Chopper Fed DC Drives

Chopper Fed DC Drives: The variable voltage to the armature of a dc motor for speed control can be obtained from a dc chopper which is a single stage dc…

Continue Reading Chopper Fed DC Drives

Three Phase Drives

Three Phase Drives: Single phase drives discussed in the previous section are employed for low and medium powers. When the power of the drive is very large the three-phase converter…

Continue Reading Three Phase Drives

Field Oriented Control of Induction Motor

Field Oriented Control of Induction Motor: In the slip controlled drives using VSI or CSI discussed in the foregoing sec­tions, the stator voltage or stator current is controlled using slip…

Continue Reading Field Oriented Control of Induction Motor

Regenerative Braking

Regenerative Braking: Sometimes the energy of the load may have to be fed to the supply system. A Chopper in this mode is called regenerative. The chopper working as a…

Continue Reading Regenerative Braking