NED University of Engineering & Technology

Electrical Engineering Department

Electrical Drives

COURSE TITLE: COURSE CODE:

PRE-REQUISITE

ECredit hours
3 Hrs/Week
Power Electronics, Feedback Control, Electrical Machines

TEACHING FACULTY:

Dr. Qamar Saeed, PE

LECTURE PLAN

Contents

Week no

What is electrical drive? Advantages of electrical drives; Electrical drives

applications;
Basic components of electrical drives (block diagram); power source, power
processing and control units

Some of the prominent examples of Electrical drives

Conventional versus Modern electric drives

DC motors (construction, operation, types, commutation, torquespeed characteristics)
Introduction to various terms used in DC drives force, torque, inertia, speed, rotational
speed, acceleration, moment of inertia, work, power, horse-power etc.
Overview of AC and DC drives - Comparison between DC and AC drives;
Elementary principles of mechanics

2,3

Torque equations for rotating systems and its relation with gears

Relationship between translational and rotational motions

systems with gears; conveyor belt system;

Components of Mechanical load torque;

Torque and speed profile;
Thermal considerations of electrical drives;

steady state stability stable and unstable equilibrium point

Torque Speed Quadrant of Operation
Modeling of DC Machines
DC Machines Theory of Operation
4

Separately Excited DC Machine

DC Machines - State Space Modeling
DC Machines Block Diagrams and Transfer Function
Measurement of Motor Constants

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Speed Control of DC Motors

Separately Excited DC Motor Steady state Condition
Speed Control Methods for Separately Excited DC Motor
Speed Control Methods
Armature Voltage (Va) control
Armature Resistance (Ra) control
control
5

Speed Control of DC Motor Example

Operating Modes
-

Motoring

Regenerative Braking

Dynamic Braking

Plugging

Operating Modes - Four Quadrant Operation

Controlled Rectifier DC Drives - Power Electronics Converters for DC Drives

Speed Control Strategy: below base speed: Va control; above base speed: flux control via
Vf control
Controlled Rectifier Fed DC Drives
Single Phase and three Phase Full Converters
Closed-loop Control of DC Drives with Controlled Rectifier
Closed-loop Control with Controlled Rectifier Two-quadrant
Cascade control structure - Inner torque (current) control loop; Speed control loop;
Transfer Function of Subsystems DC Motor and Load; Three-phase Converter;
Current and Speed Feedback

7,8

Design of Controllers Block Diagram of Motor Drive; Current Controller; Current

loop 1st order approximation; Speed Controller
Closed-loop Control with Field Weakening Two-quadrant
Closed-loop Control with Controlled Rectifier Four-quadrant
DC Motor and Load Transfer Function - Decoupling of Induced EMF Loop
Cosine wave crossing control for controlled rectifiers

Mid- term Exam

9
Chopper-Controlled DC Drives
DC DC Converter Fed Drives
10,11

Step Down Class A Chopper Motoring

Step Up Class B Chopper Regenerative Braking

Two-quadrant Control with examples

Four-quadrant Control with examples

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Closed Loop Control of DC Drives with Choppers

Cascade Control structure
Current Control for DC Drives with Choppers

Pulse-Width-Modulation (PWM) Controller

Hysteresis-Current Controller

Comparison between PWM and Hysteresis Controller

Transfer Function of PWM-Controlled Chopper

12,13

Two-quadrant
Four-quadrant
Bipolar switching
Unipolar switching
Comparison between Bipolar and Unipolar switching
Design of Controllers Block Diagram of Motor Drive
Design of Controllers Current Controller
AC Drives what is induction motor, advantages and disadvantages of Induction Motor,
Introduction, Review on 3-phase Induction Motor, Torque production, Single-phase
Equivalent Circuit (SPEC) referred from rotor, rotor current,
Performance calculation using SPEC, Power and Torque, Examples and
problems
Torque speed characteristic curve of Induction Motor

13 - 15

Scalar Control of Induction Machine, Variable line voltage and fixed

frequency,
Typical IM Drive System : Variable voltage, variable frequency control
Scheme
Constant Torque Region
Constant Power Region
Examples and problems
Mini-projects presentation (using matlab and simulink)

16

Problem Solving and Review of the overall course for Final Exam
ASSESSMENT MODE:
A. Sessional
1.Quizes

5 Marks

2.Assignments & Presentation

5 Marks

3.Mini projects

10 Marks

4. Hourly Tests

30 Marks

B. Final Exam

50 Marks
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Total:

100 Marks

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