A Limit Cycling Speed Control System.

Abstract

The concept of a limit cycling control in power supplies and speed control has advanced the application of these broad areas. ON-OFF switching of a thyristor provides a simple and economical method of control and regulation. This switching of the thyristor causes the system to limit cycle. Basic analysis and design of speed control was performed. A describing function was developed to model the power-supply and rectifier bridge. Then it was used to predict the frequency and amplitude of the limit cycle. A digital computer program was used to simulate the system response and to construct the describing function curves. To verify the describing function validity, the limit cycle predictions were compared with the simulated results. Fourier analyses were performed to determine the ripple instability and subharmonic effect of the system output. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0721561

Entities

People

  • Hasan Kocaoglu

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Digital Computers
  • Fourier Analysis
  • Frequency
  • Instability
  • Power Supplies
  • Rectifiers
  • Regulations
  • Switching
  • Thyristors

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Electrical Engineering