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Code No: 410202

IV B.Tech I-Semester Regular Examinations, November 2004
POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DRIVES
(Electrical and Electronics Engineering)
1
Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE questions
All questions carry equal marks
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1. a) What is the purpose of a free wheeling diode in converters when fed to DC

motors?
b) A 1, half controlled converter is fed from a 120V rms, 60 Hz supply and
provides a variable dc voltage at the terminals of a dc motor. The thyristor is
triggered continuously by a dc signal. The resistance of armature circuit is 10 
and because of fixed motor excitation and high inertia, the motor speed is
considered constant so that the back emf is 60V. Find the average value of the
armature current neglecting armature inductance.

2. a) Explain the principle of closed-loop control of a dc drive using suitable block

diagram.
b) Draw and explain the Torque-Speed characteristics for dynamic braking operation
of dc series motor. Why torque becomes zero at finite speed?

3. a) Deduce the mathematical expression for minimum and maximum currents for a
class A chopper operated dc motor with back emf.
b) A 220V, 24A, 1000rpm separately excited dc motor having an armature resistance
of 2 is controlled by a chopper. The chopping frequency is 500Hz and the input
voltage is 230V. Calculate the duty ratio for a motor torque of 1.2 times rated
torque at 500rpm.

4. A 3-phase, 4 pole, 50 Hz squirrel cage Induction motor has the following circuit
parameters.
r1 = 0.05 ohm, r2= 0.09ohm, X1 + X2 = 0.55 ohm.
The motor is star connected and rated voltage is 400V. It drives a load whose
torque is proportional to the speed and is given as T1 = 0.05 Nw-m.
Determine the speed and torque of the motor for a firing angle of 45o of the AC
Voltage Controller on a 400V, 50 Hz supply.

5. With a block schematic diagram explain how the speed of the induction motor can
be controlled automatically (i.e., using closed loop scheme) with voltage source
inverts. Mention the applications of the above scheme.

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6. A 3-phase, 50Hz Star connected, 970rpm, 6-pole induction motor has the
following parameters referred to the stator.
R1 = 0.2, R2’ = 0.15, X1 = X2’ = 0.4. Stator to rotor turns ratio = 3.5. The
motor is controlled by the static kramar drive. The drive is designed for a speed
range of 30% below the synchronous speed. The maximum value of firing angle
is 170. Calculate:
(a) Turns ratio of the transformer
(b) Torque for a speed of 750 rpm and  = 140.
(c) Firing angle for half the rated motor torque and a speed of 850 rpm.

7. Describe separate controlled mode and self-controlled mode of operation of a

synchronous motor drive in detail and compare them.

8. Draw the block diagram of a closed loop synchronous motor drive fed from VSI
and explain.

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 Set No:
Code No: 410202
IV B.Tech I-Semester Regular Examinations, November 2004
POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DRIVES
(Electrical and Electronics Engineering)
2
Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE questions
All questions carry equal marks
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1. a) Explain the concept of constant torque control and constant power control.
b) Explain how the speed control of a dc motor is achieved illustrating the triggering
circuits of the thyristors.

2. With a neat diagram, explain the operation of a dc drive in all four quadrants
when fed by a single phase dual converter with necessary waveforms and
characteristics.

3. a) Explain the principle of speed control of a dc motor and show how it can be
achieved by a chopper.
b) A 230V, 1200rpm, 15A separately excited motor has an armature resistance of
1.2. Motor is operated under dynamic braking with chopper control. Braking
resistance has a value of 20.
i) Calculate duty ratio of chopper for motor speed of 1000rpm and
braking torque equal to 1.5times rated motor torque.
ii) What will be the motor speed for duty ratio of 0.5 and motor
torque equal to its rated torque?

4. A 3-phase, 8 pole, 50Hz Induction motor has the following parameters:

r2 = 0.15 ohm, X2 = 0.7 ohm
The motor speed is controlled by varying the applied voltage by an AC Voltage
Controller, which operates from a 380V, 50 Hz supply. Determine the applied
voltage per phase of the motor to have a slip of 0.15. The motor drives a load
with a characteristic of T1 = 0.0142 Nw-m.
Determine the firing angle of the Converter.

5. Explain the operation of an voltage source inverter (180-degree conduction

mode), used for induction motor speed control. Draw neat waveforms of line
voltages (Vab, Vbc, Vca) and hence show that the phase voltage, Vab, is six-step
voltage waveform.

6. A 3-phase 400V, 4 pole, 50Hz, Star connected induction motor has the following
parameters referred to the stator: R2’ = 0.2, X2’ = 0.35. Stator impedance and
the magnetizing branch can be ignored. When driving a load with its torque
proportional to speed, the motor runs at 1450rpm. Calculate the magnitude and
phase of the voltage (referred to the stator) to be impressed on the slip rings in
order that the motor may operate at 1200 rpm and unity power factor.
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7. Describe CSI fed and VSI fed synchronous motor drives in detail with block
diagrams and compare them.

8. Describe the open-loop and closed-loop methods of speed control of a

synchronous motor using VSI.

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Code No: 410202
IV B.Tech I-Semester Regular Examinations, November 2004
POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DRIVES
(Electrical and Electronics Engineering)
3
Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE questions
All questions carry equal marks
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1. a) Explain how four-quadrant operation is achieved by dual converters each of 3 

full wave configuration for d.c. separately excited motor.
b) Distinguish between circulating current and non-circulating current mode of
operation.

