UNIT-3

ASSIGNMENT SHEET NO. 1

Subject Name: Special Electrical Machines Subject Code: REE-064

Date of issue: --/--/2019 Date of Submission: --/--/2019

1. Define the following:

a) Stepping angle (b) Detent torque (c) Reluctance torque

2. a) What are the advantages of switched reluctance motor?
b) What are the applications of stepper motor?
3. What is the step angle of a 4- phase stepper motor with 12 stator teeth and 3 rotor
teeth?
4. Explain the construction and principle of operation of a switched reluctance motor.
5. A single- stack, eight phase (stator) multiple, stepper motor has six rotor teeth. The
phases are excited one at a time. Determine (i) step size (ii) steps per revolution
(iii) speed, if the excitation frequency is 120Hz.
6. Explain the phenomenon of static torque production in Switched Reluctance Motor.
Also derive the expression for instantaneous torque developed by it.
7. Explain working, construction and control of a hybrid stepper motor.
8. What is step angle of a five-phase Switched Reluctance Motor having 10 stator poles
and 4 rotor poles? What is the commutation frequency in each phase at a speed of
6000 rpm?
9. Explain Variable reluctance stepper motor with various applications.
10. Describe with appropriate sketch, a 2phase 8/4 pole permanent magnet stepping
motor. For this motor determine the step angle and the excitation sequence of the
2 phase winding for clockwise an anticlockwise rotation of the rotor.
11. Explain working, construction and control of a Single-stack variable reluctance
stepper motor.
12. Explain working, construction and control of a multi-stack variable reluctance
stepper motor.
13. Explain the torque vs stepping rate characteristics of a stepper motor. What is
slew range?
14. Describe an efficient uni-polar drive for stepper motor.
15. Enumerate the features that the drive circuit for a stepping motor should possess
for optimum torque output. also describe the drive circuit used for VR and hybrid
 stepping motors.
16. Explain the construction and principle of operation of a switched reluctance
motor.
17. Describe the inverter drive circuit used for switched reluctance motors. A three
phase 6/8 VRM is running at a speed of 1000 rpm. Calculate the time between
pulses required to excite the phase winding.
18. Explain the principle of operation of 6/4 pole variable reluctance stepper motor.
What is the motor torque required to accelerate the initial load of 10 -4/gm2 from
ω1=200 and ω2=300 rad/sec. Frictional load torque is 0.06 N-m.