FACULTY OF ELECTRICAL

ENGINEERING
UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA
Program: EE221

STUDENT KIT
LAB MODULETM
Sem : 7

Ownership : Center of Electrical Power Engineering Studies (CEPES)

FKE D.id :

Date Issued : 2010

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY VII

COURSE CODE: EPO660

SIMULATION OF A THREE-PHASE BRIDGE INVERTER WITH A PWM

CONTROL USING MATLAB SOFTWARE

Authors
Prepared by :

Wan Noraishah Wan Abdul Munim

Puteri Nor Ashikin Megat Yunus

Date : December 2010

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MODULE OUTCOMES:
Upon completion of this experiment, students should have the followings:
MO1 : Ability to get an understanding of power electronics designing using engineering
software
MO2 : Ability to design and study the operation of a three-phase inverter circuit with 180
conduction
INTRODUCTION:
Pulse Width Modulation

Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) is broadly used as a switching in order to control electric and
electronic devices. The combination of DC signal and the frequency of reference signal
determine the fundamental frequency of the output voltage. The method of using PWM control
by comparing the triangular wave signal with the dc reference signal can be adjusted to get the
Pulse Width Modulation algorithm as in Figure 1. PWM also is a method of controlling the
amount of power to a load without having dissipated any power in the load driver. The purpose
of pulse-width modulation is to vary duty cycle, , according to:

t on f s

t on
t on t off

Thus, modulating either ton or toff or both can vary the duty cycle, .

Figure 1: PWM control waveform

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180-Degree Conduction
Three-phase inverters are mostly applied in high-power applications. The gating signals of a
single-phase inverter should be advanced or delayed by 180 with respect to each other to obtain
three-phase balanced voltages. Fundamentally, a three-phase output can be obtained from the
configuration of six transistors and six diodes whereas each transistor conducts for 180. The
load can be connected either in Delta-connected or Y-connected. There are six modes in a cycle
and the duration of each mode is 60. The sequences of transistors gating are 123, 234, 345,
456, 561, and 612. The gating signals are shifted from each other by 60. Based on Figure 2, the
terminal a is connected to the positive terminal of the dc input voltage when transistor Q1
conduct. Contrarily, terminal a will connected to the negative terminal of the dc source when the
transistor Q4 is switched on. A short circuit across the dc link voltage supply will occur if the
switched of any leg of the inverter (Q1 and Q4 , Q3 and Q6 or Q5 and Q2 ) are switched on at the
same time. The switches of any leg of the inverter also cannot be switched off at once to avoid
undefined states and thus undefined ac output line voltages. [1]

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EXPERIMENTAL WORK AND EXERCISES:

C1

Q1

D1

Q3

g1

+
Vs

Q5

g3

D4

b
Q6

D6

c
Q2

g6

g4

Ra

D5

g5

0
Q4

C2

D3

D2

g2

Rb

Rc

Figure 2: Two-Level Three-Phase Inverter

Instruction:
1. Draw and simulate the two-level three-phase inverter as shown in Figure 2 using Matlab
software.
2. With 100Vdc of 50Hz frequency and resistive load in each phase 1k, the three-phase
load is connected in Y-connected.
3. Key in the time delay in Table 1 for each of the pulse generator.
Table 1: Time Delay Values
Waveform
G1
G2
G3
G4
G5
G6

Time Delay (ms)

Simulation of a Three-Phase Inverter with a PWM Control

4. Determine the pole, line and phase voltages waveforms. To edit the graph, double click
the scope and then select "Data history". In this section, check the "Save data to
workspace" box and enter your desired variable name and change its format to "Structure
with time" as shown in Figure 3. After run the simulation, return to your main page or
Command Window. Based on Figure 4, a figure can be created with the command e.g:
simplot(Vpole). Edit and Save the waveforms obtained.

Figure 4

Figure 3
5. Calculate the phase voltage, line current, RMS value of line and phase voltages. Record
the calculations in Table 2. Compare the theoretical with the simulation values.
Table 2: Phase Voltage, Line Current, RMS Line-to-Line and RMS Phase Voltage Values
Phase Voltage
(V)

Line Current
(A)

RMS Value
Line-to-Line Voltage (V)

RMS Value
Phase Voltage (V)

6. Discuss the results.

CONCLUSION:
Conclude in detail the findings and the outcomes of this simulation. This should include the
summary of knowledge gained, comments and discussion of the results.
REFERENCES:
[1] Muhammad H. Rashid, Power Electronics Circuits, Devices and Applications, 3 rd
Edition, Prentice Hall, 2004
END

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GRADING SECTION

FACULTY OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA
Program: EE221

STUDENT
LAB GRADE
Sem : 7

Ownership : Center of Electrical Power Engineering Studies (CEPES)

FKE Doc.ID :

Date Issued : 2010

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY VII

COURSE CODE: EPO660

SIMULATION OF A THREE-PHASE BRIDGE INVERTER WITH A PWM CONTROL

USING MATLAB SOFTWARE

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