Basic elements Types of Electric Drives Factors influencing the choice of electrical drives Heating and cooling curves Classes of duty Selection of power rating for drive motors with regard to thermal overloading
Constructional details, principle of operation D.C. motors Single and three phase induction motor Synchronous motor Universal motor and Servo motor Stepper motor and Reluctance motor
Speed control of D.C shunt motors Speed control of three phase induction motors Starting methods of D.C. motor Starting methods of three phase induction motors Electrical braking and its types
Power Electronic devices Controlled rectifiers and choppers Speed control of DC series/ shunt motors using controlled rectifiers and DC choppers DC choppers Digital control DC motor Drive
Voltage regulators Speed control of three phase induction motor Voltage control, voltage / frequency control Slip power recovery scheme using inverters AC voltage regulators and Applications
Reference Book:
1. Metha. V.K. & Rohit Metha, "Principle of Electrical Engineering", S.Chand & Co 2006. (UNIT I - III) 2. Vedam Subramaniam. "Electric Drives", Tata McGraw Hill , New Delhi , 2007. (UNIT I, IV,V) 3. P.S Bimbhra, “Power Electronics”, Khanna Publishers, Pvt Ltd, 2004 (UNIT IV,V) 4. Dubey.G.K. “Fundamental Electrical Drives” 2nd Edition, Narosa Publications, 2002 (UNIT IV, V) 5. Bhattacharya S.K. & Brijinder Singh , "Control of Electrical Machines", New Age International Publishers, 2002. (UNIT I - III)
Text Book:
1. D.P.Kothari and I.J.Nagrath, “Basic Electrical Engineering”, Tata McGraw Hill publishing company ltd, second edition, 2007 (Reprint) (UNIT I-III) 2. S.K.Pillai, “ A First Course on Electrical Drives” New age publishing Ltd, 1989. (UNIT I, IV,V)