IC4011 Electrical Drives and Controls Syllabus:
IC4011 Electrical Drives and Controls Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
1. To impart the knowledge on the principle of conventional motor drives, various starting and speed control methods of motors.
2. To understand the concepts of various losses and harmonics effects in motors.
3. To study the Power Electronics components and controllers.
4. To provide insights of Superconductivity theory and super conducting magnetic energy storage.
5. To understand the concept of Solid State motor controllers and their applications
UNIT I CONVENTIONAL MOTOR DRIVES
Characteristics of DC and AC motor for various applications – starting and speed control – methods of breaking.
UNIT II PHYSICAL PHENOMENA IN ELECTRICAL MACHINES
Various losses in motors-Saturation and Eddy current effects – MMF harmonics and their influence of leakage-stray losses – vibration and noise.
UNIT III SOLID STATE POWER CONTROLLERS
Power devices: Triggering Circuits, Rectifiers – Single Phase and Three Phase with R, RL and Freewheeling Diode, Choppers – Type-A, Type-B, Type C and Type D, Inverters –Single-phase and Three Phase with R, RL and Freewheeling Diode, AC Voltage Controllers
UNIT IV SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
Principle of Super conductivity, super conducting generators-motors and magnets – Super conducting magnetic energy storage (SMES).
UNIT V SOLID STATE MOTOR CONTROLLERS
Single and Three Phase fed DC motor drives – AC motor drives – Voltage Control – Rotor resistance control – Frequency control – Slip Power Recovery scheme
OUTCOMES
1. Diagnose the operations of conventional motor drives, various starting and speed control methods of motors.
2. Analyze the different losses and harmonic effects in motors.
3. Recognize the Power electronics components and design the controllers.
4. Apply the Superconductivity theory and analyze the super conducting magnetic energy storage.
5. Analyse the concept of Solid State motor controllers and their applications
REFERENCES
1. Subrahmanyam, Electric Drives : Concepts & Applications 2/E, Tata McGraw Hill Education,2011
2. Robert A. Huggins, Energy Storage , Springer(2010)
3. Rene Husson, Modelling and Control of Electrical machines, Elsevier Science Ltd, 2009
4. D.Singh, K.B.Khanchandani, Power Electronics, Tata McGraw Hill Education Ltd, s2006
5. Austin Hughes, Electric Motor & Drives, Newnes, 2006.