Syllabus
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Course Code: EI -PC-405 Course Name: Electric Drives |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Electrical Drives: Introduction, advantages, choice of electrical drives, status of ac and dc drives. Dynamics of Electrical Drives: Fundamental torque equations, multi-quadrant operation, equivalent values of drive parameters, load torque components, types of loads, steady state stability, load equalization. Control of Electrical Drives: Modes of operation, closed loop control of drives, sensing of current and speed. |
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| 2 | DC Motor Drives: Speed-torque characteristics of different types of dc motors, starting, types of braking, transient analysis, speed control methods, static control of dc motors. Converter fed dc drive & chopper fed dc drive. | |
| 3 | Induction motor Drives: Characteristics, analysis and performance, starting methods, braking methods, transient analysis, methods of speed control, vector control. Static control techniques- stator frequency control, stator voltage control, rotor resistance control. Static Scherbius system & static Kramer system. | |
| 4 | Selection of motor power rating: Heating and cooling, determination of motor rating, continuous, short time and intermittent duties, determination of moment of inertia of the flywheel. Traction Drives: Nature of traction load, important features of traction drives, static control of traction drives; comparison between ac and dc tractions. |
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