INDUSTRIAL DRIVES AND APPLICATIONS THEORY QUESTIONS

(R. SIVAPRIYAN, Lecturer EEE., Sir M.V.I.T., Bangalore)

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1. With a neat block diagram, state the essential parts of an electric drive system. Explain them briefly. 2. What are the advantages of an electric drive system? 3. With the help of the quadrantal diagram, explain the four-quadrant operation of a motor, drive a hoist load. 4. Derive an expression for the equivalent load torque and equivalent moment of inertia for loads with translational and rotational motion. 5. Explain the methods to measure the moment of inertia. 6. With neat diagram explain various components of load torque. 7. Explain the different classifications of load torque and also define active load torque and passive load torque with example. 8. Derive an expression to calculate the time and energy loss in transient operations. 9. Explain the steady state stability and derive the condition for steady state stability. 10. Derive an expression for moment of inertia of flywheel used in load equalisation.

11. What are the factors responsible for selection of motors? 12. With usual notation, derive the expression for temperature rise of a machine. Sketch the temperature rise versus time curve. 13. Determine the expression of over-loading factor K while selecting the motor rating, for short time duty class. 14. Determine the expression of over-loading factor K while selecting the motor rating, for intermittent period duty class. 15. Explain the classification of duty for motors with load diagrams. With a neat graph explain briefly and give example in each case. 16. Develop an expression to determine power rating of electric motor using the method of equivalent current for variable load conditions. 17. Determine the expression for maximum number of switching frequency of a drive system.

18. With a neat circuit and graph, explain the regenerative, dynamic and plugging type of braking system for separately excited DC shunt motor. 19. Discuss the various methods of speed control of DC motor. 20. Explain the operation of a single phase half controlled rectifier control of separately excited DC motor. 21. Explain the operation of a single phase fully controlled rectifier control of separately excited DC motor.

22. Explain with diagram three phase fully-controlled rectifier control of d.c. separately excited motor. 23. With a neat circuit diagrams explain the multiquadrant operations of DC separately excited motor. 24. With neat circuit and waveforms for continuous conduction, explain the working of DC series motor fed from single phase half controlled rectifier. 25. Explain the operation of a chopper control of separately excited DC motor and DC series motor. 26. Explain the chopper control of separately excited DC motor for regenerative braking and dynamic braking.

27. Explain any three methods of staring of an induction motor. 28. Explain the effect of unbalanced voltages and single phasing on the induction motor performance. 29. Explain induction motor operation with unbalanced rotor impedances and non-sinusoidal voltage supply. 30. Explain any three methods of braking of an induction motor. 31. Explain the operation of VSI fed induction motor drives. 32. Explain the operation of variable frequency control from voltage sources. 33. Describe the speed control of three phase induction motor by static rotor resistance control method. 34. Why the slip power recovery scheme is suitable mainly for drives with a low speed range? Expalin static Kramer drive for slip recovery shceme. 35. Explain the static scherbius drive system.

36. Explain the operation of a synchronous motor when fed from a fixed frequency supply. 37. Explain pull-in process in synchronous motor operation from fixed frequency supply. 38. How the operation of self-controlled synchronous motor shifts from motoring to regenerative braking. 39. Explain the self-controlled synchronous motor drive, employing the load commutated thyristor inverter. 40. Explain the modes of variable frequency control of synchronous motor.

41. Make a comparison between line shaft drive and sectional drive and briefly explain about (a) Group drive (b) Individual drive (c) Multi motor drive 42. With a neat sketch, explain paper mill drive system. 43. Explain clearly the driving motors used in the cement industry for different operations. 44. Explain clearly the driving motors used in the textile mill industry for the different operations. 45. With a neat sketch, explain steel rolling mill drive system. For other semester / subject question paper and notes please check my website:

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