MATLAB/SIMULINK EXPERIMENTS

Experiment No. 1
Simulation of 1-Phase Fully-controlled Bridge Rectifier fed
Separately Excited DC Motor
AIM:
01 Simulate a 1-phase fully controlled bridge rectifier fed separately excited DC motor
using simulink/MATLAB under different load conditions and at various firing
angles.
02 Observe the waveforms armature voltage, armature current, source current Vs time
03 Observe the speed Vs time and torque Vs time characteristics
PRINCIPLE
SINGLE PHASE FULL CONVERTER
During positive half cycle, thyristors T1 and T2 are
forward biased; and when these two thryristors are
fired simultaneously at ωt=α, the load is connected to
the input supply through T1 and T2. During negative
half cycle, T3 and T4 fired simultaneously at ωt=π+α.
At this instant, T1 and T2 are automatically turned
OFF. Here, the load current is assumed to be
continuous.

Average output voltage,

π +α
1
1 2Vm
Vdc =
π ∫V
α
m sin ωtd (ωt ) =
π
cos α 50

For α > 90°, average output voltage is negative, but the

load current continues to flow in the same direction, so
output power is negative. Power flows from load to 1
+α
100
source. It is possible only for active load, i.e., when the
load has an emf source (RLE).

In a separately excited motor, it is possible to control both armature voltage and field current, so
as to control the speed over a wide range in the smooth manner. Speeds ranging from zero to base
speed may be obtained at constant torque by armature voltage control. Speeds above base speed
are possible at constant power output by weakening of the flux.
Controlled rectifier fed dc drives are widely used in applications requiring a wide range of speed
control and/or frequent starting, braking, and reversing.

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A single-phase fully controlled rectifier fed separately
excited DC motor is shown below. Field supply is not
shown. When field control is required, field is fed
from a controlled rectifier, otherwise from an
uncontrolled rectifier.
When armature current does not flow continuously,
the motor is said to operate in discontinuous
conduction. When current flows continuously, the
conduction is said to be continuous.

In continuous conduction mode, armature voltage va, armature current ia and source current is are
shown in figure below.
From ωt=α to π+α, thyristors T1
and T2 are conducting. Armature
voltage va is same as the source
voltage vs and source current is is
same as the load current ia.

At ωt=π+α, T3 and T4 are turned ON. T1 and T2 are turned OFF automatically by the
reverse voltage applied due to the turning ON of T3 and T4. During ωt=π+α to 2π+α,
armature voltage, va = -vs and source current, is = - ia.
In discontinuous conduction mode, armature voltage va, armature current ia and source current is
are shown in figure below.
From ωt=α to β, thyristors T1 and T2
are conducting. Armature voltage va
is same as the source voltage vs and
source current is is same as the load
current ia. At ωt=β, armature current
ia decreases to zero and T1 and T2
are turned OFF since its anode
current falls to zero. Hence, during
ωt=β to π+α, all the devices are
OFF. Since armature current is zero,
armature voltage is same as the
back emf E.
At ωt=π+α, T3 and T4 are turned
ON. Armature voltage, va = -vs and
source current, is = - ia.

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Simulink Blocks Used:-
G1&4 – Pulse generator (time-based, amplitude 5, period 1/50 sec, pulse width 10%, phase delay
0 or 1/100) Note: Firing angle ∝=45°, phase delay = 0.01/4 for T1 & T4 and = 0.01+0.01/4 for
T2 & T3
Ia, Ia – Current Measurement
Va – Voltage Measurement
T1 to T4 – Thyristor
L – Series RLC branch
Vs – AC voltage source
150V – DC voltage source
Scope
SEDCM – DC machine Preset Model 2
TL – Constant
Bus selector
Powergui

SIMULINK DIAGRAM

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 Armature Voltage, Armature Current and Source Current in CCM (L=80mH)

Speed Vs time and Torque Vs time characteristics in CCM

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 Armature Voltage, Armature Current and Source Current in DCM (L=0mH)

RESULT:
A single-phase fully controlled bridge rectifier fed separately excited DC motor (5HP, 240V,
1750rpm) was simulated and waveforms/characteristics observed

