NARAYANA ENGINEERING COLLEGE::GUDUR/NELLORE

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

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III B.Tech – EEE (R13) SUB: Power Semiconductor Drives (13A02601) L T C
Academic Year: 2016-2017 (II Semester) 3 1 3
Staff: Mr. T. Y. Saravanan / Mr. Naresh Babu U

UNIT-I Converter Fed DC Motors

1. (a) Draw and explain speed-torque characteristics of semi converter feeding a D.C series motor.
(b) Derive the speed, torque equations of a fully controlled converter connected to separately
excited D.C motor with continuous current operation with necessary waveforms.

2. Two independent single-phase semi-converters are supplying the armature and field circuits of the
separately excited dc motor for controlling its speed. The firing angle of the converter supplying
the field, adjusted such that maximum field current flows. The machine parameters are:
Armature resistance of 0.25Ω, field circuit resistance of 147Ω, motor voltage constant Kv = 0.7032
V/A-rad/s. The load torque is T = 45 N-m at 1000 rpm. The converter is fed from a 208 V, 50 Hz
AC supply. The friction and windage losses are neglected. Find
(a) The field current of the field and armature circuits are sufficient enough to make
the armature and field currents continuous and ripple free.
(b) The delay angle of the armature converter,
(c) The input power of the armature circuit converter.

3. Write down the basic performance equations for a DC separately excited motor. Sketch
characteristics of constant torque drive and constant power drive regions.

4. (a) What are the assumptions made while doing the steady-state performance of the converter fed
dc drives? Justify your answers.
(b) Explain the use of freewheeling diode in the converter fed DC drives. Take an example of 1-
fully controlled converter for explanation. How it’s going to affect the machine performance?

5. Describe the use of three phase semi converter for the speed control of a D.C series motor.
Illustrate your answer with appropriate wave forms and also derive the rms values of source and
thyristor currents.

6. A 100 KW, 500V, 2000 rpm separately excited DC motor is controlled by a three-phase fully
controlled converter and is fed from a 400V, 50Hz supply. The voltage drop in conducting the
thyristor is 2V. Motor parameters are Ra =0.1Ω, La =8 mH, Km =1.6 V/rad-sec. Rated armature
current = 210A. No load current is 10% of rated current.
(a) Find no load speed at firing angle of 300.
(b) Find the firing angle to obtain 2000 rpm at rated armature current. Also find
supply power factor.

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7. Explain the speed torque characteristics of a separately excited DC motor connected to a three
phase full controlled converter.

8. The speed of a separately excited DC motor is controlled by means of a 3- semi converter from a
3-, 415V, 50 Hz supply. The motor constants are inductance 10mH, resistance 0.9Ω and
armature constant 1.5V/rad/sec. Calculate speed of the motor at a torques of 50N-m, when the
converter is fired at 450. Neglect losses in the converter.

9. A separately excited DC motor at 10kW, 300V, 1000 rpm is supplied from a 3-phase half
controlled bridge rectifier. The three phase supply is rated at 220 V, 50Hz. Armature resistance of
motor Ra=0.2Ω and sufficient inductance is added to maintain continuous conduction. It delivers
rated power at rated speed when α=00. If the firing angle is retarded to α=300 , calculate the speed,
power factor and efficiency of the operation if: (a) The load torque is constant (b) The load torque
is proportional to speed.

10. A separately excited D.C. Motor is supplied from 220V, 50Hz source through a 1-Φ half wave
controlled converter. Its field is fed through 1-phase semi converter with zero degree firing angle
delay. Motor resistance Ra = 0.5Ω and motor constant = 0.5V-sec/rad. For rated load torque 10 N-
m at 1000 rpm and for continuous ripple free ripple, determine the firing angle delay of the
armature converter.

UNIT-II Four Quadrant Operation of DC Drives

1. (a) Explain regenerative braking of a DC motor in detail with necessary waveforms and circuits.
(b) Discuss in detail about counter current and dynamic braking operations of DC shunt motors.

2. (a) Explain how four quadrant operation is achieved by dual converters and each of 3- full wave
configuration for DC separately excited motor.
(b) Distinguish between circulating current and non-circulating current mode of operation.

3. With a neat diagram, explain the operation of a DC drive in all four quadrants when fed by a single
phase dual converter with necessary waveforms and characteristics.

4. With neat circuit diagram and waveforms, explain dynamic braking, regenerative braking and
plugging of separately excited motor.

5. A 220V, 750 rpm, 200A, separately excited motor has an armature resistance of 0.05Ω. Armature
is fed from a 3- non-circulating current mode dual converter. Consists of fully controlled
rectifiers ‘A’ and ‘B’. Rectifier-A provides motoring operation in the forward direction and
rectifier-B in reverse direction. Line voltage of AC source is 400V, calculate firing angle of
rectifier for the motoring operation at rated torque and 600 rpm assuming continuous conduction.

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6. A 400V, 750 rpm, 70A DC shunt motor has an armature resistance of 0.3Ω when running under
rated conditions, the motor is to be braked by plugging with armature current limited to 90A. How
much external resistance should be connected in series with the armature? Calculate the initial
braking torque and its value when the speed has fallen to 300 rpm.

