GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

Bachelor of Engineering
Subject Code:3172402

Semester – VII

Subject Name: Industrial Drives and Control

Type of course: Professional Core Course

Prerequisite: 1. 311005 – Basic Electrical Engineering

2. 3132407- Electrical Machine and Application
3. 3152407- Power Processing Circuit- I
4. 3162413 -Power Processing Circuit - II

Rationale: Today’s industrial and domestic loads demand precise and smooth variable speed control. The
development of compact thyristor power converters has made this possible by smooth speed control of both
AC and DC motors which are employed for several applications such as DC/AC drives, Vehicles, and
renewable energy. This course enables to develop the basics of electric drives and maintain different typesof
DC in industries. The competency in this area is highly required in diploma pass outs working in most of the
industries since these industries employ large number of motors and drives and their smooth operation and
maintenance requires lot of competent manpower. Thus, this course is must for students who want to work in
industries.
Teaching and Examination Scheme:

Teaching Scheme Credits Examination Marks Total

L T P C Theory Marks Practical Marks Marks
ESE (E) PA (M) ESE (V) PA (I)
3 0 2 4 70 30 30 20 150
Content:
Sr. Content Total
No. Hrs.
1. Introduction: 3
• History of DC Drive -Electronic Control -Solid State Control
• State of Art of DC Drive
• Block Diagram of Drive - Components of Electrical Drive and theirfunctions
2. Dynamics of Electrical Drives 06
Types of Load-Quadrantal diagram of speed –torque characteristics – Types and
Characteristics of load torque – Dynamics of motor- load combination – steady state &
transient stability of an electrical drive – Determination of moment of inertia- Load
equalization
3 DC drives 10
Speed-torque characteristics: DC separately excited, shunt and series motors; Modified
speed-torque characteristics with resistive control; Analysis for speed-torque equations
in terms of firing angle and duty cycle; Modified speed-torque characteristics with
phase-controlled converters and DC-DC converters for continuous conduction and
discontinuous conduction; Closed loop speed control schemes; Dynamic model of
DC machine; Speed and position control scheme using the dynamic model

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Subject Code:3172402

4. Scalar control of AC machines 10

Review of V/f control; VSI based Induction Motor control; Harmonics and Harmonic
torques with VSI; Selection of carrier frequency and harmonic spectrum; Advantages
of V/f control over other scalar control techniques; Various operating modes for doubly
fed induction machine: Sub-synchronous and super-synchronous motoring and
generating; Static Scherbius drive: Design aspects like speed range, power factor,
ratings of components; Closed-loop speed control schemes: slip control, current limit
control; CSI fed IM; Speed-torque characteristics with current source: Comparison
with VSI based control
5. Dynamic modeling and Vector control 10
Dynamic model of induction motor: ABC reference frame, Arbitrary reference frame,
stationary reference frame, rotating reference frame; Principle of Vector control, Field
oriented control: Stator Flux Control and Rotor Flux Control; Direct torque control;
Comparison of FOC and DTC, Introduction to Synchronous motor and BLDC
machine drive
6. Applications of Electric Drives 06
Introduction to Solar and battery powered Drives; Introduction to traction Drives;
Servo motor drive requirement – control and implementation
Suggested Specification table with Marks (Theory):

Distribution of Theory
Marks (%)
R Level U Level A Level N Level E Level C Level
10 40 20 20 10 -
Legends: R: Remembrance; U: Understanding; A: Application, N: Analyze and E: Evaluate C:
Create and above Levels (Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy)

Note: This specification table shall be treated as a general guideline for students and teachers. The actual
distribution of marks in the question paper may vary slightly from above table.

Reference Books:

1. Bimal K. Bose, “Modern Power Electronics and AC Drives”, Pearson Education

2. Vedam Subrahmanyam, “Electric Drives”, TMH (I), Second Edition,
3. G.K. Dubey, “Fundamentals of Electrical Drives”, Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi,
4. G. K. Dubey, “Power Semiconductor Controlled Drives”, Prentice Hall International
Edition. 1989.
5. J.M.D. Murphy and F.G. Turnbull, “Power Electronics Control of AC Motors”, Peragmo
6. R.Krishnan, “Electric Motor Drives–Modeling, Analysis and Control” PHI
7. Werner Leonhard, “Control of Electrical Drives”, 3rd ed., Springer, 2001
8. Theodore Wildi, “Electrical Machines, Drives and Power Systems”, sixth edition, Pearson
Course Outcome:
The theory should be taught and practical should be carried out in such a manner that students are able to
acquire different learning outcomes in cognitive, psychomotor, and affective domain to demonstrate following
course outcomes.

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After learning the course, the students will be able to

Sr. CO statement Marks %
No. weightage
CO-1 Select drive for a particular application based on power rating and environmental 20
consideration
CO-2 Identify a drive based on mechanical characteristics for a particular drive 20
application
CO-3 Critique the various operating regions and speed control of the DC and AC motor 30
drives.
CO-4 Analyze the Closed Loop Control of DC and AC motor drive and its application 15
CO-5 Design the basic control strategies for DC and AC motor, stepper motor and servo 15
motor

List of Experiments:

1. To study the fundamental and block diagram of Electric drive.

2. To study different methods of speed control of D.C. Motor.
3. To study and simulate 1- Φ Semi Control of D.C. separately excited Motor.
4. To study and simulate 1- Φ Fully Controlled converter of separately excited Motor.
5. To study the control techniques used in D.C. chopper.
6. To study control of D.C. motor for (a) Current limit control (b) Closed loop torque
control(c)Closed loop speed control.
7. To study chopper control of D.C. Motor for motoring and generating control.
8. To study D.C. Motor drive using PLL.
9. To study and simulate AC voltage controller-based speed control of AC motor.
10. To study and simulate Inverter based speed control of Induction/Synchronous motor.
11. To study and simulate Cycloconverter based speed control of synchronous motor.
12. To study and simulate AC voltage controller-based speed control of AC motor.
13. To study solar and battery powered drives.
14. To study traction drives.
Design based Problems (DP)/Open Ended Problem:

1. Specify the appropriate power circuit configuration amongst the phase-controlled rectifiers.
2. Choppers for the speed control of DC motor drives for four-quadrant operation with current limit.
3. AC voltage controllers and Inverter for speed control of AC motor drive.
4. Simulate/Implement speed control scheme for DC/AC motor drives.
5. Select an appropriate power semiconductor device and design a power converter for the
required application for DC/AC Drive
6. Determine the power circuit configuration needed to fulfill the required power conversion with
applicable constraints in view of DC /AC Drive.
Major Equipment:

1. 4 ½ digit Digital Multimeter

2. Digital Tachometer
3. Four channel Digital Oscilloscope
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4. Various Trainer boards for DC and AC Drives.

5. Any one simulation software (Open source software preferred) : Scilab/Matlab and Simulink
toolbox, CASPOC
List of Open-Source Software/learning website:

1. http://nptel.ac.in/courses/108104011/
2. https://www.wisc-online.com/learn/career-clusters/stem/iau13208/fundamentals-of-a-dc-motor
3. http://www.ohioelectricmotors.com/a-guide-to-electric-drives-and-dc-motor-control-688
4. https://sites.google.com/a/vgecg.ac.in/powerelectronics/academic/semester_vi/idc-i
5. https://sites.google.com/a/vgecg.ac.in/powerelectronics/academic/semester_vii/idc-ii

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