USN 18EE741

Seventh Semester B.E. Degree Examination, Jan./Feb. 2023

Time: 3 hrs. Max.

Note: Answer any FIVE full questions, choosing ONE full question from each module.

Module-1
Module
1 a. Withh a neat block diagram, explain
in the various components of aan Electrical Drive. (10 Marks)
lain
b. Explain
xplain
plain the modes of operation of an electrical
electric drives. (10 Marks)

OR
2 a. Explain the necessity of mounting the flywheel on the
th motor shaft in non
non-reversible drives.
Also obtain the equations
ations
ns to calculate the moment
mome ofo inertia of the flywheel. (10 Marks)
b. Explain the speed torque conventions and multi quadrant operation of a motor
m driving hoist
load. (10 Marks)

Module-2
Module
3 a. With a neat circuit diagramss and w waveforms, explain 33-phase
wa 3--phase fully controlled rerectifier
controlol of separately excited D.C.Motor.
D.C.Mo
D.C.M (10 Marks)
b. A 200 V, 875 rpm, 150 A separately
separately excited motor with armature
ar resistance of 0.06
0.0 ohm. It
0.
iss fed from a single phase fully-controlled edd rectifier with an ac source voltage of 220 V,
fully controlled
50 Hz. Assuming continuous conduction,
Calculate :
(i) ing
ng angle for rated motor torque aand 75
Firing 7500 rpm.
(ii) rate motor torque and (-500)
Firing angle for rated ( 500) rpm.
(iii) Motor speed for (10 Marks)

OR
4 a. Explain
plain chopper controll of saperately excited D.C.Motor. (10 Marks)
b. A 230 V, 960 rpm and nd 200 A separately
sepa excited D.C.M
D.C.Motor
D.C.Mot has aan armature resistance of
and braking
operations. The source has a voltage
vo of 230 V. Assuming
Assumin continuous conduction.
Assum con
co
(i) Calculate te duty ratio of chopper for motoring
motorin operation
op at rated torque
to and 350 rpm.
(ii) Calculate
latee duty ratio of chopper for braking ooperation at rated torque
t and 350 rpm.
(iii) If maximum duty ratio of chopper is limitedlimi
lim to 0.95 and maximum
m permissible motor
urrent is twice the rated. Calculate
current Calcula maximum
m permiss
permissible motor speed obtainable
ithout field weakening and power fed
without f to the source.
(iv) If motor field is also controlled in,iin (iii) above, calc
calcu
calculate field current has a fraction of
its rated value for a speed of 1200 rpm. (10 Marks)

Module-3
5 a. Explain the effect of unbalanced sour
source voltages and single phasing on 3-phase induction
motor. (10 Marks)

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b. A 2200 V, 2600 kW, 735 rpm, 50 Hz, 8-pole, 3-phase phase squirrel-cage
squirrel induction motor has
following parameters referred to the stator.
RS , R r 0.1 X S 0.45 X r 0.55
Stator winding is delta connected
onnected and consists of two sections connected in parallel.
paralle
(i) Calculate startingg torque and maximum torque as a ratio of rated torque, if i tthe motor is
delta switching. What is the maximum value of line current
started by star-delta c during
starting?
(ii) What will ill be value of maximum line ne current and torque during starting,
s if the part
windingg method of starting is employed?
otor is started by connecting series rreactors
(iii) If motor eactors in line, what should be the value of
actors so as to limit line current
reactors rent to twice the rated value? (10 Marks)

OR
6 a. Explain
lain A.C. dynamic braking of 33-phase
phase induction motor with two lead and thr
three lead
connections. (10 Marks)
b. Explain variable
iable frequency
ncy
cy control of induction motor
moto with necessary diagrams. (10 Marks)

Module-4
Module 4
7 a. Explain the operations
rations of voltage source inve
inverte
inverter fed induction motor drives.
dri
dr Also sketch the
various schemes
es of VSI fed induction drive.
drive (10 Marks)
b. With a neatat drive circuit diagram, explain
expla the current regulated voltage source inverter
exp
control. (10 Marks)

OR
8 a. Explain
xplain the operation off synchronous motorr fed from fixed
fixe frequency supply. (10 Marks)
b. With a neat circuit diagram, explain close
closed-loop
loop speed control and converter rating
ra for VSI
and cyclo converterr induction motor drives. (10 Marks)

Module-5
Module
9 a. Explain the self controlled synchronous
chronous moto drive employing load
hronous motor loa commutated thyristor
thyr
inverter. (10 Marks)
b. Explain brushless D.C
D.C.. motor
tor drive for servo applications. (10 Marks)

OR
10 a. With a neat processs flow
w diagram, fflo of Textile Mill and also list the
diagram explain the process flow
requirements of drive. (12 Marks)
b. List the advantages
ages
ges and disad
disadvantages of stepper mo
motor.
moto (08 Marks)

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