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Electrical Engineering Department

Electric Drives (3160919)
Chapter : 1 - DC Motor Characteristics
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What do you mean by an electric drive? Draw and
explain block diagram of an electrical drives.
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Draw the basic block diagram of Electric Drive and
Explain the function of any three blocks.
Write a brief note on the sources employed in
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electrical drives.
3 Compare A.C. & D.C. drives. 4 4 7 7 7
4 State the advantages of an electric drive system. 3 3 7 7
5 Write applications of electric drives.
Explain classification of electric drives and also
explain factors affecting selection of drive.
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What is an Electric Drive? Give the classification of
Electric Drive.
7 Explain state of art of AC and DC drives.
State and explain various functions of power
electronics converters.
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What are the functions of power modulator?
Explain conventional method of speed control of DC
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drive.
Draw and explain T/Ia, N/Ia and N/T characteristics
of DC series motors. (where T is torque, Ia is armature
current and N is speed).
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Explain characteristics of DC series motor and explain
why series motor is never started on NO-load
condition.
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Draw and explain T/Ia, N/Ia and N/T characteristics
of DC shunt motors. (where T is torque, Ia is armature
current and N is speed).
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Draw and explain various characteristics of DC shunt
motor.
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Derive basic equations for DC motors. Draw
performance characteristics for DC shunt, DC
separately excited and DC series motor.
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Draw speed torque characteristic of DC separately
excited, shunt and series motor with proper labeling.

Enlist methods for speed control of DC motor. Explain

any one in brief.
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Explain various method of speed control of DC shunt
motor.
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motor.
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War-Leonard system for DC motor speed control.
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Draw modified speed torque characteristics with
resistive control for different DC motors.
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Electric Drives (3160919)
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14 Explain types of DC motor. 7
Identify the characteristics of load torque for different
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application.
With necessary charactristics and diagram explain the
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flux weakening for high speed operation in DC Motor
Give six factors to be considered for the selection of
drive.
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Enlist the factors affecting the selection of drive.
Write emf balance equation and derive torque
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equation of DC motor.
Discuss armature control method for speed control of
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DC motor.
20 Discuss various losses taken place in DC motor drive. 4
Draw modified speed torque characteristics with
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resistive control for different DC motor.

Examples
A 200V dc series motor runs at 800rpm when
operating at its full load current of 10A. the motor
resistance is 0.5Ω and magnetic circuit can be
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assumed unsaturated, what will be the speed if (a) the
load torque is increase by 50%
(b) the motor current is 5A.
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Electric Drives (3160919)
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A 200V dc series motor has armature and field
resistance of 0.2Ω and 0.1Ω respectively. It takes a
current of 20A from the supply while running at
2 1300rpm. If an external resistance of 2Ω is added in 3 7
series with the motor calculate new armature current
and the speed. Assume load torque is remains
constant.
A 400 Volts DC Shunt Motor takes 5 Amp at no load.
Ra = 0.5 ohms, Rf = 200 ohms. What is the ratio of Full
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Load to No Load Speed? The D.C. Shunt Motor takes
50 Amp on Full Load.

Theory 11 18 14 7 13 11 12 7 10 7 7 21 14 45 49 28 35 35
Example 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0
Total Marks 11 18 14 7 13 14 12 7 10 7 7 21 28 45 49 28 35 35
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Electric Drives (3160919)
Chapter : 2 - Chopper fed DC Drives
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Explain chopper control of separately excited dc
motor.
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Explain principal of chopper control for speed control
of DC motor.
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With necessary diagram explain the steady state
operation of a chopper fed drive.
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Discuss operation of chopper controlled separately
excited DC motor drive in motoring mode.

