EE6200

Power Electronic Control of Electric Machines

Assignment-2
1. A motor with inertia J1 drives three loads. Two of them are rotational and the other is
translational. All the loads are connected to the drive shaft with weightless and lossless gears,
as depicted in Fig.1. The details of the drive and loads are given below.

Figure 1: Drive arrangement

Drive: Moment of Inertia, Jm =3 kg-m2 , Developed Torque, Md = 400 + 0.33 where Md is
the developed torque (N-m) of the motor, and is the rotational speed (rad/s)
Load-1: A mass M1 = 400kg pulled by a winch drum of radius r1 = 0.1m and moment of
inertia J1 = 4 kg-m2 . The weight and radius of the rope can be neglected. Assume acceleration
due to gravity, g = 10m/s2 . The winch drum rotates with speed 1 . The ratio of angular
velocity of the winch drum to the drive is 1:2.
Load-2: Load torque, Ml2 = 1500 + 2 N-m and moment of inertia, J2 = 100 kg-m2 . 2 is the
rotational speed of load-2 in rad/s. The ratio of angular velocity of load-2 to the drive is 1:5.
Load-3: Load torque, Ml2 = 2000 + 33 N-m and moment of inertia, J3 = 100 kg-m2 . 3 is
the rotational speed of load-3 in rad/s. The ratio of angular velocity of load-3 to the drive is
1:10.
(a) Find the equivalent moment of inertia of the total system in the driving motor reference
frame
(b) Write the equivalent dynamic equation of the total system with respect to the driving
motor reference frame
(c) Find the steady state operating point of the drive. What will be the angular speed of the
drive motor, load-2 and load-3. Also find the linear velocity of the load-1
(d) How much time will it take for the drive to reach the steady state speed?( Assume 95%
of the final speed as the steady state speed)
(e) Is this is a stable operating point? Validate analytically and graphically
(f) After reaching the steady state speed, load-3 needs to be completely disengaged from the
total system due to the failure in the load. The operator disengaged load-3 from the total
system from the gear box. What will be the steady state operating point of the drive after
disengaging the load-3?

(g) After reaching the steady state speed, it was observed that drive sometime starts running
to dangerously high speed. What is the possible reason behind that?
(h) To overcome the above mentioned problem, the supervisor appointed an engineer to solve
the issue. The issue stated to the newly appointed engineer is as follows:
The drive operates stably when all the three loads are engaged. But if load-3 is disengaged
from the system, the drive sometime starts running at a very high speed and the operator
has to stop the drive. The engineer studied the complete drive and suggested the supervisor
to additionally connect another drive along with the existing drive. The suggested drive
is as shown in Fig.2. After connecting the new drive with torque Md2 and inertia Jm2 =1
kg-m2 , the steady state operating point of the total drive remains same as earlier with
all the load engaged with the drive train as in (c). Also the total drive does not run at
a very high speed if load-3 is disengaged. Also the no load speed of the drive motors
together is 900 rad/sec. The resultant speed torque characteristics of the total drive
(Md + Md2 ) varies linearly with speed. What is the speed torque characteristic of the
combined drive(Mdc = Md + Md2 )? What is the speed torque equation of the drive with
inertia Jm2 ?

Figure 2: Modified Drive arrangement

(i) How much time is taken by the new drive to reach the steady state speed?
(j) What is the starting torque, Mdstart of the new drive?
(k) It was observed that the starting torque of the drive is very high and is not good for the
life of the drive. Therefore it was decided that the total system will start only by using
the drive motor with inertia Jm and torque Md . During starting, Jm is also engaged with
the drive train along with all the loads. Md2 will be delivered in the drive train, when the
combined torque will be half of the combined starting torque, (Mdstart ). In this method of
starting how much time will be taken by the drive to reach the steady state speed? Show
the speed torque characteristics graphically
2. A 230 V, 960 rpm, 200 A DC separately excited motor has an armature resistance of 0.02 . It
is driving an overhauling load whose torque may vary from zero to rated motor torque. Field
flux can be changed and field saturates at 1.2 times the rated flux. Calculate the speed range
in which motor can hold the load by regenerative braking without exceeding twice the rated
motor current.
3. The motor of Qn.2 is now required to hold the rated load torque by dynamic braking at 1200
rpm without emf exceeding 230 V. Calculate the value of external resistance to be connected
across armature.

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4. A 220 V, 200 A, 750 rpm separately excited motor has an armature resistance of 0.05 ohm. It
is driving a load whose torque is given as Md = (500 0.25N ) N-m, where N is the speed in
rpm. Speeds below rated are obtained by armature voltage control (with full field) and speeds
above rated are obtained by field control (with rated armature voltage).
(a) Calculate motor terminal voltage and armature current when the speed is 400 rpm.
(b) Calculate value of flux as a percent of rated flux when the speed is 1500 rpm.
5. A 230 V, 960 rpm. and 200 A DC separately excited motor has an armature resistance of 0.02
and is running at rated speed and full torque. In this operating condition motor dynamic
braking is applied by connecting an external series resistance. The load torque remains constant
at all operating speed (either positive or negative).
(a) Find the external series resistance required such that the initial instantaneous regenerative
torque developed in the machine becomes twice the rated torque
(b) When the developed torque magnitude reduced to rated torque from double the rated
torque (during regenerative braking), the braking resistance is reduced in such a way that
the developed torque again becomes double the rated torque (as previous). Find what is
the new external resistance? At what time the new resistance is applied?
(c) Find the total time taken by the drive to come to zero speed from the rated speed
(d) Find the power loss in the brake resistance
6. Repeat the above problem with plugging. The voltage applied during plugging is -230 V.
7. A DC shunt motor is running at 500 rpm, driving a load whose torque is same at all speeds.
Armature current is 90 A. The armature resistance drop can be neglected and field circuit
can be assumed to be linear. If source voltage is reduced to 80%, calculate motor speed and
armature current.
8. A 230 V, 870 rpm, 100 A, separately excited DC motor has an armature resistance of 0.05 .
It is coupled to an overhauling load with a torque of 400 N-m. Determine the speed at which
the motor can hold the load by regenerative braking.
9. A 230 V, 1000 rpm, 105 A, separately excited DC motor has an armature resistance of 0.06 .
Calculate the value of flux as a percent of rated flux for motor speed of 1500 rpm when load
is such that the developed motor power is maintained constant at rated value for all speeds
above rated speed.
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