Advance Electrical Machines and Drives
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The official GTU curriculum for Advance Electrical Machines and Drives (subject code DI05000181) as prescribed for RE · Semester 5 divides the course into 5 units, covering 39 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 (DI05000181)Unit 1 Fundamentals of Electrical Drives Contents
- An Introduction & block diagram of Electrical Drives
- Advantages of Electrical Drives Parts of Electrical Drives
- Fundamental Torque Equations Concept of Multi-Quadrant Operation Classification of load torque Selection of Motor Power Rating Electrical Drive Systems: Components Used for Obtaining Signals
- Interlocking and Sequencing Operations
Unit 2 DC Motor Drives Contents
- DC Motors Speed – torque & Torque – Armature current characteristics of Separately Excited Motor
- Series Motor & Compound Motor Maximum torque and power limitation of DC Drives DC Series motor speed control using transformer and controlled rectifier Controlled Rectifier Fed DC Drives: Concept of Single Phase Half Controlled & Fully Controlled Rectifier
- Three Phase Half Controlled and Full Controlled Rectifier DC Separately Excited Motor Control by Single Phase Fully Program Name: Diploma Engineering Level: Diploma Branch: Electrical Engineering / Renewable Energy Subject Code: DI05000181 Subject Name: Advance Electrical Machines and Drives Controlled Rectifier & Three Phase Fully Controlled Rectifier Multi-Quadrant Operation of DC Separately Excited Motor Drives: Single Fully Controlled Rectifier with Reversing Switch Supply Harmonics
- Power Factor and Ripple in Motor Current. Chopper Control of Separately Excited DC Motors Closed Loop Control of DC Drive Above & Below Speed PMDC Motor: Principal
- Working & Speed Control. PMDC Motor and DC Motor control using Microcontroller
Unit 3 Induction Motor Drives
- torque speed curve of three phase induction motor
- torque speed curve at variable supply voltage and constant frequency
- constant voltage and variable frequency operation
- Variable voltage
- variable frequency operation with constant V/F Speed Control of Three Phase Induction Motor: Stator Voltage Control by AC Voltage Controllers
- Variable Frequency Control
- Voltage Source Inverter (VSI) Control
- Variable Stator Current Operation Maximum Torque and Power Limitation of AC Drives VSI Induction Motor Drives: Braking and Multi-Quadrant Operation Closed Loop Speed Control of VSI Induction Motor Drives Effect of harmonics
- Energy saving with variable frequency drives
Unit 4 Synchronous Motor and Brushless DC Motor Drives Contents
- Synchronous Motor: Speed – Torque Characteristics at Constant Frequency
- Effect of Field Excitation on Power Factor Synchronous Motor Variable Speed Drives: Variable Frequency Control
- Modes of Variable Frequency Control Self-Controlled Synchronous Motor Drive Employing Load Program Name: Diploma Engineering Level: Diploma Branch: Electrical Engineering / Renewable Energy Subject Code: DI05000181 Subject Name: Advance Electrical Machines and Drives Commutated Thyristor Inverter Construction & Working of Permanent Magnet Motor Permanent Magnet AC Motor Drives BLDC Motor: Types
- Hall Sensors
- Commutation Sequence
- Compare DC Motor & BLDC Motor Brushless DC Motor Drives
- BLDC Motor Speed Control and Position Control Using Microcontroller
Unit 5 Stepper Motor and Switched Reluctance Motor Drives Contents
- Stepper Motors: Important Terminologies
- Variable Reluctance motor operation
- Stepping Modes
- Micro stepping
- Permanent Magnet and Hybrid stepper motor operation and features
- Important Features of Stepper Motors
- Torque versus Stepping Rate Characteristics
- Drive Circuits for Stepper Motors
- Open loop and closed loop control of stepper motor Examples of step angle and resolution Stepper motor step controller using any microcontroller or U2004 Darlington Array Switched Reluctance Motors: construction
- Effect of Rotor Position on Inductance
- Voltage and Torque Equation
- Control Requirements
- Converter Circuits
- Modes of Operation