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Electric Drives

Question Bank Unit 3

Q1. What is a chopper?

Q2. Name the methods for speed control of DC motor.

Q3. What is meant by a phase controlled converter?

Q4. What is the difference between a full converter and semi converter?

Q5. Draw the circuits and explain the working of:


(1) single phase semi converter dc motor drive.
(2) 3 phase fully controlled converter drive.

Q6. Draw a block diagram of a dc motor drive using a power electronic converter. Explain its
working.

Q7. Draw and explain torque speed characteristics of dc shunt motor and dc series motor.

Q8. Explain the different methods of electric braking.

Q9. How are duty cycles of drives classified?

Q10. A 3 phase fully controlled bridge converter feeds a dc motor. AC line voltage is 400. AC
line current is 300 A. DC line voltage is 380 volts. Find (1) apparent, active and reactive
power, (2) firing angle, (3) variation in firing angle necessary to maintain dc voltage
constant if ac line voltage varies by + or 8%.

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