ACADEMICS
Course Details
ELE615 - Electric Motor Drive Systems
2024-2025 Fall term information
The course is not open this term
ELE615 - Electric Motor Drive Systems
| Program | Theoretıcal hours | Practical hours | Local credit | ECTS credit |
| MS | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Obligation | : | Elective |
| Prerequisite courses | : | - |
| Concurrent courses | : | - |
| Delivery modes | : | Face-to-Face |
| Learning and teaching strategies | : | Lecture, Question and Answer, Experiment, Problem Solving |
| Course objective | : | This course is designed to equip seniors with knowledge about operation principles and design of modern, static AC and DC motor drives, and to give them an ability to choose such systems for various industrial applications. |
| Learning outcomes | : | A student completing the course will successfully Recognise and classify various types of electric motor drives, Choose and design such systems for a given application, Know the advantages and disadvantages of various schemes for a given application, Apply the techniques and algorithms learnt in the class to real-life applications, Have the adequate knowledge to follow and understand advanced up-to-date technologies in the field of electric motor drives. |
| Course content | : | Introduction - Basic definitions for static dc and ac drives, classifications, and four-quadrant operation, The mechanical system, Mechanical load characteristics, Four quadrant drive characteristics - definition of the speed control problem, Solid State DC Motor Speed Control, Solid State AC Motor Speed Control, Electric braking, Electric Motor Starting, Selection of Drives, Intermittent Loads. |
| References | : | Dewman, Slemon and Straughen, Power Semiconductor Drives, John Wiley and Sons; Kusko, Solid State DC Motor Drives, The MIT Press; Murphy, Thyristor Control of AC Motors, Pergamon Press; Krishnan, Electric Motor Drives: Modeling, Analysis, and Control, Prentice Hall; Bose, Power Electronics and AC Drives, Prentice Hall; Subrahmanyam, Thyristor Control of Electric Drives, Mc Graw-Hill; Rashid, Power Electronics: Circuits, Devices and Applications, Prentice Hall Power Electronics. Mohan, Undeland and Robbins, Converters, Applications and Design, 2nd Ed., John Wiley and Sons; Bose, Power Electronics and Variable Frequency Drives, IEEE Press; Lander, Power Electronics, 3rd. Ed., Mc Graw Hill. |
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction - Basic definitions for static dc and ac drives, classifications, and four-quadrant operation |
| 2 | The mechanical system |
| 3 | Mechanical load characteristics |
| 4 | Four quadrant drive characteristics |
| 5 | Definition of the speed control problem |
| 6 | Solid State DC Motor Speed Control : Single-phase drives |
| 7 | Solid State DC Motor Speed Control : Three-phase drives |
| 8 | Midterm Exam |
| 9 | Solid State AC Motor Speed Control : Voltage Control |
| 10 | Solid State AC Motor Speed Control : Frequency Control |
| 11 | Electric Braking, Electric Motor Starting |
| 12 | Selection of Drives, Intermittent Loads |
| 13 | Practical applications in the laboratory - DC Drives |
| 14 | Practical applications in the laboratory - AC Drives |
| 15 | Final exam |
| 16 | Final exam |
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 4 | 20 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 1 | 30 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade success | 50 | |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade success | 50 | |
| Total | 100 | |
| Course activities | Number | Duration (hours) | Total workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, etc.) | 14 | 5 | 70 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 4 | 5 | 20 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 1 | 25 | 25 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 25 | 25 |
| Total workload | 35 | 93 | 212 |
| Key learning outcomes | Contribution level | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1. | Has general and detailed knowledge in certain areas of Electrical and Electronics Engineering in addition to the required fundamental knowledge. | |||||
| 2. | Solves complex engineering problems which require high level of analysis and synthesis skills using theoretical and experimental knowledge in mathematics, sciences and Electrical and Electronics Engineering. | |||||
| 3. | Follows and interprets scientific literature and uses them efficiently for the solution of engineering problems. | |||||
| 4. | Designs and runs research projects, analyzes and interprets the results. | |||||
| 5. | Designs, plans, and manages high level research projects; leads multidiciplinary projects. | |||||
| 6. | Produces novel solutions for problems. | |||||
| 7. | Can analyze and interpret complex or missing data and use this skill in multidiciplinary projects. | |||||
| 8. | Follows technological developments, improves him/herself , easily adapts to new conditions. | |||||
| 9. | Is aware of ethical, social and environmental impacts of his/her work. | |||||
| 10. | Can present his/her ideas and works in written and oral form effectively; uses English effectively. | |||||
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