Power Electronics Assignment 1
Power Electronics Assignment 1
TOPICS:-
Principle of step-down chopper
Different modes of step-down chopper
Regd.No.- 1721109010
It consists of power semiconductor devices (SCR, BJT,Power, MOSFET ,IGBT, GTO, MCT etc which works
as a switch), input dc power supply elements (R,L,C etc) and output load ,freewheeling diode and
inductor are used to filters out the ripples in the load current.
When switch or chopper is ON or during Ton period ; the supply terminals are connected to the load
terminals.
The +ve & -ve terminals of the supply voltage is connected to the cathode & anode terminals of the
freewheeling diode. So -ve supply voltage is appears across the diode, so it behaves reverse biased.
Output voltage or load voltage is equal to the source voltage. i.e. Vo=Vs
During this period, inductor starts charging & which store the charge. So i0 starts increasing linearly.
MODE-2(Switch OFF):
When switch or chopper is OFF during this period Toff, load current (i0) floes through the freewheeling
diode(FD). As a result load terminals are short circuiting by FD.
Load or output voltage is equal to zero because supply is disconnected. i.e. Vo=0
Current through the load i.e. ‘i0’ starts decreasing linearly due to inductor starts discharging through
load.
[Vo=𝛼𝑉𝑠] ⋯ ⋯ ⋯ (1)
𝑇𝑜𝑛
Where 𝛼= 𝑇
=Duty cycle
Ton=ON-Time, Toff=OFF-Time
𝑇𝑜𝑛
Vo= Vs= Ton.f.Vs
𝑇
1
[Vo=Ton.f.Vs] where f=𝑇=Chopping frequency.
Equation gives; load or output voltage can be controlled by varying duty cycle 𝛼. Load voltage is
independent of load current. Output voltage varies linearly with the duty cycle.
Problem-1
A step-down chopper, dc source voltage =230v, load resistance =10Ω. Take avoltage drop of 2v across
chopper when it is ON. For a duty cycle of 0.4, calculate.
(b)chopper efficiency
SOLUTION:-
Vo ,avg=𝛼(Vs-2)=0.4(230-2)=91.2v
𝑉𝑜𝑟 2 (144.2)2
Po= 𝑅
= 10 =2079.364w
𝑃𝑜 2079.364
Efficiency(𝜂)= = × 100=99.13%
𝑃𝑖 2097.6