UNIT I & II QUESTION BANK

PART A

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State the requirement for an electrical motor to operate in the constant torque mode. What is dynamic torque? What are all the conditions to be satisfied for the regenerative braking operation to take place? Mention the necessary condition to obtain the three modes of operation of an electric drive. List the components of load torque. What is meant by duty cycle in a chopper circuit? Draw the diagram of a regenerative chopper fed separately excited DC motor drive. Why thyristors are not preferred now a days for chopper fed DC drives. What do you understand by constant torque drive and constant power drive? What are the various control strategies for varying duty cycle of the chopper? Write down the fundamental torque equation of motor-load system. What are the components of load torque? List the three modes of operation for electrical drive. What is a regenerative braking? List the components of load torque. What is discontinuous conduction mode? Write the advantages of three phase drives over single phase drives. Draw the regenerative braking characteristics of a separately excited motor. Draw the torque speed curves of a series motor a varying flux and various voltages. Mention the methods to control of the speed of a dc shunt motor.

PART B
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(a) (i) Explain in detail dynamics of motor load system. (ii) Explain in detail different types of loads.

(b) (i) Explain in detail multiquadrant operation. (ii) Compare AC and DC drives.

3. (a) (i) Explain in detail modes of operation of electric drives. (ii) Mention the different factors for the selection of electric drives.

(i) Explain in detail steady state stability in electrical drive system. (ii) Explain in detail regenerative braking. (i) Mention the advantages and disadvantages of electrical drives. (ii) Explain in detail different types of drives. Describe the operation of single phase fully controlled converter fed separately excited DC motor with neat waveforms and derive the speed torque characteristics. (i) A 200V, 875 r.p.m, 150 A separately excited dc motor has an armature resistance of 0.06. It is fed from a single phase fully controlled rectifier with an ac source of 220V, 50Hz. Assuming continuous conduction, calculate i) firing angle for rated motor torque and 750rpm, ii) motor speed for =160. (ii) Explain regenerative braking and dynamic braking of separately excited DC motor by chopper control. Describe the operation of three phase fully controlled converter fed separately excited DC motor with neat waveforms and derive the speed torque characteristics. motor has the following parameters, armature resistance is equal to 0.04 ohms, field resistance is equal to 0.06 ohms, constant K = 4 x 10-3 N-m/Amp2. The average armature current of 300 Amps is ripple free. For a chopper duty cycle of 60%, determine (1) input power drawn from the source (2) motor speed and (3) motor torque.

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9. A dc series motor is fed from a 600 V source through a chopper. The DC

10. Explain the operation of chopper for forward motoring and braking control of separately excited DC motor with aid of diagram, waveforms and speed torque curves.

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(i) Explain in detail multiquadrant operation. (ii) Mention the different factors for the selection of electric drives.

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(i) Explain in detail modes of operation of electric drives. (ii) Compare ac and dc drives. (i) Explain in detail dynamics of motor load system. (ii) Explain in detail steady state stability in electrical drive system.

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(i) Explain in detail different types of loads. (ii) Explain in detail different types of drives.

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(i) Explain in detail regenerative braking. (ii) Mention the different factors for the selection of electric drives.

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Explain the operation of chopper for forward motoring and braking control of DC series motor with aid of diagram, waveforms and speed torque curves. Describe the operation of single phase fully controlled converter fed separately excited DC motor with neat waveforms and derive the speed torque characteristics. A 220V, 1500 r.p.m, 10A separately excited dc motor has an armature resistance of 10. It is fed from a single phase fully controlled bridge rectifier with an ac source voltage of 230V at 50Hz. Assuming continuous load current, compute i) the motor speed at a firing angle of 30 and torque of 5 N-m, ii) developed torque at the firing angle of 45 and speed of 1000 r.p.m.

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A 230V, 960 r.p.m and 200A separately excited DC motor has an armature resistance of 0.02. The motor is fed from a chopper which provides both motoring and braking operations. The source has a voltage of 230V. Assuming continuous conduction, i)calculate duty ratio of chopper for motoring operation at rated torque and 350 r.p.m, ii) calculate duty ratio of chopper for braking operation at rated torque and 350 r.p.m, iii) if maximum duty ratio of chopper is limited to 0.95 and maximum permissible motor current is twice the rated, calculate maximum permissible motor speed obtainable without field weakening and power fed to the source, iv) if motor field is also controlled, calculate field current as a fraction of its rated value for a speed of 1200r.p.m. Explain the operation of four quadrant chopper fed DC drive system.

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