Brushless DC Motor Drives

Brushless DC Motor Drives(Trapezoidal PMAC): The cross section of a 3-phase 2 pole Brushless DC Motor Drives is shown in Fig. 7.15. It has permanent magnet rotor with wide pole…

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Rotor Resistance Control of Induction Motor

Rotor Resistance Control of Induction Motor: Speed-torque curves for Rotor Resistance Control of Induction Motor are given in Fig. 6.50. While maximum torque is independent of rotor resistance, speed at…

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Current Regulated Voltage Source Inverter

Current Regulated Voltage Source Inverter: Current Regulated Voltage Source Inverter operates with current controlled PWM. In current controlled pulse-width modulation, machine phase current is made to follow a sinusoidal reference…

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Drawbacks of Rectifier Fed DC Drives

Drawbacks of Rectifier Fed DC Drives: Drawbacks of Rectifier Fed DC Drives are as follows: 1. Distortion of Supply: Source current of a rectifier has harmonics. In a weak ac…

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Ward Leonard Method of Speed Control

Ward Leonard Method of Speed Control: Known after the name of its inventor Ward Leonard Method of Speed Control (1891), it consists of a separately excited generator feeding the dc…

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