Investigation in Induction Motor Starting and Speed Control with Variable Frequency Drive

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Investigation in Induction Motor Starting and Speed Control with
Variable Frequency Drive
Ashish B. Bala1, Prashant P. Jagtap2
1M. Tech. (PED) Student, Department of Electrical Engineering, G. H. Raisoni College of Engg., Nagpur, India
2Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, G.H. Raisoni college of Engg., Nagpur , India
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Abstract - Induction motor are widely used in various
industries. With the advanced technology development of
Variable frequency drive, VFD fed induction machines are
using more frequently in industry because of its decreasing
cost and advantages of robustness, size and maintenance of
induction motor over DC. VFD provides flexibility in starting
and speed control and improves performance of induction
motors. Factors which affects the starting performance has
studied. This paper deals with the investigation and
experimental tests on the main concept of induction motor
which is an important factor facing problems recently in
various industries. The system was investigated , tested and
simulation results are shown and discussed.
Key Words: Variable FrequencyDrives,Inductionmotor,
Speed control , Pulse Width Modulated Inverter.
1.INTRODUCTION
Numerous industrial applications have begun to require
various speed operation as per load demand. Induction
Motor are widely used in many industries all over the world
due to their robustness, reliability , high efficiency and its
ability to operate in wide torque and velocity ranges as
compared to DC motor.
In past , DC motor had been used extensively for its high
starting torque and speed control in wide range. But due to
the presence of commutators and brushes it is not suitable
for high speed applications, as it requires continuous
maintainance. It is not suitable in corrosive and explosive
environment. Therefore it has limited applications.
Induction motor has dominated over the fixed
application because of its low maintainance .Its variable
speed application can be achieved by using frequency
converters i.e. power converter control technique using
between the main supply and motor , which means that
motor is not directly connected to the supply[1]. The reason
behind this is when induction motor is directly started from
the supply, a high inrush current flow through the motor
which results a high power loss in the transmission line ,
rotor gets heat up and may get fail due to insulation failure.
It also cause voltage sag which affect the performance of
other equipment connected to supply and motor.
In industries, the load on inductionmotorvariesasper its
requirement. As load decreasespeedofmotoralsodecrease,
torque reduces. In order to make torque constant slip speed
decreases hence speed falls . To maintain speed it consumes
rated power which is an economical disadvantage.
The intent of the paper is starting, speed control of
induction motor. Which means limiting the starting current
and increase the starting torque and so as to protect the
induction motor. The aim of the paper deals with
investigation on the concept of speed control of a three-
phase induction motor along with energy saving. So a new
concept of VFD (Variable Frequency Drive) is used for
controlling the speed and limiting the starting current of a
induction motor with variable load attached to the motor.
2. VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVE
2.1 Theoritical Annalysis
It is one of the popular controller topologyusedinvarious
industries for its starting , flexibility in speed control and
operation performance in induction motor . Previously, it
was not that much popular because of its complex
contruction and high cost. Since last four decades after the
invention of power electronic devicessuchasSCR,MOSFET,
etc. The cost get reduced , less size , simple construction has
improved the performance of Variable Frequency Drives.
The Block diagram of VFD is shown in fig.(1)
Fig -1: Block diagram of VFD
In starting a motor, VFD applies lowfrequencyandvoltage
thus avoids high inrush current andalsoreducesvoltage sag.
With VFD , Starting current is about 1.5 times the full load
current which is quiet less as compared to direct starting. It
can also act as a starter along with Direct on Line methodfor
induction motor.
Now, The speed of inductionmotormainlydependson the
frequency and number of poles which can be represented as
(1)
p
f
rpmN
120
)( 

