.2 DRIVE FUNCTION DESCRIPTION
TheMICROSeriesisa16bitmicroprocessorbased,keypadprogrammable,variablespeedACmotordrive.
Therearefourmajorsections;aninputdiodebridgeandafilter,apowerboard,acontrolboard,andan
output intelligent power module.
6.2.1 DRIVE OPERATION
Incoming AC line voltage is converted to a pulsating DC voltage by the input diode bridge. The DC
voltage is supplied to the bus filter capacitors through a charge circuit which limits inrush current to the
capacitors during power-up. The pulsating DC voltage is filtered by the bus capacitors which reduces
theripplelevel. ThefilteredDCvoltageenterstheinvertersectionofthe drive,composedofsixoutput
intelligentinsulatedgate bi-polartransistors(IGBT’s)whichmakeupthethreeoutputlegs ofthedrive.
Each leg has one intelligent IGBT connected to the positive bus voltage and one connected to the negative
bus voltage. Alternately switching on each leg, the intelligent IGBT produces an alternating voltage on each
ofthecorrespondingmotorwindings.ByswitchingeachoutputintelligentIGBTataveryhighfrequency
(knownasthecarrierfrequency)forvaryingtimeintervals,theinverterisabletoproduceasmooth,three
phase,sinusoidaloutputcurrentwavewhichoptimizesmotorperformance.
6.2.2 CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION
Thecontrolsection consistsof acontrol boardwitha16bitmicroprocessor,keypadanddisplay. Drive
programming is accomplished via the keypad or the serial communications port. During operation the
drivecanbecontrolledviathekeypad,bycontroldeviceswiredtothecontrolterminalstrip,orbytheserial
communications port. The Power Board contains the control and protection circuits which govern the
sixoutputIGBT’s.ThePowerBoardalsocontainsachargingcircuitforthebusfiltercapacitors,amotor
currentfeedback circuit,avoltagefeedbackcircuit, anda faultsignal circuit.Thedrive hasseveral built
in protection circuits. These include phase-to-phase and phase-to ground short circuit protection, high
andlowlinevoltageprotection,protectionagainstexcessiveambienttemperature,andprotectionagainst
continuousexcessiveoutputcurrent.Activationofanyofthesecircuitswillcausethedrivetoshutdown
in a fault condition.
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