A microcomputer-controlled thyristor bridge rectifier experiment for undergraduate electric machinery laboratory

Author

Nehrir, M.H. ; Gerez, V. ; Odermann, A.J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Montana State Univ., Bozeman, MT, USA

Volume

37

Issue

1

fYear

1994

fDate

2/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

101

Lastpage

106

Abstract

This paper describes the design and implementation of a 5 kW microcomputer-controlled thyristor bridge rectifier (TBR) that has been introduced in the undergraduate electric machinery laboratory at Montana State University. The unit is used in an independent experiment on the operation of the TBR and its control by a microcomputer, as well as for controlling the applied voltage to the armature of a DC motor for controlling its speed. Since the operation of the motor speed controller is based on control of the TBR, it was noticed that the addition of the TBR experiment will help students better understand its operation as well as the operation of the DC motor speed controller experiment. Experimental results are presented on the operation of the rectifier, and evaluation of the experiment is reported

Keywords

DC motors; bridge circuits; electrical engineering computing; machine control; microcomputer applications; rectifiers; rectifying circuits; student laboratory apparatus; thyristor applications; velocity control; voltage control; 5 kW; Montana State University; armature voltage control; microcomputer-controlled; speed controller; thyristor bridge rectifier experiment; undergraduate electric machinery laboratory; Bridge circuits; DC motors; Laboratories; Machinery; Microcomputers; Microprocessors; Power engineering; Rectifiers; Thyristors; Voltage control;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Education, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9359

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/13.275181

Filename

275181