Important Questions From Paprix.com ME2205 Electrical Drives and Control 1.

Derive the expression for a thermal model of motor for heating and cooling. Also draw the heating and cooling curve 2. What are the different classes of motor duty and explain in detail 3. Explain in detail about the various types of electric drives 4. Explain the method of estimating equivalent continuous power rating of a motor for short time load applications 5. Explain various methods of braking of DC Shunt Motors with neat diagrams. Compare their relative merits and demerits 6. Explain Plugging and Regenerative braking in three phase induction motors 7. Explain the Speed Torque characteristics of dc shunt (separately excited) and series motor with neat diagram 8. Explain the Speed-Torque characteristics of three phase induction motor with neat diagrams 9. Discuss the various methods of starting of induction motors and compare the relative merits and demerits 10. With a neat diagram explain 4 point starter 11. Explain the soft start method employed for dc shunt motor 12. Derive the expression for the ratio of starting to full load torque for direct on line switching of an induction motor 13. Discuss the Ward-Leonard speed control system with a neat circuit diagram. Also mention its advantages and disadvantages 14. D raw and explain the four quadrant speed control of DC motor using various choppers 15. Describe the operation of a two quadrant type A chopper fed separately excited dc motor drive 16. With the block diagram explain the operation of armature and field control of dc motors using controlled rectifiers 17. Explain the different flux control methods adopted for dc series motor 18. 18.Explain the static Kramer method and static scherbius method of speed control of three phase induction motor. 19. Explain in detail rotor resistance method of speed control of a slip ring induction

motor. What are its advantages and disadvantages? 20. Explain the V/f control method of AC drive with neat sketches 21. With a simple block diagram explain the operation of a variable voltage variable frequency three phase induction motor drive