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EE115 Undergraduate

Electrical Machines and Drives

Credits
6
Type
Theory
Half sem
No

Course Content

Magnetic circuits (3): Mmf, reluctance, mutual inductance, inductance, magnetic circuits.

Transformers (8): Single phase transformer (ideal transformer, dot convention, equivalent circuit, types of losses, regulation, efficiency, OC/SC tests), transfer of impedance, auto transformer.

DC machines (6): Basic principle, equivalent circuit, separately & shunt excited machines, terminal / output characteristics, applications.

Speed control of separately excited dc motor (3): Torque control loop, speed control loop, field weakening.

Induction machines (10): Rotating magnetic field, basic construction, equivalent circuit, torque speed characteristics, efficiency.

Speed control of induction motor (3): V/F control.

Introduction to synchronous generator (2): Basic working principle of synchronous machine.

BLDC machine (3): Inversion of field and armature circuits from dc motor, principle of operation, need for hall sensors.

Text / References

  1. 1 Fitzgerald, Arthur Eugene, Charles Kingsley, Stephen D. Umans, and B. James. Electric Machinery. Vol. 5. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003.
  2. 2 Nilsson, James W., and Susan Riedel. Electric Circuits. Prentice Hall, 2014.
  3. 3 Dubey, Gopal K. Fundamentals of Electrical Drives. CRC Press, 2002.
  4. 4 Sen, P.C. Principles of Electric Machines and Power Electronics. John Wiley & Sons, 1997.
  5. 5 Nagrath, I.J., and D.P. Kothari. Electrical Machines. Tata McGraw-Hill Education, 2010.