16.2 FEEDBACK CONTROL SYSTEMS 781
Ac Drives
AC power
controller
Class D
squirrel-cageinduction motor
0–25
1:2
Quad 1 drivingQuad 4 plugging with source
phase-sequence reversal
Quad 3 drivingQuad 2 plugging
240-V three-
phase ac
Stator terminal
pd
Centrifugal pumps
and fans
Slip-energy
recovery system
Wound-rotor
induction motor
Up to 20,000
1:2
Quad 1 driving, with source
phase-sequence reversal
Quad 3 driving
Up to 5000-V
three-phaseac
Rotor terminal
pd
Centrifugal pumps
and fans
Voltage-source
inverter andadditionalconverters
Class B or C
squirrel-cageinduction motoror synchronousmotors
15–250
1:10
Quad 1 drivingQuad 2 regenerative braking, with
appropriate additional converters
Quad 3 drivingQuad 4 regenerative breaking
240-V to
600-Vthree-phaseac
Stator terminal
pd andfrequency
Group drives in textile
machinery andrunout tables
Current-source
inverter andadditionalconverters
Class B or C
squirrel cageinduction motor
15–500
1:10
Quad 1 drivingQuad 2 regenerative braking, with
inverter control signal sequencereversal
Quad 3 drivingQuad 4 regenerative braking
240-V to
600-Vthree-phaseac
Stator current
andfrequency
Single-motor dives,
centrifuges, mixers,conveyors, etc.
Current-source
inverter andadditionalconverters
Three-phase
synchronousmotor
Up to 15,000
1:50
Quad 1 drivingQuad 2 regenerative breaking, with
inverter control signal sequencereversal
Quad 3 drivingQuad 4 regenerative braking
Up to 5000-V
three-phaseac
Stator current
andfrequency
Single-motor drives,
processingmachinery of allkinds
Adapted from S. A. Nasar, Editor,
Handbook of Electric Machines,
McGraw-Hill, New York, 1987.