ELECTRICAL MACHINES AND DRIVES

About this Course

  • 25 students enrolled
  • 10 instructors

Course Description

This course covers the basic of electrical machine and drives principle inclusive the starting method, braking method and speed control for DC motors and Induction motor.

Course Learning Outcomes

1 ) Describe the structure of Electric Machines and Drive systems and their role in various applications also their dynamics characteristics.
2 ) Analyse the starting method, braking and speed control of Electrical Machines.
3 ) Demonstrate the usage of modern engineering software or IT tools in designing algorithms to solve the complex engineering problems.

Course Details

STATUS : Open
DURATION : FLEXIBLE
EFFORT : 3 hours/week
MODE : 100% Online
COURSE LEVEL : Intermediate
LANGUAGE : English
CLUSTER : Science & Technology ( ST )

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 Syllabus

-Introduction to electrical drives, advantages of Electrical Drives, parts of Electrical Drives, choice of Electrical Drives, status of DC and AC drives
-Dynamics of Electrical Drives; Fundamental torque equations, speed torque conventions and multiquadrant operation, equivalent values of drive parameters; loads with rotational motion, loads with translational motion, measurement of moment inertia; components of load torque, steady state stability, load equalization.

- Modes of operation.
-Speed control and drive classifications.
-Closed- loop control of drives; current limit control, closed- loop torque control, closed loop speed control, closed loop speed control of multi-motor drives, speed sensing, current sensing, phase- locked- loop control, closed loop position control.
-Converters for serving electric motors; phase controlled line commutated converters, DC choppers, inverters, cycloconverters, AC voltage controller.

-Introduction to dc motor and their performances; separately excited motors, shunt motors, series motor, compound motor.
-Starting of DC motor
-Braking of DC motor; regenerative braking, dynamic braking, plugging
-Speed control of shunt and series dc motor; Armature voltage control, field flux control, armature resistance control, solid state DC drives; Thyristor bridge rectifier circuit, chopper circuits, bridge rectifier- fed drive.
-DC Drives for specific applications.

-Introduction to three phase induction motors; analysis and performances.
-Starting of induction motor; star- delta starter, auto- transformer starter, soft- starter.
-Braking of induction motor; regenerative braking, plugging or reverse voltage braking, dynamic (or rheostatic) braking
-Speed control of induction motor; pole changing method, stator voltage control, supply frequency control, rotor resistance control, slip power recovery.
-AC Drives for specific applications.

Our Instructor

IR. AIMI IDZWAN BIN TAJUDIN

 Course Instructor
UiTM Kampus Permatang Pauh

TS. AZLINA BINTI MOHD MYDIN

 Course Instructor
UiTM Kampus Permatang Pauh

DR. AHMAD ASRI BIN ABD SAMAT

 Course Instructor
UiTM Kampus Permatang Pauh

MOHD AFFANDI BIN SHAFIE

 Course Instructor
UiTM Kampus Permatang Pauh

MASLIANA BINTI WAHID @ BUANG

 Course Instructor

IR. DR. TS. KAMARULAZHAR BIN DAUD

 Course Instructor
UiTM Kampus Permatang Pauh

 Frequently Asked Questions

A1 : The course aims to give a broad overview of Electrical Drive Systems.

A2 : It is assumed that the students have prior exposure to Electrical Machines and Power Electronics.

A3 : The student shall be able to:
1) analyse electrical motor drives and their sub systems (converters, rotating machines, and loads)
2) choose a suitable rotating machine for an electrical motor drive
3) choose a suitable power electronic converter structure for an electrical motor drive
4) choose a suitable control structure, measurement method and calculate control parameters for an electrical motor drive