AC/DC/AC converter drives simulation using SIMNON

Author

Mak, Fong K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Gannon Univ., Erie, PA, USA

fYear

1995

fDate

21-24 Feb 1995

Firstpage

525

Abstract

This paper describes the simulation approaches employed for an AC/DC/AC converter drive using SIMNON. SIMNON is a user-friendly tool for nonlinear dynamics simulation, in particular. One powerful feature is its ability of allowing integration of individual program modules after each individual module is programmed and tested independently. This particular feature is exploited here for an AC/DC/AC converter drive simulation. Two methods are used to model the rectifier and the inverter. The first method is to model each thyristor of the rectifier as an ideal switch. The second method is to approximate the dynamics of the rectifier with a set of harmonic equations. A similar approach is applied to inverter modeling. Issues related to the simulation difficulties with each model are addressed accordingly

Keywords

AC motor drives; AC-DC power convertors; DC-AC power convertors; digital simulation; invertors; machine theory; power engineering computing; rectifying circuits; switching circuits; thyristor convertors; AC/DC/AC converter drives simulation; SIMNON; harmonic equations; ideal switch; individual program modules integration; inverter; nonlinear dynamics simulation; rectifier; thyristor; user-friendly tool; Analog-digital conversion; Computational modeling; Equations; Induction generators; Nonlinear dynamical systems; Pulse width modulation inverters; Rectifiers; Switches; Thyristors; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics and Drive Systems, 1995., Proceedings of 1995 International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2423-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PEDS.1995.404867

Filename

404867