219
218 11. Power Supplies for
Adjustable
Speed AC Drives
four-quadrant
operation,
they
could also
be
used
with
variable speed genera-
t.ors, for
instance
in wind energy plants.
ln
the
vertical column
of
Table 11.1
li
ve basic
types
of
AC-machines
are
listed
that
may
be
used for controlled
dr
ives;
with
the
exception
of
the
reluctance
motor,
which is characterised by
salient poles,
they
can alI
be
treated
with
the
mathematical
model derived
iii
Sect. 10.1.
ln
principIe,
most
of
the
25
possible converter-machine combinations could
1)('
r
ea
lised
but
only those, where comments are entered, are presently applied
i
II
practice; since each
type
exhibits
particular
advantages,
it
is unlikely
that
I.h(' lield will eventually narrow to
just
one
or
two
major
circuits as has
been
t
.
It(~
case
with
DC-drives.
ln
fact, new combinations
may
be
added
as new
~;lViLcbing
devices
and
converter circuits
appear
on
the
scene. An example
of
Ih('
oIlgoing development
are
resonant-línk converters, presently
restricted
to
Imv
power applications such as switched mode power supplies; cyclo convert-
crs with forced
commutation
(matrix
converters)
are
also a possible
future
opLioll.
Only a
few
typical converter topologies
that
show promise
to
stay
\ViII
be discussed in this chapter.
11.1
Pulse
width
modulated
(PWM)
Volt
age
Source
Tr
ansistor
Converter
(IGBT)
TI\(~
rOIlf-quadrant
DC/DC
converter shown
in
Fig. 9.13 a
can
be
extended
by
aclclillf~
\,wo
more
arms,
as seen in Fig. 11.3,
to
form a three-phase converter
fo
r 1."(' slIpply
of
AC-motors
in
the
lower
and
medium
power range, from
::11111.11
hiV;h
d'yl1amic performance servo drives with speed
and
position control
(. I
()
I,
W)
Lo
lIloSt auxiliary drives in industry, ranging up
to
several
hundred
li
'v
V,
II\.
Itil;hcr power
this
two-Ievel circuit is also extended to multi-leveI
('
oll/il',1I
r:l.t.iOllS.
The
converter is
suitable
for supplying induction as well as
Il
ylI('h
\(
)1l01lS
motors.
W
iLh
Cite
voltage source converter shown,
the
terminal
voItages
of
the
mo-
\'()f' (
';
\.11
assume
the
three possible values
UD,
O
and
-UD.When
the
motor
is
r('I'.(
·
II(
'l'
at.illg,
the
mean
link
current
I
D
is reversed, calling for a
two-quadrant
:;lIl'pl'y of
the
DC link. As long
as
the
power levei is low
or
when regenera-
Lioll
OCCIll'S
only occasionally, for instance
during
dynamic
braking
of
a servo
drive',
Lh
e DC link is normalIy supplied by diode rectifiers
and
the
reverse
I"
,wcr
is
clis
s
ipated
in a balIast resistor,
Fig
. 9.14, as indicated also
in
Fig.
I 1.:\ w
iLh
dashed lines.
The
pulse-width
modulated
ballast
circuit
then
be-
I'.IIIS
L()
di
schargc the link capacitor as soon as
the
link volt age rises above a
pr('s('\.
value.
Of
course, any
other
source
of
direct voltagc could also serve
1;)1
I'(
'(
'dillg t.hp converter, such as a
battery
011
an
electrically driven vehick,
wl\('re
r(~I
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is il1lJ)ortant
t.o
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iII
11.1
Pulse
width
modulated
Voltage Source
Transistor
Converter
U
o
io
-',
: : R
B
" I
,
I
I'
,
I~TB
.....
I
I
i
SI
i
S2
iS3
Fig.
11.3.
Switched
IGBT-
converter for
three-phase
AC
motor
(simplified circuit)
i
SI
Fig. 11,3,
or
Field Effect
Transistors
(MOSFET),
having a switching
time
in
the
order
of
a microsecond,
the
mean
switching frequency
may
be
above
16 kHz, i.
e.
beyond
the
audible threshold, so
that
no objectionable acoustic
noise is
emitted
from
the
drive.
An
additional
advantage
is
that
the
converter
then
exhibits a large
bandwidth
for controI.
If
the
link volt age UD is
of
sufficient
magnitude,
fast
current
control loops can
be
designed which keep
the
stator
currents
in line
with
the
alternating
reference values;
this
effectively
produces
near
ideal
current
sources for
the
stator
windings
of
the
motor,
thus
eliminating
the
effects
or
the
stator
volt age
equation
Eq. (10.50) on
the
dynamics
of
the
drive. As a consequence, considerable simplification
of
the
drive control is achieved because
the
stator
voltage interactions
are
then
dealt
with
by
the
current
controlIers. These could
either
employ pulse-width
modulators
operating
at
constant
frequency
or
simple
On/Off
comparators
having a
narrow
hysteresis
band,
also
indicated
in
Fig. 11.3.
The
resulting
current
waveform
with
a single-phase load
and
On/Off-control (symmetrical
modulation)
was shown
in
Fig. 9.16;
it
has
the
advantage
of fast response
but
exhibits variable switching frequency which
may
be
undesirable in view
of interference problems.
When
extending
the
principIe
to
three-phase
loads, as
in
Fig. 11.3,
the
hys-
t.eresis
band
is helpful
to
avoid interactions between
the
controUers because,
in
vicw of
the
isolated
neutral
of
the
machine winding,
the
stator
currents
ar
e balanced
and
one of
the
controUers
is
redundant,
it
is only
retained
for
sylllmetry.
To
produce a prcfcrred switching freqllency, a
triangular
clock signal
may
Iw
added
aI.
LIt
~
~
\l\lJl\lillg
poillt
or
t.Jj('
cmrclIL cnntrollers [829].
Another
pos-
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