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EE-440 Electrical Machines Course Syllabus: Reference Books: 1. Electrical Technology by Edwards Hughes, (Any Edition)

This 3 credit hour course covers electrical machines including transformers, DC machines, induction motors, and synchronous machines over 16 weeks. [It includes topics such as electromagnetism, magnetic circuits, DC motor operation and characteristics, transformer principles and tests, induction motor construction and speed control, and synchronous generator and motor characteristics.] Assignments, examples, quizzes, a mid-term exam, and a final exam are used for assessment. Reference books by Edwards Hughes and Theraja are recommended.

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EE-440 Electrical Machines Course Syllabus: Reference Books: 1. Electrical Technology by Edwards Hughes, (Any Edition)

This 3 credit hour course covers electrical machines including transformers, DC machines, induction motors, and synchronous machines over 16 weeks. [It includes topics such as electromagnetism, magnetic circuits, DC motor operation and characteristics, transformer principles and tests, induction motor construction and speed control, and synchronous generator and motor characteristics.] Assignments, examples, quizzes, a mid-term exam, and a final exam are used for assessment. Reference books by Edwards Hughes and Theraja are recommended.

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EE-440 Electrical Machines

Course syllabus

Reference books: 1. Electrical Technology by Edwards Hughes, (any Edition)


2. Electrical Technology by Theraja.(any Edition)

Weeks Credit Topics Assignment and


hours Quizzes.
1 3 Electromagnetism
Magnetic Circuit: Magnetic units and relationships, Examples and
composite magnetic circuit, magnetic leakage and related problems
fringing, hysteresis, current-ring theory of magnetism, Assignment #1
long solenoid, magnetic pull, force between current- Quiz # 01
carrying conductors.

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2 3 Magnetic Circuits. Examples and
Magneto motive force, magnetic field strength, related problems
permeability of free space, relative permeability, Assignment #2
reluctance, comparison between electric and magnetic Quiz # 02
circuit, composite magnetic circuit
3,4 6 D.C Machines& D.C Motors Examples and
Direct Current Machines: D.C machines construction
related problems
Assignment #3
& Operation, lap and wave windings, EMF equation,
Armature reaction, Commutation. Types of DC Quiz # 03
machines, Speed and Torque characteristics, Starting,
Speed Control by rheostats and thyristor.

5 3 Direct Current Generators: Armature and field


connections, open-circuit characteristic, load
characteristics of shunt, compound and separately
excited generators.

6,7 6 Transformers: Principle of action, e.m.f. equation,


useful and leakage fluxes, leakage reactance,
equivalent circuits, voltage regulation, losses and
efficiency, open-circuit and short-circuit tests, three-
phase transformer, auto-transformer, current
transformer, and magnetizing current waveform.

9 Mid-tem exam
10,11 6 A.C Machines Three-Phase Induction Motors: A.C
machines fundamentals, construction of induction Examples and
motors, stator windings, Rotor windings, Rotating related problems
magnetic fields, working of induction motors. Principal Assignment #4
Quiz # 04
of action, relationship between slip and rotor I2R loss,
torque/slip characteristics, speed control of motor
having slip-ring rotor, starting of motor having cage
rotor.

A.C single phase motors

Types, Construction and Operation

12,13 Synchronous Machines. Examples and


A.C. Synchronous Machine Windings: Construction of related problems
salient-pole and cylindrical-rotor types, Stator Assignment #5
windings, EMF Equation, distribution and pitch Quiz # 05
factors, Synchronous speed, Reversal of direction of
rotation of magnetic flux.

14,15 Characteristics of A.C. Synchronous Machines: Examples and


Armature reaction in synchronous generator, Voltage related problems
regulation, Synchronous impedance, Introduction to Assignment #6
synchronizing and parallel operation of synchronous Quiz # 06
generators, Synchronous motor, effects of varying load
and excitation, starting, Speed Control.

16 Final term exam

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