ECE 341 Course Syllabus

PRINCIPLES OF ELECTRO-MECHANICAL ENERGY CONVERSION

 

Professor: Dr. Luis Youn.

Office: Engineering Building, Room  EB 2034.

Phone: (618) 650-2524
            (618) 650-2809

E-mail:  lyoun@siue.edu

TEXTBOOK: Electric Machinery Fundamentals by Stephen Chapman, 3rd edition, McGraw-Hill, 1999.

 Prerequisites: ECE 340 or Consent of instructor.

Course Description: Basic electromagnetic concepts, energy-based torque and force calculations, transformers, induction machines, synchronous machines, DC machines.  Three lecture hours and one 3-hour laboratory per week.  

Course Goals: This course is designed to give the students in electrical engineering, the principles of electro-mechanical energy conversion and the development of machine characteristics.

Grading Policy:             Test I :  23 %

                                       Test II:  23 %

                                       Final Exam: 25 %

                                       Project and Homework: 4 %

                                       Laboratory: 25%

Project:  Project will be given in the middle of  the semester.

ECE 341 LECTURE SCHEDULE

WEEK

CHAPTER

TOPIC

CONCEPTS

1 & 2

1

Introduction to Machinery Principles Three phase circuits, Magnetic circuits

3, 4 & 5

2

 Transformers

Types and construction, Ideal transformer, Transformer equivalent circuits, Transformer analysis on a per unit basis, Voltage regulation & efficiency, Autotransformer.

6

4

 AC Machinery Fundamentals Rotating magnetic field, Induced voltage & torque in AC machine.

7 & 8

5

 Synchronous Generator

Construction, Speed & internal generated voltage, Equivalent circuit, Phasor diagram, Parallel operation.

9

6

 Synchronous Motors

Basic principles of motor operation, Steady state operation, Starting of Synchronous Machine.

10 & 11

7

Induction Motors

Construction, Basic concepts, Equivalent circuit, Power & Torque, Torque-speed characteristics, Speed control, Determining circuit model parameters.

12

8

 DC Machinery Fundamentals

Commutation, Internal generated voltage & induced torque equations of real DC machines.

13 & 14

9

 DC Motors & Generators

Introduction, Equivalent circuit, Magnetization curve of a DC machine, Different types of DC Machines.

15

10

 Single Phase & Special-Purpose Motors.

Universal motor, Introduction to single-phase induction motor, Starting and speed control of single-phase induction motor.