25781: Electrical Energy Conversion 2
Course Name: Electrical Energy Conversion 2
Course Number: 25781
Prerequisite(s): 25741 (Electrical Energy Conversion 1 and Lab)
Co-requisite(s): -
Units: 3
Level: Undergraduate
Last Revision: Winter 2023

Description: 
The goal of this course is to complete the education on the principles of operation, analysis, and application of classic AC and DC electric machines, as well as to introduce specialized electric machines and transient analysis of electric machines.
 
Syllabus:
  • Three-Phase Transformers
    • Internal structure and transformer core, connections, phase shift, and connection groups
    • Equivalent circuit and per-unit system
    • Harmonics and operation of asymmetric three-phase transformers
    • Parallel operation of transformers
    • V connection, three-winding transformers, and their equivalent circuits
  • Principles of Electromechanical Energy Conversion
    • Energy and pseudo-energy in single-excited magnetic systems, calculating magnetic force and torque
    • Multi-excited magnetic systems
  • DC Machines
    • Output characteristics of various DC generators
    • Commutation problems and corrective methods
    • Universal motor
    • Review of characteristics and control of DC motors
    • Modeling and transient analysis of DC motors, closed-loop control
  • Synchronous Machines
    • Open-circuit and short-circuit characteristics, parameter measurement, losses, power-angle characteristics, and generator output capability
    • Two-axis steady-state model of salient-pole synchronous machines
    • Parallel operation of synchronous generators
    • Transient analysis under standard conditions: three-phase short circuit, transient stability, and demagnetizing effect of armature reaction
  • Three-Phase and Single-Phase Induction Machines
    • Review of equivalent circuit and power-torque relationships
    • Types and design classes of induction motors
    • How induction generators operate
    • Single-phase induction motor: dual-revolving fields, torque-speed characteristics, equivalent circuit, types, and starting methods
  • Introduction to Special Machines
    • Reluctance motor, hysteresis motor, stepper motor, switched reluctance motor (SRM), and brushless DC motor

References:
  • P.C. Sen, Principles of Electric Machines and Power Electronics, 3rd ed., John Wiley & Sons, 2014
  • 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
 
Last Update: 2024-06-10