25741: Electrical Energy Conversion 1 and Lab
Course Name: Electrical Energy Conversion 1 and Lab
Course Number: 25741
Prerequisite(s): 24012 (Physics 2) and 25731 (Electric Circuits Theory)
Co-requisite(s): -
Units: 4
Level: Undergraduate

Description
The course aims to provide the student with essential knowledge in electric energy conversion required for its steady state analysis and application. This includes familiarity with the structures and operation principles of major types of electric machines, their steady state models, steady state and dynamic behavior, operation characteristics, and fundamentals of their design.
 
Syllabus:
  • Overview of modern electric energy conversion and rotating electric machines
  • Magnetic materials and circuits analysis
  • Transformers:
    • Types and applications
    • Equivalent circuit
    • Parameters measurement
    • Performance characteristics
    • Autotransformer
    • Three-phase transformers
  • Basic concepts of electromechanical energy conversion:
    • Electromagnetic force, torque, and voltage induction
    • mmf of distributed windings
    • Rotating magnetic field
  • Synchronous machines:
    • Operation principles
    • Steady-state equivalent circuit,
    • Power and torque
    • Reactive power control
    • Synchronous motor characteristics
    • Starting and speed control
  • Induction machines:
    • Construction and operation principles
    • Equivalent circuit
    • Output characteristics
    • Motor starting and speed control
    • Parameter measurement
  • DC machines:
    • Operation principles
    • Induced voltage and torque
    • Excitation methods
    • Equivalent circuit
    • Output characteristics of DC motors
    • Speed control and starting of DC motors
Labs:
  • Lab 1: Magnetic circuits
  • Lab 2: Operation of a single-phase transformer
  • Lab 3: Connection of windings and operation of a three-phase trasformer
  • Lab 4: Characteristics determination of a synchronous generator
  • Lab 5: Characteristics determination of a synchronous motor
  • Lab 6: Starting and output characteristics determination of a wound-rotor induction motor
  • Lab 7: Starting, parameter estimation, and output characteristics determination of a squirrel-cage induction motor
  • Lab 8: Characteristics determination of shunt and series DC motors
References:
  • Stephen J. Chapman, Electric Machinery Fundamentals, 5th ed., McGraw Hill, 2012
  • A. E. Fitzgerald, C. Kingsley, & S. D. Umans, Electric Machinery, 7th ed., McGraw Hill, 2014
  • P. C. Sen, Principles of Electric Machines and Power   Electronics, 3rd ed., John Wiley & Sons, 2014

 
Last Update: 2024-10-12