Unit-6 Ed
Unit-6 Ed
Stator V control
Scalar control
Constant V/f
control
Direct FOC
Field oriented
control (FOC)
Indirect FOC
Vector Control
Direct self control
(DSC)
Direct Torque
control
SVM (Space vector
modulation)
Types of Inverters
Types of inverters
Square wave
Inverters
PWM inverters
Sine wave
Inverter
Three phase bridge Inverter
It consists of 6 transistors with T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, 6 anti-parallel diodes like D1, D2, D3, D4, D5, D6, 3 load
terminals, one DC source, and one large DC linked capacitor, and a thyristor is connected along with
commutation circuit. The three outputs like “ABC”, where “A” is connected to T1 & T4, “B” is connected to T3 and
T6, and “C” is connected to T5 and T2. These ABCs are in-turn connected to a 3 phase balanced load.
A balanced load consists of 2 main components a source and a load, where a balanced source implies phase
and magnitude are equal and are phase-shifted by 120 degrees. According to the KCL principle, the balanced
load implies all the load impedances in all the 3 phases are equal in magnitude and phase. The thyristors T1, T3,
T5 supply current to the load or act as forwarding path, whereas thyristors T6, T4, T2 carry the current back to
the source and acts like return path, as shown below.
Three phase bridge Inverter
A voltage source inverter can operate in any of 2 conduction mood, i.e,
Let us consider the scenario of 180-degree conduction mode in a three-phase inverter. The three-phase inverter
is represented in 180-degree conduction mode because both switches S1 and S2 conduct at 180 degrees.
Whereas in a full-bridge voltage source inverter all the 4 switches S1, S2, S3, S4 conducts at 180 degrees.
Considering the circuit diagram shown below, the switch T1 and T4 are connected to a phase, out of which T1
and T4 conduct at 180 degrees each, where the total duration is given as 180 + 180 = 360. If both the switches
conduct together it may lead to a short circuit. From the graph shown below
Three phase bridge Inverter
from the graph we can observe that
From 0 to 60
T1, T6, and
T5 conduct,
out of which
T1 and T5
carry the
current into
the load, and
T6 carries the
current out of
the load.
Case2:
From 180 to
240, the
devices T4,
T3, T2
conducts, out
of which T3
carries the
current into the
load and T4
and T2 carries
the current out
of the load.
Step 5: T4,T3, T5 are ON
Step 6: T4, T6, T5 are ON
In the carrier-based PWM techniques (SPWM), the desired voltage reference waveform is
referred to as modulating wave. In addition, a wave which is modulated with the
modulating wave is referred to as carrier wave or carrier.