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ECEN 4517/5517
Experiment 4: inverter system
12 VDC
Battery
DC-AC
inverter
Isolated
flyback
H-bridge
vac(t)
AC load
120 Vrms
60 Hz
d(t)
Feedback
controller
d(t)
Vref
Feedback controller to
regulate HVDC
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Digital
controller
Due dates
Right now:
Prelab assignment for Exp. 3 Part 3 (one from every student)
Due within five minutes of beginning of lecture
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Exp. 4 Part 1:
Design and fabrication of
flyback transformer
Snubber circuit
Demonstrate flyback
converter power stage
operating open loop
Vbatt
snubber
PWM
Compensator
Exp. 4 Part 2:
Design feedback loop
Measure loop gain, compare with simulation and theory
Demonstrate closed-loop control of converter output voltage
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Vref
Exp. 4, Part 3
H-bridge inverter, off grid
vHVDC
IR3101
IR3101
iac(t)
+
AC load
120 Vrms
60 Hz
vac(t)
Digital
controller
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vac(t) has a
rectangular
waveform
Inverter transistors
switch at 60 Hz,
T = 8.33 msec
+ VHVDC
DT/2
T/2
VHVDC
1
T
vac t dt = D V HVDC
0
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PWM Inverter
Average vac(t) has a
sinusoidal waveform
Inverter transistors
switch at frequency
substantially higher
than 60 Hz
vac(t)
Vg
iL
Conversion ratio:
V = D
Vg
1D
Subinterval 1
iL
Vg
Subinterval 2
+
iL
Vg
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See also:
supplementary
notes on Flyback
converter, Exp. 4
web page
buck-boost converter:
D1
Vg
V
+
Q1
construct inductor
winding using two
parallel wires:
D1
1:1
Vg
V
+
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Q1
D1
1:1
Vg
LM
Flyback converter
having a 1:n turns
ratio and positive
output:
1:n
Vg
LM
Q1
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D1
C
n1 : n2
i2(t)
v1(t)
v2(t)
v1(t)
i1'(t)
n1 : n 2
iM(t)
LM
v2(t)
i3(t)
i3(t)
+
v3(t)
v3(t)
: n3
: n3
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i2(t)
Ideal
transformer
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Models magnetization of
transformer core material
B(t)
saturation
slope LM
H(t) i M (t)
v1(t) dt
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Volt-second balance in LM
The magnetizing inductance is a real inductor,
obeying
i1(t)
di (t)
v1(t) = L M M
dt
+
v1(t)
integrate:
i M (t) i M (0) = 1
LM
t
0
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Ts
0
n1 : n 2
i2(t)
+
iM(t)
LM
v2(t)
v1()d
0= 1
Ts
i1'(t)
i3(t)
+
v3(t)
: n3
Ideal
transformer
v1(t)dt
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ig
Vg
LM
vL
1:n
iC
D1
Q1
A two-winding inductor
Symbol is same as
transformer, but function
differs significantly from
ideal transformer
Energy is stored in
magnetizing inductance
Magnetizing inductance is
relatively small
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Subinterval 1
Transformer model
ig
Vg
LM
vL
iC
1:n
vL = V g
iC = v
R
ig = i
CCM: small ripple
approximation leads to
Q1 on, D1 off
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vL = V g
iC = V
R
ig = I
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Subinterval 2
Transformer model
ig
=0
Vg
+
vL
i/n
v/n
+
iC
1:n
vL = nv
i C = ni v
R
ig = 0
CCM: small ripple
approximation leads to
vL = V
n
i C = nI V
R
ig = 0
Q1 off, D1 on
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Vg
Volt-second balance:
vL = D Vg + D' V
n =0
V/n
Conversion ratio is
M(D) = V = n D
Vg
D'
Charge balance:
I/n V/R
iC
i C = D V + D' nI V = 0
R
R
V/R
Dc component of magnetizing
current is
ig
I
I = nV
D'R
0
DTs
Conducting
devices:
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Ts
Q1
D'Ts
I g = i g = D I + D' 0
D1
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i C = D V + D' nI V = 0
R
R
Vg
Ig
DI
+ DV
g
D'V
n
D'I
n
I g = i g = D I + D' 0
D' : n
+
Ig
+
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1:D
Vg
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25 V 2200 F: 2.88 A
35 V 2200 F: 3.45 A
Snubber loss
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n1 : n2
i1
Vg
iM
LM
vM
D1
C
0
i1(t)
IM
i2
Q1
0
i2(t)
n1
I
n2 M
0
vM(t)
0
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iM
IM
Transformer model
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Vg
DTs
Approach
Use your PQ 32/20 core
Choose turns ratio n2/n1, LM, D, and fs (choose your own
values, dont use values in supplementary notes)
Select primary turns n1 so that total loss Ptot in flyback
transformer is minimized:
Ptot = Pfe + Pcu = core loss plus copper loss
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Core loss
CCM flyback example
B-H loop for this application:
B(t)
B(t)
Bsat
Bmax
Bmax
B
0
Hc(t)
vM(t)
Minor BH loop,
CCM flyback
example
B
Vg
n1 A c
Vg
DTs
BH loop,
large excitation
dB(t) vM (t)
=
n1 A c
dt
Solve for B:
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VgDTs
B=
2n 1A c
Vg
dB(t)
=
n1 A c
dt
P fe = K fe(B) A c l m
= slope
Kfe = constant that depends on fs
Aclm = core volume
At 60C:
= 2.6
Kfe = 16 (50 kHz), 40 (100 kHz)
with Pfe in watts, Aclm in cm3, B in Tesla
From previous slide:
VgDTs
B=
2n 1A c
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Copper loss
Power loss in resistance of wire
Must allocate the
core window area
between the various
windings
Winding 1 allocation
1WA
Winding 2 allocation
2WA
0 < j < 1
1 + 2 +
{
{
Total window
area WA
etc.
Optimum
choice:
m =
n mI m
nI
n=1
j j
(MLT )n 21 I 2tot
The resulting total copper loss is: Pcu =
WAK u
Choose wire gauges:
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+ k = 1
1 K uW A
n1
K W
A w2 2 u A
n2
A w1
with
I tot =
j=1
nj
n1 I j
r lo
fe
ss P
P fe = K fe(B) A c l m
re l
o
ppe
(MLT )n 21 I 2tot
Pcu =
WAK u
VgDTs
B=
2n 1A c
Ptot
Co
There is a value of B
(or n1) that minimizes
the total power loss
Optimum B
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Ll
ig
+ vl
1:n
LM
Vg
D1
C
Q1
Voltage spike
caused by
leakage
inductance
di
vl = L l l
dt
Vg + v/n
iRon
t
DTs
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vT(t)
vT(t)
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Protection of Q1
using a voltage-clamp snubber
Snubber
Flyback transformer
ig
Rs
Vg
vs
1:n
Cs
D1
C
Q1
+
vT(t)
Usually, Cs is large
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