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4342401
Code: 4342401
Credits: 5
Semester 4
PE
D.C. Power Electronic Converters & Drives
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The official GTU curriculum for D.C. Power Electronic Converters & Drives (subject code 4342401) as prescribed for PE · Semester 4 divides the course into 5 units, covering 34 listed topics. This curriculum applies from the March-2023 intake. 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 (4342401)Unit 1 Characteristics of DC Motors and Dynamics of Electric Drives. 1.a Explain Characteristics of separately exited DC motor.
- 1.1. Separately exited DC motor: Equivalent circuit and basic equations. Basic characteristics for constant torque and constant power drive. 1.b Explain Characteristics of DC Shunt motor.
- 1.2. DC Shunt Motor: Equivalent circuit, Equations. Basic Characteristics of speed current, torque current, speed torque. Modifications to the Speed-Torque Characteristic of a dc Shunt Motor. 1.c Explain Characteristics of DC series motor
- 1.3. DC series motor: Equivalent circuit, equations and basic characteristics, Effect of Variation of Armature Voltage, Field Weakening. Desirable Modifications of the Speed- Torque Characteristic of Series Motors. 1.d Speed-Torque Characteristics of Compound Motors
- 1.4. Compound motor: Speed current, torque current and speed to torque Characteristics of cumulative and differential compound DC motor. 1.e Explain speed control of separately exited DC motor.
- 1.5. Speed control of separately exited DC motor: DC Power Electronic Converters & Drives Course Code: 4342401 above level) Topics and Sub-topics By adding resistance in armature circuit. By adjusting armature voltage. By adjusting field voltage. 1.f Explain speed control of DC series motor.
- 1.6. Speed control of DC series motor By adding resistance in armature circuit. By adjusting armature voltage. By adjusting field current. 1.g Explain concept of electric drive.
- 1.7. Electric drive: Concept, block diagram, Basic Elements and advantages. 1.h Explain Load Torques. 1.8 Load Torques: Load torques that depends on the path or position taken by the load during motion. Load torques that varies with angle of displacement of the shaft. Load torques that varies with time. 1.i Explain four quadrant Electric drive system
- 1.9. Four quadrant drives with examples. 1.j Explain dynamic conditions of a drive system. 1.k Explain stability considerations of electrical drives.
- 1.10. Dynamic conditions of Electric Drive.
- 1.11. Steady state and transient stability of electrical drives.
Unit 2 Unit II
- 1. – Ø Controlled converters and Drives. 2.a Explain 1-Ø half wave controlled converter. 2.b Explain 1-Ø Half-wave converter Drives.
- 2.1. Half wave controlled converter with R load, RL load (with and without freewheeling diode).
- 2.2. 1-Ø Half-wave converter drive for Separately Exited D.C. Motor. 2.c Explain 1-Ø full wave half- controlled bridge converter (semi converter).
- 2.3. Explain 1-Ø Semi converter Drives.
- 2.4. Half Controlled bridge converter with R load, RL Load (with and without freewheeling diode).
- 2.5. 1-Ø Semi converter Drive with continuous armature current for Separately Exited D.C. Motor. 2.d Explain 1-Ø Full wave controlled converter. 2.e Explain 1-Ø Full converter Drives.
- 2.6. Full wave Controlled converter: Bridge Converter with R and RL Load.
- 2.7. 1-Ø Full converter Drives with continuous armature current for Separately Exited D.C. Motor. 2.f Explain 1-Ø Dual Converter. 2.g Explain 1-Ø Dual Converter drives.
- 2.8. Dual converter: analysis and applications.
- 2.9. 1-Ø Dual Converter drives for Separately Exited D.C. Motor. DC Power Electronic Converters & Drives Course Code: 4342401 above level) Topics and Sub-topics
Unit 3 3– Ø Controlled converters and Drives. 3.a Explain 3-Ø Half wave controlled Converter. 3.b Explain 3-Ø Half wave Converter drives.
- 3.1. 3-Ø half wave controlled converter (M3 connection) with R Load.
- 3.2. 3-Ø Half wave converter drives with separately exited DC Motor. 3.c Explain 3-Ø Semi Converter. 3.d Explain 3-Ø Semi Converter Drives.
- 3.3. 3-Ø semi converter with R Load.
- 3.4. Explain 3-Ø Semi Converter Drives with separately exited DC Motor. 3.e Explain 3-Ø fully controlled bridge Converter. 3.f Explain 3-Ø fully controlled Converter drives.
- 3.5. Explain 3-Ø fully controlled bridge Converter with R Load.
- 3.6. 3-Ø Full Converter drives with separately exited DC Motor.
Unit 4 DC Chopper Drives 4.b Classify DC Chopper. 4.1 Classification of chopper according to voltage, direction of output voltage and current, a...
- 4.2. Basic Principle: Step down, Step-up and Step up-down Chopper.
- 4.3. Control strategies: Time Ratio and Current Limit Control. 4.e Explain First Quadrant, Two Quadrant and Four Quadrant chopper.
- 4.4. Chopper circuits: First quadrant OR type-A chopper. Second quadrant OR type-B chopper. Two quadrant type A OR type-C chopper. Two quadrant type B OR Type D chopper Four quadrant OR Type E chopper. 4.f Explain Chopper Drives. 4.5 Control modes: Power control, Regenerative breaking control, two quadrant Chopper Drives and Four quadrant chopper drives.
Unit 5 Breaking, Rating and Heating of motor. 5.a Explain the breaking of electric motor. 5.b Explain Characteristics of DC motor during Breaking.
- 5.1. Breaking: Types, Comparison, Methods of Electric Braking of Electric Motors.
- 5.2. Breaking of DC motor: Regenerative breaking for shunt and series motors. Dynamic Breaking for shunt and series motors. Counter current Breaking for shunt and series motors. DC Power Electronic Converters & Drives Course Code: 4342401 above level) Topics and Sub-topics 5.c Explain Power loss and Heating of Electric motors. 5.d Classify classes of insulating materials and permissible temperatures. 5.e Explain classis of duty and selection of motor.
- 5.3. Power loss and Heating.
- 5.4. Classify classes with material with temperature.
- 5.5. Modes of duties: Continuous duty, Short time duty, intermittent load cycle. 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.
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