Project Simulation of Induction Motor Drives

Objectives
To investigate characteristics of two induction motor speed control systems.

Part A: Induction motor v/f speed control using square wave operation
A.1 Model Building Build the Simulink model according to the block diagram shown in Fig. 1. You may use some of the models you built in the previous lab sessions. The parameters of the induction motor speed control system are as follows.
Induction motor DC link resistor Low pass filter

Power Supply Load torque Other constants

Nameplate data: 3, 3hp, 220V, 8.4A (rated) and 1710rpm. Use the motor parameters given in Table 4.10-1, P165, textbook. Add a resistor in the dc link. This resistor represents the power loss of the SCR rectifier and dc link bus. The equivalent resistance is 0.5. This is a second order lower pass filter with dc gain k = 1 and quality factor Q = 1. The corner frequency of the filter should be the same as the reference frequency of the drive. The LP filter is used to extract the fundamental component from the square wave output voltage Van. 60Hz, 127V per phase. 12.5N.m (rated torque) Kv = 0.95/60 and Vcomp = 0.
Mux Vdc Vdc Van
Vqs iqs

Va 3 phase Vb Vc Vdo AC Supply t_d acos fcn included V_alpha 3-phase Square Wave Generator 0.05 Vcomp Kv SCR Rectifier Firing Circuit Sc Vcn Three Phase VSI Filter Sa DC Link Sb VS I

3-phase To 2-phase
Vds ids

2-phase To 3-phase

Ia

Vbn 12.5 Load Torque [N.m]

W Wr m Tl Te

2-3 Transform

Te 60/(2*pi) Gain Induction motor model in the arbitrary frame n

0 Stator fixed Frame

Sum

LP Filter (2nd Order) Van 60

Van1

Ref [Hz]

Fig. 1. Induction motor v/f speed control system using square wave operation.

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A.2 Simulation tasks 1) Run the Simulink model and determine the value of the dc link capacitor such that the dc link voltage ripple is limited to 10% when the inverter operates at 20Hz with a rated V/f and the motor operates with rated torque. Plot the steady state waveforms of vdo and vdc (e.g., 2 cycles of the supply frequency). 2) Start the drive system until a steady state operation is reached. Complete the following table. Inverter Output Frequency [Hz] 60 45 30 15 5

Van (Fundamental, peak, steady state)

Van (Fundamental, rms) V / f Ratio (Volts,rms/Hz) Steady State Speed n (rpm) Synchronous Speed ns (rpm) Slip Speed (ns - n) 3) To compensate the voltage drop on stator winding resistance at low frequencies, let Kv = 0.9/60 and Vcomp = 0.05. Run the drive system and complete the following table. Inverter Output Frequency [Hz] 60 45 30 15 5

Van (Fundamental, peak, steady state)

Van (Fundamental, rms) V / f Ratio (Volts,rms/Hz) Steady State Speed n (rpm) Synchronous Speed ns (rpm) Slip Speed (ns - n) 4) Start the drive system at 60Hz under the operating conditions given in 2) until a steady state operation is reached. Plot the transient waveforms of motor speed n, stator current Ia, motor torque Te, diode rectifier output voltage Vdo and inverter input voltage Vdc. 5) Since you are not using a ramp limiter to soften the rate in which the reference frequency is applied, how does this affect your initial current and torque?

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Part B. Induction motor v/f speed control using PWM.

B.1 Model Building Build the Simulink model shown in Figure 2. The system parameters remain the same as those given in Part A. B.2 Simulation tasks Repeat the simulation tasks specified in A.2-2.

Fig. 2. Induction motor v/f speed control using PWM Inverter.

Report The formal report should include the following items: 1) Cover page (including project title, your name, student ID, date) 2) Abstract (a paragraph of about 200 words) 3) Theory (two full pages, 1.5 line space) 4) All required waveforms, tables and calculations 5) Comment on the size of the dc link capacitors used in both systems 6) Compare the simulation results obtained in Part A.2-2 and A.2-3 by answering the following questions:
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7) 8) 9) 10)

- Is the V/f ratio constant? You may draw V versus f curves for comparison. - Is the slip speed constant? Why? Compare the simulation results obtained in Part A.2-2 and B.2 Comments on harmonic issues of the two systems Conclusions (300 400 words) Appendix: Simulink model in Part B including block diagrams of all subsystems.

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