Chapter 15

SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR
DRIVES

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 A TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction

2. Basic Principles of Synchronous Motor Operation

3. Synchronous Servomotor Drives With Sinusoidal

Waveforms

4. Synchronous Servomotor Drives With Trapezoidal

Waveforms

5. Load-Commutated Inverter Drives

6. Cycloconverters
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ntroduction

-Low power applications -Large power ratings

-Brushless dc, electronically -With wound rotor field
commutated motor
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Basic Principles of Synchronous Motor Operation 1/2

 In sinusoidal steady state

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Basic Principles of Synchronous Motor Operation 2/2

 Torque angle  = 90

- Decoupling of field flux  f &

field due to stator current

- With  =90, constant  f

Tem  kt I s
- I a must lead  fa by 90

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Synchronous Servomotor Drives 1/4
With Sinusoidal
Waveforms
Rotor field position is measured

P
 e (t )   (t )
2

Tem  kt I s

I a (t )  I s cos[ e (t )]

I a (t )  I s cos[ e (t )  120]

I a (t )  I s cos[ e (t )  240]

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Synchronous Servomotor Drives 2/4
With Sinusoidal
Waveforms

Absolute rotor Cosine function Current-regulated

field position is are generated voltage source
sensed inverter

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Synchronous Servomotor Drives 3/4
With Sinusoidal
Waveforms

- Emf waveform has a flat

portion, which occurs for 120
during each half-cycle.

^
E f  k Es

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Synchronous Servomotor Drives 4/4
With Sinusoidal
Waveforms

-To produce ripple-free T,

phases currents should have
rectangular waveforms
-Instantaneous electrical power
Pa (t )  e fa (t )  ia (t )

-Instantaneous electromagnetic
P
Tem (t )  em  kT I s
s

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Load-Commutated Inverter Drives
 The important properties of LCI
1. Use in very large horsepower ratings(>1000hp)
overall drive efficiencies exceeding 95%
2. It is much simpler & has lower losses. Eliminating the self-
controlled switches is advantage at high voltage & current
ratings.
3. No inrush current at start-up, Synchronous motor can be
line started on induction motor principle. Able to provides
additional reliability.
4. The LCI drives have an inherent capability to provide
regenerative braking
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Cycloconverters

 In low-speed & very large horsepower application.

 Output is derived directly from line-frequency input.
 Maximum output frequency is limited to about 1/3 of

input ac frequency.

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