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KCE/ DEPT.

OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING


COURSE PLAN
Sub. Code : EE6351
Sub. Name : Electrical Drives & Controls
Staff Name : P.Narasimman & R.Poongodi

Branch / Year / Sem : Mechanical A &B/ II /III


Batch
: 2013-2017
Academic Year : 2014-15 (ODD)

OBJECTIVE
1.

To understand the basic concepts of Drives, Electric drives, types and factors influencing the
choice of electrical drives.
2.
To understand the working principle of DC &AC motors and their characteristics and its
braking methods.
3.
To understand the Starting methods of DC &AC motors.
4.
To understand the Concepts of speed control in DC motors & AC motors.
LEARNING OUTCOME
To familiarize the students with concepts related to the electrical drives and control of the DC and
AC motors.
TEXT BOOKS
T1. Vedam Subrahmaniam, Electric Drives (concepts and applications), Tata McGraw- Hill, 2001.
T2. Nagrath .I.J. & Kothari .D.P, Electrical Machines, Tata McGraw-Hill, 1998.
REFERENCE BOOKS
R1. M.D.Singh, K.B.Khanchandani, Power Electronics, Tata McGraw-Hill, 1998.

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Topic
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Topic

Books for
Reference

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Teaching
Methodology

No. of
Hours
Required

Cumulative
No. of
periods

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UNIT I : INTODUCTION

1
2
3

4
5
6

Basic Elements
Types of Electric Drives
Factor influencing the
choice of electrical
drives
Heating and cooling
curves
Loading conditions and
classes of duty
Selection of power
rating for drive motors
with regard to thermal
overloading and load
variation factors

BB
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1
1

1
2

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T1

BB

T1

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T1

490 -494

T1
459 -467

467- 485
T1

UNIT II : DRIVE MOTOR CHARACTERISTICS

7
8

9
10
11

Mechanical
characteristics
Torque characteristics of
various types of load
and drive motors
Braking of Electrical
Motors
DC motors: Shunt,
series and compound
single phase and three
phase induction motors

T2

BB

10

T2

BB

12

T2

BB

13

BB

15

BB

17

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20

22

25

361-382

408-410
T2
T2

593-638

UNIT III : STARTING METHODS

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13

14

Types of D.C Motor


starters
Typical control circuits
for shunt and series
motors
Three phase squirrel
cage and slip ring
induction motors.

T2

T2

382 -388

638-645

BB

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UNIT IV : CONVENTIONAL AND SOLID STATE SPEED CONTROL OF DC DRIVES

15
16
17
18
19

Speed control of DC
series and shunt motors
Armature and field
control
Ward-Leonard control
System
Using controlled
rectifiers - applications
DC choppers-

T2

BB

27

BB

29

390 -404

T2

404 -406

BB

31

R1

132 -216

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33

R1

386 -474

BB

35

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applications
UNIT V : CONVENTIONAL AND SOLID STATE SPEED CONTROL OF AC DRIVES

20
21

22
23

Speed control of three


phase induction motor
Voltage control,
voltage / frequency
control
slip power recovery
scheme
Using inverters and AC
voltage regulators
applications.

ASSIGNMENT I

R1

BB

38

BB

40

884 -931

R1

931 -936

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42

R1

315 -339
536576

BB

45

ASSIGNMENT II

Descriptive Questions
1.Discuss in details the various 1. Describe various methods of
factors which affect the selection
electrical braking of dc shunt
of electrical drive for particular
motor a compare their
applications.
relative merits and demerits.
2. Explain the different classes of
2. Explain the speed-torque and
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ASSIGNMENT III

1.Explain the operation of


single phase full converter
fed separately excited DC
motor drive.
2.With neat circuit diagram,

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motor duty with the equation.

braking characteristics of
single phase induction motor
3. Explain the different starting
method for three phase
squirrel cage induction
starter.

explain chopper fed four


quartrand DC drives.
3.Explain the static
Scherbius drive which
provides speeds below
and above synchronous
speed.

1. Single phase induction motor


is not a self starting motor.
Why?
2. Draw
the
mechanical
characteristics of three phase
induction motor.
3. State the necessity of starter
for a dc motor.
4. What is the basic difference
between a three- point starter
and a four- point starter?
5. What is the advantage of
squirrel cage induction motor
over dc motors?

1. Draw the speed-torque


characteristics of DC
series motor for different
values
of
armature
resistances.
2. Enumerate the limitation
of field control in dc
motor?
3. What is meant by slip
power recovery scheme?
4. What is meant by V/f
control?
5. Draw the block diagram
of soft starter.

3.Explain speedtorque
Characteristics of different types
of load with graph.

Short Questions
1. Draw the block diagram of an
electrical drive.
2. Explain heating and cooling
curves.
3. Define heating time constant.
4. Draw the speed torque
characteristics of DC shunt and
series motor.
5. Write down the equation for the
back e.m.f of DC motor in terms
of flux per pole and speed.

CONTENT BEYOND THE SYLLABUS


1. Comparison between different power semiconductor devices.
2. Microprocessor controlled AC & DC drives.

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT DETAILS


TEST NO.

II

Topic Nos.

1-8

9 - 14

MODEL
1- 23

Date

ASSIGNMENT DETAILS
ASSIGNMENT
Topic Nos. for reference
Deadline

II

III

1-8

9 - 14

15 - 23

23.07.2014

27.08.2014

25.09.2014

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1. P.NARASIMMAN
2. R.POONGODI

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