THYRISTOR THREE PHASE,

SIX PULSE CONTROLLER

By Caitlin Barnes, Ashley Van Niekerk and Ashlee

Vuckovic!

OVERVIEW
Background
Theoretical Derivation
Firing Angle control
Simulation
Demonstration
Conclusion
References

THEORETICAL DERIVATION
Working out Vo
Io
Ripple Vo
Harmonic Distortion
ect

BACKGROUND
What is a Thyristors?
A thyristor or Silicon Controlled Rectifier (SCR) is essentially is a four-layer
semiconducter device that consists of an alternating P type and N type
material (PNPN) as seen below:

It consists of an Anode, Gate and Cathode, they are made to operate at high
voltage

BACKGROUND
How does it work?
Thyristors similar to diodes only conduct when the voltage across
the device becomes forward, however unlike a diode a current must
be conduct at the gate for the thyristor to operate . For example:

FIRE ANGLE CONTROL

Reference point used

by the firing unit

The Thyristor Firing

Unit detects when the
AC waveform passes
through zero and a
firing pulse is inputted
into the gate of the
thyristor according to
the adjustable delay
This delay is expressed
as an angle

FIRE ANGLE CONTROL

(MODEL 9030-3 THYRISTOR FIRING UNIT)

The unit is capable of working with both single
phase and 3 phase inputs

Angle control
The input voltage to the terminal can be varied by the user.
The unit outputs a firing angle of between 0-180
Synchronization
The terminal synchronizes its input by plugging in two separate
phases 1 and 2 respectively.
The reference point in each phase is found and the
microcontroller will output a current pulse according
to the set delay

FIRE ANGLE CONTROL

(MODEL 9030-3 THYRISTOR FIRING UNIT)

FIRE ANGLE CONTROL

Voltage Output

FIRE ANGLE CONTROL

During the red highlighted parts (<90)

the AC waveform is being rectified and
during the blue highlighted parts the
waveform is being inverted

FIRING ANGLE CONTROL

(CURRENT)

THE WORKINGS OF THE 3 PHASE, 6

PULSE THYRISTOR CIRCUIT
Circuit Diagram

Output

SIMULATION DIAGRAM

SIMULATION

Diode Example

Firing angle = 0

DEMONSTRATION
Source Line Current
Output Voltage
Change of average
Inverter effect
Output Current

POSSIBLE USES AND APPLICATION

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Power Electronics, Thyristor Circuits by staff of

Lab-volt Ltd