UNIT 1

1) Draw the block diagram of an electric drive

2) Mention the factors affecting the selection of electrical drives
3) Define cooling time constant of an electrical machine.
4) ) Define the thermal overload factor for a motor working on short duty
5) What are the factors to be considered for the selection of electrical drives?

6) What is an individual electric drive? Give some examples.

7) How heating occurs in motor drives?

8) Distinguish between Group drive and Individual drive

9) Define continuous, short time and intermittent duty?

10) What are the basic elements of electric drives?

11) Give the examples where continuous duty at constant load is required?

12) What are types of electrical drives?

13) Name the four commonly used methods for the determination of power rating of motors?

14) Explain heating and cooling curves?

Unit 1 -16 marks

1) Explain the Various classes of motor duty with necessary diagrams and examples
2) Define heating and cooling of a motor. Derive the heating and cooling curve of a motor with necessary
assumptions.
3) (i) Define an Electric drive and describe the classification of electric drive.
4) Explain the selection of power rating for drive motor with regard to continuous duty load, short time
duty.
5) Explain the selection of power rating for drive motor with regard to intermittent duty
6) What are the factors that influence the choice of electrical drives?
7) Draw and explain functional block diagram of electrical drive system and explain the various elements of
electrical drive?
8) A constant speed drive operating at a speed of 500 rpm has a cyclic loading as given below:

200 Nm for 10 Minutes

300 Nm for 20 Minutes

150 Nm for 20 Minutes

No load for 10 Minutes

9) A motor has a thermal heating time constant of 45 minutes. When the motor runs continuously on full load. Its
final temperature rises to 80 degree Celsius.

(1)What would be the temperature rise after 1 hour, if the motor runs continuously on full load?

(2)If the temperature rise on 1 hour rating is allowed to be 75 degree Celsius, find what would be the new
steady state temperature at this rating.

10) In a certain electric drive, the temperature rise is 25°C after one hour and 37.5°C after two hours, starting from
cold conditions. The ambient temperature is 30°C

(1)Find the final steady temperature and the heating time constant.(2) when disconnected, the temperature falls
from the final steady value to 40 °c in 1.5 hours; calculate the cooling time constant

UNIT 2

1) Why DC shunt motor is termed as a constant speed motor?

2) It is said that the speed of a DC motor depends on the back EMF and on the flux produced. State
what kind of proportionality exists between these quantities.
3) What are the methods of breaking of electric motors?
4) Define pulsating and impact loads with examples.
5) What are the advantages of electric braking over other type of breaking?
6) Draw speed-torque characteristics of constant torque type load
7) Draw speed-armature current characteristics of DC series motor.
8) Draw the mechanical characteristics of a three phase induction motor?
9) Write down the equation for the back EMF of DC motor in terms of flux per pole and speed
10) Draw speed- torque characteristics during regenerative breaking of induction motor?
11) List the types of single phase induction motors?
12) Single phase induction motor is not a self-starting motor. Why?
13) Why is DC series motor used for traction purpose?
14) Discuss briefly about counter-current breaking of DC shunt motor.
Unit 2- 16 mark
1) Explain about the quadrant diagram of speed –torque characteristics for a motor driving hoist load?
 2) ) Explain with neat circuit diagram, the rheostatic breaking, regenerative breaking and plugging of
DC shunt motor , sketch also the breaking characteristics.
3) Explain with neat circuit diagram, the rheostatic breaking, regenerative breaking and plugging of DC
series motor, sketch also the breaking characteristics.
4) Describe speed-torque characteristics for dynamic breaking of three-phase induction motor (AU/APR-
2014) (16M)
5) Describe the electrical and mechanical characteristics of DC shunt, series motor and compound motor with
neat sketch
(ii) (iii) Write the difference between electrical breaking VS mechanical breaking?
6) Sketch the speed- torque characteristics of a three phase induction motor and explain its motoring
mode, generating mode and breaking mode of operation
(ii) Sketch and explain slip-torque characteristics of 3 phase induction motor
7) Derive the torque equation of a 3- phase induction motor from the basics and obtain the speed VS
torque characteristics.
8) (i)Sketch neat circuit diagrams of the ‘Long shunt DC compound motor ‘ and the ‘short shunt DC compound
motor ‘.write down the relation between the voltage , armature current and the current through shunt winding
in each case. (6M)
(ii) State the difference between ‘cumulative compound motor’ and ‘differential compound motor’. Which
one is commonly used? Why? (4M)
9) Derive torque and speed equation of DC machine.
UNIT 3
1) What is the need for a starter in electrical motors?

2) Mention the advantages of four point starter over three point starter?

3) What is the objective of rotor resistance starter?

4) What are the types of DC motor starter?

5) What is the basic principle of primary resistance starter used in 3 –phase induction motor?

6) What are the two types of rotors of three phase induction motors?

7) What are the functions of starter of a DC motors?

8) What is the advantages of three phase slip ring induction motor?

9) Mention the types of starters suitable for three phase squirrel cage induction motor?
10) What is the basic difference between 3-point starter and four- point starter?