7. Draw and explain the block diagram of closed loop speed control of DC motor for below and
above base speed.

8. Explain with neat diagrams the merits and demerits of mechanical braking, dynamic braking and
regenerative braking.

9. A DC series motor has the following parameters:

P=25KW, V=230V, Rse=0.08Ω, Rsh =0.15Ω, I=80A, N=350 rpm. What resistance must be
connected in series with the armature at the instant of plugging to limit the current to 120A?
Calculate the braking torque at the instant of plugging. Also find the braking torque when the
speed of the motor has fallen to 75% of its rated speed. The magnetization curve of the motor is a
straight line given by Eg = (1.07Ia +115) V between Ia=60A to 120A.

10. Draw speed-torque characteristic for regenerative braking operation of a D.C. shunt motor and
explain the operation.

UNIT-III Chopper Fed DC Motors

1. (a) Distinguish between class A and class B choppers with suitable examples of speed control of
motors.
(b) A constant frequency TRC system is used for the speed control of dc series traction motor from
220 V dc supply. The motor is having armature and series field resistance of 0.025 Ω and 0.015 Ω
respectively. The average current in the circuit is 125 A and the chopper frequency is 500 Hz.
Calculate the pulse width if the average value of back emf is 50 V.

2. A 220V, 70A, DC series motor has combined resistance of armature and field is 0.12Ω running on
a no load with the field winding connected to a separate source. It gave following magnetization
characteristics at 600rpm.
Field Current (A) 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Terminal Voltage (V) 64 118 150 170 184 194 202 210

Motor is controlled by a chopper with source voltage equal to 220V. Calculate

(a) motor speed for a duty ratio of 0.6 and motor current of 60A.
(b) torque for a speed of 400 rpm and duty ratio of 0.65.

3. Explain the operation of four quadrant chopper fed to the DC series motor and also draw the
current and voltage wave forms for continuous current operation.

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4. (a) Explain the principle of speed control of a DC motor and show how it can be achieved by a
chopper.
(b) A 230V, 1200 rpm, 15A separately excited motor has an armature resistance of 1.2Ω. Motor is
operated under dynamic braking with chopper control. Braking resistance has a value of 20Ω.
(i) Calculate duty ratio of chopper for motor speed of 1000rpm and braking torque equal to
1.5 times rated motor torque.
(ii) What will be the motor speed for duty ratio of 0.5 and motor torque equal to its rated
torque?

5. (a)Explain the operation of two quadrant chopper feeding to a separately excited DC motor and
also draw the current and voltage wave forms for continuous current operation.
(b) Discuss with the suitable diagrams I quadrant and II quadrant choppers.

6. A DC supply of 200V supplied power to separately excited dc motor via a class-A thyristor
chopper. The motor has an armature circuit resistance of 0.33Ω and inductance of 11mH. The
chopper is fully on at the rated motor speed 1200 rpm when the armature current is 20A. If the
speed is to be reduced to 800 rpm with the load torque constant, calculate the necessary duty cycle.
If the chopper frequency is 500 Hz, is the current continuous?

7. (a) Deduce the mathematical expression for minimum and maximum currents for a class-A
chopper operated dc motor with back emf.
(b) A 220V, 12A, 1000 rpm separately excited DC motor having an armature resistance of 2Ω is
controlled by a chopper. The chopping frequency is 200 Hz and the input voltage is 230 V.
Calculate the duty ratio for a motor torque of 2 times rated torque at 750 rpm.

8. A 220V, 24A, 1000 rpm self excited DC motor has an armature resistance of 2Ω, motor is
controlled by a chopper with frequency of 500 Hz and the source voltage of 230V, calculate the
duty ratio for 1.2 times rated torque and 500rpm.

9. Derive the expressions for average motor current, ripple in motor current and average torque for
chopper fed separately excited D.C. Motor.

10. A 230 V, 1000 rpm, 30 A separately excited DC motor has an armature resistance of 0.7 Ω and
inductance of 50mH. Motor is controlled in regenerative braking by a chopper operating at a
frequency of 800 Hz from a DC source of 230 V. Assuming continuous conduction,
i. Calculate duty ratio of chopper for rated torque and speed of 800 rpm.
ii. What will be the motor speed for duty ratio of 0.6 and rated motor torque?
iii. What will be the maximum allowable speed of the motor, if the chopper has a maximum
duty ratio of 0.9 and maximum allowable motor current is twice the rated current?
iv. Calculate power fed to the source for operating condition in (iii).
v. Motor field is also controlled along with armature voltage. Rated field current is 0.5A.
Calculate the field current for duty ratio of 0.9 and motor speed of 1500 rpm and armature
current of 30 A.

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 UNIT-IV Control of Induction Motor
1. Explain why stator voltage control is suitable for speed control of induction motors in fan and
pump drives. Draw a neat circuit diagram for speed control scheme of 3 phase induction motor
using AC Voltage controller.

