INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS

ENGINEERING, (PCSIR) KARACHI

Course Assessment Report

IE475: Electronic Motor Drives

Final Year Fall Semester 2018-19

Engr. Qurratulain
Lecturer

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 INDEX
S.No Content Page No
Course Detail 3
1.1. Course Summary 3
1.2. Course Objective 3
1.3. Course Outline 3
1.
1.4. Lab Outline 3
1.5. Text Book 4
1.6. Recommended Books 4
1.7. Course Learning Outcomes 4
2. Course Delivery Plan 5
3. Grade Distribution 7
Course Assessment 8
4.1 Direct Assessment 9
4. 4.2 Indirect Assessment 10
4.3 Gap Analysis and Future Recommendations 12

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1. COURSE DETAIL

1.1 COURSE SUMMARY:

Course Code and Title: IE475 Electronic Motor Drives
Semester: 7th semester– Batch 2015-16
Credit Hours: 3+1
Contact Hours: 3+ 3
Marks: 100+50
Instructor (Theory): Engr. Qurratulain

1.2 COURSE OBJECTIVES:

To foster knowledge related to the AC and DC motor drives commonly used in industries. The
course will also focus on various speed and position control techniques of AC and DC motors. An
open loop and closed loop analysis AC and DC drives is also provided.

1.3 COURSE OUTLINE:

Introduction to Electronic Motor Drives (EMD): Designs for driving steady-state operation of
electrical machines.
Introduction to Power Electronics: Power Electronic converters, Block diagram of EMD.
Overview of Fixed speed & Variable Speed Drives: DC Motors, Types of DC motors, Methods of
Speed Control of DC motor, Transfer functions of Separately Excited DC Motor, Rectifier Control
of DC Motors, Single Phase Rectifier Fed Separately Excited DC Motor, Three Phase Rectifier Fed
Separately Excited DC Motor,
PWM & Multi-quadrant DC Drives: Chopper Control of DC Drives, Multi-quadrant Control of
Chopper-Fed DC Motors, Closed Loop Control of DC Drives, Four Quadrant Variable Speed
Drives, Induction Motors, Rotating Magnetic Field, Steady State Analysis, Speed Control of
Induction Motors, Variable Terminal Voltage Control, Variable Frequency Control, Rotor
Resistance Control, Operation with a Current Source Inverter, Operation with Non-sinusoidal
Supplies.
Frequency Controlled Induction Motor Drives: Control of Induction Motor by Voltage Source
Inverters, Three Phase Voltage Source Inverter, PWM Inverter,
Synchronous Motors: Steady State Analysis of Wound Field Cylindrical Rotor Motor, Synchronous
Motor Control, Introduction to BLDC.

1.4 LAB OUTLINE:

Simulation and Hardware implementation of basic Electrical Drives systems mainly Rectifier controlled
DC drives and Phase controlled AC drives. Open loop and Closed loop analysis of DC and AC drives
Implementing concepts of power electronics and motor drives to design mini projects related to the course.

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1.5TEXT BOOK(S)
1. Electrical Drives, By, Ned Mohan.

1.6 RECOMMENDED BOOKS

1. Electric Motors & Drives, by Austin Hughes, Publisher: Newnes
2. Electrical drives, by Ned Mohan,
3. Power Electronics, By Muhammad Harunur Rashid.
4. Basic Electrical Engineering, By A. E. Fitzgerald.

1.7 COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES:

Upon successful completion of the course IE475 Electronic Motor Drives, the students will be
able to acquire the outcomes mentioned in Table 1.
Table 1: Mapping of Course Learning Outcomes with Program Learning Outcomes

Taxonomy
S.NO. CLO Domain PLO
level

Design and Analysis of DC PLO 3

1. drives circuits for single phase Cognitive C5 Design/Development of
and three phase dc motors. Solutions

Design and Analysis of AC PLO 3

2. drives circuits for single phase Cognitive Design/Development of
C5
and three phase ac motors. Solutions

Apply various techniques to

PLO 5 Modern Tool
3. control different parameters of Psychomotor P5
Usage
AC and DC motors

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 2. COURSE DELIVERY PLAN:
The theory course contents are distributed in 16 weeks of Course Delivery Plan as below in Table 2

Table 2: Course Delivery Plan of IE475 Electronic Motor Drives

Week Topic

1. Introduction to Electronic Motor Drives

Introduction to Power Electronics: Power Electronic converters, Block
2. diagram of EMD.

