Electrical Drives and Actuators detailed syllabus for Mechanical & Automation Engineering (MAE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna University official website and presented for the MAE students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Mechanical & Automation Engineering 3rd Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit MAE 3rd Sem 2021 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of electrical drives and actuators is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
RELAY AND POWER SEMI-CONDUCTOR DEVICES 9 Study of Switching Devices – Relay and Types, Switching characteristics -BJT, SCR, TRIAC, GTO, MOSFET, IGBT and IGCT-: SCR, MOSFET and IGBT – Triggering and commutation circuit – Introduction to Driver and snubber circuits
Unit II
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Unit III
DC MOTORS AND DRIVES 9 DC Servomotor – Types of PMDC & BLDC motors – principle of operation- emf and torque equations -characteristics and control – Drives- H bridge – Single and Three Phases – 4 quadrant operation – Applications
Unit IV
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Unit V
STEPPER AND SERVO MOTOR 9 Stepper Motor: Classifications- Construction and Principle of Operation – Modes of Excitation-Drive SystemLogic Sequencer – Applications. Servo Mechanism – DC Servo motor-AC Servo motor – Applications.
Course Outcomes:
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Text Books:
- Bimbhra B.S., “Power Electronics”, 5th Edition, Kanna Publishers, New Delhi, 2012.
- Mehta V.K. & Rohit Mehta, “Principles of Electrical Machines”, 2nd Edition, S.Chand& Co. Ltd., New Delhi, 2016.
Reference Books:
- Gobal K. Dubey, “Fundamentals of Electrical Drives”, 2nd Edition, Narosal Publishing House, New Delhi, 2001.
- Theraja B.L. &Theraja A.K., “A Text Book of Electrical Technology”, 2nd Edition, S.Chand& Co. Ltd., New Delhi, 2012.
- Singh M.D. &Kanchandhani K.B., “Power Electronics”, McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 2007
For detailed syllabus of all other subjects of Mechanical & Automation Engineering, 2021 regulation curriculum do visit MAE 3rd Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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