摘要
To improve energy transfer efficiency and quality controllability of plasma cutting process of thick plate, a 50 kW digital inverter type plasma cutting power supply is developed. The power supply main circuit is composed of two similar power electronic building blocks, using full-bridge high frequency inverter topology to achieve efficient energy transformation. To realize accurate digital control of the plasma cutting power supply and cooperative work of the two power electronic building blocks, the Cortex-M4 type ARM microprocessor-TM4C123GH6PGE is used as the cybernetic core of the control system. To improve the response performance and reliability of the power system, close-loop control and peak current feedback control modes are adopted. In the end, the experimental study of the performance testing and cutting of the developed prototype is carried out. The results indicate that the design is rational and feasible, and the developed high power plnsma cutting power supply works reliably with excellent performance.
To improve energy transfer efficiency and quality controllability of plasma cutting process of thick plate, a 50 kW digital inverter type plasma cutting power supply is developed. The power supply main circuit is composed of two similar power electronic building blocks, using full-bridge high frequency inverter topology to achieve efficient energy transformation. To realize accurate digital control of the plasma cutting power supply and cooperative work of the two power electronic building blocks, the Cortex-M4 type ARM microprocessor-TM4C123GH6PGE is used as the cybernetic core of the control system. To improve the response performance and reliability of the power system, close-loop control and peak current feedback control modes are adopted. In the end, the experimental study of the performance testing and cutting of the developed prototype is carried out. The results indicate that the design is rational and feasible, and the developed high power plnsma cutting power supply works reliably with excellent performance.
基金
This investigation is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China （51375173） and Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Project （2012B091000009, 2012A032300007）.
