KUDAKWASHE KANYEMBA

C19136060L
E MACHINES AND DRIVES
CUME
ASSIGNMENT TWO
1. The electric name of Silicon controlled or the semiconductor controlled rectifier (SCR) is
Thyristor. These are the four-layered semiconductor devices where three terminals are known
as the anode, the cathode, and the gate. Based on the triggering applied at the gate the device
can be treated as a switch or used as a rectifier. These SCRs are unfit for amplifications. SCRs are
responsible for conducting the flow of current in a single direction. Hence it is also a
unidirectional device. It consists of three junctions in it. These are the devices that operate
based on the currents. Hence these are referred to as current-controlled devices. These are very
useful for the control of the devices when the AC supply is termed too high, to provide control
for the lamps, and for providing the control over the phase, the motors that are of AC type.

2. A liquid cooling system works by passing liquid continually through the passages in the engine
block. Powered by the water pump, the coolant is pushed through the engine block. As the
solutions travels through these passages, it absorbs heat from the engine. After leaving the
engine, this heated liquid travels to the radiator where it is cooled by the air stream entering
the grille of the car. The liquid will cool on its travels through the radiator, returning once again
to the engine to pick up more of the engine’s heat and carrying it away .There is a thermostat
between the engine and the radiator. The thermostat regulates what happens to the liquid,
depending on the temperature. If the liquid’s temperature falls below a certain level, the
solution bypasses the radiator and instead is diverted back to the engine block. The coolant will
continue to circulate until it reaches a certain temperature and opens the valve on the
thermostat, allowing it to once again travel through the radiator to be cooled. Because of the
extreme heat of the engine, it seems like it would be easy for the coolant to reach a boiling
point. However, the system is pressurized to prevent an occurrence like this. When the system
is pressurized, it makes it much more difficult for the coolant to reach a point of boiling.
However, sometimes the pressure builds up and needs to be released before it blows a hose or
a gasket. The radiator cap releases excess pressure and liquid, storing it in a reserve tank. After
the fluid in the reserve tank cools to an acceptable temperature, it’s returned to the cooling
system to be circulated once again.

3. Four applications of reluctance motors :

Analog electric meters

Control rod drive mechanisms of nuclear reactors
Hard drive motor
Signalling devices

4. One control and protection device:

FUSE: It protects the current from overcurrent through its metal strip which is to liquefy the
current when the flow is high.

CIRCUIT BREAKER: Specifically, stopping the flow of current when any fault occurs is the primary
function of the circuit breaker. The major advantage of the circuit breaker is, it can work
automatically to proceed the operations without any external support.
An induction motor is a generally used AC electric motor. In an induction motor, the electric current
in the rotor needed to produce torque is obtained via electromagnetic induction from the rotating
magnetic field of the stator winding. The rotor of an induction motor can be a squirrel cage rotor or
wound type rotor.

The definition of synchronous motor states that ” An AC Motor in which at steady state, rotation of
the shaft is in sync with the frequency of applied current”. The synchronous motor works as AC
motor but here the total number of rotations made by the shaft is equal to the integer multiple of
the frequency of the applied current.