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i.
DECLARATION
I declare that this is my original work and has never been presented in before any institution for the
award of diploma or any other certificate.
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SUPERVISOR:.........................................................................................
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ii.
DEDICATION
I dedicate this work to GOD for protection throughout my research period and the gift of life he
granted to me. I also dedicate to my teachers, more so my supervisor for the good guidance
throughout this period and his support together with encouragement. Finally I dedicate to to my
parents for their support on purchasing the equipment. May God bless you all.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
It is my privilege to express my sincerest regards to my project coordinator, Madam Pauline, for her
valuable inputs, able guidance, encouragement and her cooperation throughout the duration of the
project
I deeply express my sincere thanks to the head of department, Mr Jonah for the encouragement and
allowing me to present the project on the topic 12v DC inverter circuit
I take this opportunity to thank all my lecturers who contributed their valuable advice and help to
complete the project successfully.
ABSTRACT
The main aim of this project is to construct a 12v dc inverter to act as source of ac power and also as
a backup in case of loss of power on the main grid. The design consist of seven stages which include;
DC power source(12v battery), inverter, transformer, filter, stabilizer, regulator and the ac output
voltage. The design system is very functional, durable, economical and resizable using locally sourced
and affordable component.
Table of contents
PROJECT PROPOSAL
..............................................................................1
DECLARATION..................................................................................
......2
DEDICATION .....................................................................................
.....3
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ..................................................................
........4
ABSTRACT ..........................................................................................
....5
CHAPTER ONE
.......................................................................................9
1.0
INTRODUCTION ...............................................................................9
1.1 Background of
study .......................................................................9
1.2 Research
objectives .......................................................................10
1.3 Problem
statement ........................................................................10
1.4 Block diagram.................................................................................
11
1.4.1 A 12v dc power
supply ................................................................11
1.4.2
Inverter .......................................................................................11
1.4.3
Transformer ................................................................................11
1.4.4
Filter ............................................................................................11
1.4.5 Stabilizer......................................................................................
12
1.4.6
Regulator ....................................................................................12
1.4.7 Ac output
voltage .......................................................................12
1.5 Budget components for the construction ....................................12
1.6 Limitations of the
project...............................................................13
b)Advance design.........................................................................................................................18
CHAPTER THREE
3.0 Design of the proposed system ...............................................19
3.1 Methodology ............................................................................19
3.1.1 Review design .......................................................................19
3.1.2 Power supply section ............................................................19
3.1.3 The inverter section ..............................................................19
3.2 Circuit diagram .........................................................................20
3.2.1 12v battery ............................................................................20
3.2.2 capacitor ...............................................................................20
3.2.3 Resistor ..................................................................................21
3.2.4 IC ............................................................................................22
3.2.5Transformer...........................................................................23
3.2.6 MOSFET.................................................................................23
3.2.7 Zener diode ..........................................................................23
3.2.8 Electronic switch ..................................................................24
3.3 Component specification........................................................24
3.4 Safety ......................................................................................24
CHAPTER FOUR
4.0 Implementation and testing .................................................25
4.1 Schedule ................................................................................25
4.2 Conclusion .............................................................................26
4.3 Future scope ..........................................................................26
4.4 Reference ...............................................................................27
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of study
Electricity can be said to be one of the greatest invention of man. This is because many other
inventions and processes depend on it for proper functioning. The most common source of
this important energy is the utility lines that comes from hydraulic power stations. However
the ac supply from utility lines is subject to power surges, voltage shortage, complete power
failure and wide variations in the electric current frequency.
