Electrical Machines of Special Design

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Lecturers

Asst. Prof.
Zlatko Hanić
Prof.
Damir Žarko

Course Description

Overview of topologies of electrical machines of special construction, principles of operation, characteristics and fields of their application on examples of electrical actuators, brushless DC motors, universal motors, axial flux and transverse flux motors, switched reluctance motors, stepper motors, Vernier motors, linear motors, and line-start permanent magnet motors

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Learning Outcomes

  1. Explain the basic principles of electromechanical conversion and heat transfer
  2. Explain the working principles of electrical actuators, brushless DC motors, universal motors, synchronous reluctance motors, switch-reluctance motors, stepper motors, linear motors, and line start permanent magnet motors
  3. Define the characteristics of the electrical actuators, brushless DC motors, universal motors, synchronous reluctance motors, switch-reluctance motors, stepper motors, linear motors, and line start permanent magnet motors
  4. Analyze the performance of the electrical actuators, brushless DC motors, universal motors, synchronous reluctance motors, switch-reluctance motors, stepper motors, linear motors, and line start permanent magnet motors using numerical methods

Forms of Teaching

Lectures

classical lectures using blackboard in combination with PowerPoint slides

Partial e-learning

posting study materials and communicating with students through the course website

Laboratory

working with the software packages for design and analysis of the electrical machines, laboratory exercises using transformers, electrical machines, and accompanying power supply and measuring equipment for the purpose of practical demonstration and confirmation of the acquired theoretical knowledge, writing reports

Grading Method

Continuous Assessment Exam
Type Threshold Percent of Grade Threshold Percent of Grade
Laboratory Exercises 50 % 70 % 50 % 70 %
Final Exam: Oral 30 %
Exam: Oral 30 %

Week by Week Schedule

  1. Electric actuators
  2. Electric actuators
  3. Brushless DC motor
  4. Brushless DC motor
  5. Switched reluctance motor
  6. Switched reluctance motor
  7. Axial flux and transverse flux motors
  8. Midterm exam
  9. Stepper motor
  10. Stepper motor
  11. Vernier motor
  12. Line-start permanent magnet motor
  13. Linear motor
  14. Universal motor
  15. Final exam

Literature

(.), J. Pyrhonen, T. Jokinen, V. Hrabovcova, Design of rotating electrical machines, John Wiley & Sons, 2013,
(.), R. Krishnan, SWITCHED RELUCTANCE MOTOR DRIVES Modeling, Simulation, Analysis, Design, and Applications, CRC Press, 2001,
(.), I. Boldea, Linear electric machines, drives, and MAGLEVs handbook, CRC Press, 2013,
(.), P. Acarnley, Stepping Motors a guide to theory and practice, The Institution of Engineering and Technology, UK, 2007,
(.), I. Boldea, L. Tutelea, Reluctance Electric Machines Design and Control, CRC Press, 2019,

For students

General

ID 222584
  Winter semester
5 ECTS
L1 English Level
L1 e-Learning
30 Lectures
0 Seminar
0 Exercises
30 Laboratory exercises
0 Project laboratory

Grading System

85 Excellent
70 Very Good
60 Good
50 Sufficient

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