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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 1991
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1990
Robert M Swanson, La Crosse, WI (US);
Paul C Rentmeester, La Crosse, WI (US);
David M Foye, La Crosse, WI (US);
American Standard Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of protecting the compressor motor of a refrigeration system using a multiphase AC power source. The method comprises the steps of monitoring each phase of the power supply to the compressor motor; calculating the average phase for the phases of the AC power supply; determining a maximum phase unbalance deviation from the average phase; determining if a first level of phase unbalance protection is active; setting a system protection level as the first level of phase unbalance protection if the first level is active; setting the system protection level as a second higher level of phase unbalance protection if the first level is not active; and initiating a compressor motor shutdown if the system protection level is exceeded by the maximum unbalanced phase deviation.