10EE762 Computer Control of Electrical Drives syllabus for EE


Part A
Unit-1 REVIEW OF MICRO CONTROLLERS IN INDUSTRIAL DRIVES SYSTEM 4 hours

Typical Micro controller’s 8 bit 16 bit (only block diagram) Digital Data Acquisition system, voltage sensors, current sensors, frequency sensors and speed sensors.

Unit-2 EVOLUTION OF POWER ELECTRONICS IN DRIVES 4 hours

Power semiconductors devices used for drives control, GTO, BJT, power MOSFET, IGBT, MCT and IGCT structures, Ratings, comparison and their applications. Block diagram of power integrated circuit for D C motor drives.

Unit-3 A C MACHINE DRIVES 9 hours

general classification and National Electrical Manufacturer Association (NEMA) classification, Speed control of Induction motors with variable voltage constant frequency,constant voltage variable frequency, (v/f) constant operation, drive operating regions. Variable stator current operation. Effect of Harmonics.

Unit-4 SYNCHRONOUS MACHINE DRIVES 8 hours

Wound field machine, comparison of Induction and wound field synchronous machines, Torque angle characteristics of salient pole synchronous machines, synchronous reluctance permanent magnet synchronous machines (SPM), variable reluctance machines (VRM).

Part B
Unit-5 PHASE CONTROLLED CONVERTERS 7 hours

Converter controls, Linear firing angle control, cosine wave crossing control, phase locked Oscillator principle, Electrro magnetic Interference (EMI) and line power quality problems, cyclo converters, voltage fed converters, Rectifiers, Current fed converters.

Unit-6 PRINCIPLES OF SLIP POWER RECOVERY SCHEMES 6 hours

Static Kramer’s drive system, block schematic diagram, phasor diagram and limitations, Static Scherbins scheme system using D.C link converters with cyclo converter modes of operation, modified Scherbins Drive for variable source, constant frequency (VSCF) generation.

Unit-7 PRINCIPLE OF VECTOR CONTROL OF A C DRIVES 6 hours

Phasor diagram, digital Implementation block diagram, Flux vector estimation, indirect vector control block diagram with open loop flux control, synchronous motor control with compensation.

Unit-8 EXPERT SYSTEM APPLICATION TO DRIVES (ONLY BLOCK DIAGRAM) 8 hours

Expert system shell,Design methodology, ES based P-I tuning of vector controlled drives system, Fuzzy logic control for speed controller in vector control drives,structure of fuzzy control in feedback system.

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 24, 2023