Semester -02 Electric Drives

Module -1
1.) What are the different classes of motor duty ? Explain a) continuous duty with
intermittent periodic loading. b) continuous duty with starting and braking?
2.) Explain the criteria for selection of drive.
3.) Derive the thermal model of heating.
4.) The motor operates on a periodic duty cycle in which it is clutched to its load for 10
mins and declutched to run on o load for 20 mins. Minimum temperature rises 40ᵒC.
Heating and cooling time constants are equal and have a value of 60 mins. When load
is declutched continuously temperature rises 15ᵒC. a.) During the duty period, at what
maximum temperature motor is running? b) When load is clutched continuously, what
is the steady state temperature?
Module-2
1.) Explain different types of braking.
2.) A 220V, 970rpm, 100A dc separately excited motor has an armature resistance of
0.05Ω. It is rated by plugging from an initial speed of 1000rpm. Calculate a.)
resistance to be placed in armature. b.) Braking torque c.) Torque when speed has
fallen to zero.
3.) Derive transient analysis of separately excited motor with armature control. Draw
transient response characteristics graph of DC separately excited motor during starting
with constant applied voltage for first order and second order model.
4.) State different methods of armature voltage control for AC supply and DC supply.
Explain Ward- Leonard drives with the help of block diagram.
5.) A 200V, 875rpm, 150A separately excited DC motor has an armature resistance of
0.06Ω. It is fed from a single-phase fully controlled rectifier with an ac source voltage
of 230V, 50Hz assuming continuous conduction mode, calculate : a.) firing angle for
rated motor torque and 750 rpm. b.) Motor speed for α=160ᵒ and rated torque.
Module-3
1.) Explain scalar control.
2.) State different methods of voltage fed inverter control. Explain open loop volts/Hz
control with block diagram.
3.) Explain current controlled voltage fed inverter drive along with block diagram and
characteristics curve.
4.) A 440V, 50Hz, 6-pole, 950rpm, Y-connected induction motor has following
parameters referred to the stator: Rs= 0.5Ω, Rr’=0.4Ω, Xs=Xr’=1.2Ω, Xm=50Ω. Motor
is driving a fan load torque of which is given by T L=0.0123ωm2. Now one phase of the
motor fails, calculate motor speed and current.
Module-4
1.) Write short notes on vector control of induction machine.
2.) Explain DC- drive analogy of vector control of induction machine.
3.) Derive voltage model for flux vector estimation
Module-5
1.) Explain scalar self-control of synchronous machine.
2.) State unique features of self-controlled synchronous machine which makes it different
from DC motor.
3.) State different types of absolute position encoder . Draw block diagram of analog-
resolver.
4.) Explain Vector-control of synchronous machine.
5.) A 500KW, 3 phase, 3.3 KV, 50 Hz, 0.8(lagging) power factor, 4 pole, star-connected
synchronous motor has following parameters: Xs=15Ω, Rs= 0, rated field current is
10A calculate: a.) Armature current and power factor at half the rated torque and rated
field current. b.) Field current to get unity power factor at rated torque.