Syllabus
Course Information
Objectives: To introduce the students for fundamental concepts and principles of operation of electrical machines. To equip the students with basic experimental and modeling skills for handling problems associated with electrical machines. To give the students an appreciation of design and operational problems in the electrical power industry.
Course Topics
1- Introduction to Machinery Principles
The magnetic field, Underlying concepts and features of rotating machines, fundamental torque equation, air-gap mmf.
2- Transformers
Review of principles of operation, construction, review of equivalent circuit, open-circuit and short-circuit tests; regulation, three-phase connections, parallel operation, auto-transformer, introduction to 3rd harmonic phenomenon and unbalanced loading.
3- DC Machinery Fundamentals
Basic equations and steady-state characteristics, windings, field form and armature reaction, commutation and use of inter-poles, construction
4- DC Motors and Generators
Introduction to DC motors, The equivalent, magnetization curve, separately excited and shunt DC motors, Permanent magnet DC motor, Series DC motor, Compounded DC motor, Dc motor starters, Ward-Leonard system, Efficiency calculation, Introduction to DC generators, The separately excited generator, The shunt DC generator, The series DC generator, The compounded generator,