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 Experiment No. 2 a)
Design and Simulation of Buck Converter
AIM:
Design the values of filter inductance L and filter capacitance C of a buck converter with
input voltage Vs = 48V, average output voltage Vo = 12V and load resistance R = 10Ω.
Switching frequency is 40kHz. The peak to peak ripple inductance current is to be limited
to 0.045A and peak to peak ripple capacitor voltage is to be limited to 0.12V. Also,
simulate the circuit.
PRINCIPLE :
DC-DC CONVERTERS :
DC-DC power converters are widely used in regulated switch-mode dc power supplies and dc
motor drive applications. The input to the DC-DC converter is an unregulated dc voltage Vs. The
converter produces a regulated output voltage Vo, having a magnitude that differs from Vs.
Different DC-DC converters are i) Step-down (buck) converter, ii) Step-up (boost) converter iii)
Step-down/step-up (buck-boost) converter iv) Cuk Converter and v) SEPIC (single-ended primary
inductance) converter.
BUCK CONVERTER : A buck converter produces a lower average output voltage Vo than the
dc input voltage Vs.
During the interval when the switch is ON, the diode becomes reverse biased and the input
provides energy to the load as well as to the inductor. During the interval when the switch is off,
the inductor current flows through the diode, transferring some of its stored energy to the load.
The filter capacitor at the output is assumed to be very large so that vo(t) = Vo.
DESIGN:
Duty ratio, D = Vo = 12 = 0.25
Vs 48
Vs D (1 − D ) 48 × 0.25 × (1 − 0.25)
L= = = 5mH
f × ΔI L 40 × 103 × 0.045
Vs D (1 − D ) 48 × 0.25 × (1 − 0.25)
C= = = 1.17 μ F
8 f 2 L × ΔVc 8 × (40 × 103 ) 2 × 5 × 10−3 × 0.12

Simulink Blocks Used:-

R,L,C – series RLC branch

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PG – Pulse Generator (Amplitude 1, period 2.5x10-5, pulse width 25%)
MOSFET, DIODE (from Simpower systems – Power Electronics)
48V - Dc voltage source
Voltage measurement, current measurement

RESULT:
Buck converter was designed and simulated.

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 Experiment No. 2 b)
Design and Simulation of Boost Converter
AIM:
Design the values of filter inductance L and filter capacitance C of a boost converter with
input voltage Vs = 5V, average output voltage Vo = 15V and load resistance R = 30Ω.
Switching frequency is 25kHz. The peak to peak ripple inductance current is to be limited
to 0.89A and peak to peak ripple capacitor voltage is to be limited to 0.06V. Also, simulate
the circuit.
PRINCIPLE:
BOOST CONVERTER : In Boost converters, the output voltage is always greater than the
input voltage.
When the switch is ON, the diode is reverse biased, thus isolating the output voltage. The input
supplies energy to the inductor. When the switch is OFF, the output stage receives energy from
the inductor as well as from the input.

DESIGN:
Vs 5
Duty ratio, D = 1 − = 1 − = 0.6667
Vo 15
Vo 15
Io = = = 0.5 A
R 30
Vs D 5 × 0.6667
L= = = 150 μ H
f × ΔI L 25 × 103 × 0.89

Io D 0.5 × 0.6667
C= = = 222 μ F
f × ΔVc 25 × 103 × 0.06

Simulink Blocks Used:-

R,L,C – series RLC branch
PG – Pulse Generator (Amplitude 1, period 4x10-5, pulse width 66.67%)
MOSFET, DIODE (from Simpower systems – Power Electronics)

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5V - Dc voltage source
Voltage measurement, current measurement

RESULT:
Boost converter was designed and simulated.

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 Experiment No. 2 c)
Design and Simulation of Buck-Boost Converter
AIM:
Design the values of filter inductance L and filter capacitance C of a buck-boost converter
with input voltage Vs = 12V, average output voltage Vo = -4V and load resistance R =
3.2Ω. Switching frequency is 25kHz. The peak to peak ripple inductance current is to be
limited to 0.8A and peak to peak ripple capacitor voltage is to be limited to 0.06V. Also,
simulate the circuit.

