A presentation on

Three Phase Bridge Inverter

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Contents
Introduction of Inverter
Three Phase Bridge Inverter
Three Phase 180 Mode
Equivalent Circuit & Waveforms
Three Phase 120 mode
Equivalent Circuit & Waveforms
Differences between 180 & 120 mode
Applications

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Inverter Introduction
A device that converts dc power into ac power at desired

output voltage and frequency is called an inverter.

The output voltage can be fixed or variable at a fixed or
variable frequency.
A variable output voltage can be obtained by varying the
input dc voltage and maintaining the gain of the inverter
constant.

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Three Phase Bridge Inverter

A basic three phase inverter is a six step bridge

inverter. It uses a minimum of six Thyristor.

For one cycle of 360 degree each step would be of 60

degree interval for a six step inverter. This means that

Thyristors would be gated at regular intervals of 60
degree in proper sequence so that a 3 phase ac voltage is
synthesized at the output terminals of a six step inverter

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180 Mode inverter

AC supply contains positive voltage as well as

negative voltage.
For each phase we require 2 Thyristors.
1 for Positive cycle ( for 180 Duration)
1 for negative cycle ( for 180 Duration )
Similarly for three phase we require 6 Thyristors.
3 for positive cycle ( for 180 Duration)
3 for negative cycle ( for 180 Duration)
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Circuit Diagram & waveforms

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Voltage calculation for each 0 -60 interval

Equivalent circuit for 0-60

General
circuit

Calculation for phase voltages:

Z of an and z of cn are parallel. So resultant will be z/2. By using voltage divider
we get,

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Voltage Values for different intervals for 180 mode

Ste
p

Thyristo
rs
conducti
ng

Thyristor
s
connecte
d to +ve
dc
terminal

Thyristor Vao
s
connecte
d to ve
dc
terminal

Vbo

1.

5,6,1

1,5

Vs/3

Vs/3
2Vs/3

2.

6,1,2

2,6

2Vs/3

-Vs/3

-Vs/3

3.

1,2,3

1,3

Vs/3

Vs/3

-2Vs/3

4.

2,3,4

2,4

-Vs/3

2Vs/3 -Vs/3

5.

3,4,5

3,5

-2Vs/3

Vs/3

Vs/3

6.

4,5,6

4,6

-Vs/3

-Vs/3

2Vs/3

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Vco

120 Mode Inverter

In this each Thyristor will conduct only for 120.
For 120 to 180 no Thyristor will conduct.

After the conduction of 120 each Thyristor gets the

60 off duration interval.

Ex: T1- 0 to 120 ( conduction occurs )
120 to 180 ( No conduction occur )

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Circuit Diagram & waveforms

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Voltage Values for different intervals for 180 mode

Ste
p

Thyristo
rs
conducti
ng

Thyristor
s
connecte
d to +ve
dc
terminal

Thyristor Vao
s
connecte
d to ve
dc
terminal

Vbo

Vco

1.

6,1

Vs/2

-Vs/2

2.

1,2

Vs/2

-Vs/2

3.

2,3

Vs/2

-Vs/2

4.

3,4

-Vs/2

Vs/2

5.

4,5

-Vs/2

Vs/2

6.

5,6

-Vs/2

Vs/2

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The phase voltages & Line Voltages equations:

Phase Voltages

Line Voltages

For n = 3, Cos (3/6) = 0. This indicates that the

triplen harmonics are absent from the line voltages.
This voltages are independent of the nature of load
which can be any combination of resistance,
inductance and capacitance.
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Comparison
180 MODE

120 MODE

Phase voltage is continuous.

Phase voltage is discontinuous.

Line voltage is discontinuous.

Line voltage is continuous.

Efficiency = 66.67%

Efficiency = 50%

No delay is provided between

Switching ON and Switching OFF
of Thyristors in same arm.

60 delay is provided between

Switching ON and Switching OFF
of Thyristors in same arm.

Short circuit condition of an arm

may arise.

No chance of Short circuit

condition of an arm.

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Applications
Induction Heating

UPS

HVDC

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Thank You
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