Explain control strategies of chopper using Time

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Ratio Control (TRC) and Current Limit Control (CLC).
With circuit diagram, explain motoring control of a
3 DC motor when driven by a chopper. Also, draw 4
speed – torque characteristic.
Derive the equation of maximum ripple in armature
4 current and state the reason for high frequency
operation in chopper.
In detail explain various losses in chopper fed DC
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drives.
6 State the condition for maximim efficiency.
How smooth starting is obtained for DC motor using
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chopper control?
Give of comparison between converter fed dc drives
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and chopper fed dc drives.
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Electrical Engineering Department
Electric Drives (3160919)
Chapter : 2 - Chopper fed DC Drives
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A 200V dc series motor has armature and field
resistance of 0.2Ω and 0.1Ω respectively. It takes a
current of 20A from the supply while running at
1 1300rpm. If an external resistance of 2Ω is added in 3 7
series with the motor calculate new armature current
and the speed. Assume load torque is remains
constant.
A 230V, 850 rpm 150A separately excited dc motor
has an armature resistance of 0.06 Ω. It is fed from a
2 chopper with source voltage of 230V. Assuming 4
continuous conduction, calculate duty ratio for rated
motor torque and 600 rpm.
An RLE load is operating in a chopper circuit from a
500-volts dc source. For the load, L = 0.06 H and R =
3 0. For a duty cycle of 0.2, find the chopping frequency 7 4
to limit the amplitude of load current excursion to 10
A.
The chopper used for on-off control of a dc separately
excited motor has a supply voltage of 230 V dc, an on-
time of 10msec and off-time of 15 msec. Neglecting
armature inductance and assuming continuous
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conduction of motor current. Calculate the average
load current when the motor speed is 1500 rpm and
has voltage constant of Kv = 0.5 V/rad/sec. The
armature resistance is 3 ohms
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Electric Drives (3160919)
Chapter : 2 - Chopper fed DC Drives
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The chopper used to control the speed of a dc
separately excited motor. The DC supply voltage is
220 V dc. The armature resistance is 0.2 ohms and
motor constant Ka.Φ = 0.08 V/rpm. The motor drives
5 a constant torque load requiring an average armature 4 3 4
current of 25 Amp. Assume motor current to be
continuous
Determine (a) Range of the speed control (b) The
range of duty cycle δ.
A separately excited dc motor is fed from 220 V dc
source through a chopper operating at 400 Hz. The
load torque is 30 N.m. at a speed of 1000 rpm. The
motor has Ra = 0 ohms, La = 20 mH and Km = 1.5
6 [Link]./rad. Neglecting all motor and chopper losses
(a) The armature current expressions during on & off
periods
(b) The max & min value of Ia and armature current
excursion (ripple)

A dc series motor is fed from 600 V dc source through

a chopper. The dc motor has Ra = 0.04 ohms, Rs =
0.06 ohms, k = 4 x 10-3 Nm.A2. The average armature
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current of 300 A is ripple free. For a chopper duty
cycle of 60%, determine (a) input power from the
source (b) motor speed and (c) motor torque
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Electric Drives (3160919)
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A dc chopper is used for regenerative braking of a
separately excited dc motor. The dc supply voltage is
400 V. The motor has Ra=0.2 Ω, km =1.2V-s/rad. The
average armature current during regenerative
braking is kept constant at 300 A with negligible
ripple. For a duty cycle of 60% for a chopper,
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(a) power returned to the dc supply
(b) equivalent load resistance of motor acting as a
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(c) minimum and maximum permissible breaking
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(d) speed during regenerative braking.

Theory 3 6 0 0 0 7 0 0 3 4 4 0 0 0 7 7 0 0
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Electric Drives (3160919)
Chapter : 3 -Multi-quadrant DC Drive
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characteristics.
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drives with suitable conventions and example.
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Describe four quadrant operation of a dc motor.
With circuit diagram, explain motoring control of a
2 DC motor when driven by a chopper. Also, draw 7 4 4 4
speed – torque characteristic.
Explain the motoring control and regenerative
braking when dc motor is driven by two quadrant
chopper.
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Explain chopper controlled DC shunt motor drive
operation for motoring mode and regenerative mode.
Explain operation of chopper controlled separately
excited dc motor drive.
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Discuss chopper controlled Separately excited DC
motor drive operation for motoring mode.
Explain the regenerative braking when dc motor is
driven by chopper.
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Discuss regenerative braking control of DC separately
excited motor using chopper.
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Chapter : 3 -Multi-quadrant DC Drive
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With necessary diagram and equivalent modes
explain the working of class E chopper.
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Describe four quadrant chopper controlled operation
of DC motor drive with necessary diagram and wave
forms.
Draw circuit diagram of Type C chopper and explain
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its working.
State the applications of four quadrant chopper fed
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drives.
Compare Generating and Motoring mode in DC
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Machines.
Explain the motoring and regenerative operation of
10 dc series motor connected with diode and transistor 7
based dc chopper circuits.
Draw the circuit and waveform of 1-ɸ dual converter
11 drive for the speed control of separately excited dc 3
motor.

