Defence Engineering College

Department of Electrical Power Engineering

Course Syllabus

1. Instructor Information
Name
Office Location
Mobile Number
E-mail
Office Hours
2. Course Information
Course Name Electrical Drives
Course Code EP-5211
Credit hours 4-3-3
Pre-requisite EP-4251
3. Course Description
Aim: To introduce basic concepts of Electrical drives and their control mechanisms.

Description
Over view of electrical drives, dynamics of electrical drives, selection of motor power rating,
dc drives, Induction motor drives, control of electrical drives, synchronous and other special
motor drives.
4. Method of Instruction
Class lectures 1 contact hour per week
 Active learning (involves the full participation of
students)
 Teach inductively and to be followed by
deductive assertions
In-class Tutorial  Tutorial classes are used for student individual
and group assignment presentation
Study of lecture notes and lab. manual  This is fully the responsibility of the learner
Lab assignments 3 contact hours per week
 Perform the respective practice and produce the
report
 Come prepared to the lab.
 Viva-voice & report as part of dynamic
assessment.
Individual Assignment ●Each student is given to separate question by
instructor.
●Student will prepare report or submit present it and
evaluated by the instructor.
Group Assignment  Work in groups in not more than 2 students per
group
• Separate question for each group is given by the
instructor.

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  Students submit their group report and present
it

 Individual contribution is evaluated

5. Learning Outcomes
After the completion of the course the student will have the following attributes:
5.1 Knowledge
5.1.1 Establish a good understanding of electrical drive components and dynamics of electrical
drives
5.1.2 Analyze DC motor drive using controlled rectifier and chopper
5.1.3 Analyze and design induction motor drive for industrial application
5.1.4 Developed the ability of choosing the most suitable drive for industrial application and of
creating control strategies.
5.1.5 Establish a good understanding of selecting appropriate electric motor for a given
application
5.1.6 Design a controller for both DC and AC motor drive
5.1.7 Indentify different kind of PWM techniques with their advantages and disadvantages
5.2 Intellectual and practical skills
5.2.1 Design and implement a simple DC motor speed control using microcontroller
5.2.2 Using Matlab/Simulink simulate a DC/AC drive system for a given application.
5.3 Attitude and behavior

 Appreciate the application of control systems, modeling, analysis, design and

simulation.
 Develop team work sprit
 Develop confidence
6. Course Outline
Chapter Topics to be covered Learning Assignments/activity
Week (Lecture hours) & lab. hrs Outcomes (Tutorial hours)
Chapter: 1  Advantages of Electrical Students are
Introduction of Drives attending lecture and
 Parts of Electrical Drives doing the tutorial
Electrical  Choice of Electrical Drives
problems and
Instructor deliver
Drives lecture and do
examples

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 Chapter: 2  Fundamental torque equations
Dynamics of  Speed torque conventions and Students are
attending lecture and
Electrical multi quadrant operation
doing the tutorial
Drives  Equivalent values of drive problems and
parameters Instructor deliver
 Components of load torques lecture and do
 Nature and classification of examples
load torques.
 Calculation of time and
energy-loss in transient
operations.
 Steady state stability
 Load equalizations

Chapter: 3  Thermal model for heating and

Selection of cooling
 Classes of motor duty
Students do the
Motor Power  Determination of Motor Rating
tutorial problems and
 Continuous day
Rating lab practice.
 Equivalent current, torque
Instructor deliver
and power methods for lecture and do
fluctuating and intermittent examples
loads.
 Short time duty On 10th week group
 Intermittent periodic duty assignment will be
 Frequency of operation of given
motors subjected to
intermittent loads

9 MID SEMESTER EXAM

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Chapter:4 Students do the
 Steady-states speed torque relations tutorial problems and
DC Drives  Methods of speed control lab practice.
 armature voltage control Instructor deliver
 field flux control lecture and do
 armature resistance control examples
 Starting
 Braking
 regenerative braking
 dynamic braking
 plugging
 Controlled rectifier fed dc drives
 1 - ph fully controlled rectifier
control dc separately excited
motor
 1 - ph half- controlled rectifier
control dc separately excited
motor
 3 - ph fully controlled rectifier
control dc separately excited
motor
 Chopper controlled DC drives
 Class – A chopper circuit
 Class – B chopper
 Class – C two quadrant chopper
 Class – D chopper
 Class – E 4 quadrant chopper
 Choice of chopping frequency

Chapter:5  Speed control by AC power controllers Students are

 Slip power control presenting group
Induction Motor assignment and
 PWW inverters: SPWM
taking lab exam
Drives  VSI driven induction motor
 Constant terminal volts/Hertz
operation
 Constant air gap flux operation
 Operation with field weakening
 CSI drive
 Comparison of VSI and CSI drive
 Current controlled PWM inverters

18 Final Examination period

8. Required Text and Reference
Text Book 1. G.K.Dubey, “Fundamentals of Electrical Drives”, New Delhi,
Narosa Publishing House, 1995
2. G.K.Dubey, “Power semiconductor Controlled Drives”, Prentice
Hall, Inc., New Delhi,1989
Reference Books 1. M.A. El-Sharkawi, “Fundamentals of Electric Drives”, 1st
Edition, PWS Pub. Co.,2000

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A)Theory class Assessment
Type Weight
Mid semester Exam
Final semester Exam
Includes 20% of before
Mid.Exam. portion
Individual Assignment 7.5%
Group Assignment 7.5%
B) Laboratory class Assessment
1. Final lab. Exam. 15%
2. R.Krishnan, “Electric Motor Drives: Modeling, Analysis, and
Control”, 1st Edition,
1. Prentice Hall, 2001
9. Assessment
Due date Behavior and Criteria
25% 9th week of the semester Examination will be set to
address learning
outcomes 5.1.1, 5.1.2,
5.1.3, 5.1.4 , 5.1.5, 5.1.6
the criteria is to get all
questions answered
correctly
45% 18th week of the semester Examination will be set to
address learning
outcomes
5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.1.3,
5.2.4 ,5.2.5, 5.2.6 and
5.2.7 and 20% before
mid. the criteria is to get
all questions answered
correctly
10th week onwards Individually unique
questions will be given to
check the level of
confidence and the
criteria is to get correct
answer.
14th week onwards Problems related to
analysis of electrical
circuit construct
practically and electronic
circuits and the criteria is
to produce
relevant,prctical
understanding to solve
the problem in question,
and presentation skill
17th week Examination will be set to
address learning
outcomes 5.2.1, 5.2.2,
5.2.3, 5.2.4 and the
criteria is to get all
questions answered
correctly
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 10. Academic Honesty
Copying from any outside sources (e.g. Fellow students, and Internet, etc.) on any material to be graded is not
permitted, and will be considered cheating. Cheating will result in failure of the assignment, failure of the class
and/or face possible disciplinary action. Each student is responsible for securing his or her work from copying.
Each student is expected to abide by college policies on academic conduct.
11. Due Date
All assignments must be turned in the class on the due date for full credit. No assignment will be
accepted after class on the due date. Since the group and individual assignment are due in weeks 10,
14, papers for these presentations should be submitted before one week of the10 th and 14th week.
Failure of submission and presentation of the group assignment in week 15, 16 will be awarded as
zero out of 10 points.
12. Classroom Behavior
Anything that disturbs your instructor or your colleagues during the class period is considered a troublesome
behavior. Examples include: Using mobiles, PDA, making offensive remarks, sleeping, working on assignments
related to other courses, etc. troublesome behaviors are completely prohibited.

13. Approval (Affidavit)

Name Signature Date
Instructor:
Section Head:
Department Head: