ECET 47500 - Applied Electronic Drives

Prerequisite(s): ECET 21201 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- AND ECET 31201 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

Credit Hours: 3.00. This course covers operational principles and application development consideration of all subsystems that make up electric drives: electric machines, power-electronic based converters, mechanical system requirements, feedback controller design, and their application of electric vehicle (EV) powertrain, including interaction of drives with the utility grid. State-of-the-art drive development tools are introduced through hands-on activities.
Course Learning Outcomes
1. Describe the structure of Electric Drive systems and their role in various applications such as flexible production systems, energy conservation, renewable energy, transportation etc., making Electric Drives an enabling technology. 2. Understand basic requirements placed by mechanical systems on electric drives. 3. Review phasors and three-phased electric circuits. 4. Understand the basic principles of power electronics in drives using switch-mode converters and pulse width modulation to synthesize the voltages in dc and ac motor drives. 5. Understand the basic concepts of magnetic circuits as applied to electric machines. 6. Understand the two basic principles (generation of force and emf) that govern electromechanical energy conversion. 7. Describe the operation of dc motor drives to satisfy four-quadrant operation to meet mechanical load requirements. 8. Design torque, speed and position controller of motor drives. 9. Learn to clearly use space vectors presented on a physical basis to describe the operation of an ac machine. 10. Understand the basic principles of Permanent Magnet AC (Self-Synchronous AC) drive. 11. Describe the operation of induction machines in steady stat that allows them to be controlled in induction-motor drives. 12. Learn speed control of induction motor drives in an energy efficient manner using power electronics. 13. Learn the basic operation of stepper motors and switched-reluctance motor drives. 14. Get an appreciation of power quality issues in powering electric drives. 15. Appreciate how the use of space vectors, introduced here in the first course on a physical basis, easily explains vector control of ac drives in the next course.

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