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I am reading this great website. I don't understand the topic #4. I don't see how the current will flow back to the battery, and how the Q2 enabling changes the circuit. As far as I can see, the current will use the diodes to flow, so why turn q2 on? Why just don't use Q1 and D2? |
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Summary: If you use a position encoder wheel you can manage the commutation of generation and regeneration according to the difference between supply and load for each phase of the motor. The H bridge allows you control polarity of drive voltage to or from the battery depending on which is higher and demand of acceleration or braking. Two methods are show below.
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The motor (as a generator) can only deliver power to the battery if its terminal voltage exceeds the battery voltage. The page you reference skips over a lot of detail, but in section 4, the author is actually using Q2, D2 and La (the inductance of the armature) as a boost (switching) converter to raise the voltage sufficiently to charge the battery. Note that the situation in section 6 is different. Here, he seems to be ignoring the armature inductance and simply applying reverse voltage across the motor to slow it down more quickly. This does not result in any regeneration, since no energy is actually returned to the battery. It is possible to do regeneration with a full bridge, but it's more complex than what is shown there. |
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