PRINCIPLE:
BUCK-BOOST CONVERTER : In buck-boost converters, the output voltage is either higher
or lower than the input voltage; but the polarity of the output voltage is reversed with respect to
the input voltage.
When the switch is ON, the diode is reverse biased and input provides energy to the inductor.
When the switch is OFF, the energy stored in the inductor is transferred to the output. No energy
is supplied by the input during this interval.
DESIGN:
Duty ratio, D = Vo = 4 = 0.25
Vs + Vo 12 + 4
Vo 4
Io = = = 1.25 A
R 3.2
Vs D 12 × 0.25
L= = = 150 μ H
f × ΔI L 25 × 103 × 0.8

Io D 1.25 × 0.25
C= = = 208μ F
f × ΔVc 25 × 103 × 0.06

Simulink Blocks Used:-

R,L,C – series RLC branch
PG – Pulse Generator (Amplitude 1, period 4x10-5, pulse width 25%)
MOSFET, DIODE (from Simpower systems – Power Electronics)

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12V - Dc voltage source
Voltage measurement, current measurement

RESULT:
Buck-Boost converter was designed and simulated.

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 Experiment No. 3
Speed Control of 3-phase Induction Motor using V/f
technique
AIM:
01 Control the speed of a 3-phase squirrel cage induction motor using stator voltage and
frequency control using sine PWM technique

PRINCIPLE
The open loop volts/hertz control of an induction motor is by far most popular method of speed
control because of its simplicity, and these types of motors are widely used in industry. Voltage is
required to be proportional to frequency so that stator flux (Φ) remains constant. This causes
maximum motor torque (Tmax) to also remain constant and independent of supply frequency.
Figure shows the torque-speed curves on example
of fan or pump load type. Speed is increasing
proportionally with frequency and maximum
torque remains constant if supply voltage also
increases with frequency. Scalar control is simple
to implement but, because of the inherent
coupling effect (i.e.
both torque and flux are functions of voltage or
current or frequency), gives sluggish response
and the system is easily prone to instability.
Simulink Blocks Used:-
550V – DC voltage source
PWM generator (3arm bridge – 6 pulses) (10kHz)
Measurement after induction motor - Bus selector
Mux
SCIM – Asynchronous machine (squirrel cage) Preset Model No. 15 (5kW, 400V, 50Hz,
1440rpm)
TL - constant
Inverter – universal bridge (3 arm)
sin_wt – Fcn

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RESULT:
Speed of a 3-phase squirrel cage induction motor was controlled using V/f method using sine
PWM inverter.

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 Experiment No. 4
Closed Loop Speed Control of DC Motor
AIM:
Control the speed of a dc motor in closed loop using PID and hysteresis controller using a
step down chopper

PRINCIPLE
DC motors are used extensively in adjustable-speed drives and position control applications.
Their speeds below base speed can be controlled by armature voltage control. Speeds above base
speed are obtained by field-flux control. As speed control methods for dc motors are simple and
less expensive than those for ac motors, dc motors are preferred where wide-speed control range
is required.
Phase controlled converters provide an adjustable dc output voltage from a fixed ac input voltage.
DC choppers also provide dc output voltage from a fixed dc input voltage.
When variable dc voltage is to be obtained from fixed dc voltage, dc chopper is the ideal choice.
A chopper is inserted in between a fixed dc voltage source and the dc motor armature for its speed
control below base speed.
Closed loop speed control system with inner current loop is shown below.

The output of the speed controller represents a torque command. Because torque is proportional to
armature current, the output of the speed controller also represents the current command Ia*,
which is then compared with the actual current Ia. A limit on the output of the speed controller
will therefore clamp the value of the motor current Ia.
The speed controller and current controller can have P or PI control. The selection depends on the
requirements of the drive performance.

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Simulink Blocks Used:-
L=10mH – series RLC branch
DC Machine (preset model 01)
GTO (from Simpower systems – Power Electronics)
12V - Dc voltage source
Voltage measurement, current measurement
Transfer Function
PI Controller (Kp=1.6, Ki=16)
Relay (Hysteresis band 0.1 & -0.1)
Bus Selector

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RESULT:
Closed loop speed control of separately excited DC motor was simulated and its operation under
various load conditions was analyzed.

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 FAMILIARISATION OF MATLAB/SIMULINK

MATLAB (short for Matrix Laboratory) is a matrix processing language that is applicable
to scientific and engineering data processing.
To start with MATLAB, double click/open MATLAB. A command window will appear.
A cursor will start blinking on a line right after ‘>>’ (this is called a prompt).

