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QUESTION BANK

UNIT - V CONVENTIONAL & SOLID STATE SPEED CONTROL OF A.C. DRIVES

1) What is meant by solid state speed control?

A process which is used to control the speed by using purely semi conducting material ie
power semiconductor devices like thyristors, power Transisitors, MOSFET and etc.,is called
solid state speed control.

2) What are the arrangements are available using power semi conducting materials?
 Controlled converters
 AC voltage regulator
 Switch (or)chopper
 Inverter
 Cycle converter

3) What are the advantages of solid state drive methods?

 Very fast response
 Less losses
 Higher efficiency
 Pollution free method
 Small size maintenance easy and controlled
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4) What are disadvantage of solid state drive methods?

 Very difficult to regeneration of power
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 It contains low power overload capacity

 Causes the interference in commutation in communication system due to harmonics in
supply

5) What is meant by dc chopper?

It is a derive which is used to converter fixed dc voltage into variable dc voltage. this is
designed with the help of power semiconducting devices like power transistors, MOSFETS
thyristors.

6) What are the different types of choppers?

 First quadrant chopper –motoring control
 Second quadrant chopper – braking control
 Two quadrant chopper
 Four quadrant chopper

7) Write down the main feature of v/f control?

1. The starting current is constant

2. Maximum torque should be constant

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8) What is meant by stator frequency control?

The three phase induction motor speed can be controlled by varying the stator frequency.
The variable stator frequency can be obtained by inverters circuit.

9) What is meant by ac voltage controller?

AC voltage controller is nothing but, which is used to converters fixed ac voltage into
variable ac voltage without changing supply frequency.

10) What is stator voltage control?

Three phase induction motor speed can be controlled by varying the stator voltage. This
stator voltage can be varied by using ac voltage controller. This method of speed control of
induction motor is called as stator voltage control.

11) What are the advantages of stator voltage control?

1. very simple control circuit

2. More compact and less weight

3. Quick response and economical method.

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12) What are the disadvantages of stator voltage control?
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1. Input Power factor is low

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2. Operating efficiency is low

3. Voltage and current waveform are highly distorted due to harmonics, which affects the
efficiency of the machine

13) What is the function of freewheeling diode?

Free wheeling diodes are introduced to maintain the continuous current flow to the load
when ever all thyistors are turned off condition.

14) Write the output voltage equation for single phase full converter and half converter.

Half converter

Vo = Vm(1+cos A)/2*3.14

Full converter

Vo = 2Vm (cos A)/3.14

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15).What are the possible methods of speed control available by using inverters?
 Variable voltage input(VVI) inverter control
 Variable voltage output(VVO) inverter control
 Pulse width modulated (PWM) inverter control
 Current controlled inverter.

16) Compare static Kramer and scherbius system

Kramer

The system consists or SRIM,diode bridge rectifier and line commutated inverter
The slip power can flow in one direction

This is applicable for below synchronous speed operation

Scherbius

This system consists of SRIM,two SCR bridge (or) cyclo converter

The slip power can flow in both direction

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Applicable for both below and above synchronous speed operation

17) Why do we for PWM inverter control?

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The output from inverter is square with some harmonic contents so we have to remove or
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reducing the harmonic contents by using some voltage control technique called PWM

18) What are the classifications of PWM technique?

1. Single pulse width modulation

2. Multiple pulse PWM modulation

3. Sinuodal Pulse PWM

19) What are the limitations of cyclo converter method of speed control?

1. It requires more semiconductor devices like thyristors, MOSFETs compared with

inverters

2. Harmonic contents more with low power factor.

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BIG QUESTION

1) What are the different methods of speed control of induction motors?

2) Explain in detail about V/F control?

3) Explain in detail about voltage control method?

4) Explain in details about slip power recovery scheme?

5) Explain in details about single phase half wave converter drive speed control for DC drive

6) Explain in detail the static Kramer methods for controlling speed using solid state devices.

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