2. What are the advantages of electric braking over mechanical braking of D.C.
motors? Explain with proper circuit diagram Speed-Torque characteristics of D.C
motor under dynamic braking, for the following types:
a) Separately excited dc motor b) Series motor

3. a) List the advantages offered by dc chopper drives over line-commutated converter

controlled dc drives.
b) A dc chopper controls the speed of dc series motor. The armature resistance
Ra = 0.04, field circuit resistance Rf = 0.06, and back emf constant Kv = 35
mV/rad/s. The dc input voltage of the chopper Vs=600V. If it is required to
maintain a constant developed torque of Td = 547N-m, plot the motor speed
against the duty cycle K of the chopper.

4. A pump has a torque-speed curve given by TL=(1.4/103) N2 Nm. It is proposed to

use a 240V, 50 Hz, 4 pole, star connected Induction motor with the equivalent
circuit parameters (referred to stator turns)
R1 = 0.25 Ω, R2 = 0.6 Ω, X1 = 0.36 Ω, X2 = 0.36 Ω, Xm = 17.3 Ω.
The pump speed N is to vary from full speed 1250 RPM to 750 RPM by voltage
control using pairs of inverse-parallel connected thyristors in the lines. Calculate
the range of firing angles required.

5. A three phase, 4-pole, 18 KW, 300V, star connected Induction motor is driven at
50 Hz by a six step voltage source inverter supplied from a DC supply of 200V.
The motor equivalent circuit parameters for 50 Hz operation are
R1 = 0.1 Ω, R2 = 0.17 Ω, Xl = 0.3 Ω, X2 = 0.5 Ω, Xm = large.
Calculate the harmonic torques due to the 5th and 7th harmonic currents. Show
that, for operation at 1450 RPM, 50 Hz, the harmonic torques are negligible.

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6. The speed of a 3-phase slip ring induction motor is controlled by variation of rotor
resistance. The full load torque of the motor is 50Nm at a slip of 0.3. The motor
drives load having a characteristics T  N2. The motor has 4 poles and operates
on 50Hz, 400V supply. Determine the speed of the motor for 0.8 times the rated
torque. The operating condition is obtained with additional resistance in the
circuit. The resistance is controlled by chopper in the rotor circuit. Determine the
average torque developed for a time ratio of 0.4.

7. Describe cycloconverter drive versus VSI drive for synchronous motor in detail
and state their advantages and disadvantages.

8. Explain, under what conditions the load commutation for CSI can be applied and
discuss the operation with modified CSI. Give few advantages.

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 Set No:
Code No: 410202
IV B.Tech I-Semester Regular Examinations, November 2004
POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DRIVES
(Electrical and Electronics Engineering)
4
Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE questions
All questions carry equal marks
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1. A dc series motor has Ra = 3 , Rf = 3  and Maf = 0.15 H. The motor speed is

varied by a phase-controlled bridge. The firing angle is  and the average speed
4
of the motor is 1450 rpm. The applied ac voltage to the bridge is 330 Sin wt.
Assuming continuous motor current find the steady state average motor current
and torque. Sketch the waveforms for output voltage, current and gating signals.

2. a) Discuss in detail counter current and dynamic braking operations of D.C. shunt
motors.
b) A 400V, 750 rpm, 70A dc shunt motor has an armature resistance of 0.3 when
running under rated conditions, the motor is to be braked by plugging with
armature current limited to 90A. What external resistance should be connected in
series with the armature? Calculate the initial braking torque and its value when
the speed has fallen to 300rpm.

3. a) Derive the expressions for average motor current, current Imax and Imin and
average torque for chopper-fed dc separately excited motor.
b) A dc chopper controls the speed of a separately excited motor. The armature
resistance is Ra=0.05. The back emf constant is Kv=1.527v/A-rad/s. The rated
field current is If = 2.5A. The dc input voltage to the chopper is Vs= 600V. If it
is required to maintain a constant developed torque of Td = 547N-m, plot the
motor speed against the duty cycle k of the chopper.

4. A three-phase, 6-pole, star connected squirrel cage Induction motor is to be

controlled by terminal voltage variation using pairs of inverse parallel-connected
thyristors in each supply line. Sketch a diagram of this arrangement and list the
advantages and disadvantages of thyristor control using symmetrical phase-angle
triggering, compared with sinusoidal voltage variation.

5. Explain the following for variable frequency control of Induction motor.

a) The motor has higher efficiency and better low speed performance when feed
from a pulse-width modulated inverter instead of 6-step inverter.
b) The inverter has excellent low speed performance when fed from a Cyclo
converter.
c) Cyclo-converter is suitable only for low speed drives.

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6. A 3-phase, 420V, 50Hz, star connected induction motor has the following
parameters:
R1 = 2.95, R2’ = 2.08, X1 = 6.82, X2’ = 4.11 per phase. Neglect core loss.
The motor draws a current 6.7A at no load and controlled by rotor resistance
controller. A resistance Re  has been controlled by chopper. Determine the
value of Re to get a speed range of 1500 to 500 rpm, assuming a turns ratio of two
between stator and rotor. The torque and speed of the load are related by T  N.
Determine the characteristics giving the speed Vs time ratio of the chopper.

7. Describe the cycloconverter method of controlling the speed of a synchronous

motor. When is it used? A cycloconverter operating at 400 V, 50 Hz supply draws
a power of 10 kVA and is driving a synchronous motor at 200 A, 200 V.
Calculate firing angle and input pf, assuming efficiency of the cycloconverter =
96 % and motor pf = 0.8 lag.

8. Describe self-controlled and load-commutated inverter controlled synchronous

motor drives in detail and compare them

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