Some interesting functions :

date
calendar x=-pi:0.01:pi;
datestr(now) % date & time y=cos(x);
clc plot(x,y)
x=5 xlabel('x')
f=x.^2+1 ylabel('y=cos(x)')
y=sqrt(5) title('Graph of cosine’)
x=[6,7,8,9] plot(x,y,’g’)
x’
y=[6;7;8;9] Note:
z=[6,7;8,9] title used to put title on graph
p=zeros(2,3) xlabel labels x-axis
q=ones(2,3) ylabel labels y-axis
u=[1:8] axis freezes the axis limits
v=[1:2:8] plot performs linear x-y plot
A=[1 2 3; 4 5 6; 7 8 9] stem discrete-time plot
A=[2,3] grid adds grid to a plot
sin(pi/4)
t=[0:0.1:1]
k=exp(t)
clc

MATLAB allows operations involving complex numbers. Complex numbers are entered
using function i or j. (eg: 3+3*i)
Color of the graph may be specified using the statement: plot(x, y, ’g’)
r – red; g - green; b – blue; k – black; w - white
syms → symbolic statement

Find the roots of the p=[1 9 23 15]; Ans:-

polynomial f ( x) = x3 + 9 x 2 + 23x + 15 r=roots(p) r = -5.000 -3.000 -
1.000

Plot File Name: ans =

threephase1 3-phase sine waves
1
x = sin(t ); t=0:pi/64:4*pi;
y = sin(t − 120); x=sin(t); 0.5
z = sin(t + 120) y=sin(t-2*pi/3);
z=sin(t+2*pi/3); 0
plot(t,x,t,y,t,z);
-0.5
title('3-phase sine
waves'); -1
0 5 10 15

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Find the coefficients of the polynomial p=poly([-5 -3 -1]) Ans:-
if the roots are s1= -5, s2= -3 and s3= -1 p=
1 9 23 15

To create .m files : File →New→Script Editor Untitled appears Type programme Save &
Run
See the answer in Command Window

Find h(t) if File Name : invlap1 Ans:-

24 syms F s 3 - 3/exp(8*t)
H ( s) =
s ( s + 8) F=24/(s*(s+8))
(Ans:- f (t ) = 3(1 − e−8t ) ) ilaplace(F)

Solve the differential File Name : solvedif1 Ans:-

equation y = dsolve('Dy+4*y = y=
dy(t ) exp(-t)', 'y(0) = 1')
+ 4 y(t ) = e−t ; y(0) = 1
dt 1/(3*exp(t)) +
2/(3*exp(4*t))

Differentiate w.r.to t. File Name : diff1 ans =

sin( at + b) syms a b t;
f = sin(a*t + b); a*cos(b + a*t)
diff(f)

Integrate w.r.to t. File Name : int1 ans =

sin( at + b) syms a b t;
f = sin(a*t + b); -cos(b + a*t)/a
int(f)

Find h(t) if File Name : impresp1 Ans:-

s 2 + 3s + 1 num = [1 3 1 ]; r = -1 -1
H ( s) = 2 den = [1 5 6]; p = -3 -2
s + 5s + 6
Ans:- [r, p, k] = residue(num, k= 1
1 1 den)
H ( s) = 1 − −
s+3 s+2
h(t ) = δ (t ) − e−3t − e −2t

Find Z-transform File Name : ztran1 ans =

sin[an] syms a n w;
f = sin(a*n); (z*sin(a))/(z^2 - 2*cos(a)*z +
ztrans(f) 1)

Find inverse Z-transform File Name : iztran1 ans =

2z syms z
( z − 2)2 f = 2*z/(z-2)^2; 2^n + 2^n*(n - 1)
iztrans(f)

Generate sine File Name: sine2 ans =

sequence clear all;

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y[ n] = cos 0.2π n N=21; sinusoidal sequence
n=0:1:N-1; 1

Amplitue
y=cos(.2*pi*n);
subplot(1,1,1); 0
stem(n,y); -1
ylabel('Amplitue'); 0 10 20
xlabel('n'); n
title('sinusoidal sequence')

