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Experiment
Single Phase Semi Converter fed
DC Drive

Advanced Power Electronics

Kiran Navale, K.K.Wagh IEER Nashik
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Aim:
• To study the operation of a single phase Dual Converter fed dc drive

Objectives:
• To understand operation of single phase dual converter
• To understand four quadrant operation of dc motor drive using single phase
dual converter

Apparatus:

• Experimental Kit
• DSO
• Multi meter
• Patch Cords
Controlled rectifiers(ac to dc)
•Controlled rectifiers are used extensively in industrial
applications especially in variable speed drives.

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Overview of Single Phase Controlled

Rectifiers
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Four Quadrant operation of a Dual

Converter

Converter 1 DC Load Converter 2

Control Card
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Four Quadrant operation of Three

Phase Circulating type Dual Converter

Con 1 Rectifying α1
Con 2 Inverting α2>90 <90
Forward Regeneration Forward Motoring

Con 1 Inverting α1>90

Con 2 Rectifying α2<90
Reverse regeneration
Reverse Motoring
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Single-Phase Dual Converter

• In previous section, we have seen that the single-phase
full converters with inductive loads allow only two-
quadrant operation.

• If two of these converters are connected back to back,

both the output voltage and the output current can be
reversed.

• This system will provide four-quadrant operation and it

is called a dual converter.
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• Dual converters are used in high-power variable-speed

drives.

• This system will provide four-quadrant operation and it

is called a dual converter.

• If α1 and α2 are the delay angles of converters 1 and 2, the

corresponding average output voltages will be Vdc1 and
Vdc2.
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Types of Dual Converters

• Non-circulating type dual converter(single phase or

three phase)

• Circulating type dual converter(single phase or three

phase)
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• The delay angles are controlled such that one converter

operates as a rectifier and the other converter operates
as an inverter.

• However, both converters produce the same average

output voltage.

• Therefore,

2Vm
Vdc1  cos 1

2Vm
Vdc 2  cos  2

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• This will result in a circulating current between the two

converters.

• Circulating Current can damage SCR’s of converter

• To limit this circulating current a circulating reactor

must be connected in the circulating current path
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• One converter is rectifying and the other one is inverting,

therefore:

Vdc1   Vdc 2
cos  2   cos 1  cos(  1 )
 2    1
• Since the instantaneous output voltages of the two
converters are out of phase, there will be an
instantaneous voltage difference between the two
converters.
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Experimental Kit
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Observation Table
A. Forward Motoring

Sr.NO Toff(mse Toff(mse α1 α2 Voltage Speed

c) of c) of (Angle) (Angle) across (RPM)
Conv.1 Conv.1 motor

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2
3
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Observation Table
B. Reverse Motoring

Sr.NO Toff(mse Toff(mse α1 α2 Voltage Speed

c) of c) of (Angle) (Angle) across (RPM)
Conv.1 Conv.1 motor

1
2
3