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ELEC2208 - Chapter 7 Cycloconverter

This document discusses cycloconverters, which use two thyristor converters in back-to-back configuration to produce AC voltage at a varying magnitude and reduced frequency from a power source. A cycloconverter operates by rectifying alternating half-cycles of the input voltage to produce alternating positive and negative DC voltages. The output frequency is lower and depends on the number of half-cycles rectified in one input cycle. The voltage magnitude can be controlled by varying the firing angle of the thyristors. Cycloconverters can be used to convert three-phase power to single-phase or three-phase power.

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ELEC2208 - Chapter 7 Cycloconverter

This document discusses cycloconverters, which use two thyristor converters in back-to-back configuration to produce AC voltage at a varying magnitude and reduced frequency from a power source. A cycloconverter operates by rectifying alternating half-cycles of the input voltage to produce alternating positive and negative DC voltages. The output frequency is lower and depends on the number of half-cycles rectified in one input cycle. The voltage magnitude can be controlled by varying the firing angle of the thyristors. Cycloconverters can be used to convert three-phase power to single-phase or three-phase power.

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ELEC2208 – Power Electronics and Drives

Part 1: Power Electronics


Chapter 7: Cycloconverter

Sze Sing Lee


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Part 1 – Power Electronics: Chapter 7 – Cycloconverter
Cycloconverter
• Two phase controlled thyristor converters in back to back
configuration can be used to produce ac voltage with varying
magnitude and reduced frequency.

P1&P2 P3&P4

N3&N4 N1&N2

Produce +ve dc voltage Produce -ve dc source

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Cycloconverter
• P-converter operates in rectification mode and produces positive
voltage for first half cycle.
• N-converter operates in rectification mode and produces negative
(due to opposite polarity) voltage for second half cycle.
• The output frequency is lower than the supply frequency depending
on number of half-sinusoidal waveforms produced/rectified by each
converter in one half cycle, e.g. a 50Hz supply with 5 positive half-
sinusoidal waveforms and 5 negative half-sinusoidal waveforms
forms a 10Hz output (5 input cycles produce 1 output cycle).
• Voltage magnitude can be varied by controlling the firing/delay
angle.
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Cycloconverter
• To reduce voltage distortion, large delay angle is selected for half-
cycle near to zero crossing e.g. 1st and 5th half-cycles when the
voltage should be low. The delay angle should be lowest (to produce
highest voltage) for half-cycle at peak of fundamental component.

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Cycloconverter

• Three phase to single phase


cycleconverter consists of twelve
thyristors arrange as two back-to-back
converters

Three phase to single phase cycleconverter

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Cycloconverter

• Three phase to three phase


cycleconverter consists of three
groups of three phase to single
phase cycloconverter.

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