Generate sine File Name: sine1 ans =

sequence clear all;
y1[t ] = cos 0.2π t N=11; cos0.2*pi*t

magnitude
t=0:0.01:N-1; 1
& y2 [t ] = sin 0.2π t
0
y1=cos(.2*pi*t);
-1
subplot(2,1,1); 0 2 4
t
6 8 10
plot(t,y1); sin0.2*pi*t
ylabel('magnitude'); 1

magnitude
xlabel('t'); 0
title('cos0.2*pi*t') -1
0 2 4 6 8 10
y2=sin(.2*pi*t); t

subplot(2,1,2);
plot(t,y2);
ylabel('magnitude');
xlabel('t');
title('sin0.2*pi*t')

Find Fourier transform File Name: fourier1 ans =

f (t ) = e −t 2 syms t;
f = exp(-t^2); pi^(1/2)/exp(w^2/4)
fourier(f)

Find the solution of the File Name: ans =

difference equation soldifeqn2 y=
y ( n) − 0.6 y (n − 1) = 4u ( n) . n=[0:9]; 0 4.0000 6.4000 7.8400
Assume y(0)=0. y(1)=0; 8.7040 9.2224 9.5334 9.7201
for m=2:10; 9.8320 9.8992
y(m)=0.6*y(m- 10

1)+4; 8
end 6
y
stem(n,y,'fill'),grid 4

0
0 2 4 6 8

Find the partial fraction File Name: partialf1 ans =

expansion of the transfer [r,p,k]=residuez([1,-10,- r = -1.5000 0.5000
function given below 4,4],[2,-2,-4]) p= 2 -1
k= 1.5000 -1.0000

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 1 − 10 z −1 − 4 z −2 + 4 z −3
X ( z) = −1.5 0.5
2 − 2 z −1 − 4 z − 2 X ( z) = + + 1.5 − z −1
−1
(Note: 1− 2z 1 + z −1
bo + b1 z −1 + b2 z −2 + b3 z −3 )
X ( z) =
1 + a1 z −1 + a2 z −2

Find the linear File Name: linconv1 ans =

convolution of n=1:7; y=
two sequences x=[1,2,3,4]; 1 3 6 10 9 7 4
x(n) = {1, 2,3, 4} h=[1,1,1,1];
and y=conv(x,h)
h(n) = {1,1,1,1} stem(n,y,'fill'),grid

Note: ‘fill’ → color the circle at the end of the stem

Find the first 5 terms of the File Name: partialf1 ans =

inverse z- b=[1 2 1]; 1.0000 3.0000 3.6439
1 + 2 z −1 + z −2 a=[1 -1 0.3561]; 2.5756 1.2780
transform X ( z ) = n=5;
1 − z −1 + 0.3561z −2
b=[b zeros(1,n-1)];
[x,r]=deconv(b,a);
disp(x)

Draw the pole-zero plot of File Name: pzplot1 ans =

−1
1.2 − 2.2 z + 1.5 z −2
b=[1.2 -2.2 1.05 0];
Y ( z) = a=[1 -2 1.25 -0.25];
1 − 2 z −1 + 1.25 z −2 − 0.25 z −3
. zplane(b,a);

Generate File Name: sawtooth1 ans =

sawtooth fs = 10000; 1

waveform t = 0:1/fs:1.5;
0.5
x = sawtooth(2*pi*50*t);
plot(t,x), 0
axis([0 0.2 -1 1])
-0.5

-1
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2

Generate File Name: sinc1 ans =

sinc(x) x = linspace(-5,5);
y = sinc(x);
plot(x,y),grid

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 1

0.5

-0.5
-5 0 5

Find the transpose of File Name: matrix1 ans =

conjugate, transpose and m=[1+j 2-2*j; 3+2*j x=
inverse of the matrix 4+3*j] 1.00 - 1.00i 3.00 - 2.00i
⎛ 1 + j1 2 − j 2 ⎞ x=m' 2.00 + 2.00i 4.00 - 3.00i
m=⎜ ⎟. y=m.' y=
⎝ 3 + j 2 4 + j3 ⎠
z=inv(m) 1.00 + 1.00i 3.00 + 2.00i
2.00 - 2.00i 4.00 + 3.00i
z=
-0.0556 - 0.3889i 0.2222 +
0.0000i
0.0556 + 0.2778i 0-
0.1111i

