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Driving 3-Phase Motor on Single Phase Supply

Last Updated on March 13, 2019 by Swagatam 29 Comments

Driving a three phase motor on a single phase supply directly through ordinary methods can be difficult and dangerous. It requires accurately designed circuits for implementing the operations. Here I have tried to present one such PWM controlled three phase motor driver circuit. Let's learn more.

The circuit can be understood with the following points:

Circuit Operation

Before going to the following explaination it would be important to know regarding a three phase signal generator circuit explained here: https://homemade-circuits.com/2013/09/three-phase-signal-generator-circuit.html

The above circuit becomes the crucial part of the whole design because it's  this stage which provides the 120 degree phase shifted signals for driving the proposed 3 phase motor driver stages from a single phase source.

All the involved circuits are operated from a common 12V DC source which may be obtained from a standard AC/DC adapter configuration using a 12V transformer, bridge and capacitor network.

In the first diagram shown below we see a simple 555 PWM generator circuit which generates equivalent modified sine wave PWM waves at its pin#3.

These are generated in response to sine waves from the outputs of the 3-phase signal generator circuit as explained in the above given link.

That means we would require three such identical 555 PWM generator stages for processing the three outputs from the 3-phase signal generator opamps.

The outputs from the respective three PWM generators as referred HIN and LIN are fed to the inputs of three discrete mosfet driver circuits, shown in the second diagram below.

We use the IC IR2110 for the driver part of the circuits, three separate IC drivers are used for processing the three PWM outputs from the 555 sections.

The outputs from the mosfets are directly connected with the three wires of the motor.

The 330V to the mosfets is derived by rectifying the mains single phase AC.

Circuit Diagram

 

 




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  2. Sreenivasulu Dammu says

    swagatham sir i have 48v bldc 800watt (not hub motor) 3phase speed controller. i want 1000w 3phase 48v dc speed controller ckt diagram.

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      Do you have hall effect sensors in it….?

      Reply
  3. Hemantha says

    Hi Mr. Swagatam,
    Many thanks for your great work. I did some project like IR2161 SMPS (not only that many projects).
    I want to drive and control speed 230V DC brushless(3 phase) motor using Arduino. The motor is Air Conditioner inverter motor. I saw many article of yours. I wonder if you can give me complete schematic with code. How to connect ‘High In’ and ‘Low In ‘ to Arduino uno. I saw that needs to feedback in some article. Does it need?
    Please help.

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      Thanks Mr. Hemantha, I am not good with Arduino so providing a tested code can be difficult for me, nevertheless I have a related article, which perhaps you can try for your application and check if it works.

      https://www.homemade-circuits.com/arduino-3-phase-inverter-circuit-with-code/

      Reply
  4. kejee says

    its a servo motor and ac motor U V W …it is the same current? or same driver ? single phase line to 3 phase ….

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      Sorry I did not understand your question properly. If you are referring to a servo motor it’s a lot different than the normal 3 phase motor, so it might require a different driver in my opinion.

      Reply
  5. Trevor says

    Hello
    I’ve been fascinated with linear motors since I watched Tomorrow’s World as a kid.
    Thus, using a (circa 2-metre) series of 24v solenoid coils I’ve been curious to build a test rig, but have always been stumped at the need for a 3-phase supply. I’ve just come across your ideas – do you think any of them would be suitable for this project?
    many thanks
    Trevor

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      Hello, I would need more info regarding the test rig and the solenoids to be able to help. By the way solenoids normally work with single phase supply, they don;t require 3 phase!.

      Reply
      • Trevor says

        If you imagine a line of (say) 15 solenoid coils: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15
        Using the old UK 3-phase colours, they’d be wired:
        R,Y,B,R,Y,B,R,Y,B,R,Y,B,R,Y,B
        My understanding of linear motors (correct me if I’m wrong!) that if a steel pin, nail or rod is placed in the core of at least the first 3 solenoids, it will be accelerated along the rest of the solenoid bank to a high speed. Furthermore, by automatically reversing the phases (and larger coils) it could possibly be made into a powerful hammer (?)

        Reply
        • Swagatam says

          I am sorry, I absolutely have no idea about this theory!

          Reply
  6. Sidik says

    Hi Swagatan,
    I am a layman in electronics, but I want to make a a simple speed controller board without Arduino for a car alternator as a three phase motor. Please help me make it.

    Reply
    • Swag says

      Hi Sidik, what is the voltage level that you wish you use for driving the alternator, is it 12V?

      Reply
  7. Seun Akinyemi says

    Hi all,
    I am not into electronics like you guys. I came on this platform for solution for my 3-phase motor-driven machines. I am kind of stuck with the only available power supply in my area, which is single phase (1 live + ! neutral) mains.
    I am presently toying with an idea of driving a 3-phase dynamo with a higher Hp single phase motor.
    Please can it work and how do I do it. All wiring stuff is too advanced for me.
    Thank you.
    Seun, Nigeria

    Reply
  8. Shrishail Utagi says

    Dear Sir
    I m seeking a circuit diagram for single phase submersible motor pump starter/control panel. the circuit required must be made by low cost , easy available components. starter/control panel must contain low voltage/ hi voltage , overload protection, also. can you help me please?
    waiting egarly
    Shrishail Utagi

    Reply
    • Swag says

      Dear Shrishali, please provide the internal working details of the panel…the technical details of all the parts involved in the panel, I’ll try to help

      Reply
  9. B420ady says

    Hello, I have a 3 phase HVAC compressor and my power grid is single phase 220 V , on the compressor label is saying 3 phase at 400V-50Hz / 440V-60Hz 6,3 Amps max
    So I need something made for this power requirements and I could not find how big the load can be on this circuit presented on this page ??
    I m a electronics amateur at best so I will prefer to buy it ready made if its possible.
    Please tell me if you sell this circuit as kit or were I can buy it from.

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      Hello, sorry I do not manufacture kits so wouldn't be able to sell it to you, but you can easily buy these ready-made from many online stores such as ebay, amazon or alibaba etc.
      alternatively you can also try building one with my guidance, it wouldn't be too expensive so there's nothing to worry even if you fail to succeed…

      Reply
  10. Bhardwaj Rajyaguru says

    Hello Sir, I want to Make SPWM using p89v51rd2 microcontroller…

    I need your help for making circuit of ir2110.

    so please…

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      Rajya, I am not good at coding MCUs, so I won't be able to help you with this project….

      but I can help you with IR2110 circuit

      Reply
  11. Swagatam says

    Hi, it's for bootstrapping, which makes sure that the high side mosfet always gets a gate voltage that's equal to the drain supply + IC supply voltage(Vdd)

    Reply
  12. Paul Kabete says

    hi sir i really appreciate your great efforts and am in a process of making a vfd driver circuit using this 2110 and with an arduino ….. so can u please give me a hint on this!.

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      Hi Paul, please specify what info exactly you are looking for??

      Reply
  13. R-J says

    Hi Sir
    .I have a question, what Mosfets used in this project?? thanks.

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      Hi gh RJ,

      you can use IRF540

      Reply
  14. Muhammad Ayaz says

    i need help in this project

    Reply
  15. sacchu says

    hi sir
    all component in this circuit plz help me my e mail :-mee_meecontrol@yahoo.com

    Reply
  16. Swagatam says

    yes it's applicable only for AC motors

    Reply
    • Sreenivasulu Dammu says

      swagatham sir i want bldc for e bike 48v dc 3phase speed controller ckt diagram 1000watt.

      Reply
      • Swagatam says

        Sreenivasulu, please use the search box above and type BLDC to find the required circuit

        Reply


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