POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DRIVES

POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DRIVES

Course Objectives:

1.To introduce the drive system and operating modes of drives and its
characteristics

2.To understand speed torque characteristics of different motor drives by

various power converter topologies

3.To appreciate the motoring and braking operations of drive

4.To differentiate the DC and AC drives

Prerequisite:

Power Electronics & Electrical Machines-I,II

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• UNIT 1 - Control of DC motors by 1 phase & 3 phase converters
• UNIT 2 - Four Quadrant operation of DC Drives
Control of DC motors by Choppers
• UNIT 3 - Control of Induction motor Through Stator Voltage &
Stator Frequency by 1 phase & 3 phase converters
• UNIT 4 – Rotor side Control of Induction motor
• UNIT 5 - Control of Synchronous motors

Text Books:
• “G.K.Dubey”, Fundamentals of Electric Drives
• “S.Sivanagaraju”, Power semiconductor Drives
• “Vedam Subramanyam”, Thyristor control of Electric Drives