SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STARTING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR

A system and method for starting electric motors. A controller attempts to start a motor without applying a brake to the rotor. If the motor fails to start, the controller applies a strength of braking and then again attempts to start the motor. If the motor still fails to start, the controller iter...

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Hauptverfasser: Clark, Bret S, Hernandez, Hector M, Schock, Christopher D, Shahi, Prakash B
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A system and method for starting electric motors. A controller attempts to start a motor without applying a brake to the rotor. If the motor fails to start, the controller applies a strength of braking and then again attempts to start the motor. If the motor still fails to start, the controller iteratively increases the strength of braking and attempts to start the motor until a maximum strength of braking and/or a maximum number of attempts to start the motor is reached. Alternatively, a sensing system first determines whether the rotor is rotating. If the rotor is rotating, the sensing system determines the speed of rotation, the controller determines a strength of braking that will halt the rotation based on the speed of rotation, applies that strength of braking to halt the rotation of the rotor, and then attempts to start the motor.