An absolute solution to energy demand can be achieved by adoption of renewable energy
development especially the abduction of charge inverter. The Inverter makes good use of an
energy source such as photovoltaic to be domestically and industrially relevant for use, as in
short goes a long way to reduce the level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and
alleviate this global warming on process. The photovoltaic power generation is reliable. It
involves no moving parts and the operations and maintenance costs are very low. Electricity
generation is the first process in the delivery of electrical power to consumers. The other
processes are electricity transmission and distribution. The importance of electricity was
revealed when it became apparent that electricity generation was useful for producing heat,
light and power for human needs. An inverter converts dc voltage to ac voltage. In most
cases, the input dc voltage is usually lower while the output ac is equal to the grid supply
voltage of either 120v or 240v depending on the country. The inverter may be built as
standalone equipment for applications such as solar power or to work as a backup power
supply from batteries which are charged separately. The other configuration is when it is a
part of a bigger circuit such as power supply unit or a UPS.In this case the inverter input dc is
from the rectifier mains ac in the UPS while from either the rectifier ac in the UPS when
there is power and from the batteries whenever this is a power failure. There are different
forms of inverters based on the shape of the switching waveform. They have varying circuit
configuration, efficiency, advantages and disadvantages. An inverter provides ac power from
a DC power source and is useful in powering electronics and electrical equipment rates at
the ac mains voltages. In addition they are widely used in the switched mode power supply
inverting stages. The circuits are classified according to the switching technology and switch
type., the wave form, the frequency and output waveform.
1.2 Research objectives
The project seeks to improve on the existing power inverters and bring forth features
and upgrades such as;
Main
Other objectives
Low cost sine wave inverter to upgrade on the square wave inverter without increasing the
cost of production.
Microsecond automatic load transfer and switching to avoid computer from restarting.
Provision of availability of low constant power source.
Stabilizer
Transformer Regulator
Ac output voltage
Components description
1.4.4 Filter
It is a device or process that removes some unwanted components or features from
a signal. It can be categorised to two I.e passive filter which includes only passive
components such as resistor, capacitors and indicators, and active filters which uses
active components like op-amps.
1.4.5 Stabilizer
1.4.6 Regulator
It creates and maintains a fixed output voltage irrespective of the changes to the
input voltage or load conditions. They are of three types; step -up ,step -down and
inverter regulator. One of the components for voltage regulation is the zener diode.
1.7Definition of terms
1.7.1)Power inverter:-
1.7.2)Battery:-
A container consisting of one or more cells in which chemicals energy is converted into electricity
and used as a source of power.
1.7.3)Electrical panel:-
Is an electrical distribution board that houses electrical circuit breakers. It is the main point at which
electricity is distributed throughout a building. Also known as breaker box.
1.7.4)Alternating current:-
An electric current which periodically reverses direction and changes its magnitude continuously
with time in contrast to direct current which flows in one direction.
1.7.5)Electrical power:-
The rate per unit time at which electrical energy is transferred by electrical circuit.
1.7.6)UPS:-
Uninterruptible power supply. Is an electrical apparatus that provides emergency power to a load
when the input power source or main power fails.
1.7.7)Voltage:-
1.7.8 )Watts:-
Is a standard unit of measuring power either by capacity or demand.
The point at which the gain falls off from mid-band response or if the response is uneven, the
response at a defined frequency.
CHAPTER TWO
2.0 Literature Review
The origin of the engineering term inverter was said by David Prince. It conveys the idea of a rectifier
except functioning in an inverted mode of operation hence inverter. A current converter is thus a
device for converting alternating current to direct current or vice versa or for converting one
frequency current of one frequency into alternating current of another frequency. The term rectifier
was understood to mean any stationary apparatus or rotating commutator for transforming
alternating current to direct current. Based on use of static or non-rotating versus rotating parts, the
article explains how the rectifier circuit and inverted it, turning in direct current at one end and
drawing out alternating current at the other.
It is the simplest and cheapest type of inverter but nowadays it is not used because of low power
quality. The waveform shape is not well suited for running most modern appliances.
Causes high audio noise which turn to be very visible when it is being used to
operate an audio system.
Incompatible with certain gadgets such as machines which run on motors such as
fun.
Low surge power.
b)Modified sine wave inverter
It's topologies provide square with some dead spots between positive and negative half cycles. They
are suitable for many electronic loads although there total harmonic distortion is about 25%. They
are low cost inverters on consumers market today. It allows the use 230v electrical alliances from a
battery.
Soft temporal rise of voltage and the absence of harmonic oscillations which causes
unwanted counter forces on engines, interference on radios.
2.2 Structure of the system
The Inverter is of two design;
a. Basic design
b. Advance design
a. Basic design
Is one of the simplest inverter circuit, dc power is connected to a transformer the
centre tap of primary winding. A switch is rapidly switched back and forth to allow
current to flow back to the DC source following two alternate paths through one end
of the primary winding and the other. The alternation of the direction of current in
the primary winding of the transformer produces alternating current in the
secondary circuit. The electrical version of the switching device includes two
stationary contacts and a spring supported moving contact. The spring holds the
movable contacts against one of the stationary contacts and an electromagnet pulls
the movable contacts to the opposite stationary contacts.
