EE3012 ELECTRICAL DRIVES LTPC2023
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the course, students should have the:
To understand steady state operation and transient dynamics of a motor load system.
To study and analyze the operation of the converter / chopper fed dc drive, both
qualitatively and quantitatively.
To study and understand the operation and performance of AC Induction motor drives.
To study and understand the operation and performance of AC Synchronous motor
drives.
To analyze and design the current and speed controllers for a closed loop solid state DC
motor drives.
UNIT I DRIVE CHARACTERISTICS 6
Electric drive – Equations governing motor load dynamics – steady state stability – multi quadrant
Dynamics: acceleration, deceleration, starting & stopping – typical load torque characteristics –
Selection of motor.
UNIT II CONVERTER / CHOPPER FED DC MOTOR DRIVE 6
Steady state analysis of the single and three phase converter fed separately excited DC motor drive –
continuous and discontinuous conduction – Time ratio and current limit control – 4 quadrant operation
of converter / chopper fed drive.
UNIT III INDUCTION MOTOR DRIVES 6
Stator voltage control – energy efficient drive – v/f control – constant air gap flux – field weakening
mode – voltage / current fed inverter – closed loop control,
UNIT IV SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR DRIVES 6
V/f control and self-control of synchronous motor: Margin angle control and power factor control –
permanent magnet synchronous motor.
UNIT V DESIGN OF CONTROLLERS FOR DRIVES 6
Transfer function for DC motor / load and converter – closed loop control with current and speed
feedback – armature voltage control and field weakening mode – design of controllers; current
controller and speed controller-converter selection and characteristics.
COURSE OUTCOMES:
After completion the above subject, students will be able to
CO1: Understand the basic requirements of motor selection for different load profiles.
CO2: Analyse the steady state behavior and stability aspects of drive systems.
CO3: Analyse the dynamic performance of the DC drive using converter and chopper control.
CO4: Simulate the AC drive.
CO5: Design the controller for electrical drives.