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IV B.Tech I Semester Regular Examinations, November 2008
POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DRIVES
(Electrical & Electronic Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. Explain the fundamentals of thyristor controlled drives and their operation. [16]
2. Explain the Speed torque Characteristics of a dc series motor connected to a three
phase fully controlled converter.
3. Explain briefly the following methods of braking of a D.C Motor
(a) Regenerative braking
(b) Dynamic braking
(c) Plugging.
[16]

[16]
4. Explain the operation of four quadrant chopper fed to the D.C series motor and
also draw the current and voltage wave forms for continuous current operation.[16]
5. (a) Starting from fundamentals prove that torque developed by the Induction
motor is proportional to square of the supply voltage.
(b) Draw the speed torque curves for different voltages fed from stator voltage
controller. [8+8]
6. A 3 Phase,1500 rpm Induction motor is developing torque of 3000 Syn. watts at

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an input frequency of 50Hz. If the motor torque is now reduced to 1500 Syn.watts,
determine the new value of stator frequency. The motor is operating in constant
HP region. Assume constant rotor frequency and neglect effect of rotor resistance.
[16]
7. A three phase, 460V, 60Hz, 1164 rpm, six pole star connected, wound rotor Induc-
tion motor has the following parameters per phase referred to the stator.
R1 = 0.4 ohm, R2 = 0.6 ohm, X1 = X2 =1.8 ohm, Xm = 40 Ohm. Stator to rotor
turns ratio is 2.5. The motor speed is controlled by static rotor resistance control.
The filter resistance is 0.02 Ohm. The value of external resistance is chosen such
that α = 0 and the breakdown torque is obtained at stand still. Determine the
following:
(a) The value of the external resistance
(b) α for a speed of 960 rpm at 1.5 times the rated torque. [16]
8. Explain separate control & self control of synchronous motor.
[16]

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Code No: R05410202 Set No. 2


IV B.Tech I Semester Regular Examinations, November 2008
POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DRIVES
(Electrical & Electronic Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
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1. Draw and Explain Speed-torque characteristics of semi converter feeding a D.C
series motor.

phase fully controlled converter.


[16]

2. Explain the Speed - torque Characteristics of a dc series motor connected to a three

3. (a) Discuss in detail counter current and dynamic braking operations of D.C.
shunt motors.
(b) A 400V, 750 rpm, 70A dc shunt motor has an armature resistance of 0.3Ω
when running under rated conditions, the motor is to be braked by plugging
[16]

with armature current limited to 90A. What external resistance should be


connected in series with the armature? Calculate the initial braking torque
and its value when the speed has fallen to 300rpm. [8+8]

4. (a) Distinguish between class A and class B choppers with suitable examples of
speed control of motors.
(b) A 220V, 190A dc series motor has armature and field resistance’s of 0.03 and
0.02 ohms respectively. Running on no load as a generator with field wining

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connected to a separate source it gave following magnetization characteristic
at 500rpm.
FieldCurrent(A) 40 80 120 160 200
TerminalVoltage (V) 52 108 148 176 189
Motor is controlled by a chopper in dynamic braking with a braking resis-
tanceof 2Ω.
i. Calculate motor speed for a duty ratio of 0.6 and motor current of 160A.
ii. What will be the motor speed for a duty ratio of 0.75 and motor torque
equal to half of rated torque? [8+8]

5. An inverter supplies a six pole three-phase cage Induction motor rated at 415V,
50Hz. Determine the approximate voltages required of the inverter for motor speeds
600/800/1500/ 1800 rpm. [16]

6. A 3 Ph Star connected Induction motor operating at a frequency of 60 Hz consists


of 4 poles. The parameters of the stator and rotor referred to stator side are R1 =
R2 = 0.024 ohm and X1 = X2 = 0.18 ohm. If the motor is controlled by the variable
frequency control with v/f constant ratio determine the following parameters at an
operating frequency of 12 Hz. Starting torque and rotor current in terms of their
values at rated frequency. [16]
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7. Draw the circuit diagram and explain the operation of rotor- resistance control
using chopper. Mention the advantages and disadvantages of the above method of
control. [16]

8. With suitable circuit diagrams discuss in detail the principle of operation of Self
controlled Synchronous motor drive employing a Cyclo converter. [16]

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Code No: R05410202 Set No. 3


