Electric Drives (3-0-0) Code-UPCEE602: Prerequisites
Electric Drives (3-0-0) Code-UPCEE602: Prerequisites
Prerequisites:
1. Power Electronics.
2. Control Systems.
3. Electrical Machines.
Course Outcomes
At the end of this course, students will demonstrate the ability to
1. Acquire knowledge of various speed control techniques of three phase induction motor (slip ring
and squirrel cage) using different converters.
2. Acquire knowledge of speed control of separately excited DC motor using phase-controlled
rectifier and choppers.
3. Understand the formulation of transfer function of DC motors.
Module 1: (10 Hours)
Advantages of Electrical Drives, Fundamentals of Torque Equations, Speed Torque Conventions and
Multi-Quadrant Operation, Equivalent Values of Drive Parameters, Components of Load Torques,
Calculation of Time and Energy Loss in Transient Operations, Steady State Stability, Load
Equalization, Control of Electrical Drives, Thermal Model of Motor for Heating and Cooling, Classes
of Motor Duty, Determination of Motor Rating.
Module 2: (10 Hours)
DC Motor Drive: Starting, Braking, Speed Control, Methods of Armature Voltage Control, Controlled
Rectifier Fed separately excited DC motor drives- steady state operation, Chopper fed separately
excited DC motor drive-steady state operation, armature current waveform and ripple.
Closed-loop control of DC Drive: Control structure of DC drive, inner current loop and outer speed
loop, dynamic model of separately excited DC motor and transfer functions, modelling of chopper as
gain with switching de- lay, plant transfer function, controller design, current controller specification
and design, speed controller specification and design.
Module 3: (10 Hours)
Induction Motor Drives: Speed Control of three phase induction motor, Pole Changing, Pole
Amplitude Modulation, Stator Voltage Control, V/f control of induction motor- steady-state
performance analysis based on equivalent circuit, slip regulation.
Control of slip ring induction motor: Impact of rotor resistance on three phase induction motor torque-
speed curve, operation of slip-ring induction motor with external rotor resistance, power electronic
based rotor side control of slip ring induction motor, slip power recovery schemes. Static Scherbius
and Kramer drives.
Special Motor Drives: Brief introduction to Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor drives and BLDC
motor drives, Traction motor drives.
Text/Reference Books:
1. G. K. Dubey,” Fundamentals of Electrical Drives”, CRC Press, 2002.
2. R. Krishnan,” Electric Motor Drives: Modeling, Analysis and Control”, Prentice Hall 2001.
3. W. Leonhard,” Control of Electric Drives”, Springer Science & Business Media, 2001