Addis Ababa University, Institute of Technology, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Academic Year 2013/14 Power Electronics and Drives Final Examination Jan. 23rd 2014
Semester ECEG-4402 60% Pints Time : 3.5 hours
 Instruction:
Attempt all the five questions. Marks given to each question 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 are 14 pts, 10 pts, 9 pts, 15 pts, and
12 pts. The sixth question is a bonus.
Answers and steps of computation should be readable and shown clearly. If there is un-given parameter or
information,
appropriate
engineering assumption can be made. Examination is closed book.
Any sort of cheating in the examination will result zero in the course.

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1. Consider 3-phase Inverter Bridge shown 1 A

in Fig. la. It is controlled to produce a T

60 Hz, 6-step (180-degree) three phase 2 4 A

voltage at 50 Hz. VDc=220 V. T

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a-
3
a) Draw the switching pattern of the T
switches indicating time voltage 4
w a v e f o r m f o r phase U, V, W and line T
voltage U-V. Use the graph given on the pa
a
right. I I
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s
5
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b) Calculate RMS of the fundamental phase ..........i.....................1 i
.......................a........................4.......................A.
.
a

voltage.
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..............................Y..............................I .......................
c) Calculate the total harmonic distortion
4 .......................................................................
t 4 1 I
 ...................
............................A............................4.............................4 1

of the output voltage. •

d) If the inverter is controlled as PWM- a..................i...................
....................
inverter using sine-triangle modulation ......................4......................Y......................
1

technique, what will be the modulation 4............

index to produce 50 V RMS fundamental

phase voltage.
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Fig. 1 three- U- phase inverter bridge
a
Draw the Ward Leonard system and explain how each ►

machine operates to 
ms MS rns Ms MS
drive a driven unit requiring four
quadrant operations. Show direction of power flow, polarity of voltage and current direction in
each
quadrant.
3. The temperature of an electric motor body increases exponentially as the function of time from its start
(from standstill) as T(t)= Ts-s (1 — ethil • If temperature of a motor is monitored and found to be 40 °C at

t:.1 hour and 60°C at t= 2 hours. Find

a)The steady state temperature if the motor is used for continuous duty.

b)Suppose the same motor is used overloaded for a short time duty, with its temperature rising to the the

steady state temperature of (i) in 15 minutes. What is the thermal overloading of the motor, Ph.

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 Addis Ababa University, Institute of Technology, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Academic Year 2013/14 Power Electronics and Drives Final Examination Jan. 23 rd 2014
Semester I ECEG-4402 60% Pints Time : 3.5 hours
instruction:
Attempt all
the five questions. Marks given to
each question 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 are 14
pts, 10 pts, 9 pts, 15 pts, and
12 pts. The sixth question is a bonus.
Answers and steps of computation should be readable and shown
clearly. If there is un-given parameter or
information, appropriate engineering assumption can be made. Examination is closed book.
1. Consider 3-phase Inverter Bridge shown Any sort of cheating in the examination will result zero in the
in Fig. la. It is controlled to produce a T v..•0. it•• course.
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60 Hz, 6-step (180-degree) three phase

....................1
1.......
voltage at 50 Hz. V Dc=220 V.
T
2
T 
• a
.............................A. ..........................................................................................
•

a) Draw the switching pattern of the 3

switches indicating time voltage T 4- •
waveform for phase U, V, W and line
.........................+........................4..........................4-........................,-.......................•..........................
1 1 1 1 1

voltage U-V. Use the graph given on the

..........................40.......................• ........................• ......................•......................•...................••
i

right.  •
a 1
I
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1
1
•
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1
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i

 • I • I s
b)Calculate RMS of the fundamental phase
........................a........................s........................a.....................I..........................e........................a
.......................• ......................i.................
 i
voltage. V i V V
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I
.
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o •
t a i • II I
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h a r m os........................
n i c d i s t oa r t i o n e s
...................4...................i....................
I I , 4
........................................J.......................................... .L.........................

of the output voltage. i i- i

d)I f t h e i n v e r t e r i s c o n t r o l l e d a s PWM- 
a
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I
1
l
1
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inverter
.......................i ...................... using sine-triangle
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r s s s
technique, what will be the modulation
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index to produce 50 V RMS fundamental .I.
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MS MS iris

2.Draw the Ward Leonard system and explain how each machine operates to drive a driven unit requiring four
quadrant operations. Show direction of power flow, polarity of voltage and current direction in each
quadrant.
3.The temperature of an electric motor body increases exponentially as the function of time from its start
(from standstill) as r( t ) = T 1 t 1 tH ). If temperature of a motor is monitored and found to be 40 ° C at
— e

ss
1 of 2
 t=1 hour and 60°C at t= 2 hours. Find
a)The steady state temperature if the motor is used for continuous duty.

