 Full-Converter Fed Separately

Excited DC Motor Drive

 Full-Converters are Two-quadrant (I & IV) converters.

 The armature voltage is controlled by a full-converter and the

field circuit is fed from the ac supply through a diode bridge
rectifier.

The Average output voltage of the full-converter is given by

 2Vm 
Va    Cos
  
 In which the polarity of the voltage can reverse but current cannot

reverse due to the thyristors in the converter.

 When the converter operates in

Voltage Current Power

• Quadrant- I + Ve + Ve + Ve
• Quadrant-IV -Ve + Ve -Ve
 The armature current may continuous or discontinuous depending
on the operating conditions and circuit parameters.
Power Circuit :-
Waveforms:- (α<900)
Waveforms:- (α=1350)
Conduction Periods of the Devices

In a cycle of supply voltage defined by

VS = VmSinωt

 T1, T3 is conducting from  to     

 T2, T4 is conducting from     to 2

 During  to 
Both Voltage and Current are positive and hence the energy is
transferred from source to armature circuit. The mode of operation
is called FORWARD MOTORING. Then this energy
• Partially stored in armature inductance.
• Partially stored in kinetic energy of the moving system.
• Partially used to supply the mechanical load.

 During  to    
Voltage is negative but current is positive and hence the some of
the energy is transferred to the supply system. The mode of operation
is called REVERSE BRAKING.
The average output voltage is given by
 
1
va    vm Sint  dt
 
2vm
 Cos

The Steady-State Speed equation is given by

 Va  I a Ra   Va   I a Ra 
      
 K a   K a   K a 
  T  2vm
Where Ia    and Va  Cos
K 
 a  
 2vm 
  Cos   Ra 
     T
K   K  
2

 a   a 
 
No-Load Speed (T=0) is given by

 2vm 
  Cos 
O   
 K a 
 
In case of DC Shunt Motor with constant field current

  Constant, Hence K a  K
 2vm 
  Cos   Ra 
     2 T
 K  K 
 
No-Load Speed (T=0) for DC Shunt Motor is given by

 2vm 
  Cos 
O   
 K 
 
Speed-Torque Characteristics :-
  InContinuous conduction mode the speed-torque characteristics
are parallel straight lines, whose slope depends upon armature
resistance.

Operating Modes :-

Firing Angle Quadrant Voltage Speed Back E.M.F Current Mode

α < 90 I +ve +ve +ve +ve FM

α > 90 IV -ve -ve -ve +ve RB