Course: Electrical Machines

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Course title Electrical Machines
Course code KEV/EST
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Dražan Jiří, Ing.
  • Skalický Martin, Ing.
  • Skala Bohumil, Doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Veg Lukáš, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Kindl Vladimír, Doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Blahník Vojtěch, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Šobra Jan, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Pechánek Roman, Doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Sobotka Lukáš, Ing.
Course content
Lectures: 1) Transformer - Principle of operation, equivalent circuit, loss and efficiency, magnetizing current 2) Transformer - modes of operation, no-load test, short-circuit test, load test, types of connection, equations, phasor diagrams, per unit quantities. 3) Transformer - Multiphase transformers - wiring, vector group, parallel operation 4) Electromechanical conversion - magnetic field pulsing and rotating, the rotating field in electrical machines, comparison of 2f and 3f fields. 5) Asynchronous machine - construction, principle of operation, equivalent circuit, wiring, slip, energy balance, phasor diagram. 6) Asynchronous machine - torque characteristic, starting, limitation of the starting current 7) Speed control, braking, 1-phase asynchronous machines 8) Synchronous machine-principle of operation, construction, no-load test and short circuit test, introduction of d-q coordinate system, reactance, equivalent circuit. 9) Synchronous machine - Synchronous generator in cooperation with network and self operating mode, Phasor diagram, torque characteristic, synchronous motors with permanent magnets. 10) DC Machines - Principle of operation, construction, equivalent circuit, types of DC motors, 1-phase universal motors, starting, braking, reversing. 11) Electronically controlled electric machines: Step motors, switched reluctance machine (SRM). 12) electronically controlled electric machines: Permanent magnets (PM) for electric machines - electric machines with permanent magnets, ultrasonic motors, PMSM, BLDC. 13) Motors for electronic devices, linear motors, actuators, power equation Laboratory classes: 1. Introduction, principle of measurement, instruments 2. Theory - transformer. Design, no load test, short circuit test, the 50 vs 60 Hz network, basic calculation 3. Measurement no.1 - 3ph transformer. Resistivity measurement, no-load test, voltage ratio 4. Theory - transformer. Multi-phase transformer, Parallel operation, per unit value, basic calculation 5. Measurement no.2 - Reactive power compensation 6. Theory - asynchronous machine. Basic design, rotor description, terminal box, name-plate parameters, induced voltage, basic calculation 7. Measurement no.3 - Asynchronous machine I. Slip measurement 8. Theory - asynchronous machine. Torque relation, energy balance, currents and voltage in various winding connection, circle diagram, self-operated asynchronous generator 9. Measurement no.4 - Asynchronous machine II. No load test, resistivity measurement 10. Theory - synchronous machine. Self-operated generator and generator on the network 11. Measurement no.5 - Asynchronous machine III. Y-D comparison 12. Theory - DC machine, commutation. Permanent magnets machines, special machines 13. Conclusion, check reports

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • unspecified - 45 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 20 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 65 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 4 hours per semester
  • Preparation for laboratory testing; outcome analysis (1-8) - 20 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 50 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
describe principles of resistivity measurement, voltage and current measurement
describe the Lenz's law, Faraday laws and Kirchhoff's law
have a good command of electrical magnitudes signage and its physical units
have a good command of relations of physical magnitudes and its units conversion
Skills
Propose the instrument connection for power measurement in 3phase network
Analyze interaction between magnetic fields and electric current in wire
Apply basic mathematical relations and electrical relations
learning outcomes
Knowledge
explain the principles of operation of transformers and electrical machines
have a good command of relations necessary for solution
Skills
apply the knowledge of the measurement in DC current circuits and perform the analysis of the electrical drive, summarize the requirements posed on it
sketch out the scheme of a given existing connection of an electrical machine and perform the analysis of the electrical drive, summarizing the requirements placed upon it
put the given connection into operation under the laboratory conditions
Competences
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teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Skills
Laboratory work
Competences
Students' portfolio
assessment methods
Knowledge
Combined exam
Individual presentation at a seminar
Skills
Practical exam
Skills demonstration during practicum
Competences
Practical exam
Skills demonstration during practicum
Recommended literature
  • Bartoš, Václav. Elektrické stroje. 1. vyd. V Plzni : Západočeská univerzita, 2006. ISBN 80-7043-444-9.
  • Hrabovcová, Valéria. Moderné elektrické stroje. 1. vyd. Žilina : Žilinská univerzita, 2001. ISBN 80-7100-809-5.
  • Juha Pyrhönen, Tapani Jokinen, Valéria Hrabovcová. Design of rotating electrical machines. Chichester, 2014. ISBN 978-1-118-58157-5.


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