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KCE/DEPT. OF EEE

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

COURSE PLAN
Sub. Code : PX7201
Branch / Year / Sem :
M.E.,PE&D/I/ II
Sub.Name : Solid State DC Drives
COURSE PLAN
: 2015-2017

Batch

COURSE OBJECTIVES
1. To understand steady state operation and transient dynamics of a motor load system
2. To study and analyze the operation of the converter / chopper fed DC drive, both
qualitatively and quantitatively.
3. To analyze and design the current and speed controllers for a closed loop solid state DC
motor drives.
4. To understand the implementation of control algorithms using microcontrollers and
phase locked loop.

LEARNING OUTCOME
1.
2.
3.
4.

Understanding the fundamentals of DC Motors and Mechanical systems.

Awareness about the converter control and chopper of DC Motors.
Knowledge about the braking schemes of DC Motors.
Knowledge about the modeling of drive elements and closed loop speed control of DC
Motors.
5. Awareness about the simulation of converter and chopper fed DC Motor drive.
6. Knowledge about the digital control of DC Motor drive.

REFERENCE BOOKS
R1. Gopal K Dubey, Power Semiconductor controlled Drives, Prentice Hall Inc., New Yersy,
1989.
R2. R.Krishnan, Electric Motor Drives Modeling, Analysis and Control, Prentice-Hall of India
Pvt.Ltd., New
Delhi, 2010.
R3. Gobal K.Dubey, Fundamentals of Electrical Drives, Narosal Publishing House, New Delhi,
Second Edition,
2009
R4. B.L.Theraja Volume II Textbook of electrical technology S.chand & Company Limited,
New Delhi.
R5.Dr.P.S.BimraPower Electronics,Khanna Publishers.
R6.M.D.Singh & K.B.Khanchandani,Power Electronics,Tata Mcgraw Hill Publishing company
limited, New
Delhi.
R7. P.C Sen Thyristor DC Drives, John wiely and sons, New York, 1981.
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R8.Vedam
Subramanyam,

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Electric Drives Concepts and Applications,
Tata McGraw-

Hill publishing
company Ltd., New Delhi, 2002.
WEB RESOURCES
W1. http://www.jee.ro/covers/art.php?issue=WO1175851273W4616110927c75.

(Topic.No:1-8)
W2. http://www.encon.fke.utm.my/courses/mep1523/ELECTRIC%20DRIVES.ppt (Topic.No:1-

50)
W3.
http://www.ijireeice.com/upload/2014/july/IJIREEICEAw%20%20a%20%20atila
%20%20SmallSignal.pdf. (Topic.No:1-4)
W4.http://nptel.ac.in/courses/108101038/34.

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UNIT I : DC MOTORS FUNDAMENTALS AND MECHANICAL SYSTEMS (9)
01
DC motor
R4
996-998
BB
1
1
Types, induced emf,
99802
R4
BB
speed-torque relations
1022
1031Speed control
1032,
(a) Armature and
03
R4
1041-42
BB
1
2
field speed control.
& 1048(b)Ward Leonard control
49
Constant torque and
04
constant horse power
W2,R8
6-20
PPT
1
3
operation
Introduction to high
05
speed drives and modern
W1,R8
642-650
BB
drives
Characteristics of
101506
R6
BB
1
4
mechanical system
1022
Dynamic equations,
11-12 &
07
components of torque,
R3
BB
1
5
18-20
types of load
Requirements of drives
08
R3
9-10
BB
1
6
characteristics
09
Stability of drives
R3
23-27
BB
1
7
10
Multi-quadrant operation
R3
12-14
BB
1
8
Drive elements, types of
11
motor duty and selection
R3
44-58
BB
1
9
of motor rating
LEARNING OUTCOME
At the end of unit, students should be able to
Books
for
Refere
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Understand basic requirements placed by mechanical systems on electric drives.

Describe the operation of dc motor drives to satisfy four-quadrant operation to
meet mechanical load requirements.
UNIT II : CONVERTER CONTROL (9)
Principle of phase control
12
R1
65-71
BB
1
10

13

14
15
16

Topi
c
No.

