Research of Motor Soft Start by High Voltage Motor Drive Inverter

The over-current phenomenon of direct starting of high voltage and high power motor is serious bad for the safety of motor. We are usually using motor soft start method when we need to start a motor. There are some motor soft start methods, they can somehow reduce the starting over-current, but they are still having some defects except motor drive inverter. Motor drive inverter can not only realize the purpose of energy saving, but also is an ideal soft start device. We can see a lot of papers about control method research of motor drive inverter, but no paper research on motor soft start by motor drive inverter [1]. This paper focuses on research of motor soft start by motor drive inverter. The optimal frequency range of soft start is obtained through theoretical analysis. The simulation results verify the correctness and feasibility of the theoretical analysis.