Abstract:
A pulse generating system for providing firing pulses to selectively trigger solid state control devices connected to a three-phase A.C. line system, and more specifically to trigger said devices in selected relation with respect to the phase and frequency of the A.C. line.
Abstract:
A trigger system and method for use in a line commutated power converter as used in either a rectification or an inversion mode of operation and more particularly a trigger system and method for a static converter for accurately controlling the firing angles for controlled rectifiers for converting between multiphase a-c power and d-c power by use of digital signal having magnitudes which are varied for varying firing angles for providing a converted output having a regulated voltage and/or current.
Abstract:
A method and circuit as disclosed herein for varying the current to N electrical loads by the use of SCR's, the arrangement being such that the total current is sinusoidal and of uniform amplitude at a particular setting. The technique involves the steps of generating a load sequence waveform, the period of which is nN full cycles of the ac source where n is any positive integer, and, during each period of the waveform, generating a load firing pattern for initiating the flow of a current I in each load, the load pattern being such that (a) the currents in each of the loads are initiated at instants which are n full cycles of the ac source apart, and (b) maintaining the current in each load for d full cycles of the ac source, where d is a duty factor and is any positive integer equal to or greater than n, but less than or equal to nN, whereby the total current drawn from the ac source is uniform and equal to dI/n.
Abstract translation:如本文所公开的用于通过使用SCR来改变电流到N个电负载的方法和电路,该布置使得总电流是正弦的并且在特定设置下具有均匀的幅度。 该技术涉及产生负载序列波形的步骤,其周期是交流电源的nN个整周期,其中n是任何正整数,并且在波形的每个周期期间,产生用于启动流量的负载点火模式 在每个负载中的电流I,负载模式使得(a)每个负载中的电流在交流电源的n个整周期的时刻启动,并且(b)将每个负载中的电流保持为d 交流源的全周期,其中d是占空系数,并且是等于或大于n但小于或等于nN的任何正整数,由此从ac源引出的总电流是均匀的并且等于dI / n 。
Abstract:
A digital control unit has an oscillator driven, binary coded counter, the outputs of which are connected to the first addend inputs of a number of adders. The second addend inputs of the adders are connected to phase angle inputs. The summation outputs of the adders are connected to a logic circuit, which derives timing pulses from the signals at the summation outputs of the adders and interlinks them to form a three-phase system of firing pulses for the controlled valves of the converter. The control unit can be used for fast shutdown of the controlled converter by blocking the firing pulses for the controlled main valves and shifting the firing pulses for the quenching valves as a function of the instantaneous phase of the converter output voltage; also the operating frequency can be increased.
Abstract:
A method of digital control of m-phase thyristor-pulse converters, in which the duration of the conductive state of the thyristors of each phase of an m-phase thyristor-pulse converter is changed by sending time-shifted and time-constant pulse trains successively from each control channel to the thyristors of respective phases with simultaneous shift of the onset of operation of the thyristors of each phase by (1/m) period of switching the thyristors. Successive connection of each control channel to a respective phase is effected upon achieving the maximum value of the control zone of each control channel. The apparatus for carrying out the proposed method includes a master oscillator connected to a clock counter whose outputs are connected to the inputs of a decoder for decoding the time-constant pulse trains and to the logic inputs of "m" decoders for decoding the time-shifted pulse trains. The data inputs of each of the "m" decoders are connected to the data outputs of a bidirectional counter connected to a control unit, while the ouput of each of the "m" decoders is connected to one of the "m" data inputs of a matching unit whose control inputs are connected to the control outputs of the bidirectional counter. The matching unit includes "m" groups of AND gates, each group comprising "m" AND gates; the output of each AND gate of the 1-th group is connected to the 1-th control output of the bidirectional counter, while the other input of the 1-th AND gate of each group is connected to the output of the decoder for decoding the 1-th time-shifted pulse train, where 1=1,2, . . . m and m is the number of phases of the polyphase thyristor-pulse d-c converter.
Abstract:
A method for control of a static valve converter consists of determining the difference between the actual and desired control pulse phases by the use of an equidistant pulse sequence, the frequency of which being equal to the coversion frequency, the pulse sequence phase being selected so that the mean difference between the equidistant pulse phase and the phase of the respective control pulses of all valves is equal to zero, and the pulse phase difference being determined for each individual valve. A control pulse automatic balancing unit incorporated in an apparatus for realizing the method of the present invention comprises an equidistant pulse sequence assembly, a shaping element, correcting signal circuits and logical AND elements equal in number to the number of conversion phases, and also logical circuits equal in number to the number of coversion phases. Each logical circuit comprises two logical AND elements, and a logical OR element connected to the outputs of the AND elements.
Abstract:
A polyphase digital controller comprised of circuitry to generate and count a group of digital clock pulses with the first pulse being counted after the zero crossing of the primary voltage. The number of pulses in the group is proportional to the control function representing (SCR) silicon controlled rectifiers off time. These clock pulses are counted by an up counter which is used to set an individual down counter in each phase. The up counter operates six times during each 360* of the input line. This setting of the down counters occurs when the primary voltage associated with the individual phase of each counter crosses zero. This zero crossing also starts the down counter associated with that phase, counting a clock frequency that is one-third the frequency of the up counter clock. When the down counter reaches zero it supplies a signal to fire the SCR controlling that phase.
Abstract:
Control systems for a multi-level diode-clamped inverter and corresponding methods include a processor and a digital logic circuit forming a hybrid controller. The processor identifies sector and region locations based on a sampled reference voltage vector V* and angle θe*. The processor then selects predefined switching sequences and pre-calculated turn-on time values based on the identified sector and region locations. The digital logic circuit generates PWM switching signals for driving power transistors of a multi-level diode-clamped inverter based on the turn-on time values and the selected switching sequences. The control system takes care of the existing capacitor voltage balancing issues of multi-level diode-clamped inverters while supplying both active and reactive power to an IT load. Using the control system, one can generate a symmetrical PWM signal that fully covers the linear under-modulation region.
Abstract:
There is provided a distributed control device including a sub-control circuit operated by using a power supply voltage, a first drive device controlled by the sub-control circuit, a first minor error output circuit that outputs a first minor error signal including first minor error information to the first drive device, a first major error output circuit that outputs a first major error signal including first major error information to the first drive device, a management control circuit that holds minor error information corresponding to the first minor error information and major error information corresponding to the first major error information, and a switching circuit that switches whether or not to supply the power supply voltage to the sub-control circuit. The switching circuit stops the supply of the power supply voltage to the sub-control circuit in accordance with the major error information.
Abstract:
System and methods for a power converter are described. A controller can generate first clock signals and generate pulse width modulation (PWM) signals using the first clock signals to operate a first number of active phases in a power converter to supply power to a load. The controller can determine the load demands a second number, greater than the first number, of active phases to supply the power. The controller can generate pulse signals and combine the pulse signals with the first clock signals to generate second clock signals having a higher frequency than the first clock signals. The controller can generate the PWM signals using the second clock signals to operate the second number of active phases in the power converter to supply power to the load.