Gate Firing Converters

Gate Firing Converters: The firing pulse control unit constitutes the heart of any thyristor power con­verter. The Gate Firing Converters required by the thyristors are often derived from the digital…

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Control System Performance

Control System Performance: From the foregoing discussion on control systems it can be seen that the be­haviour of the control systems can be specified, based on several time domain specifications.…

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Closed Loop Control of DC Motor

Closed Loop Control of DC Motor: Closed Loop Control of DC Motor - The dynamic behaviour of a system is described by a set of differential equa­tions. On many occasions…

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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…

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Commutation in DC Motor

Commutation in DC Motor: Commutation and commutator wear and tear of the dc motor must be given due consideration when the motor operates on solid state converters. Spark-less commutation must…

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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…

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