b) Suppose the same motor is used overloaded for a short time duty, with its temperature rising to the the

steady state temperature of (1) in 15 minutes. What is the thermal overloading of the motor, Ph.
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c) If the motor is to operate in intermittent duty, say 5 minutes operation and 5 minutes standstill, what can

you say about the magnitude of load to be driven by the electric motor.
4. A Separately excited DC motor has the following rating and parameters. Rated power 10 kW, speed 1000
RPM, rated voltage 220. The voltage drop across the armature resistance at rated power is 5% of the
armature rated voltage. Neglect all mechanical losses.
a)Determine the rated torque

b ) Suppose you want to move the operating point of the motor to 0 .5 nominal speed and 0.5 nominal torque

1 st using external resistor in the armature circuit and 2nd using variable voltage supply to the armature.

Calculate the copper loss in both cases.

c ) Draw the speed-torque characteristic curves for the two cases indicating the values of intersection with

the horizontal and vertical axes.

d ) Determine the external resistor to be inserted to break the motor dynamically from its rated operation

with armature current not exceeding twice the rated.

e)Repeat d) for counter current breaking .

5. A three-phase, 4-pole induction motor has the following rating and parameters; stator winding resistance
and rotor winding resistance referred to stator per phase 0.2 ohms, stator inductive reactance and rotor
inductive reactance referred to stator 0.25 ohm. The magnetization inductive reactance is assumed to be
very large compared to the leakage inductances. The motor rated speed is 1775 while rated power is 5.5 kW.
a)Calculate the air-gap power and rotor circuit copper loss in Kilo watts

b) Calculate the rated torque and the peak torque in N m -

c) The external rotor circuit resistor to bring the peak torque to occur at starting (zero speed).

d)Using torque-speed curve explain how regenerative braking can be implemented in induction motor .

Bonus
6. Show that one phase of the six-step inverter in Fig. 1, can be modeled (represented) as shown in Fig. 2
below, v2 which is the RMS of the phase voltage, and which is DC circuit internal
„
Ir Ri = ADC 2 7r

resistance referred to AC circuit. Roc is internal resistance of the DC supply, VDc is DC voltage to the six step
inverter.

INVERTER

Fig.2 Model of one phase of the six-step inverter supplying a balanced system

Good Luck!!!
Instructor: Dr. Mengesho Marno

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c) If the motor is to operate in intermittent duty, say 5 minutes operation and 5 minutes standstill, what can

you say about the magnitude of load to be driven by the electric motor.
4. A Separately excited DC motor has the following rating and parameters. Rated
power 10 kW, speed 1000
RPM, rated voltage 220
. The voltage drop across the armature resistance at rated power is 5% of the
armature rated voltage. Neglect all mechanical losses.
a) Determine the rated torque

b) Suppose you want to move the operating point of the motor to 0.5 nominal speed and 0.5 nominal
torque

1 st using external resistor in the armature

circuit and 2 nd using variable voltage supply
to the armature.

Calculate the copper loss in both cases.

c) Draw the speed-torque characteristic curves for

the two cases indicating the values of intersection with

the horizontal and vertical axes.

d) Determine the external resistor to be inserted to

break the motor dynamically from its rated operation

with armature current not exceeding twice the rated.

e) Repeat d) for counter current breaking.

5. A three-phase, 4-pole induction motor has the following rating and parameters; stator
winding resistance
and rotor winding resistance referred to stator per phase 0.2 ohms, stator inductive reactance
and rotor
inductive reactance referred to stator 0.25 ohm. The
magnetization inductive reactance is assumed to be
very large compared to the leakage inductances. The motor rated
speed is 1775 while rated power is 5.5 kW.
belo a) Calculate the air gap power and rotor circuit copper loss in Kilo watts
-

b) Calculate the rated torque and the peak torque in N-m

c) The external rotor circuit resistor to bring the peak torque to occur at starting (zero speed).

d) Using torque-speed curve explain how regenerative braking can be implemented in induction
motor.
6. Show that one phase of the six-step inverter in Fig. 1, can be modeled (represented) as shown in Fig. 2
which is the RMS of the phase voltage, and which is DC circuit internal
6 r)
nDC
It
resistance referred to AC circuit.
R DC is internal resistance of the DC supply, VDc is DC voltage to the six step
inverter.

INVERTER

Fig.2 Model of one phase of the six-step inverter supplying a balanced system

Good Luck!!!
Instructor: Or. Mengesha Marna

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