1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a motor, and more particularly to, an apparatus for compensating for a speed error of a motor.
2. Description of the Conventional Art
In general, load characteristics of a compressor driven by a motor are varied by a compression type. Especially, according to the load characteristics of the compressor, when a single rotary compressor having a drive torque ripple is rotated, a torque ripple of the compressor increases, and a speed ripple of the motor increases due to the torque ripple of the compressor. That is, when a load having a torque ripple component such as the single rotary compressor is coupled to the motor, the speed ripple is generated by the torque ripple of the load.
Referring to
As shown in
On the other hand, in order to solve the above problems, a conventional method for compensating for a torque calculates load characteristics (compressor torque) in advance in an offline method, and generates a lookup table to control the motor torque according to the previously-calculated load characteristics. The conventional method for compensating for the torque will now be explained with reference to
However, as depicted in
In the case that the compensation value corresponding to the lookup table is used, compensation values considering load variations in the compressor must be all experimentally calculated. Moreover, when a model of the compressor is upgraded, compensation values considering load variations in the compressor must be all experimentally calculated in advance.
On the other hand, the conventional apparatus for controlling the rotational speed of the motor was disclosed under U.S. Pat. No. 6,646,409 on Nov. 11, 2003.
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for compensating for a speed error of a motor which can reduce a speed ripple of the motor resulting from load characteristics, and which also can reduce vibrations and noises.
To achieve these and other advantages and in accordance with the purpose of the present invention, as embodied and broadly described herein, there is provided an apparatus for compensating for a speed error of a motor which divides a rotational section corresponding to one complete revolution of a rotor of the motor into a plurality of preset rotational sections, determines a speed compensation value in each divided rotational section on the basis of a difference value between a reference speed and a previous estimated speed, and compensates for the speed error of the motor on the basis of the speed compensation value.
According to one aspect of the invention, an apparatus for compensating for a speed error of a motor includes: a speed compensator for dividing a rotational section corresponding to one complete revolution of a rotor of the motor into a plurality of preset rotational sections, comparing a reference speed of the motor with a previous estimated speed in each divided rotational section, calculating the speed error of the motor according to the comparison result, determining a speed compensation value for compensating for the speed error, and outputting the speed compensation value; a comparator for comparing the speed compensation value from the speed compensator, the reference speed and a current estimated speed of the motor; and a proportional integration controller for outputting a reference torque component current for compensating for a speed error value according to the comparison result of the comparator.
According to another aspect of the invention, an apparatus for compensating for a speed error of a motor includes: a speed compensator for comparing a reference speed of the motor with a previous estimated speed, calculating a previous speed error according to the comparison result, determining a speed compensation value for compensating for the previous speed error, and outputting the speed compensation value; a first proportional integration controller for generating a reference current for compensating for the speed corresponding to the speed compensation value; a first comparator for comparing the reference speed with a current estimated speed, and outputting a resulting speed error value; a second proportional integration controller for outputting a reference torque component current for compensating for the speed error value of the first comparator; a second comparator for comparing the reference torque component current, the reference current for compensating for the speed and a real torque component current, and outputting a resulting error value; and a third proportional integration controller for outputting a reference torque component voltage for compensating for the error value of the second comparator.
The foregoing and other objects, features, aspects and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of the present invention when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention.
