SPECIAL ELECTRICAL MACHINES-EE8005

QUESTION BANK

2 MARKS

UNIT 1

1. Define step angle.

2. Name the different types of stepper motor.
3. A variable reluctance stepper motor has 8 poles in stator and they have five teeth in each pole.
If rotor has 50 teeth, Calculate the step angle.
4. Define resolution.
5. List the various types of stepper motor.
6. List the applications of stepper motor.
7. What are the main applications of micro stepping in stepper motor
8. What are the different modes of operation of VR stepper motor?
9. What do you mean by full step and half step operation?

UNIT 2

10. Why rotor position sensor is essential for the operation of SRM?
11. What is the step angle of a 3-phase SRM having 12 stator poles and 8 rotor poles
12. List the basic requirements of power semiconductor switching circuits.
13. What is the significance of closed loop control in switched reluctance motor?
14. List out the advantages of switched reluctance motors.
15. Draw the simple block diagram of SRM.
16. Discuss the principle of operation of switched reluctance motor
17. Illustrate the applications of switched reluctance motor.
18. Draw the λ-I curve of SRM.
UNIT 3
19. Compare Mechanical commutator and Electronic commutator.
20. What are the two types of BLPM SQW DC motor?
21. Give the advantages of PMBLDC motor.
22. Why the PMBLDC motor is called electronically commutated motor?
23. List the advantages of PMBLDC motor.
24. Mention some applications of PMBLDC motor
25. List out the different classifications of BLPM DC motor?
26. List the permanent magnet materials used in PMBLDC motors
27. Write the EMF equation of a PMBLDC motor.

UNIT 4
28. Give the applications of PMSM.
29. What are the assumptions made in the derivation of EMF equation of PMSM.
30. Write down the expressions for torque of a PMSM.
31. Write down the Emf equation of PMSM.
32. Classify the different types of PMSM.
33. Draw the phasor diagram of PMSM.
34. Name the different types of rotors in PMSM.
35. What is permanent magnet synchronous motor?
36. What are advantages and disadvantages of PMSM?
37. What is meant by self-control in PMSM drive?
UNIT 5
38. Define Hysteresis Motor
39. Write the application of Hysteresis motor
40. Write the disadvantages of Hysteresis motor
41. Draw the Torque-Speed Characteristics of Hysteresis Motor
42. Define power factor of SYRM
43. List out the application of linear induction motor.
44. What is a repulsion motor?
45. What are the applications of SYRM?
46. Write the classification of Linear Induction Motor?
47. Draw the circuit diagram for short primary LIM

PART B QUESTIONS

UNIT 1

1. Describe the construction and working principle of operation of a variable reluctance type
stepper motor.(13)
2. With a neat sketch explain the construction and working principle of permanent magnet stepper
motor. (13)
3. Derive the Torque prediction of stepper motor.(13)
4. Explain the half step operation of 6/4 variable reluctance stepper motor with necessary diagram
5. a)What is the motor torque Tm required to accelerate an initial load of 10 -4 Kgm2 from w1=100 to
w2 = 300rad/sec during 0.1 sec. Frictional load torque is 0.05 Nm(8)
 b) Compare the VRSM and PMSM(5)

UNIT 2

1. Describe the construction and working principle of switched reluctance motor.

2. a.Explain the Block diagram of SRM(10)
b.Compare SRM and VRSM(3)
3. Derive the Torque prediction of Switched Reluctance stepper motor.(13)
4. Derive the expression for voltage and torque of SRM. (13)
5. Explain the operation of SRM and its construction(13)

UNIT 3

1. Explain in detail about the construction and working principle of PMBLDC motor. (13)
2. Compare BLDC motor and PMSM motor (7)
(ii)Compare the Conventional DC motor with PMBLDC motor(6)
3. Derive the Emf equation of PMBLDC motor (13)
4. (I)Compare BLDC square wave motor with BLDC sine wave motor (4)
(ii) Derive the EMF equation of Brushless square wave DC motor(9)
5. What are the differences between mechanical commutator and Electronic commutator (13)
 UNIT 4
1. Explain the construction and working principle of operation of PMSM. (13)
2. (i)Compare PMSM and Synchronous motor.(4)
3. (ii) With necessary block diagram explain in detail about principle of operation for Permanent
Magnet Synchronous Motor.(9)
4. Describe the construction and performance of BLDC Sine wave motor with neat diagrams. (13)
5. Derive the Emf equation of PMSM (13)

UNIT 5
1. Explain the construction and working principle of Linear Induction Motor
2. Explain the Short Primary single sided Linear Induction motor working principle and its
construction with neat sketch.
3. Explain the construction and working principle of Hysteresis Motor
4. Explain the working principle of Permanent split capacitor type Hysteresis Motor and its
construction
5. The Pole pitch of a linear induction motor is 0.5m and the frequency of the applied three phase
voltage is 60Hz. The speed of the primary side of the motor is 200 Km/h and the developed
thrust is 100KN. Calculate the developed power by the motor and the copper loss in the
secondary side.

Part – C ( 15 Marks)

6.A permanent Magnet BLDC has a torque constant of 0.15Nm/A estimate the No load speed in
RPM when connected to a 48V DC supply with the armature resistance per phase is 0.12 ohm
and the voltage drop in the controller is 2V determine starting current and starting torque. The
DC current is 7.8 amps and the motor delivers 325 watts of mechanical power to load at 3000
rpm the motor is star connected has two phases on at any instance with a total of 2V drop
across two conductors in series. The voltage drop is assumed to be constant and frictional
torque is 0.046 Nm at the same speed. If the supply voltage is 48V DC determine the following
(i) Efficiency of the completed drive and the separate power loss component
due to voltage loss in switching circuits
(ii) Winding copper loss (iii) Friction loss (iv) Iron loss
7.A Three phase, 12 poles synchronous motor has a star-connected winding with 108 slots with
8 conductors per slot. The flux per pole is 0.25 Wb, sinusoidally distributed and the speed is 500
rpm. Determine the frequency, the emf induced per phase and line voltage. Assume full pitched
coil. (15)
8.A three phase 400V, 50 Hz, 4 pole star connected SyRM with negligible armature resistance
Xsd = 8 and Xsq = 2 for a load torque of 80 NM, calculate a) load angle b) the line current c)
Input power factor (15)
 9.A single sided linear induction motor has 98 poles and its pole pitch is 50 cm. The motor is
used for propelling an electric vehicle. Determine the linear synchronous velocity and the
vehicle speed in Km per hour if the frequency is 50Hz and the slip is 0.25.

10. A 3 –phase, 16 pole synchronous motor has a star-connected winding with 144 slots with 10
conductors per slot. The flux per pole is 0.03 Wb, sinusoidal distributed and the speed is 375 rpm.
Determine the frequency, the phase and line emf. Assume full pitched coil. (15)

8. A three phase 400V, 50 Hz, 4 pole star connected SyRM with negligible armature resistance Xsd = 8
and Xsq = 2 for a load torque of 80 NM, calculate a) load angle b) the line current c) Input power factor
(15)