Response of an RC File Name: ans =

circuit response1 6
Response of an RC circuit

t = 0:0.1:2.5;
voltage in volts

y = 6*exp(-2*t); 4

plot (t, y)
2
title ('Response of an
RC circuit') 0
xlabel ('time in 0 0.5 1 1.5
time in seconds
2 2.5

seconds')
ylabel ('voltage in
volts')
grid

Find the residues of File Name: matrix1 ans =

4s 4 + 3s 3 + 6s 2 + 10s + 20
H ( s) = 4
s + 2 s 3 + 5s 2 + 2 s + 8
r r
H ( s) = 1 + 2 + ..... + n + ∑ kn s n
s − p1 s − p2 s − pn n =0
num = [4 3 6 10 r=
20]; -1.6970 + 3.0171i
r N den = [1 2 5 2 8]; -1.6970 - 3.0171i
[r, p, k] = -0.8030 - 0.9906i
residue(num, den) -0.8030 + 0.9906i
p=
-1.2629 + 1.7284i
-1.2629 - 1.7284i
0.2629 + 1.2949i
0.2629 - 1.2949i
k=
4

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Plot step response File Name: ans =
s stepres1
H (s) =
Step Response

s 2 + 2 s + 101 num=[1,0];
den=[1 2 101]; 0.05

step(num,den)

Amplitude
0

-0.05

0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Time (seconds)

=====================================================================

SIMULINK - Tutorial
TUTORIAL 1
Generate 3-phase sine waves with amplitude 10.

Blocks used : sine wave, bus creater, scope

TUTORIAL 2
Find the current through & voltage across the RC series branch.

Blocks used: AC voltage source, current measurement, voltage measurement, RLC series
branch, scope
TUTORIAL 3
Simulate the open circuit and short circuit tests on a 1-phase transformer 2.5kVA,
230/115V.

Transformer parameters:
Linear Transformer
2500VA, 50Hz
Primary : [V1=230V R1=0.020035p.u. L1=0.013093p.u.]
Secondary : [V2=115V R2=0.020036p.u. L2=0.013093p.u.]

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Rm= 44.643p.u. Lm=8.5118p.u.
Simulink blocks used :-
RMS, Series RLC branch, Active & Reactive Power, Display, Current measurement,
Voltage measurement, AC voltage source, Scope, Ground

TUTORIAL 4
Simulate the No Load & Blocked Rotor tests on a 3-phase squirrel cage induction motor.
Induction motor parameters:-
Squirrel Cage 3750VA 415V 50Hz
R1=1.54ohm L1=0.00624H]
R2=1.77ohm L2=0.00624H
Lm=0.219
Pole pairs = 3

