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EE115 Undergraduate

Electrical Machines and Drives

Credits
6
Type
Theory
Lecture
3 hr
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 transformerDC machines (6): Basic principle, equivalent circuit, separately & shunt excited machines, terminal / output characteristics, applicationsSpeed control of separately excited dc motor (3): torque control loop, speed control loop, field weakeningInduction machines (10): rotating magnetic field, basic construction, equivalent circuit, torque speed characteristics, efficiency, Speed control of induction motor (3): V/F controlIntroduction to synchronous generator (2): Basic working principle of synchronous machineBLDC 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.
  2. 2 New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003.
  3. 3 Nilsson, James W., and Susan Riedel. Electric circuits. Prentice Hall, 2014.
  4. 4 Dubey, Gopal K. Fundamentals of electrical drives. CRC Press, 2002. 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