- Course code
- ELL332
- L-T-P
- 3-0-0
- Credits
- 3
Basic Concepts: Characteristics and operating modes of drive motors. Starting, braking and speed control of motors. 4 quadrant drives. Types of loads. Torque and associated controls used in process industries.|DC Motor Drives: Characteristics, Starting Methods, Braking Methods, Speed Control Using Converters and Choppers.|Three phase Induction Motor Drives: Characteristics and Equivalent Circuits, Starting Methods, Braking Methods, Speed Control of Cage Rotor Induction Machines using as AC voltage controllers, Voltage-Source and Current-Source Inverters. V-by-F Control and other Control Techniques. Speed Control of Wound-Rotor Induction Machines using Rotor Resistance Variation; Slip-Power Recovery Scheme.|Three phase Synchronous Motor Drives: Characteristics and Equivalent Circuits, Starting Methods, Braking Methods, Speed Control in True Synchronous and Self Control Modes.|Special Machines: Permanent Magnet Brush-Less Motor Drives, Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Drives, Stepper and Reluctance Motor Drives.