Electrical Drives:Electrical Drives, Advantages of Electrical Drives. Parts of Electrical Drives, Choice of Electrical Drives, Status of dc and ac Drives.
Dynamics of Electrical Drives: Fundamental Torque Equations, Speed TorqueConventions and Multiquadrant Operation. Equivalent Values of DriveParameters, Components of Load Torques, Nature and Classification of LoadTorques, Calculation of Time and Energy Loss in Transient Operations, SteadyState Stability, Load Equalization.
Control Electrical Drives:Modes of Operation, Speed Control and Drive Classifications, Closed loop Control of Drives.
Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy Level L1 – Remembering, L2 – Understanding, L3 – Applying, L4 – Analysing.
Selection of Motor Power Ratings:Thermal Model of Motor for Heating and Cooling, Classes of Motor Duty, Determination of Motor Rating.
Direct Current Motor Drives:Controlled Rectifier Fed dc Drives, Single Phase Fully Controlled Rectifier Control of dc Separately Excited Motor,SinglePhase Half Controlled Rectifier Control of dc Separately Excited Motor, Three Phase Fully Controlled Rectifier Control of dc Separately Excited Motor,Three Phase Half Controlled Rectifier Control of dc Separately Excited Motor, Multiquadrant Operation of dc Separately Excited Motor Fed Form Fully Controlled Rectifier,Rectifier Control of dc Series Motor, Supply Harmonics, Power Factor and Ripple in Motor Current,Chopper Control of Separately Excited dcMotor, Chopper Control of Series Motor.
Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy Level L1 – Remembering, L2 – Understanding, L3 – Applying, L4 – Analysing.
Induction Motor Drives:Analysis and Performance ofThree Phase Induction Motors, Operation with Unbalanced Source Voltage and Single Phasing,Operation with Unbalanced Rotor Impedances,Analysis of Induction Motor Fed From Non-Sinusoidal Voltage Supply,Starting, Braking, Transient Analysis.Speed Control Techniques-Stator Voltage Control, Variable Voltage Frequency Control from Voltage Sources.
Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy Level L2 – Understanding, L3 – Applying, L4 – Analysing, L5 – Evaluating.
Induction Motor Drives (continued):Voltage Source Inverter (VSI) Control, Cycloconverter Control, Closed Loop Speed Control and Converter Rating for VSI and Cycloconverter Induction Motor Drives, Variable Frequency Control from a Current Source, Current Source (CSI) Control,current regulated voltage source inverter control, speed control of single phase induction motors.
Synchronous Motor Drives:Operation from fixed frequency supply-starting, synchronous motor.
Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy Level L1 – Remembering, L2 – Understanding, L3 – Applying, L4 – Analysing.
Synchronous Motor Drives (continued):Self-controlled synchronous motor drive employing load commutated thruster inverter, Starting Large Synchronous Machines, Permanent Magnet ac (PMAC) Motor Drives, Sinusoidal PMAC Motor Drives, Brushless dc Motor Drives.
Stepper Motor Drives: Variable Reluctance, Permanent Magnet, Important Features of Stepper Motors, Torque Versus Stepping rate Characteristics, Drive Circuits for Stepper Motor.
Industrial Drives:Textile Mills, Steel Rolling Mills, Cranes and Hoists, Machine Tools.
Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy Level L1 – Remembering, L2 – Understanding, L3 – Applying, L4 – Analysing.