Saturday, May 19, 2012

Control schemes and speed control


The three types of control schemes for an electric drive are manual control, semiautomatic control and fully automatic control. In a fan, manual control is employed where a starter and resistance is used for setting required speed. In semi-automatic control, some commands are manually controlled and some commands automatically. Automatic control electric drive consists of a control gear.
Electric drives are divided into four categories based on speed control. They are first group, second group, third group and fourth group. The first group drives provide uncontrolled constant speed of rotation during normal operating conditions.  The electric drives used in pumps, compressors and ventilators are first group drives. The second group electric drives provide step changes in speed during normal operating conditions. In each step, constant speed is maintained here. This type of drive is used in machine tools. The third group electric drive is used in electric locomotive where smooth speed control of the fraction motor is required. The third group provides smooth, narrow step speed control within certain ranges. Lifting devices use fourth group electric drives where drives are capable of providing speed control for fixed positions of the load.

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