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Electric Drives (3160919)
Chapter : 4 -Closed-loop Control of DC Drives
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Explain Dynamic model of DC drive.
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Derive basic modeling of DC motor with necessary
assumptions. Draw block diagram from the derived
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Derive basic modeling of DC motor with necessary
assumptions. Draw block diagram from the derived
functions.
2 Explain closed loop control of DC motor drive. 4 7
Explain closed loop current limit control of DC motor
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drive.
4 Classify controlled converter fed DC motor drives. 3
5 Explain closed loop torque control of drives.

Explain position control method in dc motor drive.

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Draw and explain block diagram of speed and position
control of DC motor using dynamic model.

Explain close loop control speed control of DC motor

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in brief.

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Electric Drives (3160919)
Chapter : 5 -Induction Motor Characteristics
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Draw and explain torque/speed curve of 3 - phase
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induction motor.
Draw equivalent circuit of three phase induction
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motor with necessary nomenclature.
List the methods of speed control of induction motor
and explain any one in detail.
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List the methods of speed control of induction motor
and explain any two in detail.
Explain the method of speed control of three phase
4 induction motor by 1) stator voltage control 2) 4 4 3 4 4 4
frequecny control.
Draw the diagram of static rotor resistance control
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and explain it in detail.
Explain the power flow diagram of three phase
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induction motor and explain each loss in brief.
Draw and discuss induction motor characteristics for
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below base speed and above base speed control.

With necessary diagram and characteristics explain

constant flux operation in induction motor.
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Explain constant air gap flux control scheme for
induction motor drives.
Explain the flux weakining operation in induction
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motor with the help of characteristics.
List the different effects of harmonics on operation of
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induction motor.
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Chapter : 5 -Induction Motor Characteristics
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Discriminate the constant torque and constant power
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induction motor.
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Draw and discuss motor characteristics for constant
torque and flux weakening region.
What is above base speed and below base speed
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operation of the motor?

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Chapter : 6 - Scalar Control or Constant V/f Control of Induction Motor

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frequency control using inverter.
Explain v/f control method of 3 phase induction
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motor.
State the advantages of v/f control over other scalar
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control techniques.
4 Explain basic concept of V/f control. 4 4 4
Discuss significance of v/f control of induction motor.
5 Discuss motor characteristics in constant torque and 4 7
constant power region.
Give the advantages of VSI based induction motor
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drive.
7 Define the principle of vector control. 3
Discuss effect of various harmonic torques of VSI
based induction motor drive.
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Explain the effect of non-sinusoidal supply on VSI.
Explain solid state speed control of AC drives using
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inverters.
Explain the three phase voltage source inverter with
necessary waveform.
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Explain with appropritae circuit and waveform 180
degree conduction mode of three phase voltage
source inverter
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Electric Drives (3160919)
Chapter : 6 - Scalar Control or Constant V/f Control of Induction Motor

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Explain three phase sine PWM method.
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Explain SPWM technique for voltage source inverter.
Explain the feature of PWM inverter fed Induction
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motror drive.
Discuss the points to be considered while selecting
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carrier frequency for inverter.
14 Explain Space Vector Modulation in detail. 7 7 7 7 7 7
Compare the CSI and VSI types inverters.
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Compare VSI with CSI fed induction motor drives.
Draw and explain block diagram of CSI variable
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frequency drive with current control.
Discuss need of various PWM techniques over
17 conventional 180° conduction mode for induction 3
motor drive.
Explain Space Vector PWM technique for voltage
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source inverter.
Explain closed loop Volt/Hz control of induction
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motor.
20 Compare scalar control and vector control. 4

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Chapter : 7 -Control of Slip Ring Induction Motor

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Explain rotor rheostat control of slip ring induction
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Discuss power electronics based rotor side control of
slip ring induction motor.
Explain static scherbius drive with appropriate
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diagram.
Explain closed loop speed control of induction motor
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using slip control scheme.
Explain Constant airgap flux control scheme for
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induction motor drives.
With necessary diagram explain the slip power
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recovery.
Explain the impact of rotor resistance on the speed
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torque curve of induction motor.

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