Unit 3-16 mark

1) Describe with diagram working of 3-point starter for DC shunt motor.

2) with a neat sketch , explain the working of a four point starter for a DC shunt motor
3) Explain DOL , Auto transformer, star-delta starters for AC motors.
4) With a neat diagram explain the working of a DC motor starter using time delay relays?
5) Explain the working of a three-phase slip ring induction motor starter using frequency sensing relay?
6) Explain with diagram construction and working of rotor resistance starter.
7) Explain the working of two point starter?

8)A 250V, 37 KW, DC shunt motor is allowed to exert a maximum of 150 percent of the full load torque
during the starting period. The resistance of armature is 0.2 ohm and the full-load efficiency is 84%
number of sections of resistances in the starter is 7. Determine:

(i) The upper and the lower limits of current during starting
(ii) The values of resistances of each section of the starter.

9) A 230V, shunt motor has an armature resistance of 0.2 ohm. The starting armature current
must not exceed 50A.If the number of sections of resistances in the starter is 5, find the value of
resistance in each section.

(ii)Calculate the resistance steps of a 250 V DC shunt motor starter. The resistance of the armature
is 0.08 ohm. The maximum current to be limited to 300 A and minimum current to 180 A.

10) A starter is required for a 220V shunt motor. The maximum and minimum range of current values
are 50 A and 30A respectively. Find the number of sections of starter resistance required and the
resistance of each section. The armature resistance of the motor is 0.5 ohms.

UNIT -4
1) Write the disadvantages of armature resistance method of speed control in DC shunt motor

2) What is the function of a chopper and give some of the applications?

3) Define duty cycle in DC chopper?

4) Draw the basic circuit for chopper controlled separately excited dc motor drive

5) List the applications of chopper fed dc drives?

 6) Give the limitation of field control
7) What are the main applications of ward –Leonard system?
8) What are the various parameters that control the speed of dc motors?

9) Define armature control method of DC shunt motor?

10) Draw the speed-torque characteristics of DC series motor by armature resistance method.

11) What are the various methods of speed control in DC motors?

12) State whether the speed and torque will increase or decrease when a resistance is inserted in the field circuit
of DC shunt motor.

13) Draw the block diagram of phase controlled rectifier fed DC drives.

16 -mark questions:
1) Discuss the ward-Leonard speed control system with a neat diagram. Also mention its advantages and
disadvantages.
2) Explain the single phase half wave converter drive speed control for dc drive with waveforms.
3) Explain the single phase semi-converter converter drive speed control for dc drive with waveforms.

4) Explain the operation of single phase full converter fed separately excited dc motor drives
5) Explain the speed control of a DC shunt motor using three-phase fully controlled rectifiers.
6) With a neat circuit diagrams, explain chopper fed four quadrant DC drives
7) Sketch a basic step-down chopper circuit and explain its working. Distinguish between ‘Time ratio
control’ and ‘Current limit control’.
8) Explain second quadrant, two quadrant type –A and two quadrant type –B chopper?
9) Explain the voltage control strategies employed in DC chopper drives

UNIT-5
1) What are the various speed control methods used in AC motors?
2) What is the basic principle in V/F control? And advantages?
3) What are the different types of slip power recovery scheme?
4) What is the function of an inverter?
5) What are the advantages of static Kramer system, over static scherbius system?

6) What are the conventional methods of speed control of three phase induction motor from stator side
7) Name the power modulators (converters) used for V/F control of three phase induction motor

8) State the applications where stator voltage control is employed for three phase induction motors?

9) Draw the block diagram of conventional scherbius system

10) What are the variable frequency AC drive applications?

11) Mention the advantages of slip power recovery scheme of controlling the speed of induction motor?

12) Compare voltage source inverter and current source inverter, as applied to their use in speed control of induction
motor.

13) Explain the advantages of variable frequency induction motor drive.

16-marks
1) Explain various method of conventional speed control of three –phase induction motor from rotor-side
(AU/APR-2014) (16M)

2) Explain the pole changing, stator frequency variation methods for controlling the speed of AC motor
(stator side control) (AU/APR-2015) (AU/NOV-2014) (16M)

3) Explain the concept of slip power recovery scheme in static scherbius method of speed control of
induction motor? (AU/NOV-2015) (AU/APR-2015) (AU/NOV-2013) (AU/APR-2011) (16M)

4) Explain the concept of slip power recovery scheme in static Kramer method of speed control of induction
motor?

5) Explain working of conventional Kramer slip power recovery system. (AU/APR-2014) (AU/APR-2013)
(16M)

6) Explain the constant torque mode and constant power mode of operation of voltage source inverter
fed induction motor drive with necessary diagrams (AU/NOV-2013) (16M)

7) Explain current source inverter fed induction motor drive with necessary diagrams

8) Explain voltage/ frequency control of 3-phase induction motor (AU/APR-2013) (16M)

9) Explain the following solid state methods of controlling speed of three phase induction motors, with suitable
schematic diagrams:

(i) Cyclo-converter static scherbius drive (8M)