Performance comparison of capacitor-run induction motors supplied from AC voltage regulator and SPWM AC chopper

Author

Sundareswaran, Kinattingal ; Rajasekar, N. ; Sreedevi, V.T.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nat. Inst. of Technol., Tiruchirappalli, India

Volume

53

Issue

3

fYear

2006

fDate

6/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

990

Lastpage

993

Abstract

This letter systematically investigates and compares the performance characteristics of a variable-speed capacitor-run induction motor driving a domestic fan load using an ac voltage regulator and a single pulsewidth-modulated (SPWM) ac chopper. This proposal is a significant break from the conventional conclusion since it is shown that the SPWM ac chopper is inferior to the phase angle control scheme for a capacitor-run motor load.

Keywords

PWM power convertors; capacitor motors; choppers (circuits); domestic appliances; fans; induction motors; machine control; motor drives; phase control; voltage regulators; AC voltage regulator; SPWM AC chopper; domestic fan load; phase angle control; single pulsewidth-modulated AC chopper; variable-speed capacitor-run induction motors; AC motors; Capacitors; Choppers; Fans; Induction motors; Pulse width modulation; Regulators; Switches; Velocity control; Voltage control; AC choppers; capacitor motors; phase control;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0278-0046

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TIE.2006.874256

Filename

1637842