St.

Joseph’s College of Engineering

St. Joseph’s Group of Institutions

Special Electrical Machines (EE8005) - UNIT 1 TEST

TEST DATE: 17.04.2020 TIME: 11.00 am to 12.00pm

PART - A QUESTIONS:

1. What is the importance of lead angle?

2. Compare VR stepper motor, PM stepper motor and hybrid stepper motor.

3. What is the function of driver circuit in stepper motor? Name the various driver
circuits used in stepper motor.

4. What is logical sequencer? Draw the circuit of logical sequencer using JK flip-
flops.

5. Define: Holding torque and Detent torque of stepper motor.

6. A stepping motor has 130 steps per revolution. Find the input digital pulse rate
that produces continuous rotation at a speed of 10.5 revolutions/ sec.

7. Calculate the stepping angle for a 3 phase, 24pole permanent magnet stepper
motor.

8. Define Resolution of stepper motor.

9. What are the various applications of stepper motor?

10. Distinguish half step and full step operation of a stepper motor.
PART - B QUESTIONS:

1. Derive the torque equation of VR type stepper motor and describe the theory of
torque prediction of stepper motor with necessary equations.

2. What is the motor torque Tm required to accelerate an initial load of 2x10-4 kg-
m2from 500Hz to 1500Hz in 50 ms. The frictional torque is 0.03 Nm and step
angle is 1.18º.
3. Explain the static and dynamic characteristics of stepper motor with a neat
diagram.

4. With a neat block diagram explain the microprocessor control of stepper motor.
Explain the advantages of closed loop control of stepper motor?`

5. A single stack 3-phase variable reluctance motor has a step angle of 15º. Find
the number of stator and rotor poles.

6. Explain the construction and principle of operation of VR stepper motor with

single phase ON mode and two-phase ON mode.