DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

KAKATIYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE, WARANGAL

(An Autonomous Institute under Kakatiya University, Warangal)

Assignment-I
(UNIT –I)

Topic : Fundamentals of Electric Drives

Class : B.Tech. VI-Semester
Section : EEE-I & EEE-II
Code-Subject : U14EE604 – Power semiconductor Drives
Name of the faculty : B. Jagadish Kumar & Prof. V. Rajagopal
Assignment posted on : 05.01.2020
Date for Assignment Submission : 11.01.2020
Max. Marks: 15
Answer the following questions. CO CDLL
1. Define Electrical drive. What are the advantages of electrical drives? [1] CO 1 [R]
2. State the essential parts of electrical drives. What are the functions of [1]
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power modulator?
3. What are the main factors which decide the choice of electrical drive for [1]
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a particular application?
4. A motor is required to drive the take-up roll on a plastic strip line. The [1]
mandrel on which the strip is wound is 15 cm in diameter and strip
builds up to a roll 25 cm in diameter. Strip tension is maintained
constant at 1000 N. The strip moves at a uniform speed of 25 M/S. The
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motor is coupled to mandrel by a reduction gear with a=0.5.The gears
have an approximate efficiency of 87% at all speeds. Determine the
speed and power rating of the motor required for this application
[Ans:6366.2 rpm,28.736 kW]
5. A dc shunt motor is running at 1000 rpm, driving a load torque whose [1]
load torque is constant at all speeds. The armature current is 100A.The
armature resistance drop is neglected. If the source voltage is reduced CO 1 [Ap]
to half, How would you determine the motor speed and armature
current? Field circuit can be assumed linear.
6. Explain the status of AC &DC drives [2] CO 1 [R]
7. Explain the four quadrant operation of motor driving hoist load. [2] CO 1 [U]
8. Write the fundamental torque equation of motor-load system. Also [2]
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calculate the time and energy loss in transient operations.
9. A 230 V, 750 rpm, 25 A dc series motor is driving a load at rated [2]
conditions whose torque is proportional to speed squared. The
combined resistance of armature and field is 1Ω. Calculate the motor CO 1 [Ap]
terminal voltage and current for a speed of 400 rpm.
[Ans: 71.64V, 13.33A]
10. In the mechanism shown in fig. below motor drives the winch drum [2]
through a reduction gear with a gear tooth ratio of 0.1. The friction
torque at which shaft is 15 N-m and motor shaft 10 N-m. Motor speed
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is 1500 rpm. Calculate the equilibrium moment of inertia of the drive
referred to motor shaft and motor torque if gears have an efficiency of
90%. [Ans: 0.86 Kg-m2, 120.67 N-m]