Where,
N = Speed of the Motor (rpm)
f = Frequency (Hz)
P – Number of poles
2.2 Methodology
Fig.(2) shows the equivalent circuit of Variable Frequency
Drive. We can see that ac supply lines is given to the power
input and then its output is fed to the motor. The basic
function is to act as a variable frequency generator to vary
speed as per load requirement [3]. It can vary the required
speed by simply changing the frequency using switching
sequence of power electronic devices. Now a days, for
switching purpose IGBT are used. For getting low cost, high
efficiency, high performance speed control circuit is design.
V
Induction
Motor
AC
AC
AC
V
V
D1
D2
D3
D4
D5
D6
T5T3T1
T4 T6 T2
+
-
C
Vdc
S
Ia
Ib
Ic
Fig -2: Equivalent circuit of Variable Frequency Drive
It consist of following stages of operations which are as
follows:
2.2.1 Rectifier Stage
It converts Single or three phase ac input supply to fixed dc
voltage. Rectifier used here is 3 phase full wave diodebridge
rectifier which consist of 6 diodes connected as shown in
fig.(3) It includes transformer of high voltage system.
D1
D2
D3
D4
D5
D6
Ia
Ib
Ic
Va Vb VcAC AC AC
Fig -3: 3-Phase Bridge Rectifier
During first cycle , positive current flows through diode D1
and then through D4. Remaining cycles are shown in Table
1 , with corresponding phase and direction of current. Vab
and Vbc are the peak voltage for positive current , Vba and
Vca for negative current as shown in fig.4.
Table -1: Diode And Current Flow In 3-Phase Rectifier
Voltage
Relationships
First diode ON along
with current path
Second diode ON
along with current
path
Vab>Vdc D1Ia+ D4Ib -
Vac>Vdc D1Ia+ D6Ic -
Vbc>Vdc D3Ib+ D6Ic -
Vba>Vdc D3Ib+ D2Ia-
Vca>Vdc D5Ic+ D2Ia -
Vcb>Vdc D5Ic+ D4Ib -
None>Vdc None Ia = Ib = Ic = 0
Fig-4: Output Current and Voltage waveform of 3-phase
rectifier
2.2.2 DC Link Bus
After rectification process , small amount of ripples
(Harmonics) is detected along with dc voltage. It causes
harmonic distortion. So, to avoid these, a large capacitor is
connected parallel withbetweenrectifierandinverter which
removes the ripples from dc voltage as shown in fig.(5). It
prevents the inverter from getting damage. These case
occurs very rare.

3-Phase AC
Supply
Rectifier InverterDC Link
Motor
Fig -5: DC link bus
2.2.3 Inverter Stage
It converts fix or variable dc voltage to variable ac voltage.
Fig.(6) shows three phase inverter having IGBT as the
switching device. Now a days, IGBT is a common choice for
the selection of switching device for VFD. Asitcanswitch ON
and OFF several thousand times per seconds and control the
power deliver to the induction motor.
DC
-
T1 T3 T5
T4 T6 T2
motor
Fig -6: 3-Phase Inverter Using IGBT
To generate the sine wave pulses or in other words , to give
triggering to the switches.IGBTusespulsewidthmodulation
technique at desired frequency. It is also called as PWM
Inverter. The possible switching states of IGBT at different
cycle is shown in Table 2 below.
Table -2: Switching States Of 3-Phase Inverter
State State No. Switching States
Sa Sb Sc
T1, T2, T6 are on 1 1 0 0
T1, T2, T6 are on 2 1 1 0
T3, T4, T2 are on 3 0 1 0
T4, T5, T3 are on 4 0 1 1
T5, T6, T4 are on 5 0 0 1
T6, T1, T5 are on 6 1 0 1
T1, T3, T5 are on 7 1 1 1
T4, T6, T2 are on 0 0 0 0
3. PULSE WIDTH MODULATION
It is the process which characterizes the variation in the
width of the pulses is directly proportional to small control
signals. The width for the pulses changes according to the
voltage control signal as the control signal changesthewider
the simulation of the pulses produce. By using sinusoid of
desired frequency in pwm control signal, we can generate
high power waveform which helps the ac motor to run in
sinusoidal manner.
In this method, fixed gate signal has given to IGBT switch
from pulse generator, then switch will operate . In PWM
technique, user can change the duty cycle by simply
changing the frequency and amplitude modulation.
Carrier Wave
Reference Wave
Comparator
Generated PWM
signals
Fig -7: Block Diagram of PWM
Fig.(7) shows basic working of PWM. Here , two signals i.e.
Carrier signal and Reference signal are compared together
with comparator ( Relational operator in MATLAB). It
compares both the waveforms and gives output as per
requirement. This is also called asModulationIndex whichis
given as
c
r
A
A
IM ..
Where,
Ar = Amplitude of Reference Signal.
Ac= Amplitude of Carrier Signal.
For example, as shown in fig.(8) consider reference signal is
fixed DC while Triangle wave is carrier signal [7]. Now the
condition <= (relational operator) is applied if the reference
signal is less than the carrier signal means also fixed DC is
less than Triangle wave then we will get output otherwise
the output will be zero (0). By changing modulation index,
we can vary the output directly. It will consider one
reference signal & other as carrier signal.
<=
Vdc
Vtri
Vout
t
m
Fixed DC
Triangular Wave
Reference Time
Clock
Output Waveform
Combined Waveform
Relational Operator
Fig -8: Simulation of PWM control signals
(2)