The current in electromagnet is interrupted by the action of the switch so that the
switch continuously switches rapidly back and forth. This type of electrochemical
inverter switch, called a vibrator or buzzer was once used in vaccum tube
automobile radios. A similar mechanism has been used in door bells and tattoo guns.
As they became available with adequate power ratings, transistors and various other
types of semiconductor switches have been incorporated into the inverter circuit
design.
b. Advance system
There are many different power topologies and control strategies used in inverter
design. Different design approaches address different issues that may be more or
less important depending on the way that the inverter is intended to be used. The
issue of waveform quality can be addressed in many ways . Capacitors and inductors
can be used to filter the waveform. If the design includes a transformer or both
sides, low pass filters are applied to allow the fundamental components of the
waveform to pass to the output while limiting the passage of the harmonic
component. If the inverter is designed to provide power at fixed frequency a
resonant filter can be used. For an adjustable frequency inverter, the filter must be
tuned to a frequency that is above the maximum fundamental frequency.
CHAPTER THREE
3.0 Design of the proposed system
3.1Methodology
This chapter reveals the research design and the different stages of the project are simply revealed. I
illustrate the concepts as well as technique adopted in the research about the project. It also
explains various stages of inverter design.
This unit is mainly used to power the whole electronics component in the circuit and it must be
regulated power by use of zener diode.
It comprises of three stages; the oscillator stage, amplifier stage and the transformer stage.
The oscillator stage is the heart of the device. The Inverter needs to generate ac
voltage to a frequency of 50Hz, hence there has to be some kind of oscillator circuit
for this to be achieved the oscillator here is a pulse width modulator IC. The pulse
width modulator has an internal RC oscillator, which could be made to oscillate the
frequency in excess of 1MHz, depending on the external component used. The
advantage of using pulse width modulator is that the inverter gives low harmonic
content of the frequency which is suitable for inductive loads.
The amplifier stage consist of an electronic amplifier that prepares a small electrical
signal for further amplification or processing. Pre- amplifier further amplifies the
signal generated from the oscillator before sending it to the driving stage. The input
of the MOSFET has a very high impedance which makes the drive stage dispensable
but when MOSFET are connected in parallel, it's often required that their gates are
isolated. The drive stage not only matches the oscillator to the amplifier but it also
ensure that the gates of the parallel MOSFET are properly isolated from each other
even if they are driven from the same source.
The transformer stage has two secondary windings, the switching action sends
alternating current through the inverter transformer primary windings . This is
referred to as push- pull action. The transformer turns ratio can permit higher or
lower load voltage. The Inverter transformer output is an ac square wave but the
output filter network is used to obtain sine wave output.
3.2.2)Capacitor
Its main use is energy storage, power conditioning, electronic noises filtering,
remote sensing and signal decoupling/coupling.
0.22 capacitor:- used for power decoupling, having a smooth power in the circuit.
3.2.3)Resistor
Commonly used to reduce current flow, adjust signal level s, to divide voltages , bias active
elements and terminate transmission lines.
3.2.4)Ic
It functions as an amplifier, oscillator, time counter, logic gate, computer memory, microcontroller
or microprocessor
In the inverter it is used in the management of the circuit's power which controls the voltage supply
to all other electronic components.
3.2.5)Transformer (12-0-12 volts/1amps )
3.2.6)MOSFET
Provide a huge power saving at light loads where the voltage drop across the IGBTs still remains
relatively high, even at very low of current.
3.2.7)zener diode
Used as voltage reference and as shunt regulator to regulate the voltage across small circuits.
3.2.8)Electronic Switch
The 4047 IC or the CD 4047 is a CMOS multivibrator. The options that come with this
multivibrator can either be Low Power monostable or astable. Additionally, a 4047 IC converts
DC to AC mainly. It also generates sine and pulse waves.
The 4047 IC is one of the three multivibrators available on the market today. In addition, this chip
falls under the astable and monostable categories. Nonetheless, this sees this multivibrator
lacking in only one category. However, the category that the 4047 IC falls short of is the bistable
multivibrator category.A bistable multivibrator is where the circuit is stable in either state.
