Code No: RR410202 Set No.

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IV B.Tech I Semester Supplementary Examinations, February 2007
POWER SEMI CONDUCTOR DRIVES
(Electrical & Electronic Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) What are the assumptions made while doing the steady-state performance of
the converter fed dc drives. Justify your answers.
(b) Explain the use of freewheeling diode in the converter fed dc drives. Take an
example of 1-phase fully controlled converter for explanation. How it is going
to affect the machine performance? [8+8]

2. (a) What is a dual converter? Explain the principle of operation of a dual con-
verter in circulating current mode. How the same is used for speed control of
dc drive.
(b) A 230v separately excited dc motor takes 50A at a speed of 800rpm. It has
armature resistance of 0.4Ω. This motor is controlled by a chopper with an
input voltage of 230v and frequency of 500Hz. Assuming continuous condition
throughout, calculate and plot speed-torque characteristics for:
i. Motoring operation at duty ratios of 0.3 and 0.6.
ii. Regenerative braking operation at duty ratios of 0.7 and 0.4.
[8+8]

3. (a) Deduce the mathematical expression for minimum and maximum currents for
a class A chopper operated dc motor with back emf.
(b) A 220v, 24A, 1000rpm separately excited dc motor having an armature resis-
tance of 2Ω is controlled by a chopper. The chopping frequency is 500Hz and
the input voltage is 230v. Calculate the duty ratio for a motor torque of 1.2
times rated torque at 500rpm. [8+8]

4. (a) Why stator voltage control is an inefficient method of Induction motor speed
control?
(b) A 3 KW, 400V, 50Hz, 4 pole, 1370 RPM, Y-connected Induction motor has
the following parameters.
RS = 2Ω, Rr = 5Ω, XS = Xr = 3Ω.
Load characteristics are matched with motor such that motor runs at 1370
RPM with full voltage across its terminals. The motor is controlled by terminal
voltage control and load torque is proportional to speed. Calculate the motor
terminal voltage and current at half the rated speed. [8+8]

5. A three phase, 4 pole, 18 KW, 300V, star connected Induction motor is driven at
50 Hz by a six step voltage source inverter supplied from a DC supply of 200V.
The motor equivalent circuit parameters for 50 Hz operation are

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R1 = 0.1Ω, R2 = 0.17Ω, Xl = 0.3Ω, X2 = 0.5Ω, Xm = large.
Calculate the harmonic torques due to the 5th and 7th harmonic currents. Show
that, for operation at 1450 RPM, 50 Hz, the harmonic torques are negligible. [16]

6. A 440V, 50Hz, 50kW, 3-phase slip ring induction motor has the following equivalent
circuit parameters R1 = 0.07Ω, R2 ’ = 0.05Ω, X1 + X2 ’ = 0.2Ω, X0 = 20Ω. The
speed of the motor at rated load is 1420rpm. Determine the resistance in the
chopper circuit so that the speed can be controlled in the range 1420 - 1000rpm at
constant torque. Determine the time ratio for

(a) 1100rpm,
(b) 750rpm and
(c) 500rpm. [16]

7. Describe CSI fed and VSI fed synchronous motor drives in detail with block dia-
grams and compare them. [16]

8. Draw the block diagram of a closed loop synchronous motor drive fed from VSI
and explain. [16]

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Code No: RR410202 Set No. 2
IV B.Tech I Semester Supplementary Examinations, February 2007
POWER SEMI CONDUCTOR DRIVES
(Electrical & Electronic Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) What is 4-quadrant operation and explain with converters.

(b) Give a simple circuit for the speed control of a dc separately excited motor.
[8+8]

2. A 220v, 970 rpm, 100A dc separately excited motor has an armature resistance of
0.05Ω. It is braked by plugging from an initial speed of 1000rpm. Calculate

(a) Resistance to be placed in armature circuit to limit braking current to twice

the full load value.
(b) Braking torque and
(c) Torque when the speed has fallen to zero. [16]

3. (a) Discuss with the suitable diagrams I quadrant and II quadrant choppers.
(b) A constant frequency TRC system is used for the speed control of dc series
traction motor from 220v dc supply. The motor is having armature and series
field resistance of 0.025Ω and 0.015Ω respectively. The average current in the
circuit is 125A and the chopper frequency is 200Hz. Calculate the pulse width
if the average value of back emf is 60 volts. [8+8]

4. A 3 phase, 8 pole, 50Hz Induction motor has the following parameter

r2 = 0.15ohm, X2 = 0.7ohm
The motor speed is controlled by varying the applied voltage by an AC Voltage
Controller, which operates from a 380V, 50 Hz supply. Determine the applied
voltage per phase of the motor to have a slip of 0.15. The motor drives a load with
a characteristic of T1 = 0.014ω 2 Nw-m
Determine the firing angle of the Converter. [16]

5. A three phase, 4 pole, 18 KW, 300V, star connected Induction motor is driven at
50 Hz by a six step voltage source inverter supplied from a DC supply of 200V.
The motor equivalent circuit parameters for 50 Hz operation are
R1 = 0.1Ω, R2 = 0.17Ω, Xl = 0.3Ω, X2 = 0.5Ω, Xm = large.
Calculate the harmonic torques due to the 5th and 7th harmonic currents. Show
that, for operation at 1450 RPM, 50 Hz, the harmonic torques are negligible. [16]

6. A 400V, 50Hz, 40kW, 3-phase induction motor is used as the drive motor having the
following parameters R1 = 0.067Ω, R2 ’ = 0.04Ω, R0 = 50Ω, X0 = 20Ω. X1 + X2 ’
= 0.2Ω. The SER drive is to be used for the speed control of a constant torque
load over the speed range 1000-1420rpm. Conventional starting equipment is used

