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Electric Drives

What Will Learn?

  • Course Aims
    - Enrich the student knowledge of the variable speed electric drives using power electronics converters to feed different mechanical loads. - Develop the student's ability to recognize the fundamental characteristics of DC and AC electric drive systems. - Train students to model speed control techniques of electric drives. - Develop the student's ability to analyze and design different braking systems of electric drives. - Gain practical skills in operating, testing, and modeling different electrical drive systems.
  • Course Goals
  • Quality Education
  • Affordable and Clean Energy
  • Climate Action

Requirements

EPM324 AND EPM354

Description

  • English Description

    Introduction: Elements of electric drive systems, mechanical loads, electric motors, power sources, converters, and controllers, Joint speed-torque characteristics of electric motors and mechanical loads, required drive characteristics, and selecting drive elements. Adjustable speed DC drives: Control of DC motors by 1-phase controlled rectifiers,3-phase controlled rectifiers, and DC choppers. Induction motor drives: variable voltage and frequency control, static rotor resistance control, slip energy recovery. Synchronous motor drives: frequency-control and vector-control drives.
  • Arabic Description

    Introduction: Elements of electric drive systems, mechanical loads, electric motors, power sources, converters, and controllers, Joint speed-torque characteristics of electric motors and mechanical loads, required drive characteristics, and selecting drive elements. Adjustable speed DC drives: Control of DC motors by 1-phase controlled rectifiers,3-phase controlled rectifiers, and DC choppers. Induction motor drives: variable voltage and frequency control, static rotor resistance control, slip energy recovery. Synchronous motor drives: frequency-control and vector-control drives.
  • Department
    Electrical Power and Machines Engineering
  • Credit Hours
    3
  • Grades
    Total ( 100 ) = Midterm (20) + tr.Major Assessment (20 = tr.Industry 5% , tr.Project 10% , tr.Self_learning 0% , tr.Seminar 10% ) + tr.Minor Assessment (5) + tr.Oral/Practical (15) + Exam Grade (40)
  • Hours
    Lecture Hours: 2, Tutorial Hours: 2, Lab Hours: 1
  • Required SWL
    125
  • Equivalent ECTS
    5
  • 1. M. H. Rashid, “Power electronics: circuits, devices, and applications,” Pearson - Prentice Hall, 4th edition, 2014.
  • 2. J. Pyrhonen, V. Hrabovcova, and R. S. Semken, “Electrical Machine Drives Control: An Introduction,” Wiley, 2016 - M. H. Rashid, Power electronics: circuits, devices, and applications, Pearson Prentice Hall, 4th edition, 2014.