EE538: Electrical Machines and Drive Systems

To enhance the students’ knowledge on electrical drives through the introduction of power converter based systems and to demonstrate the issues of implementation.

NO. OF CREDITS: 3
COMPULSORY/OPTIONAL: OPTIONAL
PREREQUISITES: EE358, EE352, EE354

MAIN TOPICS AND INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES

TOPICS

DC Motor drives

AC drives

Vector control basics

Stepper Motor Drives

Student will be able to,

ILO1: Explain the difference between the high performance and other basic drives.

ILO2: Model DC and selected AC machines for dynamic considerations.

ILO3: Design basic-controllers for DC and AC machines.

ILO4: Explain the operation of Stepper and Brushless Motors with different converter topologies, and to identify merits and demerits.

NO	RECOMMENDED TEXT
1	B. K. Bose, Modern Power Electronics and AC drives, Prentice Hall, 2001.
2	W. Leonhard , Control of Electric Drives, Springer, 2001.
3	R. Krishnan, Electric Motor Drives: modelling Analysis and Control, Prentice Hall, 2001

TIME ALLOCATION	HOURS
Lectures	39
Tutorials	3
Assignments	2
Laboratories	4

ASSESMENT	PERCENTAGE
Assignment	20
Laboratory Work	10
MID Semester Evaluation	20
END Semester Exam	50