Motors thyristors

In addition to secondarv resistance control, other devices such as reactors and thyristors (solid-state controllable rectifiers) are used to control wound-rotor motors. Fixed secondary reactors combined with resistors can provide veiy constant accelerating torque with a minimum number of accelerating steps. The change in slip frequency with speed continually changes the effective reac tance and hence the value of resistance associated with the reactor. The secondaiy reactors, resistors, and contacts can be varied in design to provide the proper accelerating speed-torque curve for the protection of belt conveyors and similar loads. 

Thyristors have been replacing saturable reactors they are small, efficient, and easily controlled by a wide variety of control systems. A modern crane control drive uses fixed secondary resistors and two sets of primaiy thyristors (one set for hoist, one for lower). With tachometer feedback for speed sensing, the control for the motor provides speed regulation and torque hmiting in both directions, all with static-devices. A wide variety of control systems is possible the control should be designed for the specific application. 

Power MOSFF.Ts and IGBTs can handle much higher switching frequencies, compared o a thyristor. In an a.c. motor control, fast switching is mandatory and therefore transistors are preferred. 

NoU It is possible that at some loealioiis there is no a.e. source available, such as (or battery-operated lifts iirul motor vehicles,. Such applications may also call for a variable d.e. source. When it is so. it can be achieved with the use of a chopper circuit which uses the conventional semiconductor devices. The devices are switched at high repetitive frequencies to obtain the required variation in the output voltage as with the use of a phase-controlled lliyristor rectifier, A typical chopper circuit is shown in Ingure 6.2, i. using diodes and a controlled unidirectional semieonduetor switch, which can be a thyristor or tin IGBT. 

A power diode reetifier unit feeding a fixed d.e. power to an inverter unit to control an a.c. motor, or a thyristor rectifier unit, directly controlling a d.e. motor, both contain... 

Controls are available in the range IGBTs 1600 V, 2000 A and thyristors 10 kV, 3000 A (ratings are only indicative) and can cover the entire voltage ranges and ratings of a motor. 

The exciter is an AC generator with a stator-mounted field. Direct cur rent for the exciter field is provided from an external source, typically u small variable voltage rectifier mounted at the motor starter. Exciter oui put is converted to DC through a three-phase, full-wave, silicon-diode bridge rectifier. Thyristors (silicon-controlled rectifiers) switch the cur rent to the motor field and the motor-starting, field-discharge resistors These semiconductor elements are mounted on heat sinks and assembled on a drum bolted to the rotor or shaft. 

Semiconductor control modules gate the thyristors, which switch cm rent to the motor field at the optimum motor speed and precise phase angle. This assures synchronizing with minimum system disturbance. On pull-out, the discharge resistor is reapplied and excitation is removed k> provide protection to the rotor winding, shaft, and external electrical system. The control resynchronizes the motor after the cause of pull-out i.n removed, if sufficient torque is available. The field is automatically applied if the motor synchronizes on reluctance torque. The control is calibrated at the factory and no field adjustment is required. The opti-... 

A relatively new innovation for use in electric motor compressor drives is the variable frequency power source. Fundamentally, the power source converts an existing three-phase source into DC then uses an inverter to convert back to a variable frequency supply. Thyristors or transistors are used to switch the output at the required frequency. 

Solid-State DC Drives. The controlled-thyristor rectifier and separate-field DC motor is the solid-state motor drive in greatest use. The combination provides control over at least a 10 1 speed range, plus an additional two to three times by field weakening. Depending upon the power level, the rectifier is operated directly from the AC supply lines, or via a transformer. Typical speed regulation of 2% can be accomplished with a single control system. The horsepower and speed limitations are set by the DC motor, not by the semiconductor rectifiers. The DC motor and rectifier can be combined to any required power level. 

Speed adjuslmeiU from base speed downward is obtained by armature voltage control. The armalure current and torque in this range is limited by the thyristor ratings or motor temperature rise. Control above base speed at constant horsepower is obtained by field weakening. An example system is shown in Figure. 3-17a. In this... 

The most recent development in the starting of squirrel-cage induction motors is the introduction of the electronic soft-start. This principle has been derived from variable-frequency speed controllers using switched Thyristor or power transistor bridges. The supply sine wave is chopped so that a reduced voltage and frequency is applied to the motor.These are gradually increased so that the motor speed rises in a controlled manner, with the starting current limited to any chosen value. 

Figure 3.3-6. DTA-device and typical AT-curve [20]. a, Oven b, amplifier c, potentiometer d, synchron motor, e, ignition f, thyristor g, recorder h, integrator, i, differentiator 7), temperature of the sample cell AT, difference in temperature between sample and reference.

A power converter generates a pulsating DC voltage from the three-phase mains. DC motor speed is determined by the amount of DC voltage generated that can be altered via the thyristor control angle of the power converter. 

The protected area is located between the two ultra-rapid switches. EE 101 is a device to detect the voltage shift UN, PE between neutral and PE, ZlIB 202 a device to fire the thyristors of the electrodynamic drives (V4-V6, see Fig. 12.6). At the motor side, the short-circuiting device has been in accordance with Fig. 12.9. 

A similar system using electric feeder drive motors is depicted in Figure 294.273,274 arrangement is adaptable to different electric variable-speed drives such as SCR, eddy current, thyristor, and variable frequency. 

Copper is generally the preferred material for cable conductors used in the oil industry. Aluminium is seldom choseu for conductors. It is sometimes used for the armouring of single-core cables that carry AC, or DC, if a substantial AC ripple is present e.g., DC, motors fed from a thyristor controlled power source. 

Before thyristors and power transistors were introduced for AC to DC and AC to DC to AC converter systems, there were a number of special designs of AC motors that gave better performance than standard squirrel-cage motors. These motors required connections to the rotor windings. They had better speed control, superior torque versus speed characteristics and some methods were energy efficient. However, they were more complicated and hence more expensive. 

DC methods mostly use shunt or compound wound motors. Occasionally series wound motors are used when high torque at low speeds is required. These machines are fed with DC voltage derived from a three-phase AC source using a thyristor converter. The thyristor converter rectifies the AC into DC but with control over the magnitude of the average DC voltage. Thyristors are also called silicon controlled rectifiers . 

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