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    This document provides instructions for a lab experiment on DC to DC converters using PSIM simulation software. The experiment involves simulating a buck converter circuit and observing the effects of varying duty cycle, switching frequency, inductor value, and load. Students are asked to record waveform and voltage/current measurements under different test conditions and comment on their observations.

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    This document provides instructions for a lab experiment on DC to DC converters using PSIM simulation software. The experiment involves simulating a buck converter circuit and observing the effects of varying duty cycle, switching frequency, inductor value, and load. Students are asked to record waveform and voltage/current measurements under different test conditions and comment on their observations.

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    The Open University of Sri Lanka

    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering


    Bachelor of Technology Honors in Engineering – Level 5
    EEX 5453 – Power Electronics
    Academic Year 2020/2021
    Lab 2 – DC to DC Converters
    Report Due Date:

    Experiment 1 – Buck Converter in PSIM


    Create buck converter circuit using PSIM Demo version as shown in the figure below:

    Figure 1

    To run this circuit, set Simulation Control as follows:


    Implementing the Pulse Width Modulator
    To provide trigger signal for MOSFET in buck converter, a pulse width modulator is
    Constructed from high frequency triangular signal (Vcarr) compared to a dc signal (Vref)
    using a comparator. As the result, a PWM signal with adjustable duty cycle is generated.

    𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉
    𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷 𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶 = × 100%
    𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉

    Varying Vref from 0…1 will correspond to 0…100% duty cycle. Switching frequency of
    modulator can be set by changing “Frequency” in the triangular wave parameters.
    3. Simulation Task
    Simulate buck converter through following steps.
    3.1. Experiment 1 - Observing the effect of varying duty cycle
    1. Set the resistor to R = 5Ω.
    2. Set the switching frequency to 100 kHz and duty cycle to 50%.
    3. Set the input voltage to 12 V.
    4. With PWM signal as reference, record the 3-5 cycles waveform of input current,
    inductor current and output voltage.
    5. Using DMM measure the average value output voltage.
    6. Repeat above steps with varying duty cycle from 90% to 0% in steps of 10%.
    7. Comment on your observations.

    3.2. Experiment 2 - Observing the effect of varying switching frequency


    1) Set the resistor to R = 5Ω.
    2) Set the switching frequency to 100 kHz.
    3) With 12-volt input, adjust duty cycle to obtain output voltage of 6 volt.
    4) Using DMM, measure the average value of output voltage and inductor current.
    5) Measure the peak-to-peak value of ripple output voltage and inductor current.
    6) Repeat step 3 - 5 with switching frequency of 40, 60 and 80 kHz.
    7) Comment on your observations.
    Note: at each frequency, make sure that the output voltage is kept constant at 6 volt; this
    may mean you need to slightly adjust the duty cycle.
    3.3. Experiment 3 - Observing the effect of varying inductor value
    1) Set the resistor to R = 5Ω.
    2) Set the switching frequency to 100 kHz.
    3) With 12-volt input, adjust duty cycle to obtain output voltage of 6 volt.
    4) Using DMM, measure the average value of output voltage and inductor current.
    5) Measure the peak-to-peak value of ripple output voltage and inductor current.
    6) Repeat step 3 - 5 with inductor value changed to 40 𝜇𝜇H, 60 𝜇𝜇H, 80 𝜇𝜇H.
    7) Comment on your observations.

    3.4. Experiment 4 - Varying load


    1) Set switching frequency to 40 kHz and duty cycle to 50%.
    2) Set the resistor to R = 5Ω.
    3) With PWM signal as reference, record the 3-5 cycles of inductor current waveform.
    You should see CCM operation at this point.
    4) Increase load resistor as needed so that inductor current waveform is in
    discontinuous mode.
    5) With PWM signal as reference, record the 3-5 cycles of inductor current waveform.
    You should see DCM operation at this point.
    6) Reduce load resistor as needed so that inductor current waveform is in
    Boundary between CCM & DCM operation. (You can calculate boundary condition
    using equations discussed in day school 2, refer to notes given)
    7) With PWM signal as reference, record the 3-5 cycles of inductor current waveform.

    Post Lab Exercises


    Post Lab Experiment 1 - Measuring efficiency
    1) Set the resistor to R = 5Ω.
    2) With 12-volt input and 100 kHz switching frequency, set duty cycle to obtain output
    voltage of 6 volt.
    3) Using DMM measure the average value of input current, output voltage and inductor
    current.
    4) Repeat experiment with switching frequency of 40, 60, and 80 kHz.
    5) Comment of your observations. Include simulation results in the report.

    Post Lab Experiment 2 - Observing the effect of varying capacitor value


    1) Set the resistor to R = 5Ω.
    2) Set the switching frequency to 100 kHz.
    3) With 12-volt input, adjust duty cycle to obtain output voltage of 6 volt.
    4) Using DMM, measure the average value of output voltage and inductor current.
    5) Measure the peak-to-peak value of ripple output voltage and inductor current.
    6) Repeat step 3 - 5 with inductor value changed to 40 𝜇𝜇H, 60 𝜇𝜇H, 80 𝜇𝜇H.

    Mini Assignment
    Develop a Simulation for Boost and Buck Boost converters and Obtain Results by repeating
    all experiment tasks.
    Student Name: ……………………………… Registration No: ……………………………
    Observations Sheet – Lab 2
    Experiment 1 – Varying Duty Cycle
    Test No Duty Cycle Vout (Avg)
    1 10 %
    2 20 %
    3 30 %
    4 40 %
    5 50 %
    6 60 %
    7 70 %
    8 80 %
    9 90 %

    Comment on your observations.

    Experiment 2 – Varying Switching Frequency


    Test No Switching Vo Ripple (p- Inductor Current Inductor Current
    Frequency p) (Avg) Ripple (p-p)
    1 100 kHz
    2 80 kHz
    3 60 kHz
    4 40 kHz

    Comment on your observations.


    Experiment 3 – Varying Inductor Value

    Test No Inductor Value Vo Ripple (p- Inductor Current Inductor Current


    p) (Avg) Ripple (p-p)
    1 100 uH
    2 80 uH
    3 60 uH
    4 40 uH

    Comment on your observations.

    Experiment 4 – Varying Load


    Test No Load Vo Inductor Current Operating Mode
    (Avg) (CCM.DCM or
    Boundary)
    1 5Ω
    2 6Ω
    3 8Ω
    4 9Ω
    5 12 Ω
    6 16 Ω
    7 20 Ω
    8 25 Ω

    Comment on your observations.

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