IV B.Tech I Semester Regular Examinations, November 2008
POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DRIVES
(Electrical & Electronic Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
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1. Write down the basic performance equations for a D.C Series motor Sketch char-
acteristics of constant torque drive and constant power drive regions. [16]

2. The speed of a separately excited dc motor is controlled by means of a 3 phase semi


converter from a 3 phase 415V 50Hz supply. The motor constants are inductance
10mH, resistance 0.9 ohm and armature constant 1.5v/rad/s.calculate speed of the
motor at a torque of 50 Nm when the converter is fired at 450 . Neglect losses in
the converter.
[16]

3. What are the advantages of electric braking over mechanical braking of D.C. mo-
tors? Explain with proper circuit diagram Speed-Torque characteristics of D.C
motor under dynamic braking, for the following types:

(a) Separately excited dc motor


(b) Series motor. [8+8]

4. (a) Explain the principle of speed control of a dc motor and show how it can be
achieved by a chopper.

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(b) A 230V, 1200rpm, 15A separately excited motor has an armature resistance
of 1.2Ω. Motor is operated under dynamic braking with chopper control.
Braking resistance has a value of 20Ω.
i. Calculate duty ratio of chopper for motor speed of 1000rpm and braking
torque equal to 1.5times rated motor torque.
ii. What will be the motor speed for duty ratio of 0.5 and motor torque equal
to its rated torque? [8+8]

5. (a) Explain variable voltage charecter stics of Induction motor


(b) Explain Torque & speed charecterstics of Induction motor. [8+8]

6. A 400V, 50HZ Star connected Induction motor is fed from a six step inverter which
in turn fed from a six-pulse fully controlled rectifier. The a.c supply mains are
rated at 440V, 50HZ. What should be the firing angle of the rectifier to operate the
motor at 50 HZ under v/f control? [16]

7. Explain static motor resistance control for speed control of I.M. Draw speed &
torque charecterstics.
[16]
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8. A 20 kW, 3-phase, 440V, 4 pole, delta connected permanent magnet synchronous
motor has following parameters. Xs = 5 ohm, Rs = 0, rated power factor =1.0.
Machine is controlled by variable frequency control at a constant (V/f) ratio. Cal-
culate armature current, torque angle and power factor at half full load torque and
750 rpm. [16]

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IV B.Tech I Semester Regular Examinations, November 2008
POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DRIVES
(Electrical & Electronic Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. Derive the Speed, Torque Equations of a fully controlled converter connected to
separately excited D.C motor with continuous current operation with necessary
waveforms. [16]

2. Explain the Speed - torque Characteristics of a separately excited dc motor con-


nected to a three phase semi controlled converter. [16]

3. (a) With neat circuit diagram and waveforms, explain dynamic braking of sepa-
rately excited motor by single phase converter.
(b) A dc shunt motor has the armature resistance of 0.04Ω and the field winding
resistance of 10Ω. Motor is coupled to an over hauling load with a torque of
400N-m. Following magnetization curve was measured at 600 rpm:
Field Current, A 2.5 5 7.5 10 12.5 1.5 17.5 20 22.5 25
Back emf, V 25 50 73.5 90 102.5 110 116 121 125 129
Calculate the value of RB when the motor is required to hold overhauling load
at 1200rpm. [8+8]

4. A 220V, 70A D.C series motor has combined resistance of armature and field is 0.12
ohms running on no-load with the field winding connected to a separate source. It

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gave following magnetization characteristics at 600 rpm
FieldCurrent(A) 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
TerminalVoltage (V) 64 118 150 170 184 194 202 210
Motor is controlled by a chopper with source voltage equal to 220V. calculate

(a) Motor Speed for a duty ratio of 0.6 and motor current of 60A
(b) Torque for a speed of 400 rpm and duty ratio of 0.65. [16]

5. Draw the following AC voltage controllers for varying the speed of a 3 phase In-
duction motor

(a) Star connected controller


(b) Delta connected controller
(c) Delta connected Stator and controller.

Discuss in detail about the above types of controllers. [16]

6. With neat block diagrams explain closed loop operation of Induction motor drives.
[16]

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7. (a) Why rotor resistance control is preferred in low power crane drives?
(b) What are the advantages of static rotor resistance control over conventional
method of rotor resistance control? Explain its principle of operation with
suitable circuit diagrams and characteristics. [8+8]

8. (a) What is a self control mode of Synchronous motor?


(b) Draw and explain the block diagram of a self controlled synchronous motor

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fed from a three phase inverter. [8+8]

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