PSPICE simulation of

Resonant pulse
commutation circuit and
buck chopper.

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Experiment Details
Branch - Year Semester

EEE - III Year - II Semester

Course Name

Power Electronics & Simulation Lab

Experiment Name

PSPICE simulation of Resonant pulse

commutation circuit and Buck
chopper

SME

Mr. K.Kalyan Kumar

ID
Version

1.0

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Aim of the Experiment

To find the Performance of a Resonant Pulse Commutation Circuit and
Buck Chopper.
To observe the Voltage and current waveforms at various points.

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Apparatus Required
S .No.

Name of the
Specification Quantity
Component/Equipmen
ts

System With PSPICE

Software

Circuit Diagram

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Circuit Diagram(Resonant Pulse

Commutation Circuit)

Circuit Diagram(Buck Chopper)

Theory and Applications

Resonant pulse commutation circuit is used to commutate the conducting thyristors.
Buck chopper will step downs the fixed DC voltage to variable DC voltage.

Principle of Operation
In resonant pulse commutation the Capacitor C charges up in the dot as positive before a gate pulse is applied to the Transistor. When transistor is triggered, the resulting current has two components.
The constant load current I load flows through R - L load. This is ensured by the large

reactance in series with the load and the freewheeling diode clamping it.

A sinusoidal current flows through the resonant L-C circuit to charge-up C with the dot as negative at the end of the half cycle.

Theory and Applications

A buck converter with the transistor and the diode making up the Bi-positional switch of the
power pole.
Turning on the transistor increases the inductor current.
When the transistor is turned off, the inductor current freewheels through the diode.
The dc-dc converters can operate in two distinct modes with respect to the inductor current iL
Continuous Current Mode (Where Inductor current is always greater than zero)
Discontinuous Current Mode (Inductor current is zero during portion of switching period).
The CCM is preferred for high efficiency and good utilization of semiconductor switches and
passive components.
The DCM is used in applications where the inductor current is zero at beginning and at the end
of switching period.
The output voltage is dependent on the duty cycle. The output voltage is
Vo=DVin

Where D is duty cycle

Theory and Applications

Applications:
Resonant Pulse Commutation
Commutation for the SCRs
Buck Chopper
Automotive applications
Power amplifier applications
Adaptive control applications
Battery power systems
Consumer Electronics
Communication Applications Battery Charging circuits
In heaters and welders
DC motor drives
Power factor correction circuits
Distributed power architecture systems

Procedure
1.Open PSPICE software and open new file.
2.Enter the following programs
For the resonant pulse commutation circuit
VS 1 0 DC 12V ; Input DC voltage source
VG1 7 0 PULSE (0 10V 0.0ms 1us 1us 0.4ms 1ms )
VG2 8 0 PULSE (0 10V 0.4ms 1us 1us 0.4ms 1ms )
VG3 9 0 PULSE (0 10V 0.0ms 1us 1us 0.2ms 1ms )
R451
L 5 6 5mH
L1 2 3 6.4uH
C 1 2 31.2uF IC=12V
VX 6 0 DC 0V ; Load battery voltage
VY 1 10 DC 0V
D1 4 1 DMOD
DF 0 4 DMOD
.MODEL DMOD D(IS=2.2E-15 BV=1200V TT=0 CJO=0)

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*/ SUBCIRCUIT CALL FOR THYRISTOR MODEL /*

XT1 10 4 7 0 SCR
XT2 3 4 8 0 SCR
XT3 1 3 9 0 SCR
*/ SUBCIRCUIT FOR DC THYRISTOR MODEL /*
.SUBCKT SCR 1 2 3 4
S1 1 5 3 4 SMOD
DT 5 2 DMOD
.MODEL SMOD VSWITCH (RON=0.01 ROFF=10E+5 VON=0.1V VOFF=0V)
.MODEL DMOD D(IS=2.2E-15 BV=1200V TT=0 CJO=0)
.ENDS SCR ; Ends of thyristor model
.TRAN 1us 6ms 4ms 1us ;transient analysis
.PROBE ; Graphics post-processor
.END

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Procedure
For Buck Chopper
VS 1 0 DC 110V ; Input DC voltage source
VY 1 2 DC 0V ;Voltage source to measure the supply current
VG 7 3 PULSE (0 20V 0 0.1ns 0.1ns 27.28USus 50us) ;Ton=27.28US=(Va/Vs*T)
RB 7 6 250
LE 3 4 681.82UH
CE 4 0 8.33UF IC=60V
L 4 8 40.91UH
R853
VX 5 0 DC 0V ; Load battery voltage
DM 0 3 DMOD
.MODEL DMOD D (IS=2.2E-15 BV=1800V TT=0) ; Diode modal parameters
Q1 2 6 3 QMOD ; Transistor modal parameters
.MODEL QMOD NPN (IS=6.734F BF=416.4 BR=.7371 CJC=3.638P
+ CJE=4.493P TR=239.5N TF=301.2P)
.TRAN 1US 1.6MS 1.5US 1US UIC ; Transient analysis
.PROBE ; Graphics post-processor
.OPTIONS ABSTOL=1.00N RELTOL=0.01 VNTOL=0.1 ITL5=50000
.FOUR 20KHZ I(VY)
.END

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Precautions
Enter the Program With out errors.
Waveforms should be noted without parallax error.
Don't forget to save the Program at the end of every line.

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Observations(Resonant pulse
commutation )

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Observations(Buck Chopper)

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Inference

Various voltages across the capacitor, inductor and load has been
observed in resonant pulse commutation circuit and buck chopper

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VIVA Questions
1. To design the buck converter, what are basic & essential information (parameters) we need to get
from the Customer?
Ans : We need the following inputs from the customer, Output Voltage VOUT, Input Voltage VIN,
Output Current (load current) IOUT Maximum Ripple voltage allowed at the output side,
Efficiency of the converter
2. What is the ouput voltage of buck chopper?
Ans: the output voltage of buck chopper is
Vo=DVin Where D is duty cycle
3.What is meant by delay angle?
Ans: The delay angle is defined as angle between zero crossing of the input voltage and the instant
the thyristor is fired.
4. What is meant by DC chopper?
Ans: a DC chopper is a high speed static switch used to obtaine the variable DC output volatge
from constant DC input voltage.
5. What are the two types of control strategies?
Ans: Time ratio control (TRC) and Current Limit Control Method (CLC)

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6. What is meant by commutation?

Ans: It is the process of changing the direction of current flow in a particular path of the
circuit. This process is used in thyristors for turning it off.

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