Guidance required for 1phase/3phase Static Switch design
Guidance required for 1phase/3phase Static Switch design
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I am currently designing a static switch driver circuit (for thyristor based switch) for 1phase and 3phase AC supply. The same circuit will work for 1phase if jumper is not set and will work for 3phase if jumper is set.
The help i need is in switching off the thyristor. There are 6 thyristors 3 for primary source and 3 for secondary source
primary source -- UPS with battery backup
Secondary source -- Grid
This static switch is the device that will be placed inside the UPS.
Consider 1Phase operation.
Here i switch on the primary thyristor (only one - as it is 1phase), and check zero crossing of primary supply to sense supply failure. On supply failure i switch will switch on the secondary supply.
But the switch being a thyristor it will switch off only on current being zero, and this equipment will be used in industrial area so the load would mostly be inductive can also be capacitive. So the load current can lead or lag the AC voltage.
My plan right now is to insert a delay between the two thyristor switching (delay equal to about 300 degree in angle). Is there any other reliable method to safely switch thyristors. I want the transfer time to be minimum as possible, so that computers wont reset.
Once 1phase is done, need to do the same with 3 phase.
Help appreciated
I am currently designing a static switch driver circuit (for thyristor based switch) for 1phase and 3phase AC supply. The same circuit will work for 1phase if jumper is not set and will work for 3phase if jumper is set.
The help i need is in switching off the thyristor. There are 6 thyristors 3 for primary source and 3 for secondary source
primary source -- UPS with battery backup
Secondary source -- Grid
This static switch is the device that will be placed inside the UPS.
Consider 1Phase operation.
Here i switch on the primary thyristor (only one - as it is 1phase), and check zero crossing of primary supply to sense supply failure. On supply failure i switch will switch on the secondary supply.
But the switch being a thyristor it will switch off only on current being zero, and this equipment will be used in industrial area so the load would mostly be inductive can also be capacitive. So the load current can lead or lag the AC voltage.
My plan right now is to insert a delay between the two thyristor switching (delay equal to about 300 degree in angle). Is there any other reliable method to safely switch thyristors. I want the transfer time to be minimum as possible, so that computers wont reset.
Once 1phase is done, need to do the same with 3 phase.
Help appreciated
Thanks
Regards
Gokkul





RE: Guidance required for 1phase/3phase Static Switch design
If you are talking low currents, like a few ten amperes, you could use triacs instead. There, you only need one for single-phase.
Gunnar Englund
www.gke.org
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RE: Guidance required for 1phase/3phase Static Switch design
Sorry i forgot to mention it is two thyristor (part no - SKKT-92)
No not low current - 50A minimum, for higher current the switching device will be upgraded but not the driver. That is the plan :)
Thanks
Regards
Gokkul
RE: Guidance required for 1phase/3phase Static Switch design
Also wanted to know if i keep the gate continuously on, read some where on the internet that it would create some gate loss of some kind and it is not recommended, not sure about it can some one enlighten me :).
Thanks
Regards
Gokkul
RE: Guidance required for 1phase/3phase Static Switch design
The voltage across the thyristor is a (usually) esier and less interference-prone method. A conducting thyristor shouldn't have more than a couple of volts across it. If voltage is more, then it conducts. And then, of course, there are many ways to detect current in itself.
I use this method in our "Square variac" to avoid shorting the secondary windings while changing output voltage.
Works very well.
Gating on continuously is not a good idea. If you do that, you will require heavuer gate drives (more power because of continuous gate curent instead of short pulses or burts). And keeping gate current on during reverse plarity increases losses tremendously. You may get away with it in you case because you don't haveany reverse voltage (other thyristor conduts), but I don't see why you should do it.
Gunnar Englund
www.gke.org
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Half full - Half empty? I don't mind. It's what in it that counts.
RE: Guidance required for 1phase/3phase Static Switch design
Will try doing some research on voltage across thyristor method to detect triac off.
So about the continuous gate on you mean it wont do much harm as i am using triac (as one thyristor will always be conduction).
Just to simplify the code in this project :). Kind of switch it on and forget, rather than generate pulse.
Thanks
Regards
Gokkul
RE: Guidance required for 1phase/3phase Static Switch design
It is not very complicated to turn gate off after you have turned it on. You will not save much code there.
Gunnar Englund
www.gke.org
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Half full - Half empty? I don't mind. It's what in it that counts.
RE: Guidance required for 1phase/3phase Static Switch design
What else do u suggest (IGBT?), Mosfets are not an option as the current will increases to 250A and above in higher rated UPS. This is just a driver part of much larger machine.
Thanks
Regards
Gokkul
RE: Guidance required for 1phase/3phase Static Switch design
Gunnar Englund
www.gke.org
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Half full - Half empty? I don't mind. It's what in it that counts.
RE: Guidance required for 1phase/3phase Static Switch design
This same circuit is available in the app note-page 106 also attached.
The resistors R18. R19, R20, R21 and R22 are 2 watt i guess(guessing from size).
I have also attached screenshots of voltage across the triac terminals and the current in the circuit (yellow - voltage waveform , pink - current waveform)
How do i sense the voltage across triac terminals to be detected by PIC microcontroller (either as digital io, or as analoge value)
Can this driver be used to continuously drive the triac gate or is pulsed gate still recommended?
Help Appreciated :)
Thanks
Regards
Gokkul