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Reg. No. :


B.E./B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL/MAY 2010
Third Semester
Mechanical Engineering
ME2205 ELECTRICAL DRIVES AND CONTROL
(Common to Chemical Engineering, Production Engineering)

(Regulation 2008)
Time: Three hours Maximum: 100 Marks
Answer ALL Questions
PART A (10 2 = 20 Marks)
1. State the advantages of Electric Drive.
2. Give the formulae for computing power requirement for a liner movement.
3. Write down the torque equation of a DC shunt motor and give the significance
of flux.
4. A 6-pole, 3-phase induction motor operating on a 50 Hz supply has rotor
emf frequency as 2 Hz. Determine
(a) slip and
(b) the rotor speed.
5. Why are centrifugal switches provided on many 1-phase induction motors?
6. Draw the block diagram of soft starter for an induction motor.
7. Compare the chopper control and phase control schemes for DC motor drives.
8. State the different methods of speed control of DC series motor.
9. What is advantage of v/f speed control of Induction Motor?
10. Draw the block diagram of speed control scheme for a slip ring Induction
motor.
PART B (5 16 = 80 Marks)
11. (a) (i) Briefly explain the various factors that will influence the choice of
an electrical drive. (8)
(ii) Explain the method of estimating equivalent continuous power
rating of a motor for short time load applications. (8)
Or
Question Paper Code: E3132
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(b) (i) Explain the different classes of motor duty with the equations. (8)
(ii) The temperature rise of motor after operating for 30 minutes on full
load is 20C and after another 30 minutes it becomes 30C on the
same load. Find the final temperature rise and time constant. (8)
12. (a) (i) From electrical characteristic, derive the mechanical characteristic
of DC series motor. (8)
(ii) Explain the dynamic braking of DC shunt motor with the required
diagram and equations. (8)
Or
(b) (i) Derive the Speed-Torque characteristic of 3-phase slip ring
induction motor. (8)
(ii) Explain the principle operation of capacitor start and run 1-phase
Induction Motor. (8)
13. (a) (i) With a neat diagram explain the operation of four point starter.
Also mention the advantages of this over a three point starter. (12)
(ii) Draw the control circuit for time limit acceleration of DC shunt
motor. (4)
Or
(b) State the various starting methods of squirrel cage induction motor.
Explain any two of them. (16)
14. (a) (i) Explain the operation of armature control of a DC shunt motor. (8)
(ii) Draw and explain the four quadrant speed control of DC motor
using various choppers. (8)
Or
(b) (i) With the block diagram explain the operation of armature and field
control of DC motor drive using controlled rectifiers. (12)
(ii) Name the different flux control methods adopted for DC series
motor. (4)
15. (a) Explain the operation of speed control techniques employed for 3-phase
squirrel cage induction motor. (16)
Or
(b) What is meant by slip power recovery scheme? Explain with the
necessary diagram. (16)

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