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COURSE PLAN
COURSE PLAN
Sub. Code : EE6351
Branch / Year / Sem : B.E MECH
/ II /III
Sub. Name
: Electrical Drives & Controls
Batch
:
2014-2018
COURSE OBJECTIVE
1. To understand the basic concepts of Drives and factors influencing the
choice of electrical
drives.
2. To accomplish the knowledge on electric drives controlled from a power
electronic converter.
3. To understand the working principle of DC &AC motors, Starting methods
and Braking methods.
4. To understand the Concepts of speed control in DC motors & AC motors.
5. To study and analyze the operation of the converter / chopper fed dc drives.
TEXT BOOKS
T1. Vedam Subrahmaniam, Electric Drives (concepts and applications), Tata
McGraw- Hill,
2001.
T2. Nagrath .I.J. & Kothari .D.P, Electrical Machines, Tata McGraw-Hill, 1998.
REFERENCE BOOKS
R1.

M.D.Singh, K.B.Khanchandani, Power Electronics, Tata McGraw-Hill,

1998.
WEB RESOURCES
W1. www.eolss.net/sample-chapters/c05/E6-39-21.pdf(Topic.No:1-6)
W2.
https://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/j.w.finch/ALL_TIE-009792007.pdf(Topic.No:21-23)
W3.
kaliasgoldmedal.yolasite.com/resources/SSD/SSD_UNIT_1.pdf(Topic.No:1-10)
W4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UejGsuDSA-I(Topic.No:15-17)
W5. www.researchgate.net/publictopics.PublicPostFileLoader.html?
( Topic.No:21-22)
W6. http://nptel.ac.in/courses/108108077/ (Topic.No:15-23)
W7. www.uwindsor.ca/.../n/.../Motor%20Drives.ppt (Topic.No:8-9)
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Topics

UNIT I
(8)
1. Basic Elements
2.

Types of Electric Drives

Books
for
Referen
ce

Page
No.

Teaching
Methodolo
gy

No. of
Hours
Requir
ed

Cumulat
ve No. o
periods

INTRODUCTION
T1

108-121
493-494

BB

T1,W3

107-108

BB

3.

Factor influencing the

T1
459
BB
1
3
choice of electrical drives
4. Heating and cooling
T1
461-466
BB
2
5
curves
5. Loading conditions and
T1
467
BB
1
6
classes of duty
6. Selection of power rating
for drive motors with
T1
467-486
BB
8
regard
to
thermal
2
overloading and load
variation factors
LEARNING OUTCOME
At the end of unit, students should be able to
Understand basic requirements placed by mechanical systems on electric drives.
Describe the structure of Electric Drive systems and their role in variou
applications.
UNIT II
DRIVE MOTOR CHARACTERISTICS
(9)
7. Mechanical characteristics
361T2
BB
2
10
362
8. Torque characteristics of
362T2
PPT
2
12
various types of load and
382
drive motors
9. Braking of Electrical
T2
PPT
1
13
408
Motors
10. DC motors: Shunt, series
408T2
BB
2
15
and compound
410
11. single phase and three
593-638
T2
BB
2
17
phase induction motors
LEARNING OUTCOME
At the end of unit, students should be able to
Describe the operation of DC motor drives to satisfy four-quadrant operation to meet mechanical loa
requirements
Introduce the types of motors and characteristics & understand the braking of Electric motors.
UNIT III
STARTING METHODS
(8)
12. Types of D.C Motor
T2
382-383
BB
3
20
starters
13. Typical control circuits for
T2
383-388
BB
2
22
shunt and series motors
14. Three phase squirrel cage
T2
638-645
BB
3
25
and slip ring induction
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motors.

LEARNING OUTCOME
At the end of unit, students should be able to
Describe the operation of induction machines in steady state that allows them to b
controlled in induction-motor drives.
Understand the Principle of Induction motor and its types.

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Topic

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UNIT IV
CONVENTIONAL AND SOLID STATE SPEED CONTROL OF DC DRIVES
(10)
15. Speed control of DC series
T2
390
W6
NPTEL
2
27
and shunt motors
-398
16. Armature and field control
17. Ward-Leonard control

System
18. Using controlled rectifiers

- applications
19. DC choppers-applications

T2
W6
T2
R1
R1

398-404

BB

29

404
-406

BB

31

PPT

33

BB

35

258
-360
434
-480

LEARNING OUTCOME
At the end of unit, students should be able to
Describe armature, Field and Ward Leonard control system.
Understand the concepts Of Chopper and its applications.
Explain the speed control of Dc series and shunt motors.
UNIT V
CONVENTIONAL AND SOLID STATE SPEED CONTROL OF AC DRIVES
(10)
20. Speed control of three
BB
R1
912-913
3
38
phase induction motor
21. Voltage control, voltage /
BB
R1
913-942
2
40
frequency control
22. slip power recovery
949
R1
-959
BB
2
42
scheme
W2
23. Using inverters and AC

535576

R1
BB
3
45
voltage regulators
704-740
Applications.
LEARNING OUTCOME
At the end of unit, students should be able to
Understand the basic principles of power electronics in drives using switch-mod
converters and pulse width modulation to synthesize the voltages in dc and a
motor drives.
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Describe Voltage and v/f control of AC motors.

Analyze the concepts Inverters and AC voltage regulators for speed control.
COURSE OUTCOME

At the end of the course, the students will be able to

Outline Knowledge of Converter based electric drives.
Analyze speed control methods of different types of motors.
State and Explain starters and starting methods of AC motors.
Understand the various methods of speed control of DC and AC motors.
Introduce the concepts of V/f Control of AC motors.
CONTENT BEYOND THE SYLLABUS

1. Microprocessor based speed control of Induction motor.

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT DETAILS

ASST. NO.
Topic Nos.
Date

I
1-8

II
9 - 14

MODEL
1- 23

ASSIGNMENT DETAILS
ASSIGNMEN
T
Topic Nos.
for
reference
Deadline

II

1-11

1-23

03.8.1
5

25.09.
15

`ASSIGNMENT I (10)
Descriptive Questions

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1. Discuss in details the various 1. Design chopper based speed control of

factors
which affect the
electric motor.
selection of electrical drive for
Specification: MOSFET module
Particular applications.
2. Explain the different classes of 2. Develop model for speed control system of
motor duty with the equation.
electric motor in clockwise and anticlockwise
directions.
Specification: H-bridge module
3. Explain
speedtorque 3. Develop a simulation model of DC-DC
converter and implement using hardware.
Characteristics
of
different
Specification: Mat lab Software
types of load with graph.
4. With neat circuit diagram 4. Design and implement a model of speed
explain braking methods.
control of DC shunt motors.
Specification: Armature controlled Method
5. Explain the selection of power 5. Design and implement a model of speed
rating for drive motor with
control of DC shunt motors.
regard to
Specification: Field controlled Method
continuous duty load.
6. Explain
mechanical 6. Design the circuit for single phase AC-AC
converter and test the result.
characteristics of D.C series
Specification: SCR Module
and D.C compound motor.
7. With
a
diagram
explain 7. Design the circuit for TRIAC based lamp
Regenerative
control.
and dynamic braking of electric
Specification: TRIAC module,40W lamp
Motor.

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