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E-3

E-3

THEORY OF OPERATION

FIGURE E.3 – WELD WINDINGS, RECTIFIER, POWER MODULES AND FEEDBACK

 

TO

WORK

 

CONTROL

 

BOARD

TERMINAL

THREE-PHASE

SHUNT

__

RECTIFIER

 

 

 

TO

 

 

CONTROL

 

 

BOARD

 

 

POWER MODULES

 

 

(TWO)

 

 

IGBT

ELECTRODE

 

TERMINAL

 

CHOKE

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IGBT

 

 

 

 

 

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G

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONTROL

 

ENGINE

ROTATION

ROTOR

BOARD

 

 

 

MECHANICAL

 

 

 

 

STARTER

 

 

SLIP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RINGS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARC OUTPUT MODE

 

 

 

 

STATOR

 

CONTROL CONTROL SELECTOR

ALTERNATOR

ENGINE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SENSORS

 

AUXILIARY

WINDINGS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

I

 

1

 

 

 

BATTERY

SOL

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5

 

 

 

 

V

 

 

 

 

L

 

 

 

 

 

S

 

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E

 

 

 

 

 

H

 

C

 

 

 

 

R

 

 

 

 

 

U

 

 

 

230VAC

 

 

T

 

 

 

 

RECEPTACLE

 

 

D

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

O

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

W

 

 

 

115VAC

 

 

 

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RECEPTACLE

42VAC

 

 

ENGINE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROTECTION

 

 

 

30VAC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONTROL

 

 

 

 

 

TRANSFORMER

30VAC

 

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WELD WINDINGS, RECTIFIER, POWER MODULES AND FEED- BACK

The three-phase stator weld windings are connected to a three-phase rectifier bridge. The resultant DC volt- age is applied to parallel capacitors incorporated with- in the two power modules. These capacitors function as filters and also as power supplies for the IGBTs. See IGBT Operation in this section. The IGBTs act as high-speed switches operating at 20KHZ. These devices are switched on and off by the control board through pulse width modulation circuitry. See Pulse Width Modulation in this section. This “chopped” DC

output is applied through choke coils to the welding out- put terminals. The chokes function as current filters and also help to balance the outputs of the two power modules. Free-wheeling diodes are incorporated in the power modules to provide a current path for the stored energy in the chokes when the IGBTs are turned off. See Chopper Technology in this section.

Output voltage and current feedback information is fed to the control board. This information is sensed at the output terminals and the shunt.

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NOTE: Unshaded areas of Block Logic Diagram are the subject of discussion.

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