3 Phase Induction Motor Construction

3 Phase Induction Motor Construction: A converter fed 3 Phase Induction Motor Construction has the following advantages over a line fed motor: 1.Smooth start up is guaranteed by variable frequency…

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Control of DC Electric Motor

Control of DC Electric Motor: A separately excited DC Electric Motor is very versatile as a variable speed motor. Its speed can be varied by varying the applied voltage to…

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Cycloconverter

Cycloconverter: A variable frequency supply for feeding a three phase motor can be obtained from a cycloconverter which operates on a 50 Hz supply and provides a variable frequency supply…

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Voltage Control Techniques for Inverters

Voltage Control Techniques for Inverters: It has already been mentioned that Inverter Control providing a variable frequency supply to three phase motors should be capable of providing a variable voltage.…

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Charging a Capacitor in Inverter

Charging a Capacitor in Inverter: Charging a Capacitor in Inverter - Inverters are static power converters for converting dc to ac. By controlling the conducting periods of the thyristors it…

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Two Quadrant Chopper

Two Quadrant Chopper: Sometimes a chopper may be required to provide a two quadrant operation by retaining the current direction in both motoring and braking modes. Such a Two Quadrant…

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Chopper Circuit with Input Inductance

Chopper Circuit with Input Inductance: The preceding discussion of the chopper assumes ideal conditions and does not consider the effects of inductances in series with the thyristors. With choppers of…

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DC Chopper

DC Chopper: DC Chopper are mainly dc to dc single stage conversion devices which provide a variable voltage on the load side when fed from a constant dc voltage source.…

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