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 POWER ELECTRONICS LAB

MODEL QUESTIONS

1. By conducting suitable experiment, determine the latching current IL and holding current IH of
the given SCR (TYN612 – VDRM/VRRM = 600V, IT(RMS) = 12A, IT(AV)=8A)
2. By conducting suitable experiment, determine the I-V characteristics of the given SCR in i)
reverse blocking mode, ii) forward blocking mode and ii) forward conduction mode. (Given
SCR TYN612 – VDRM/VRRM = 600V, IT(RMS) = 12A, IT(AV)=8A)
3. Design and set up an R firing circuit for a half-wave controlled rectifier (Given SCR TYN612).
Observe the waveforms across RL & SCR for a firing angle of 45°. Take Input voltage Vs =
12V rms, IGFM = 250mA, VRGM = 5V, VGT = 1.3V, IGT = 13mA, Limit the maximum load
current to 200mA. (Note : Study the working of R firing circuit with waveforms)
4. Design and set up an RC firing circuit for a half-wave controlled rectifier (Given SCR
TYN612). Observe the waveforms across RL & SCR for a firing angle of 45°. Take Input
voltage Vs = 12V rms, IGFM = 250mA, VRGM = 5V, VGT = 1.3V, IGT = 13mA, f = 50Hz, C =
2μF, Limit the maximum load current to 200mA. (Note : Study the working of RC firing
circuit with waveforms)
5. Design and set up a UTJ firing circuit for a half-wave controlled rectifier (Given SCR TYN612
& UJT 2N2646). Observe the waveforms across RL & SCR for a firing angle of 45°. Given
VBB = 12V, VZ = 12V, VD = 0.7V, Vv = 1.5V, η = 0.65, Iv = 4mA, Ip = 5μA, IL = 200mA,
VTM = 1.6V, T = 10 mS, RBB = 7K, Pz = 0.4W, C = 0.1μF, R2 = 100Ω.Limit the maximum
load current to 200mA. (Note: Study the working of UJT triggering circuit)
6. Set up a 1-phase AC voltage regulator to control the output voltage across a 1K,5W load
resistor. Observe the waveforms across load resistor, TRIAC and capacitor. Input voltage is
50Vrms. (Note: Study the working of AC voltage controllers with waveforms). Use BT 136
TRIAC & DB136 DIAC.
7. Design and set up a single phase fully controlled converter to control the average voltage across
an R-L load with and without freewheeling diode and observe the waveform. Given SCR
TYN612. Take Input voltage Vs = 12V rms, IGFM = 250mA, VRGM = 5V, VGT = 1.3V, IGT =
2mA, Limit the maximum load current to 200mA. (Note : Study the working of a 1-phase full
converter with R and RL loads with waveforms and derivation of average output voltage)
8. Design and set up a MOSFET based step down dc chopper to control the speed of a dc
motor.Use IRF 540 MOSFET. Given switching frequency = 350Hz. Take C=0.1μF. Use
IC555 for pulse generation. (Note: Study the working of a Buck converter with waveforms)
9. Simulate a 1-phase full wave controlled rectifier with R/RL load at a firing angle of i) 0° &
45°. Observe the following waveforms in same scope i) source voltage, ii) load voltage, iii) load
current and iv) source current. Also, find the THD in the source current in each case. What is
the expected (theoretical) value of THD assuming continuous and ripple free load current at a
firing angle of 45°? Supply = 230Vrms, 50Hz; R = 25Ω, L = 25mH.
10. Simulate a 3-phase thyristor bridge controlled rectifier (6-pulse converter) connected to R load
at a firing angle of i) 0° and ii) 30°. Observe the following waveforms in same scope i) input
voltage vAB, ii) load voltage iii) gate pulse to any one thyristor and ii) load current. Assume
input voltage 400V (line) and R = 25Ω.

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 11. Simulate an sine PWM inverter fed 3-phasesquirrel cage induction motor (Preset Model 8 :
5HP, 575V,60Hz, 1750rpm) running at rated load (TL = Prated/ωrated) with modulation index
0.9 and switching frequency 5kHz. Select the correct value of DC link voltage. Observe the
following waveforms in same scope i) line current iA, ii) line voltage vAB, iii) speed in rpm and
iv) torque in Nm.
12. Simulate the speed control of a 3-phase squirrel cage induction motor (Preset Model 8 : 5HP,
575V,60Hz, 1750rpm) running at 1/4th rated load (TL = Prated/ωrated) using scalar (V/f
control) and sine PWM technique. Select switching frequency 5kHz. Observe the following
waveforms in same scope i) line current iA, ii) line voltage vAB, iii) speed in rpm and iv) torque
in Nm. (Note: Study the principle of V/f control of induction motor)
13. Design the values of filter inductance L and filter capacitance C of a boost converter with input
voltage Vs = 5V, average output voltage Vo = 20V and load resistance R = 25Ω. Switching
frequency is 25kHz. The peak to peak ripple inductance current is to be limited to 0.8A and
peak to peak ripple capacitor voltage is to be limited to 0.05V. Also, simulate the circuit.
(Note: Study the working of boost converter)
14. Design the values of filter inductance L and filter capacitance C of a buck converter with input
voltage Vs = 30V, average output voltage Vo = 10V and load resistance R = 10Ω. Switching
frequency is 25kHz. The peak to peak ripple inductance current is to be limited to 0.04A and
peak to peak ripple capacitor voltage is to be limited to 0.1V. Also, simulate the circuit. (Note:
Study the working of Buck converter)
15. Design the values of filter inductance L and filter capacitance C of a buck-boost converter with
input voltage Vs = 15V, average output voltage Vo = -5V and load resistance R = 3Ω.
Switching frequency is 25kHz. The peak to peak ripple inductance current is to be limited to
0.75A and peak to peak ripple capacitor voltage is to be limited to 0.05V. Also, simulate the
circuit. (Note: Study the working of Buck-boost converter)
16. Simulate the speed control of a separately excited dc motor (Preset Model 6, 20HP, 240V,
1750rpm, Field 300V) in closed loop using a step down chopper.

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