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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

ME – SEMESTER –I-(New) EXAMINATION – SUMMER 2019
Subject Code: 3710709 Date: 13/05/2019
Subject Name: Electrical Drives
Time: 02:30 PM TO 05:00 PM Total Marks: 70
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.

Q.1 (a) Explain the various components of the load torque with suitable example and 07
their effect on requirements of an electric drive.
(b) An induction motor is controlled using variable frequency drive. Discuss how 07
the following varies with respect to the variation in speed (i) Terminal voltage
(ii) Torque (iii) power (iv) Maximum power (v) Slip speed (vi) Stator current.
Show the relevant mathematical analysis.
Q.2 (a) Draw and explain block diagram of closed loop control of DC drive with 07
current limit control. How inner current control is different from current limit
control?
(b) Prove the power equivalence between three phase and d-q based machine 07
model. State clearly the assumptions made.
OR
(b) A 3-phase, delta connected, 4-pole, 50 Hz induction motor has the following 07
constants: P= 2.8 KW, Vs = 400 V, N=1370 rpm, Rs = 2 ohms R’r = 5 ohm,
Xm= 80 ohms, Xs = Xr = 5 ohms. Motor speed is controlled by stator voltage
control. When driving a fan load it runs at rated speed at rated voltage, calculate
(a) motor terminal voltage, current and torque at 1200 rpm and
(b) motor speed, current and torque for terminal voltage of 300 V.
Q.3 (a) Derive the dynamic model of three phase induction motor in stationary frame of 07
reference.
(b) A 3-phase, Y-connected, 60 Hz, 4-pole induction motor has the following 07
parameters Rs  Rr'  0.024 , X s  X r'  0.12 . The motor is controlled by the
variable frequency control with a constant (V/f) ratio. For an operating
frequency of 12 Hz, calculate
(i) The breakdown torque as a ratio of its value at the rated frequency for
both motoring and braking.
(ii) The starting torque and rotor current in terms of their values at the rated
frequency.
OR
Q.3 (a) Discuss the voltage injection method of speed control for induction motor. 07
Discuss the different modes of operation.

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 (b) A suburban train consists of motor and trailer coaches in the ratio 1:1. Each 07
motor coach is driven by 4 motors, Each geared to a driving axle through a
reduction gear for which the ratio is a=0.4. All the wheels in the motor coach
are driving wheels and the trailer coach has the same number of wheels as
motor coach. All the wheels have tread radius of 0.54 m and has a mass of 450
Kg. The mass of each motor armature is 480 kg and is of radius 0.25m. The
combined weight of coach and trailer is 40 tonnes when fully loaded. Determine
i) The coupling torque per motor required to accelerate the train at
5Kmphps/ Assume train resistance to be 20N/tonne.
ii) If up gradient is 50 in 1000, find out the time taken for the train to attain a
speed of 100Kmph.
Q.4 (a) Discuss the various tractive effort required for driving a locomotive. 07
(b) With neat diagram explain a closed-loop speed control employing current 07
control scheme for an induction motor fed from voltage source inverter. The
scheme should also have a provision for regenerative braking.
OR
Q.4 (a) Compare the PWM based CSI and VSI squirrel cage induction motor employed 07
in ac traction.
(b) What is a step angle with respect to stepper motor? Discuss in brief about the 07
drivers required to operate a stepper motor of variable reluctance type. Also
state the applications of stepper motors.
Q.5 (a) Explain inverse cosine firing scheme for 1-phase and 3-phase controlled 07
rectified fed dc motor drives.
(b) Explain how digital control is drive is better than analogue control one. Also, 07
explain its drawbacks. Draw primitive block diagram of digital control drive
system.
OR
Q.5 (a) Discuss the principle of operation of BLDC motor drive with relevant circuit 07
and waveforms.
(b) Explain Mode-V operation for 1-phase fully controlled rectifier fed separately 07
excited motor for regenerative braking operation and its requirements. Also,
explain how transition of different modes takes place?

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