In the drawings:
Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
An apparatus for compensating for a speed error of a motor which can reduce vibrations and noises resulting from load characteristics, by dividing a rotational section corresponding to one complete revolution of a rotor of the motor into a plurality of preset rotational sections, comparing a reference speed with a previous estimated speed in each divided rotational section, determining each speed compensation value, and compensating for a speed error between the reference speed and a current estimated speed on the basis of each speed compensation value will now be described in detail with reference to
As shown in
The structure of an apparatus for controlling a rotational speed of a motor which an apparatus for compensating for a speed error of a motor is applied to in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention will now be explained in detail with reference to
As illustrated in
The apparatus 100 for compensating for the speed error of the motor in accordance with the first embodiment of the present invention includes the speed compensator 101 for dividing the rotational section corresponding to one complete revolution of the rotor of the motor into the plurality of preset rotational sections, comparing the reference speed ωm* with the previous estimated speed ωp in each divided rotational section, calculating the speed error according to the comparison result, determining the speed compensation value Δωm* for compensating for the speed error, and outputting the speed compensation value Δωm*, the first comparator 102 for comparing the speed compensation value Δωm* from the speed compensator 101, the reference speed ωm* and the current estimated speed ωm, and the first PI controller 103 for outputting the reference torque component current iq* for compensating for the error value according to the comparison result. The apparatus for controlling the rotational speed of the motor is identical to the conventional one, except for the apparatus 100 for compensating for the speed error of the motor in accordance with the first embodiment of the present invention, and thus detailed explanations thereof are omitted.
The operation of the apparatus 100 for compensating for the speed error of the motor in accordance with the first embodiment of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to
The speed compensator 101 divides the rotational section corresponding to one complete revolution of the rotor of the motor into the plurality of preset rotational sections, compares the reference speed ωm* with the previous estimated speed ωp in each divided rotational section, calculates the previous speed error according to the comparison result, determines the speed compensation value Δωm* for compensating for the previous speed error, and outputs the speed compensation value Δωm*. For example, the speed compensator 101 compares the reference speed ωm* with the previous estimated speed ωp in the four preset rotational sections, detects each speed error in each rotational section according to the comparison result, and determines the speed compensation value Δωm* for reducing each detected speed error. Here, the preset rotational sections are obtained by dividing the rotational section of the rotor of the motor corresponding to one complete revolution of the rotor into four preset rotational sections. In accordance with the present invention, the rotational section of the rotor of the motor corresponding to one complete revolution of the rotor can be divided into a plurality of rotational sections.
The first comparator 102 compares the speed compensation value Δωm* from the speed compensator 101, the reference speed ωm* and the current estimated speed ωm, and outputs the comparison result to the first PI controller 103.
The first PI controller 103 outputs the reference torque component current iq* for compensating for the speed error value according to the comparison result. That is, the first PI controller 103 determines the compensation value Δωm* for compensating for the error value between the reference speed ωm* and the previous estimated speed ωp of the motor, adds the determined compensation value Δωm* to the error value between the reference speed ωm* and the current estimated speed ωm, and outputs the reference torque component current iq* corresponding to the added value. Therefore, the reference torque component current iq* is outputted to the apparatus for controlling the rotational speed of the motor, thereby compensating for the speed error resulting from the load characteristics such as the compressor. The speed compensation value Δωm* is represented by the following Equation 1:
Δωm*=k(ωm−ωm*) Equation 1
Here, k denotes a variable for deciding a value and sign (+ or −) for compensating for the speed error between the reference speed and the current estimated speed in each preset rotational section (for example, four rotational sections). If ‘ωm−ωm*’ is greater than ‘0’, it means that the estimated speed of the motor is higher than the reference speed. Therefore, the speed error between the estimated speed and the reference speed must be compensated for, by decreasing the k value to reduce the speed of the motor. As a result, the k value is set smaller than ‘0’ so that the speed compensation value Δω* added to the comparator 200 can be set smaller than ‘0’.
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The apparatus 200 for compensating for the speed error of the motor in accordance with the second embodiment of the present invention includes the speed compensator 201 for dividing the rotational section corresponding to one complete revolution of the rotor of the motor into the plurality of preset rotational sections, comparing the reference speed ωm* with the previous estimated speed ωp in each divided rotational section, calculating the previous speed error according to the comparison result, determining the speed compensation value Δωm* for compensating for the previous speed error, and outputting the speed compensation value Δωm*, the fourth PI controller 206 for generating the reference current iqΔωm* for compensating for the speed corresponding to the speed compensation value Δωm*, the first comparator 202 for comparing the reference speed ωm* with the current estimated speed ωm, the first PI controller 203 for outputting the reference torque component current iq* for compensating for the speed error value according to the comparison result between the reference speed ωm* and the current estimated speed ωm, the third comparator 204 for comparing the reference torque component current iq*, the reference current iqΔωm* for compensating for the speed and the real torque component current iq, and the third PI controller 205 for outputting the reference torque component voltage νq* on the basis of the error value obtained by comparing the reference torque component current iq*, the reference current iqΔωm* for compensating for the speed and the real torque component current iq. The apparatus for controlling the rotational speed of the motor is identical to the conventional one, except for the apparatus 200 for compensating for the speed error of the motor in accordance with the second embodiment of the present invention, and thus detailed explanations thereof are omitted.
