Chapter 7 : Cycloconverters

example 7.1, Page No.319

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# input voltage, SCR ratings and input power factors

import math
#variable declaration
V = 250                # single phase supply voltage 
I = 50                 # supply current
pf = 0.8               # lagging power factor
alfa = 0               # ideal SCR

#calculations
x = math.sqrt(2)
x = math.floor(x*1000)/1000
Vm = (V*math.pi*x)/(3*math.sin(math.pi/3))
Vrms = Vm/math.sqrt(2)
Irms = I*math.sqrt(2)/math.sqrt(3)
y = math.sqrt(3)
y = math.floor(y*1000)/1000
piv = y*Vm
piv = math.floor(piv*100)/100
Ii = math.sqrt((I**2)/3)
pipp = V*I*pf/3.0
pf_i = pipp/(Vrms*Ii)

#Result
print("Vm = %f V\nrms current rating of thyristor = %.1f A\nPIV = %.2fV\nRMS value of input current = %.1f A"%(Vm,math.ceil(Irms),piv,Ii))
print("Power input per phase = %.2f W\nInput power factor = %.3f lagging."%(pipp,pf_i))
Vm = 427.452050 V
rms current rating of thyristor = 41.0 A
PIV = 740.34V
RMS value of input current = 28.9 A
Power input per phase = 3333.33 W
Input power factor = 0.382 lagging.

example 7.2, Page No. 320

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#output voltage(referring ex 7.1)

import math
#variable declaration
V = 250                # single phase supply voltage 
theta1 = 30            # firing angle 1
theta2 = 45            # firing angle 2

#calculations
#(a)
v1 = V*math.cos(theta1*math.pi/180)
#(b)
v2 = V*math.cos(theta2*math.pi/180)

#Result
print("(a) RMS value of output voltage = %.1f V"%v1)
print("(b) RMS value of output voltage = %.2f V"%v2)
(a) RMS value of output voltage = 216.5 V
(b) RMS value of output voltage = 176.78 V

example 7.3, Page No.320

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#Output voltage for different firing angle

import math
#variable declaration
Vrms = 230               # input voltage
theta1 = 0               # firing angle 1
theta2 = 30              # firing angle 2

#calculation
#(a)
v1 = 6*math.sqrt(2)*Vrms*math.sin(math.pi/6)*math.cos(theta1*math.pi/180)/(math.pi*math.sqrt(2))
#(b)
v2 = 6*math.sqrt(2)*Vrms*math.sin(math.pi/6)*math.cos(theta2*math.pi/180)/(math.pi*math.sqrt(2))


#Result
print("(a) Vo = %.2f V\n(b) Vo = %.1f V"%(v1,v2))
(a) Vo = 219.63 V
(b) Vo = 190.2 V

example 7.4, Page No.320

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# supply voltage

import math
#variable declaration
Vo = 200                   # output voltage

#Calculation
Vi = Vo*(math.pi/3)/math.sin(math.pi/3)

#Result
print("RMS value of input voltage = %.2f V "%Vi)
RMS value of input voltage = 241.84 V