2. Explain with suitable diagrams the various types of solid state 3 phase AC Voltages controllers
which can be used for speed control of 3 phase induction motors from stator side. Mention the
advantages of the AC Voltages controllers over the other methods of solid- state speed control
techniques of 3- induction motor.

3. A 440V, 3phase, 50 Hz 4 pole 1456 rpm delta connected induction motor has the following
parameters referred to the stator. Rs = 2.0Ω, Rr = 2.0Ω, Xs = 3Ω, Xr = 4 Ω. When driving a fan load
at rated voltage it runs at rated speed. The motor speed is controlled by stator voltage control.
Determine motor terminal voltage, current and torque at 1300 rpm.

4. Discuss in detail the role of Cyclo converters for speed control of Induction motor. Draw neat
circuit diagram for speed control of 3 phase Induction motor using Cyclo converters. Mention the
merits and limitations of the above scheme.

5. With a block schematic diagram explain how the speed of the induction motor can be controlled
automatically (i.e., using closed loop scheme) with voltage source inverters. Mention the
applications of the above scheme.

6. Discuss with suitable schematic diagrams the principle of operation of VSI & CSI fed Induction
motor drives. Mention their MERITS and limitations.

7. A 2.8 KW, 400V. 50 Hz, 4 pole, 1370 rpm delta connected squirrel cage induction motor has the
following Parameters referred to the stator. Rs = 2Ω, Rlr = 5Ω, Xs = Xlr = 5Ω, Xm = 80Ω. Motor
speed is controlled by stator voltage control. When driving a fan load, it runs at rated speed and
rated voltage. Calculate:
(a) motor terminal voltage, current at 1200 rpm.
(b) motor speed, current, and torque for terminal voltage of 300V.

8. (a) How do you explain the operation of an induction motor speed control using rotor resistance
variation.
(b) Explain the operation of an induction of an induction motor speed control using a chopper
control (static rotor resistance control).

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9. Explain the following briefly
i. Slip speed control.
ii. Slip power recovery.
iii. Equivalent circuit of an induction motor referred to rotor and necessary expressions.
iv. Equivalent circuit of an induction motor referred to stator and necessary
expressions.

10. A 3-, 420V, 50 Hz, star connected induction motor has the following parameters: R1=2.95Ω,
R21=2.08Ω, X1=6.82Ω, X21=4.11Ω per phase. Neglect core loss. The motor draws a current of 7A
at no load and controlled by rotor resistance controller. A resistance Re=1Ω has been controlled by
chopper. Determine the value of Re to get a speed range of 1500 to 500 rpm, assuming a turns ratio
of tow between stator and rotor. The torque and speed of the load are related by TN. Determine
the characteristics giving the speed Vs time ratio of the chopper.

UNIT-V Control of Synchronous Motors

1. Draw the block diagram of a closed loop synchronous motor drive fed from VSI and explain?

2. Describe cyclo converter drive versus VSI drive of Synchronous motor in detail and state their
advantage and disadvantages.

3. With suitable circuit diagrams discuss in detail the principle of operation of self controlled
Synchronous motor drive employing a cyclo converter.

4. Show the circuit setup for CSI fed self controlled synchronous motor. Explain the commutation
process at small speeds.

5. (a) Describe separate controlled mode and self- controlled mode of operation of a Synchronous
motor drive in detail and compare them.
(b) Why cyclo-converter fed synchronous motors are preferred for low speed

6. A 10 MW, 3-phase, 6.6 KW, 50 Hz, 4-pole, Y-connected would-field Synchronous Motor has the
following parameters: Xm = 8Ω, Xsf = 0.5Ω rated pf = 1, Rs = 0.01Ω, rated field current = 210A
.Field winding resistance = 1.2Ω. Calculate the field current to get unity pf at 60% of rated torque.
Draw motor characteristics and waveforms under the above method of control.

7. A 400KW, 3-, 3.3KV, 50 Hz, UPF, 4 pole, star connected synchronous motor has the following
parameters: armature resistance = 0, synchronous reactance = 12Ω, rated field current = 10A. The
machine is controlled by variable frequency at constant V/f ratio. Calculate the armature current
and power factor for regenerative braking torque equal to rated motor torque, 900rpm and rated
field current. Draw motor characteristics and wave forms under the above method of control.

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8. An 8 MW, 3-, 6.6KV, 50 Hz, 6 pole, Y-connected wound filed synchronous motor has the
following parameters: Xm=8Ω, Xsf=0.5Ω UPF, Rs=0.01Ω, rated field current = 180A. Field
winding resistance = 1.2Ω. Calculate the PF, armature current, efficiency at half the rated torque
and at rated field current. Core, friction and windage loss assumed constant at 9 KW. Draw motor
characteristics and waveforms under the above method of control.

9. A three phase 230 V, 60 Hz, 40kW, 8 pole star connected salient pole synchronous motor has X d
= 2.5 Ω and Xq = 0.4 Ω. The armature resistance is negligible. If the motor operates with an input
power of 25 kW at a leading power factor of 0.86. Determine. (i) Torque angle. (ii) Excitation
voltage Vf. (iii) torque Td.

10. Describe the self control mode of operation of synchronous motor.