The operation of the apparatus 200 for compensating for the speed error of the motor in accordance with the second embodiment of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to
The speed compensator 201 compares the reference speed ωm* with the previous estimated speed ωp, calculates the previous speed error according to the comparison result, determines the speed compensation value Δωm* for compensating for the previous speed error, and outputs the speed compensation value Δωm*. That is, the speed compensator 201 compares the reference speed ωm* with the previous estimated speed ωp in the preset rotational sections (for example, four rotational sections), detects the speed error in each rotational section according to the comparison result, determines the speed compensation value Δωm* for compensating for the detected speed error, and outputs the determined speed compensation value Δωm* to the fourth PI controller 206.
The fourth PI controller 206 generates the reference current iqΔωm* for compensating for the speed corresponding to the speed compensation value Δωm*, and outputs the reference current iqΔωm* for compensating for the speed to the third comparator 204.
On the other hand, the first comparator 202 compares the reference speed ωm* with the current estimated speed ωm, and outputs the speed error value to the first PI controller 203 according to the comparison result.
The first PI controller 203 generates the reference torque component current iq* for compensating for the speed error value according to the comparison result between the reference speed ωm* and the current estimated speed ωm, and outputs the reference torque component current iq* to the third comparator 205.
The third comparator 204 compares the reference torque component current iq*, the reference current iqΔωm* for compensating for the speed and the real torque component current iq, and outputs the error value according to the comparison result.
The third PI controller 205 outputs the reference torque component voltage νq* for compensating for the error value obtained by comparing the reference torque component current iq*, the reference current iqΔωm* for compensating for the speed and the real torque component current iq. Therefore, the reference torque component voltage νq* is outputted to the apparatus for controlling the rotational speed of the motor, thereby compensating for the speed error resulting from the load characteristics such as the compressor.
Accordingly, the speed error resulting from the load characteristics such as the compressor can be compensated for, by comparing the reference speed with the previous estimated speed in the plurality of preset rotational sections, and compensating for the speed error of the motor according to the comparison result.
On the other hand, the apparatus for compensating for the speed error of the motor in accordance with the present invention can be applied to various apparatuses for controlling a rotational speed of a motor.
As discussed earlier, in accordance with the present invention, vibrations and noises can be reduced by decreasing the speed ripple of the motor resulting from the load characteristics, by dividing the rotational section corresponding to one complete revolution of the rotor of the motor into the plurality of preset rotational sections, comparing the reference speed with the previous estimated speed in each divided rotational section, determining each speed compensation value, and compensating for the speed error between the reference speed and the current estimated speed on the basis of each speed compensation value. That is, the speed ripple of the motor resulting from the torque ripple of the load can be reduced by comparing the reference speed with the previous estimated speed in the plurality of preset rotational sections, and compensating for the speed error of the motor. Furthermore, vibrations and noises resulting from the load characteristics can be reduced without presetting the reference position of the rotor of the motor or requiring experimental data such as a lookup table.
As the present invention may be embodied in several forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof, it should also be understood that the above-described embodiments are not limited by any of the details of the foregoing description, unless otherwise specified, but rather should be construed broadly within its spirit and scope as defined in the appended claims, and therefore all changes and modifications that fall within the metes and bounds of the claims, or equivalence of such metes and bounds are therefore intended to be embraced by the appended claims.
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