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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 1982
Filed:
May. 06, 1980
Ray E Davis, Jr, Old Lyme, CT (US);
Richard J Becker, Madison, CT (US);
Robert G Foster, Clinton, CT (US);
Michael J Westkamper, Oakdale, CT (US);
Earle J Timothy, Clinton, CT (US);
Richard H Johnson, Ivoryton, CT (US);
Chesebrough-Pond's Inc., Greenwich, CT (US);
Abstract
A digital self-calibrating power factor controller for an AC induction motor. During start-up a first number corresponding to the actual phase angle between motor voltage and current is determined and compared with a second number corresponding to a desired delay in energizing the motor. The second number is varied until both numbers are approximately equal. A third number corresponding to a desired phase angle is determined and stored and the system switches from start-up to run. The first number corresponding to the actual phase angle is now compared with the third number corresponding to the desired phase angle. The second number corresponding to a desired delay is now varied with motor load so as to keep the actual phase angle equal to the desired phase angle.