B.

Tech- 6th Semester

Course Title

: Electrical Drives

Dated : 01-12-2014

Course Code

: EEE 3422

Academic Year: 2014-15

Course Structure : 3-1-0-4

COURSE OBJECTIVES:
This course enables the students to:
1. Understand the fundamentals of different motors and power electronic circuits for
employing both DC and AC drives.
2. Understand performance of converter fed DC drive system.
3. Learn various control methods of voltage source and current source inverter fed
induction motor drive system.
4. Understand the different techniques used in speed control of synchronous motors.
5. Learn the operating characteristics of dual converter and AC voltage controller fed
electrical drives.
6. Understand the selection of appropriate drive for an industrial application
COURSE OUTCOMES:
Upon completion of this course the students are able to:
1. Analyze speed control and braking methods of electrical drives for different applications
2. Propose various control techniques of electrical drives for industrial applications
3. Design power electronic circuits to control the electrical drives.
4. Summarize the performance characteristics of converter fed DC motors to justify their
applications
5. Apply the knowledge of control theory to induction and synchronous motor drives.
SYLLABUS:

UNIT- I: CONTROL OF DC MOTORS BY SINGLE PHASE & THREE PHASE

CONVERTERS
(16 Hours)
Introduction to Thyristor controlled Drives, Single Phase semi and Fully controlled converters
connected
to d.c separately excited and d.c series motors continuous current operation output voltage
and
current waveforms Speed and Torque expressions Speed Torque Characteristics.
Three phase semi and fully controlled converters connected to d.c separately excited and d.c
series
motors output voltage and current waveforms Speed and Torque expressions Speed
Torque
characteristics

UNIT II: ELECTRICAL BRAKING AND CHOPPER FED DRIVES

(17
Hours)
Introduction to Four quadrant operation Motoring operations, Electric Braking Plugging,
Dynamic
and Regenerative braking operations. Four quadrant operation of DC motors by dual converters
Closed loop operation of DC motor, Single, Two and four quadrants chopper fed dc separately
excited and series excited motors Continuous current operation Output voltage and current
wave forms Speed torque expressions speed torque characteristics, Closed Loop Operation
UNIT III

CONTROL OF INDUCTION MOTOR FROM STATOR SIDE (15 Hours)

Variable voltage characteristics-Control of Induction Motor by AC Voltage Controllers-speed

torque characteristics.
Control of Induction Motor through Stator Frequency-Variable frequency characteristics-Variable
frequency control of induction motor by Voltage source and current source inverters - PWM
control Comparison of VSI and CSI operations Speed torque characteristics, closed loop
operation of induction motor drives.
UNIT IV: CONTROL OF INDUCTION MOTOR FROM ROTOR SIDE AND
SYNCHRONOUS MOTORS
(12 Hours)

Static rotor resistance control Slip power recovery Static Scherbius drive Static Kramer
Drive
their performance and speed torque characteristics advantages applications.
Separate control & self control of synchronous motors Closed loop operation of synchronous
motor drives Applications Advantages.
TEXT BOOKS:
1. Fundamentals of Electric Drives by G K Dubey, 2nd edition, Narosa Publications, 2001.
2. Electrical drives: Modeling, Analysis and Control by R. Kristnan, Prentice Hall of India,
2007
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Modern Power Electronics and AC Drives by B.K.Bose, PHI, New Jersy, 1986.
2. Thyristor Control of Electric drives by Vedam Subramanyam Tata McGraw Hill Publilcations.
1998.
3. A First course on Electrical Drives S K Pillai, New Age International(P) Ltd. 2 nd Editon,
1989.