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

Introduction

Three-phase induction machines

Description

Concept of Operation

Stator Windings and Resulting Flux Density

Magnetizing current, Flux and Voltage

Torque Development

Operation of the Induction Machine near Synchronous Speed

Leakage Inductances and their Effects

Equivalent circuit of induction machines

Induction machine performance calculation

Operating characteristics

Starting of Induction Motors

Multiple pole pairs

Operation of induction machines

Single-phase induction machines

Description

Concept of Operation

Double revolving field theory

Torque Development

Equivalent circuit of induction machines

Synchronous machines

Synchronous machines basics

Design and Principle of Operation

Equivalent Circuit

Generator operation

Infinite bus

Synchronous motors

Special Machines

AC commutated motors

Stepper Motors

Switched Reluctance (SR) motors

Linear Machines

Linear Induction Motors (LIM)

Linear Synchronous Motors (LSM)