Digital Simulation of a High-Performance AC Drive System---Part I

With the advent of solid-state devices, various methods have been devised to use induction motors for variable-speed drives. Most of these schemes use a variable-frequency source; that is, the power is supplied through a cycloconverter or inverter to the induction motor. However, the voltage obtained by such methods does not have a sinusoidal waveshape. To predict the performance, therefore, we have to simulate the system using either an analog or digital computer. A method to simulate digitally a drive system consisting of a cycloconverter connected to a constant three-phase sinusoidal voltage source and an induction motor is given.