Current Limit Control of Chopper (CLC):In this strategy, the chopper is turned on when the output current i
0 equals a preset value I
2.
The chopper is kept on till i
0 increases to another preset value I
1.
The chopper is turned off when i
0 equals I
1 and is kept off till the current i
0 decays to I
2.
The current i
0 is thus limited to a maximum of I
1 and a minimum of I
2 as shown in Figure.

The chopping frequency and the pulse width are dependent on the load parameters.
The advantage of current limit control is that the ripple (I
1 - I
2), in the load current i
0 can be adjusted to a small, predetermined value for a wide range of loads.
Application:Given,
The maximum possible value of the accelerating current (I
2) = 300 A
Current pulsation or current ripple (ΔI) = 140 A
The waveform can be drawn as,

From the waveform,
The maximum limit of current pulsation (I
2) = I
1 + ΔI = 300 + 140 = 440 A