Controlled Three-phase Rectifier Resistive-Inductive Load

Conduction does not begin until a gate signal

is applied.
Thus, the transition of the output voltage to
the maximum instantaneous line-to-line
source voltage can be delayed.
The average output voltage is:

1 23 3Vm,L L
/ 3 3
Vo Vm, L L sin( t ) d ( t )

2
1 3Vm,L L
Vo
/3 3
3

Vm, L L sin( t ) d ( t )

cos

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Controlled Three-phase Rectifier Resistive-Inductive Load

Harmonics for the output voltage remain of order 6k as the uncontrolled rectifier, but the
amplitude are functions of .

Normalized output voltage harmonics as a function of delay angle, .

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 Example 5:
A three-phase controlled rectifier has an input voltage, which is 480 Vrms at 60 Hz.
The load is modeled as a series resistance and inductance with R = 10 and
L =50mH. Determine:
a) required to produce an average current of 50 A in the load
b) The amplitude of harmonics n = 6 & n = 12.

Solution:
(a) The required DC component in the bridge output voltage is

Vo I0 R 50 x100 500V

The required delay angle (also known as firing angle) can be simply calculated as
follows;
V 500
cos 1 o cos 1 39.50
3Vm, L L 3 2 480
3
 Solution (cont.)
(b) Amplitudes of harmonic voltages are estimated from the graph in Fig. 1.
For 39.5 normalized harmonic voltages are V6/Vm 0.21 and V12/Vm 0.10.
0

Using Vm 2 480 , V6 143V and V12 68V , harmonic currents are then

V6 143
I6 1.26A
Z6 10 6377 0.05
2 2

V12 68
I12 0.30A
Z12 10 12377 0.05
2 2

Figure 1:
Normalized output voltage harmonics as a function of
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delay angle
Controlled Three-phase Rectifier Resistive-Inductive Load
Simulation

Discrete , In Mean 49 .92

Ts = 5e-006 s.
Discrete I load
powergui
+ i
Mean value
- +
- v
voltage

k
T1 T3 T5 current

g
a

a
[T1] [T3] [T5]

R=10ohm
L=50mH

k
T4 T6 T2
g

g
a

a
[T4] [T6] [T2]

39 .49

alpha _deg
180 0.2194

Constant 1 Slider alpha_deg [T1]

Gain +
- v AB [T2]

BC [T3]
+
- v
pulses
CA [T4]
+
- v Freq [T5]

Block [T6]
van vbn vcn
60 Discrete Synchronized
6-Pulse Generator
frequency

5 node 10 Constant
Controlled Three-phase Rectifier Resistive-Inductive Load
Simulation

Output voltage Output current

FFT window: 4 of 180 cycles of selected signal FFT window: 4 of 180 cycles of selected signal
55
600
50
400
200 45
0.334 0.336 0.338 0.34 0.342 0.344 0.334 0.336 0.338 0.34 0.342 0.344
Time (s) Time (s)

Fundamental (360Hz) = 144.6 , THD= 76.73% Fundamental (360Hz) = 1.274 , THD= 27.71%
500 50
V0 500V I0 50A
400 40

300 30
Mag

Mag
200 V6 143V 20
V12 68V I 6 1.26A
100 10
I12 0.30A
0 0
0 180 360 540 720 900 0 180 360 540 720 900
Frequency (Hz) Frequency (Hz)

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 Twelve-Pulse Rectifier

Reduce THD of output voltage

Increase DC component/amplitude of output voltage

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 THE THREE-PHASE CONVERTER OPERATING AS AN
INVERTER

00 900 (rectifying mode)

900 1800 (inverting mode)

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 DC POWER TRANSMISSION
Concept with 6-pulse converters

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