Experiment-2: Three phase half controlled Converter to control DC Drive.

Apparatus Required:

Sr. No. Apparatus Specification

1. Three phase Bridge Converter Kit Half controlled
2. Three phase Firing circuit Three phase
3. C.R.O Normal
4. D.C Shunt Motor .37 kW, 230 V
5. Tachometer Contact Type

Fig.1 Circuit diagram

Theory:
A rectifier is also called phase controlled converter. It converts a constant AC voltage to variable
DC voltage. These rectifiers use line voltage for their commutation, so they are called line
commutated or naturally commutated AC to DC converters.
Three phase half controlled converter consists of three SCR namely T1, T3 and T5 and three
diodes namely D2, D4 and D6. The field winding of the motor is connected to another D.C.
source on the converter kit. A free-wheeling diode FD is connected in parallel with the load,
which is connected across the o/p terminals of the semi-converter as shown in the figure.
By varying the firing angle of SCR, output voltage across load terminals can be varied. These
controlled output voltage are given to armature winding of separately excited DC shunt motor.
Thereby the speed of motor can be varied by armature control method.

Procedure:
 1. Connect 3 phase bridge converter to the 3-phase bridge firing circuit to apply firing pulses.
2. Connect R, Y and B phases of firing circuit and converter circuit to the variac.
3. Join armature and field terminals of the DC motor with converter circuit.
4. Connect C.R.O to the output of the half wave converter circuit.
5. Give 400V AC supply to the converter circuit through 3-phase variac.
6. Fix the 3 Phase input to about 200V and vary the firing angle in steps and note down the
corresponding value of DC output voltage.

Fig.2 Output Wav Shapes

Observation table:

S. No. Firing Angle Average output Load current Speed

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Precautions:
1. Keep the variac to minimum position at the time of starting.
2. Keep proper phase sequence of 3-phase supply for the converter and the firing circuit.
3. Observe the proper direction of rotation of DC motor.

Conclusion: