METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING GROUND FAULTS IN INVERTER OUTPUTS ON A SHARED DC BUS

A system to detect a ground fault at the output of an inverter section prior to powering up a motor drive system is disclosed. A low voltage power supply is connected to the DC bus prior to connecting the input power source to the rectifier section. If a ground fault exists, the voltage potential on...

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Hauptverfasser:	Gries Mark A, Sizov Gennadi, Winterhalter Craig, Figie John R, Vrankovic Zoran
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC,OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWERSUPPLY SYSTEMS CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORSOR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF CONTROLLING CONTROLLING TRANSFORMERS, REACTORS OR CHOKE COILS CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUTPOWER CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRICITY FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS GENERATION MEASURING MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS PHYSICS REGULATING TESTING
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Zusammenfassung:	A system to detect a ground fault at the output of an inverter section prior to powering up a motor drive system is disclosed. A low voltage power supply is connected to the DC bus prior to connecting the input power source to the rectifier section. If a ground fault exists, the voltage potential on the DC bus causes conduction through one of the freewheeling diodes connected in parallel to the power switching device on the output of the inverter section. A fault detection circuit generates a signal corresponding to the presence of the low Voltage potential when the low voltage is applied to the DC bus. If a ground fault is present at the output of one of the inverter sections, the motor drive system prevents the AC voltage from being applied to the rectifier section.