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King Saud University 1
st
Semester 1427-1428H
College of Engineering Final Exam
Electrical Engineering Department Time: 3.0 hrs.
EE435-Electric Drives ..

Answer All Questions:
Question1
(a) Explain with the aid of equations, curves and states the drawbacks of the armature resistance
control of a dc motors.
(b) Draw the circuit of buck converter and explain its operation in dc motor control.

(c) The speed of series dc motor is controlled by a single-phase full bridge diode rectfier and
boost converter. The diode rectfier is operated from a 380 V, 60 Hz single-phase supply.
The boost converter has kHz f
s
5 . 1 = , mH L 1 . 0 = and uF C 100 = . The armature and field
resistances are 0.08 and 0.15 and K =1.2 V/rpm. The converter and ac supply are
considered to be ideal.
(I) If the motor current is 200A at 0.7 duty ratio of boost converter, find motor speed,
developed torque.
(II) For the same load current (200) and 1100 rpm speed, determine the required duty ratio of
boost converter.

Question 2
(a) Draw and explain the speed torque curves of series and separately excited dc motors in
speeds lower and higher than rated speed.

(b) The speed of 20 hp, 300V, 900 rpm separately excited dc motor is controlled by a three
phase full wave controlled converter. The field circuit is controlled by a three-phase half wave
controlled converter. The ac input to the armature and field converters is three-phase, Y-
connected, 208V, 60 Hz. The armature resistance is = 15 . 0
a
R , the field circuit resistance
= 70
f
R
. The no- load speed at rated field current at zero delay angle of armature and field
converter is 1000 rpm. The armature and field currents are continuous and ripple free.
I. If the field converter is operated at the maximum field current and the armature current is
47 A at 750 rpm, determine the delay angles of armature and field converters.
II. If the field circuit converter is set to the maximum field current, the armature current is
48 A, and the delay angle of the armature converter is zero, determine the motor speed.
III. For the same armature current of part (II), determine the firing angle of the field circuit
converter if the speed has to be increased to 1800 rpm.

Question 3
(a) Draw the three-phase PWM converter circuit and explain the operation of this converter
in controlling three-phase induction motor. Also, explain and draw the circuit of the
unipolar and bipolar PWM.
(b) A 480V, 60 Hz 4 pole 1710 rpm, Y-connected induction motor has the following
parameters per phase: = 3 . 0
s
R , = 15 . 0
r
R , = = 1 . 1
r s
X X = 40
m
X
The motor is controlled by variable frequency control at a constant flux of rated value.
(I) Calculate the speed and stator current at half the rated torque and 20 Hz supply.
(II) Solve part (I) assuming the speed-torque curves to be parrallel stright lines for
m
s s < .
(III) Calculate the frequency, the stator current, and voltage at rated breaking torque and 1400
rpm.
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Question 4
(a) In a constant flux control of 3-phase induction motor, prove that the maximum torque is
constant for any operating frequency in 1 < a range.
The equivalent circuit at any frequency at constant flux control is shown in the following
figure:

(b) Three phase 4-pole 380V 50Hz, Y-connected induction motor is connected to (380V 60 Hz
supply) via three-phase full wave uncontrolled rectifier, boost converter and 3-phase PWM
inverter to control its speed by V/f control. The switching frequency of the boost converter is
20kHz and its inductance is 1mH. The dc link voltage is maintained constant at
o
V =650V, the
load torque is maintained constant at 70N.m. The induction motor has the following parameters
per phase: = 28 . 0
s
R , = 17 . 0
r
R , = = 2 . 1
r s
X X = 42
m
X ,
Assuming the speed torque curves is parallel straight lines for
m
s s < .
1- If it is required to drive the motor at 900 rpm, determine;
(i) The slip of induction motor.
(ii) The modulation index
a
m of the PWM inverter.
(iii) The duty ratio of the boost converter.

2- If it is required to drive the motor at 60Hz control signal frequency of the PWM, determine:
(i) The speed of rotation.
(ii) The modulation index
a
m of the PWM inverter.
(iii) The duty ratio of the boost converter.