Overview of Fixed speed & Variable Speed Drives: DC Motors, Types of DC

3.
motors
Methods of Speed Control of DC motor, Transfer functions of Separately
4.
Excited DC Motor
Rectifier Control of DC Motors, Single Phase Rectifier Fed Separately Excited
5.
DC Motor
6. Three Phase Rectifier Fed Separately Excited DC Motor,
7. PWM & Multi-quadrant DC Drives: Chopper Control of DC Drives,
Multi-quadrant Control of Chopper-Fed DC Motors, Closed Loop Control of
8-9.
DC Drives, Four Quadrant Variable Speed Drives,
10. Induction Motors, Rotating Magnetic Field, Steady State Analysis
11. Speed Control of Induction Motors, Variable Terminal Voltage Control
12. Variable Frequency Control, Rotor Resistance Control
Operation with a Current Source Inverter, Operation with Non-sinusoidal
13. Supplies.

Frequency Controlled Induction Motor Drives: Control of Induction Motor

14. by Voltage Source Inverters, Three Phase Voltage Source Inverter, PWM
Inverter
Synchronous Motors: Steady State Analysis of Wound Field Cylindrical
15-16 Rotor Motor, Synchronous Motor Control, Introduction to BLDC.

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The week wise Lab activity of 1 Credit Hours is shown in Table 3.

Table 3: Week wise Lab activity of IE475 Electronic Motor Drives

Week Practical
1(a) To study different modules of PMDC motor trainer.
1(b) To observe No load to Full load speed characteristics of PMDC motor.
2(a) To study speed torque characteristics of PMDC motor in open loop keeping armature
voltage constant.
2(b) To control speed of permanent magnet dc motor by varying armature voltage in open
loop while keeping load torque constant.
3(a) To observe step response of separately excited DC motor and also observe effect of
varying values of zeta in MATLAB.
3(b) Observe the effect of reducing armature inductance on step response of separately
excited DC motor and also Observe the effect of reducing motor friction in MATLAB.

4(a) To apply single phase controlled rectifier based converter to produce armature
voltage and observe the step response of separately excited DC motor in MATLAB at
different values of firing angle.
4(b) To apply three phase controlled rectifier based converter to produce armature
voltage and observe the step response of separately excited DC motor in MATLAB at
different values of firing angle.

5 To apply chopper based converter to produce armature voltage and observe the step
response of separately excited DC motor in MATLAB in different quadrants.

6 To design current control loop of a DC motor in MATLAB.

7 a.To design speed control loop of a DC motor in MATLAB.

b.To design position control loop of a DC motor in MATLAB.
8 To study speed torque characteristics of PMDC using P controller in a closed loop
9 To study speed torque characteristics of PMDC using PI controller in a closed loop
10 To study speed torque characteristics of AC Motor in a open loop by varying load
torque
11 To study speed torque characteristics of AC Motor in an open loop at constant load
torque by varying voltage.
12 To study speed torque characteristics of AC Motor using P controller in a closed loop
13 To study speed torque characteristics of AC Motor using PI controller in a closed loop

14 To submit proposal of a miniproject related to EMD.

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15 Simulation results of the miniproject.

16 Demonstration and submission of miniproject.

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 3. GRADE DISTRIBUTION (TENTATIVE)
The Table 4 is showing the tentative grading on the basis of marks submitted by an internal examiner.
However, final result is awaited and would be announced by NED, UET after compilation of results
submitted by external examiner.

Table 4: Tentative Grade Distribution of Students of Batch 2015-16 in IE475 Electronic Motor Drives

GRADE GRADE POINT % MARKS NUMBER OF STUDENTS

A+ 4 94 – 100 0
A 4 85 – 93 2
A– 3.7 80 – 84 1
B+ 3.4 75 – 79 9
B 3 70 – 74 5
B– 2.7 67 – 69 3
C+ 2.4 64 – 66 9
C 2 60 – 63 7
C– 1.7 57 – 59 3
D+ 1.4 54– 56 2
D 1 50 --53 3

F 0 Below 50 0

Total 44

AVERAGE %: 67.8 AVERAGE GPA: B

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 In Fig 1, the tentative grade distribution of students of Batch 2015-16 who appeared in 7th semester
examinations of Fall 2018-19 in IE475 Electronic Motor Drives is shown through bar graphs as

Grade Distribution
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9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
A+ A A– B+ B B– C+ C C– D+ D F

Fig 1: Tentative Grade Distribution of students of Batch 2015-16 appeared in

IE475 Electronic Motor Drives

4. COURSE ASSESSMENT
The attainment of a CLO is judged through Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) mentioned in Table 5 on
the basis of the average score of all the students obtained in respective CLO .

