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ELEC 436 Electric Machines and Control Units: 3.00
Review of basic electric machines. Salient pole synchronous machines. Transient and dynamic behaviour of electric machines. Characteristics and applications of special motors such as servo motors, stepper motors, PMmotors, brushless dc motors, switched reluctance motors and linear motors. Solid state speed and torque control of motors.
(Lec: 3, Lab: 0, Tut: 0)
(Lec: 3, Lab: 0, Tut: 0)
Requirements: Prerequisites: ELEC 333
Corequisites:
Exclusions:
Offering Term: W
CEAB Units:
Mathematics 0
Natural Sciences 0
Complementary Studies 0
Engineering Science 18
Engineering Design 18
Offering Faculty: Smith Engineering
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Understand the operating principles of the single-phase induction motor and be able to analyze the motor characteristics (electrical and mechanical) using equivalent circuits.
- Understand the operating principles of the single-phase series motor and be able to analyze the motor characteristics (electrical and mechanical) using equivalent circuits.
- Be familiar with single-phase synchronous motors.
- Understand the speed control technologies for single-phase motors.
- Understand the operating principles of three-phase induction motors, three-phase synchronous motors, and three-phase salient pole synchronous motors.
- Be able to analyze the motor characteristics (electrical and mechanical) using equivalent circuitsUnderstand the principles of commonly used motor speed control methods for three-phase induction motors and three-phase synchronous motorsKnow the differences among these control methods.
- Be able to draw the block diagrams and explain the functions of these block diagram.
- Be familiar with operating principles of Brushless DC (BLDC) motors and switched reluctance motors (SRM), servomotors, stepper motors.
- Be familiar with the impact of time and space harmonics.
- Be familiar with machine operation under transient conditions.