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Determination of optimized soft starter firing angle to mitigate high inrush current during motor starting using PSCAD

Master of Science in Electrical Power Engineering

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Main Author: Farah Hanan, Ahmad
Other Authors: Muhammad Mokhzaini, Azizan, Dr.
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) 2018
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Electric circuit analysis
Electric circuits
Electric power systems
Online Access:http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/handle/123456789/77430
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spelling my.unimap-774302022-12-07T02:12:06Z Determination of optimized soft starter firing angle to mitigate high inrush current during motor starting using PSCAD Farah Hanan, Ahmad Muhammad Mokhzaini, Azizan, Dr. Electric circuit analysis Electric circuits Electric power systems Master of Science in Electrical Power Engineering Starting of an induction motor is a process that creates many challenging problems for the motor and operations of the power system. The induction motor can be damaged, characteristic can be changed and performance of the motor can be worsen. An induction motor draws a high starting current and develops a high torque during the start-up. Inrush current often causes problem such as voltage dips and sags that occur in electrical power system associated with motor. The different motors starters available in Malaysia market are being discussed and analyzed. It includes both conventional electromechanical starters and power electronic drives. A comparison between the starters found that soft starter is the most convincing because the configuration just involves some power conductor device that control the current flow from power source to the motor. The switch is in the form of thyristor and being connected back-to-back. The current output can be controlled by varying the firing angle. This changing of firing angle is managed by a firing angle control circuit. PSCAD/EMTDC software is used for model implementation and in carrying out extensive simulation studies. Firstly, the power source was directly connected to the induction motor and the circuit is simulated to analyze the inrush current. The analysis of the starter is repeated by using star delta starter and soft starter. For soft starter, the thyristor acts as a gate to control the voltage applied to the motor. The firing angle was varied until the high current was mitigated. This research was finally concluded that soft starter circuit is designed to be used to mitigate inrush current. 2018 2022-12-07T02:12:06Z 2022-12-07T02:12:06Z Thesis http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/handle/123456789/77430 en Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) School of Electrical Systems Engineering
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language English
topic Electric circuit analysis
Electric circuits
Electric power systems
spellingShingle Electric circuit analysis
Electric circuits
Electric power systems
Farah Hanan, Ahmad
Determination of optimized soft starter firing angle to mitigate high inrush current during motor starting using PSCAD
description Master of Science in Electrical Power Engineering
author2 Muhammad Mokhzaini, Azizan, Dr.
author_facet Muhammad Mokhzaini, Azizan, Dr.
Farah Hanan, Ahmad
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author Farah Hanan, Ahmad
author_sort Farah Hanan, Ahmad
title Determination of optimized soft starter firing angle to mitigate high inrush current during motor starting using PSCAD
title_short Determination of optimized soft starter firing angle to mitigate high inrush current during motor starting using PSCAD
title_full Determination of optimized soft starter firing angle to mitigate high inrush current during motor starting using PSCAD
title_fullStr Determination of optimized soft starter firing angle to mitigate high inrush current during motor starting using PSCAD
title_full_unstemmed Determination of optimized soft starter firing angle to mitigate high inrush current during motor starting using PSCAD
title_sort determination of optimized soft starter firing angle to mitigate high inrush current during motor starting using pscad
publisher Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)
publishDate 2018
url http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/handle/123456789/77430
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