摘要 |
The temperature (25, 33, 43) of solid state switching devices in variable speed motor drives (11, 18), such as elevator motor drives, are utilized to reduce the load on the drive, by reducing the switching frequency (50) or the commanded load (110). The choice between the preferred non-switching zero state and an alternative zero state is determined (60) by temperature (28, 34, 56) of the switched transistor's anti-parallel diode. The rate of recognizing reduced temperatures is limited (33, 34) to avoid motor speed and/or load variations. The temperature may either be measured (24, 27) or determined (70) from models utilizing manufacturer product specification and normalized thermal transient response from the transistor/diode package to a heat sink.
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