Electrical machines
BN BR
K R Cale
4.5 points * 26 lecture hours, 26 laboratory hours, 13 tutorial hours * First semester * Gippsland * Prerequisites: GEG2513
Transformers: modelling for two and three windings, polyphase, Scott and Le Blanc connections, voltage regulation, parallel operation and load sharing, harmonics, sequence networks. Induction machine: analysis of machine performance based on equivalent circuits and circle diagram. Speed control, starting and protection. Synchronous machine: two-axis models, torque and power characteristics, performance diagrams, transient behaviour, stability under dynamic and steady state conditions.
Assessment
Examination: 80% * Assignments: 10% * Laboratory: 10%
Prescribed text
Sen P C Principles of electric machines and power electronics Wiley, 1989
Recommended texts
Fitzgerald A E and others Electric machinery 4th edn, McGraw-Hill, 1983
Hindmarsh J Electrical machines and their applications 4th edn, Pergamon, 1984