Experimental evaluation of hybrid cycloconverters

Power converters consisting of naturally commutated thyristors such as cycloconverters and current source inverters were the first used in driving electrical motors with variable speed but now due to their inferior performance compared to forced commutated converters, their use is restricted in the...

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Main Authors: Klumpner, Christian, Xu, Tianning, Clare, Jon C.
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Published: 2009
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34830/
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author Klumpner, Christian
Xu, Tianning
Clare, Jon C.
author_facet Klumpner, Christian
Xu, Tianning
Clare, Jon C.
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description Power converters consisting of naturally commutated thyristors such as cycloconverters and current source inverters were the first used in driving electrical motors with variable speed but now due to their inferior performance compared to forced commutated converters, their use is restricted in the high voltage/high power range where the performance and cost of forced commutated switching devices is not competitive yet. Hybrid cycloconverters proposed recently improve the performance of cycloconverters by adding an auxiliary forced commutated inverter with reduced installed power that enhances the control over the circulating current and improves the quality of the output voltage. This paper evaluates the performance of a few standard and hybrid cycloconverter arrangements using simulation and experimental results.
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spelling nottingham-348302020-05-04T16:28:14Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34830/ Experimental evaluation of hybrid cycloconverters Klumpner, Christian Xu, Tianning Clare, Jon C. Power converters consisting of naturally commutated thyristors such as cycloconverters and current source inverters were the first used in driving electrical motors with variable speed but now due to their inferior performance compared to forced commutated converters, their use is restricted in the high voltage/high power range where the performance and cost of forced commutated switching devices is not competitive yet. Hybrid cycloconverters proposed recently improve the performance of cycloconverters by adding an auxiliary forced commutated inverter with reduced installed power that enhances the control over the circulating current and improves the quality of the output voltage. This paper evaluates the performance of a few standard and hybrid cycloconverter arrangements using simulation and experimental results. 2009-02-15 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Klumpner, Christian, Xu, Tianning and Clare, Jon C. (2009) Experimental evaluation of hybrid cycloconverters. In: Twenty-Fourth Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC'09), 15-19 Feb 2009, Washington, DC, USA. Constant Current Sources Cycloconvertors Electric Motors Invertors Thyristor Convertors http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=4802737 10.1109/APEC.2009.4802737 10.1109/APEC.2009.4802737 10.1109/APEC.2009.4802737
spellingShingle Constant Current Sources
Cycloconvertors
Electric Motors
Invertors
Thyristor Convertors
Klumpner, Christian
Xu, Tianning
Clare, Jon C.
Experimental evaluation of hybrid cycloconverters
title Experimental evaluation of hybrid cycloconverters
title_full Experimental evaluation of hybrid cycloconverters
title_fullStr Experimental evaluation of hybrid cycloconverters
title_full_unstemmed Experimental evaluation of hybrid cycloconverters
title_short Experimental evaluation of hybrid cycloconverters
title_sort experimental evaluation of hybrid cycloconverters
topic Constant Current Sources
Cycloconvertors
Electric Motors
Invertors
Thyristor Convertors
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