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to drive the motor to 1000rpm when it is switched to SER control. Determine the
necessary range of SCR firing angles, efficiency and power factor at 1420rpm. [16]

7. Discuss the CSI method of speed control of synchronous motor and describe the
operation of the converter with waveforms. [16]

8. Draw the block diagram of a closed loop synchronous motor drive fed from VSI
and explain. [16]

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Code No: RR410202 Set No. 3
IV B.Tech I Semester Supplementary Examinations, February 2007
POWER SEMI CONDUCTOR DRIVES
(Electrical & Electronic Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. A single-phase fully controlled thyristor converter is supplying a dc separately ex-

cited dc motor. Draw the neat waveform diagrams and explain various operating
modes of the drive both in motoring and regenerative braking for

(a) γ < α,
(b) γ > α,
where α: is the firing angle, γ: is the angle at which the source voltage equal
to the motor back emf. Assume the armature of the separately excited dc
motor can be replaced by simple R-L and back emf load. [16]

2. Describe the relative merits and demerits of the following types of braking for dc
motors: mechanical braking, dynamic braking and regenerative braking with neat
diagram. [16]

3. (a) Derive the expressions for average motor current, current Imax and Imin and
average torque for chopper-fed dc separately excited motor.
(b) A dc chopper controls the speed of a separately excited motor. The armature
resistance is Ra =0.05Ω. The back emf constant is Kv =1.527v/A-rad/s. The
rated field current is If = 2.5A. The dc input voltage to the chopper is Vs=
600v. If it is required to maintain a constant developed torque of Td = 547N-m,
plot the motor speed against the duty cycle k of the chopper. [8+8]

4. What is an AC Voltage Controller?

Explain with suitable diagrams the various types of solid state 3 phase AC Voltages
Controllers which can be used for speed control of 3 phase Induction motors from
stator side. Mention the advantages of the AC Voltages Controllers over the other
methods of solid-state speed control techniques of 3 phase Induction motor. [16]

5. Discuss in detail the role of Cyclo converters for speed control of Induction motor.
Draw neat circuit diagram for speed control of 3 phase Induction motor using Cyclo
converters. Mention the merits and limitations of the above scheme. [16]

6. An 8 pole, 50Hz, 380V, star connected induction motor has a star connected slip
ring rotor. The stator / rotor turns ratio is 1.25. The speed of the motor is
controlled by a converter cascade in the rotor circuit. Determine the firing angles
of the inverter to get 600rpm and 400rpm at no load. The inverter is connected
to a 380V, 3-phase system. Assume no over lap in the rectifier as well as in the
inverter . What is the minimum possible speed. [16]

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7. A 500 kW, 3-phase, 6.6 kV, 60 Hz, 6-pole, Y-connected wound-field synchronous
motor has the following parameters: Xm = 78, Xsf = 3, rated pf = 1, n = 5, Rs
= negligible. The motor speed is controlled by variable frequency control with a
constant V/f ratio up to base speed and rated terminal voltage above base speed.
Calculate and plot T, Pm , V, Im , and IF versus speed for the motor operation
at rated armature current and unity pf. What is the range of constant power
operation? Neglect friction, windage and core loss. Draw motor characteristics and
waveforms under the above method of control. [16]

8. Describe the open-loop and closed loop methods of speed control of a synchronous
motor using VSI. [16]

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Code No: RR410202 Set No. 4
IV B.Tech I Semester Supplementary Examinations, February 2007
POWER SEMI CONDUCTOR DRIVES
(Electrical & Electronic Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) A DC shunt motor operating from a 1 φ half controlled bridge at a speed of

1450 rpm has an input voltage 330 Sin 314t and a back emf 75V. The SCRs
are fired symmetrically at α = π /3 in every half cycle and the armature has a
resistance of 5 Ω. Neglecting armature inductance, find the average armature
current and the torque.
(b) Sketch the speed-torque characteristics for the above problem. [10+6]

2. Describe the relative merits and demerits of the following types of braking for dc
motors: mechanical braking, dynamic braking and regenerative braking with neat
diagram. [16]

3. (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
0.02Ω respectively. Running on no load as a generator with field wining con-
nected to a separate source it gave following magnetization characteristic at
500rpm.

Field current , A 40 80 120 160 200

Terminal Voltage, v 52 108 148 176 189
Motor is controlled by a chopper in dynamic braking with a braking resistance
of 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]

4. What is an AC Voltage Controller?

Explain with suitable diagrams the various types of solid state 3 phase AC Voltages
Controllers which can be used for speed control of 3 phase Induction motors from
stator side. Mention the advantages of the AC Voltages Controllers over the other
methods of solid-state speed control techniques of 3 phase Induction motor. [16]

5. (a) Draw and explain the speed torque curves with variable frequency control for
two different modes.
i. Operation at constant flux.
 
ii. Operation at constant v/f ratio

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(b) Explain the advantages of variable frequency drives. [10+6]

6. A 3-phase, 420V, 50Hz, star connected induction motor has the following parame-
ters: R1 = 2.95Ω, R2 ’ = 2.08Ω, X1 = 6.82Ω, X2 ’ = 4.11Ω per phase. Neglect core
loss. The motor draws a current 6.7A at no load and controlled by rotor resistance
controller. A resistance Re Ω has been controlled by chopper. Determine the
value of Re to get a speed range of 1500 to 500 rpm, assuming a turns ratio of two
between stator and rotor. The torque and speed of the load are related by T α N.
Determine the characteristics giving the speed Vs time ratio of the chopper. [16]

7. How is the output voltage of a VSI improved by PWM techniques? Explain how
you will use this converter for speed control of a synchronous motor. [16]

8. Describe self-controlled and load-commutated inverter controlled synchronous mo-

tor drives in detail and compare them [16]

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