COURSE OUTLINE
EET
400: Motors
Credits and Contact Hrs.
(Lecture/Laboratory): 3 credits, 3 contact hours per week.
Course Description: Introduction
to electrical motors and generators The course covers the fundamental concepts and
practices of motor and generator design and construction.
Prerequisites/
Co-requisites: EET 110 and EET 120 / None
Textbook(s):
Kosow, Irving. Electric Mathinery and Transformers. Prentice Hall. 1991.
Reference(s):
Emanuel, Pericles. Motors, Generators, Transformers, and Energy, Prentice Hall,
1985.
Course Coordinator: Joseph
Farren, Professor.
Goals/Objectives: To
understand the principles of generators and motors and their applications.
Course topics and
lecture hours devoted to each topic:
Introduction to magnetic
circuits. Faraday’s Law is studied and applied to voltage generation. Chapters 1
& 2. (2 hrs.)
The relationship between
voltage and torque generation is studied. Chapter. 3. (1 hr.)
Coil Windings. Supplemental
literature will be provided. (3 hrs.)
Study various generator
constructions and determine their voltage generating characteristics and well as
calculating voltage generated as of function of armature rotational speed. Chapter 3. (3
hrs.)
Analysis of various generator
constructions in terms of equivalent circuits. Chapters 4 & 5(3 hrs.)
The study of DC-Motors.
Supplemental materials will be provided. Also refer to Chap. 3 (3 hrs.)
The study of DC-Motor starters.
Supplemental material will be provided. (3 hrs.)
AC Alternator voltage
relations. Chapters 6 & 7. (3 hrs.)
AC Dynamo Torque Relations.
Chapter 8. (3 hrs.)
Polyphase Induction Dynamos.
Chapter 9 (4 hrs.)
Single-Phase Motors. Chapter
10. (2 hrs.)
Power, Energy, and Efficiency
Relations of DC and AC Dynamos, Chapter 12. (2 hrs.)
Tests (3 hrs.)
Computer usage: None
Laboratory projects:
None
Oral and written
communication requirements: None
Calculus usage: None
Library usage:
None |