Notwithstanding, an external trigger pulse can flip the state of the circuit. However, the circuit is
unstable in an astable multivibrator and continually switches from one state. Generally, it
functions more or less like a relaxation oscillator.
On the other hand, a monostable multivibrator has where only one state of the circuit is stable
while the other is transient. In summary, a circuit with a monostable multivibrator is a one-shot
circuit.
With all this in mind, it is good to point out that the voltage range of a 4047 IC is 3V to 18V. It,
however, works best at 5V.
3.4Pin Configuration
Pin
Numbe Pin Name Pin Description
r
8. +Trigger The monostable mode uses it. It receives Low to High transitions.
It’s an external reset pin. Giving a high pulse to this pin resets the
9. EXT RESET
output Q to low and Q’ to high.
1. Input
2. Oscillator
3. Driver
4. Input Section
1.Input section
The input section of the circuit consists of a 12 volt battery and a switch. The 12Volt power supply is fed
to the circuit.
2.Oscillatory Section
The oscillatory section of the inverter circuit here consists of a 1MΩ Preset, 0.1uf Capacitor and the
heart of this section is a CMOS Monostable/Astable Multivibrator IC 4047. Oscillatory frequency
generated from the IC is determined by adjusting 1MΩ Preset (connected between pin 2 and pin 3) and
with the value of capacitor. 0.1uf capacitor (connected between pin 1 and pin 3) can help IC oscillate to
a frequency of up to 10khz, however, we need 50hz/60hz for the inverter circuit to operate satisfactorily.
This can be done by adjusting the preset. I recommend if you have an access to an oscilloscope then use
it to calibrate. The output from the IC is achieved on pin 11 and pin 10.
When the output on pin 11 is high then the output on the pin 10 is low and vice versa – generating two
square waves (one on each pin). These output pins oscillates based on the values of capacitor and preset
adjustment. The outputs from these two pins are fed to the driver section of the circuit.
3.Driver Section
The driver section uses 2 MOSFETS transistors IRFZ44N. The outputs from pin 10 and pin 11 (of
4047) are fed to the gates of these two transistors (via 220ohm resistors) and the Drain (D) out from the
transistors are fed to the Transformer’s 12V secondary windings (in this case). These transistors will
oscillate alternatively based on the inputs from the IC hence driving Transformer – which will further
induce electricity to the secondary coil ( which actually is primary 220V side of the transformer 😀 –
don’t be confused we are using transformer is a reverse order).
4.Output Section
The output section consist of 12-0-12V transformer. Which will take the square waves generated by the
IC and amplified by the transistors to a 220V output on the secondary coil (the 220V winding side). The
output from the output will be able to derive a load of upto 60Watt for 3-5 hours without any hiccup.
3.9Safety
In order to ensure that this project was safely done, I ensured that the voltage supplied was the
correct voltage for the device to operate as recommended. I ensured that the switch is off before
connecting the wire to the battery. The battery was always charged to its capacity for the good
operation and long life consideration. Inverter is available in three different technologies I.e square
wave inverter , sine wave inverter and modified sine wave inverter.
CHAPTER FOUR
3 Resistor 100ohm 2 40
220kohm variable 1 20
resistor
4 Switch Electronic switch 1 50
5 IC CD4047 1 150
8 Zener diode 1 30
N Steps Timeline
O
1 Proposal August
2 Literature review 27th September
3 Components collection November
4 Fabrication November
5 Testing November
6 Final write-up November
7 Presentation/submission November
4.2Findings
The project can only function for not more than three minutes, this is due to the lack of heat
sink which are attached to the MOSFETs. When the MOSFET heats above recommended
temperature, they might blow off.
The IC can handle 5-18 volts.
The transformer output varies from 110-240v
4.3 Conclusion
The system was designed and tested to ensure safety of the components. The circuit is easy to
design and can be implemented anywhere required. The device is not too costy and can be used in
today's economy. This has produced a low cost simple inverter by using locally sources and available
components. The device worked properly and can be used as a backup in electric homes when there
is power loss. It can also be used in solar homes to convert the DC to ac power for easy operation of
electrical gadgets.
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