AC Power Electronic Converters & Drives
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AC Power Electronic Converters & Drives Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for AC Power Electronic Converters & Drives (subject code 4352401) as prescribed for AI & DS · Semester 5 divides the course into 5 units, covering 24 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (4352401)Unit 1 AC Drive Fundamentals
- 1.1. AC drives classification, advantages & disadvantages.
- 1.2. Basic working principle of AC Drives, general equations of AC motors.
- 1.3. Typical torque speed characteristics and performance parameter.
- 1.4. Speed control methods of IM: speed torque characteristics of induction motor for Stator voltage control, Stator frequency control, Stator voltage and frequency control, stator current control, conventional and static rotor-resistance control and slip- energy recovery.
- 1.5. Merits and demerits of speed control methods.
Unit 2 Inverter fed AC drives.
- 2.1. 1- Phase full bridge voltage source inverter: R, RL load.
- 2.2. Sinusoidal pulse width modulation PWM voltage source inverter fed induction motor drives.
- 2.3. Current source inverter.
- 2.4. Compare VSI and CSI.
- 2.5. Closed loop speed control using stator voltage control
- 2.6. VSI fed induction motor drive: braking and multi quadrant operation.
- 2.7. Static krammer drive, static Scherbius drive. AC Power Electronic Converters & Drives Course Code: 4352401 above level) Topics and Sub-topics
Unit 3 AC regulator and cycloconverter fed AC Drives
- 3.1. Principle: Integral cycle control, phase controls.
- 3.2. 1- Phase voltage controller: R and RL load.
- 3.3. Sequential control of AC voltage controller: Two stage, Multi stage.
- 3.4. Stator voltage control using 3-phase AC voltage controller for 3- Ø induction motor.
- 3.5. 1- Phase Cycloconverter: midpoint, bridge; step up, step down.
- 3.6. Cycloconverter fed induction motor drive
Unit 4 Synchronous motor drives
- 4.1. Applications of synchronous motor drive.
- 4.2. Control of Synchronous Motors on Variable Frequency Supply.
- 4.3. Self control of synchronous motor fed from VSI, Separately controlled synchronous motor fed from VSI.
- 4.4. Control of thyristors either from rotor position sensor or voltages, Margin Angle Control.
- 4.5. Synchronous Motor Fed from a Cycloconverter.
Unit 5 Industrial Applications of Electrical Drives.
- 5.1. Applications of electrical drives in Textile mill. Paper mill. Steel mill. Electric traction. Electric Vehicle. Note: The UOs need to be formulated at an ‘Application Level’ and above of Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy’ to accelerate the attainment of the COs and the competency. AC Power Electronic Converters & Drives Course Code: 4352401
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