UNITIII

1.Whatisaclosedloopcontrolsystem?
Aclosedloopsystemismainlyusedtomaintainconstantspeedoperation.Itisasystemin
whichtheoutputhascontrolovertheinput.
Whataretheadvantagesofclosedloopsystem?
Systemprotection.
Greateraccuracy
Improveddynamicresponse
Reducedeffectsofdisturbancessuchasloading.
Whatarethebasicblocksofaclosedloopsystemofadcmotor?
Thesystemconsistsofadcmotor,powerconverter,feedbackpath,comparatorandspeed
controller.
Whatarethetwotypesoffeedbackindcdrive?
Currentfeedback
Speedfeedback
Whatisspeedfeedback?
Themotorspeedcanbesensedbyanyonespeedsensorandthissignaliscomparedwith
referencespeed.Thiserrorsignalisgiventospeedcontroller.Thespeedcontrollerproduce
controlsignaltothepowerconverter.
6.Howisthespeedofamotorsensed?
Thespeedofamotorcanbesensedbyusingatachogenerator.
Whatarethetwotypesofspeedcontroller?
Proportionalcontroller
ProportionalIntegralcontroller
Whatiscurrentfeedback?
Themotorcurrentcanbesensedbycurrenttransducer.Thissignaliscomparedwithreference
signal.Theerrorsignalisfedtothecurrentcontrollerproducesacontrolsignal.Thissignalis
fedtothepowerconverterforcontrollingtheoutput.

9.Whatisarmaturevoltagecontrol?
Thedcmotorspedcanbevariedbyvaryingarmaturevoltageandfieldvoltageisconstant.
Thisvoltagecanbevariedbyusingpowerconverter.Thismethodonlyapplicablefor
belowbasespeed.
10.Whatisfieldweakeningcontrol?

Thedcmotorspeedcanbevariedbyvaryingthefieldcurrentandarmaturevoltageiskept
constant.Thefieldcurrentcanbecontrolledbyusingpowerconverter.Byusingthis
methodthemotorfieldfluxdecreasesi.e.,fieldweakeningmode.Thismethodisonly
applicablefoespeedsabovebasespeedbecausespeedisinverselyproportionaltoflux.
11.Whatisthepurposeofcurrentcontrolindcdrives?
Thecurrentcontrolloopisusedforthepurposeoflimitingthetransientover
current.

12.Whathappensifthecontrolloopiswithoutcurrentloop?
Ifinnercurrentloopisnotaddedinthecontrolcircuitry,transientovercurrentisproducedwhichis
undesirablefromthestandpointofconverterratingandprotection.Thisisparticularlyincaseof
startingorotherlargechanges.
13.Whatistheadvantageofusingsimulationpackage?
Simulationpackagesareusedforstudyingthenatureofthesystemdevelopedwithoutbeing
practicallyimplementingit.
14.Whatarethemaindisadvantagesofphasecontrolledconverterfeddcmotordrives?
Thephasecontrolledrectifiersalwaysconsumereactivepower.Duetothis,theyareexpensiveto
operatewherethereactivepoweristobepaidfor.Italsogeneratesharmonics.
15.WhatistheadvantageofusingPItypespeedcontroller?
Theadditionofanintegralfeedbackcanbeusedtoeliminatethesteadystateerrorandtoreducethe
forwardgainrequired.
16.Whichtypeofconvertercanbeselectediftheinputisac?
Whentheinputisac,thedcmotorcanbeoperatedfromrectifiers.Ifthemotorratingsarelow,we
canusesinglephasecontrolledrectifiersandforhighratings,threephasecontrolledrectifiersare
used.
17.Whatistheadvantageofclosedtorquecontrolscheme?
Itfindsapplicationinbatteryoperatedvehiclessuchaselectrictrains.
18.Whatistheuseofcurrentlimiterintheclosedloopcontrolsystem?
Itsaturatesandsetscurrentreferenceforinnercurrentloopatavaluecorrespondingtothemaximum
allowablecurrent.
WhataretheadvantagesofusingPIcontrollerinclosedloopcontrollerofdcdrive?
Stabilizethedrive
Adjustthedampingratioatthedesiredvalue
Makesthesteadystatespeederrorclosetozerobyintegralactionandfiltersoutnoiseagaindueto
theintegralaction.