Fundamental relations;
Analysis of series and
separately excited DC
motor with single-phase
and three-phase
Converters Waveforms,
Performance parameters,
Performance
characteristics
Continuous and
discontinuous armature
current operations
Current ripple and its
effect on performance
Operation with
freewheeling diode

Topic

R1

71-115

BB

12

R1

72-77

BB

13

R1

115-119

BB

14

R1

109-115

BB

15

Teaching
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Cumulati
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periods

17

18

19

21

22

Books
for
Refere
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Page
No.

Implementation of
R1
71-72
SEMINAR
braking schemes
Drive
employing
dual
18
R1
197-201
BB
converter.
LEARNING OUTCOME
At the end of unit, students should be able to
Analyze and design AC to DC converter.
Use power conversion techniques for various applications.
UNIT III : CHOPPER CONTROL (9)
Introduction to time ratio
19
control and frequency
R1
145-150
BB
modulation
Class A, B, C, D and E
20
chopper controlled DC
R5
255-264
PPT
motor
Performance analysis,
21
R1
168-181
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Chopper based
22
implementation of
R1
165-167
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2
24
braking schemes
23
Multi-phase chopper
R5
296-297
BB
1
25
24
Related problems
R5
297-304
BB
2
27
LEARNING OUTCOME
At the end of unit, students should be able to
Analyze and design DC to DC converters.
Explain the different chopper control techniques.
UNIT IV : CLOSED LOOP CONTROL(9)
Modeling of drive
25
R2
18-21
BB
1
28
elements
Equivalent circuit,
transfer function of self,
26
R2
21-29
BB
1
29
separately excited DC
motors
Linear Transfer function
W4
NPTEL
1
30
27
model of power
R2
75-83
BB
1
31
converters
Sensing and feeds back
28
R7
221-225
BB
1
32
elements
30
Closed loop speed control W3,R7
225-226
SEMINAR
1
33
Current and speed loops,
31
W3,R7
SEMINAR
1
34
P, PI and PID controllers
226-238
32
Response comparison
W3,R7
BB
1
35
Simulation of converter
33
R2
92-97
BB
1
36
and chopper fed d.c drive
LEARNING OUTCOME
At the end of unit, students should be able to
Analyze, simulate, design and construct the fundamental power electronic
topologies, including non-isolated dc/dc converters.
Analyze the steady state and dynamic state operation of DC machine through
mathematical modeling.

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UNIT V : DIGITAL CONTROL OF D.C DRIVE (9)

Phase Locked Loop and
34
micro-computer control
R6
858-861
of DC drives
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Program flow chart for
R2
33-34
SEMINAR
1
40
constant horse power
35
and load disturbed
W2
PPT
2
42
operations
Speed detection and
36
R3
40-42
BB
3
45
current sensing circuits
LEARNING OUTCOME
At the end of unit, students should be able to
Design and analyze the current and speed controllers for closed loop solid state DC
motor drives.
Depict the concepts and applications of Motor control signal processors.

COURSE OUTCOME
At the end of the course, the students will be able to
Understand the basic concept of steady state operation and transient dynamics of a
motor load system
Understand the Design and analyze the operation of the various controlled rectifier fed
DC drives.
Gain adequate knowledge regarding various DC to DC converters.
Understand the Design and analyze the operation of the various chopper fed DC drives
Understand the Design and analyze the current and speed controllers for closed loop
solid state DC motor drives.
CONTENT BEYOND THE SYLLABUS
1. APPLICATIONS OF CHOPPER CONTROL OF DC DRIVES
2. APPLICATIONS OF CONVERTERCONTROL OF DC DRIVES
INTERNAL ASSESSMENT DETAILS
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Topic Nos.

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15-24

MODE
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Date
ASSIGNMENT DETAILS
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Descriptive

1. With circuit and waveform explain

principle
of operation of three phase controlled
converter in freewheeling operation.
2. With wave form and performance
characteristics explain phase control of
series dc motor with single phase
converter.
3. Explain the operation of a 3 full
converter fed dc series motor and also
obtain its speed torque relationship.

KCE/DEPT. OF EEE

1. Develop a simulation
model
of
DC-DC
converter and implement
using hardware.
Specification:Matlab
Software
2. Design chopper based
speed control of electric
motor.
Specification:MOSFET
module
3. Design and implement
a model of speed control
of DC shunt motors.
Specification:Armature
controlled Method

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Faculty in-charge

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