ELL332 – Electric Drives Tutorial Problems

Example 5.12
A 2-pole separately excited dc motor has the ratings of 220 V, 100 A
and 750 rpm. Resistance of the armature is 0.1 Ω. The motor has two
file dcoils which are normally connectred in parallel. It is used to
drive a load whiose torque is expressed as 𝑇𝐿 = 500 − 0.3𝑁 N-m where 𝑁 is
the motor speed in rpm. Speeds below and above rated are obtained by
armature voltage control and by connecting the two filed windings in
series respectively.
(i) Calculate the motor armature current and speed when the
armature voltage is reduced to 110 V.
(ii) Calculate the motor speed and current when filed coils are
connected in series.

Example 5.13
A 200 V, 875 rpm, 150 A separately excited dc motor has an armature
resistance of 0.06 Ω. It is fed from a single phase fully-controlled
rectifier with an ac source voltage of 220 V, 50 Hz. Assuming
continuous conduction, calculate
(i) firing angle for rated motor torque and 750 rpm.
(ii) firing angle for rated motor torque and (-500) rpm.
(iii) motor speed for 𝛼 = 160𝑜 and rated torque.

Example 5.17
A 220 V, 1500 rpm, 50 A separately excited motor with armature
resistance of 0.5 Ω, is fed from a 3-phase fully-controlled rectifier.
Available ac source has a line voltage of 440 V, 50 Hz. A star-delta
connected transformer is used to feed the armature so that motor
terminal voltage equals rated voltage when converter firing angle is
zero.
(i) Calculate transformer turns ratio.
(ii) Determine the value of firing angle when: (a) motor is running
at 1200 rpm and rated torque; (b) when motor is running at -
800 rpm and twice the rated torque.

Example 5.18
Motor of Example 5.17 is fed from a circulating current dual converter
with ac source voltage (line) = 165 V. Determine converter firing
angles for the following operating points:
(i) Motoring operation at rated motor torque and 1000 rpm.
(ii) Braking at rated motor torque and 100 rpm.
(iii) Motoring operation at rated motor torque and (-1000) rpm.
(iv) Braking operation at rated motor torque and (-1000) rpm.

Example 3.1
A separately-excited dc motor has the following ratings and constants:

2.625 hp., 120 V, 1313 rpm, 𝑅𝑎 = 0.8 Ω, 𝑅𝑓 = 100 Ω, 𝐾𝑏 = 0.764 𝑉. 𝑠/𝑟𝑎𝑑, 𝐿𝑎 =

0.003 𝐻, 𝐿𝑓 = 2.2 𝐻

The dc supply voltage is variable from 0 to 120 V both to the field

and armature, independently. Draw the torque-speed characteristics of
the dc motor if the armature and field currents are not allowed to
exceed their rated values. The rated flux is obtained when the field
voltage is 120 V. Assume that the field voltage can be safely taken to
a minimum of 12 V only.

Example 3.2
Consider the dc motor given in Example 3.1, and draw the intermittent
characteristics if the armature current is allowed to be 300% of the
rated value.