Table 5: KPIs for Assessment of a CLO

Attainment of a CLO KPIs Remarks

The average score of in any CLO
EXEMPLARY is above 90%.
Indirect Assessment Direct Assessment
The average score in any CLO is
Through Through SATISFACTORY
Students’ Feedback Average Score of all between 70% and 90%
Form the students The average score in any CLO is
DEVELOPING
between 60% and 70%
The average score in any CLO is
UNSATISFACTORY
below 60% or lower

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4.1 DIRECT ASSESSMENT
Direct assessment of attainment of course learning outcomes considers quizzes, presentation,
assignments, midterm and final exam done by students during the whole semester.
Table 6 indicates the CLO based marks distribution for direct assessment of students in IE475 Electronic
Motor Drives. Both the Theory and Lab work are shown with their respective CLO based marks distribution
mapped over the respective PLO.
Table 6: CLO based Marks Distribution with PLO Mapping

CLO-1 CLO-2 CLO 3

ASSESSMENT
PLO-2 PLO-3 PLO-5

Quiz#1 5
QUIZZES
(10 Marks) Quiz#2 5
A-1 5
ASSIGNMENTS
(10 Marks) A-2 5
THEORY
T-1 10
TEST
(20 Marks) T-2 10

SESSIONAL 20 20
(40 Marks)
FINAL EXAM 30 30
(60 Marks)

THEORY TOTAL 50 50

LAB
50
WORK
TOTAL = 40 + 60 + 50 =150

Subsequently each student is assessed on the basis of marks obtained in each CLO and the average score of
the class is determined. The attainment of CLOs of IE475 Electronic Motor Drives is shown in Table 7 which
also reflects the achievement of PLO 3 and 5. The remarks indicates the level of attainment evaluated using
the KPIs.

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 Table 7: CLOs and respective PLOs attainment through Direct Assessment of IE475

Direct CLO 1 CLO 2 CLO 3

Assessment (PLO 3) (PLO 3) (PLO 5)

Planned Marks 50 50 50

AVG Score Obtained 30.4 33.2 36.2

AVG Score % Obtained 60.8 66.4 72.4

Remarks Developing Developing Satisfactory

4.2 INDIRECT ASSESSMENT (THROUGH SURVEY FORMS):

Indirect assessment of CLOs is carried out using students’ feedback survey form, which is collected at the
end of semester. The feedback is collected on attainment of every CLO through selection of a defined rubric..
On the basis of assigned weights to each selection, the average score in each CLO of the course is found and
compared with the KPIs for indirect assessment of Table 5.

The snapshot of the summary of students’ feedback form of IE-475- Electronic Motor Drives is shown in Fig
2 as below

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Fig 2: Snapshot of Summary of Students’ Feedback

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The Indirect assessment not only indicates the attainment of CLOs of respective course but also the
achievements of mapped PLOs. Results of Fig 2 are reproduced in Table 8 as

Table 8: CLO and PLO attainment through Indirect Assessment

Indirect CLO 1 CLO 2 CLO 3

Assessment (PLO 2) (PLO 3) (PLO 5)

AVG Score % 79 78 79

Remarks Satisfactory Satisfactory Satisfactory

4.3 GAP ANALYSIS AND FUTURE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Direct and Indirect assessment of students in course IE475 Electronic Motor Drives indicates a gap of
around % as shown in Table 9. It is expected that the gap would reduce on maturity of an OBE system
implementation at IIEE in forthcoming years.

Table 9: Comparison of Average Score %

Direct Assessment (DA) Indirect Assessment (IA) Gap Error = DA - IA

CLO-1 61% 79% -18%

CLO-2 66% 78% -12%

CLO-3 72% 79% 7%

Students are encouraged to overcome their deficiencies and do not limit themselves to class room
learning. Measures are being taken in current Fall 2018-19 semesters to improve their analytical and
designing attributes through open ended assignment essential to foster Complex Problem Solving skills.

To build familiarity to OBE system, CPD activities are also planned for undergraduates to cope up with
new teaching, learning and assessment methodologies.

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