Fig -9: Waveform of reference signal and carrier signal
As shown in fig 8-9 , in order to generate 6 pulses for
triggering, sinusoidal reference wave is compared with high
frequency carrier triangular wave. The three sine waves are
delayed for 120 degree from each other. [4] As induction
motor are widely used in many industries , PWM based
inverter provide better result for the v/f control. Amongst
various PWM technique sinusoidal pwm techniques is
extensively used and most popular because ofitssmooth v/f
control , harmonic elimination and four quadrant operation.
4. HARDWARE DESCRIPTION
The hardware for the variable frequency drive control ,
power circuit is designed .
Fig -10: Block diagram for Hardware Driver Circuit
Fig.(10) shows proposed block diagram of driver circuit in
hardware implimentations. Driver circuit consist of inverter.
From fig. 1 , we can see that controller circuit receives a
information as a feedback from the driven motor and adjusts
the output voltage or frequency as per load requirement.The
controller generates PWM signal to theconverter[4].Various
controller such as DSP , PIC and microcontrollers are used.
Now a days , DSP [5] are mostly preferred over
microcontroller and PIC as it offers higher speed, higher
resolution. The hardware model of VFD based Induction
Motor shown in fig.(11)
Fig -11: Hardware Model of Variable Frequency Drive
5.SIMULATIONANNALYSISANDITSEXPERMENTAL
RESULTS
Results for SPWM inverter for resistive load connected is
shown (fig.12-18) usingMATLABandPSIM.Aconstant400v
dc supply is given to the inverter circuit. Fortriggeringof the
switches, SPWM is taken with modulation index less one.
Line voltage, phase voltage and outputvoltageare measured
and compared for both with filter and without filter.
Fig -12: Waveform of lineVoltageof3-phaseSPWMinverter
without filter
Fig -13: Waveform of Phase Voltage of 3-phase SPWM
inverter without filter

Fig -14: Waveform of Output Voltage of 3-phase SPWM
inverter with filter
Fig -15: Waveform of control signal of 3-phase SPWM
inverter
Fig -16: Simulation of VFD based induction motor drive
using PSIM.
Fig -16: Starting Current
Fig -18: Speed
For experimental research on control scheme, Induction
motor is used (Table 3). During the operation of hardware
model shown in fig.(9) , proximity sensor is connected
between motor and VFD to sense speed of the motor. In
order to display speed and frequency, we use digital meter.
Analog meter for voltage and current of motor. The results
which have been noted is shown below (Table 4).
Table -3: Induction Motor Specifications
Number of poles 4
Phase 3
Rated Power 0.75KW
Rated Voltage 415 V (Star)
Rated Current 1.8 A
Supply Frequency 50Hz
Rated Speed : 1395 rpm
Power Factor 0.81
Table -4: Expermental Results Of VFD Based Induction
Motor
Voltage (V) Frequency (HZ) Speed (RPM)
195 46.34 1392
170 40.12 1206
160 38.83 1168
130 33.33 1000
110 29.30 897.4
75 25.25 725

6. CONCLUSIONS
This paper has introduced about variablefrequencydrivein
induction motor. With the help of variable frequency drive ,
starting current and speed control canbeefficient byvarying
supply voltage and frequency . For analysis purpose, SPWM
control is used. As variable Frequency Drive (VFD) to a
motor driven system , it can offer energy saving in a system
in which the load vary with time. It also provides less
distortion, lower switching frequencies and high efficiency.
The experimental results is also presentedwhichshowsthat
it has good performance , rapid dynamic response and has
wide range of applications in various fields. Thus variable
frequency drive starting and speed control has been
investigated in this paper.
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