This unit of study aims to give students a good understanding of electrical energy conversion techniques and equipment. Students who successfully complete this unit will: Have a broad view of electrical energy conversion systems including transformers, DC machines, induction machines and synchronous machines; Be able to analyse and solve problems in transformers and electric machines; Have gained confidence in their ability to undertake more advanced study in the power area. The following specific topics are covered: magnetic circuits, inductance, sinusoidal excitation, hysteresis and eddy current loss, permanent magnets, electromechanical energy conversion, singly-excited and doubly-excited systems, transformers, single-phase, equivalent circuit parameters, three-phase transformers, autotransformers, DC machines, separate excitation, shunt excitation, series excitation, and compound excitation, efficiency, armature reaction, induction machines, revolving field, equivalent circuit, squirrel cage machines, measurements of the parameters, DC resistance test, no-load test, blocked-rotor test, synchronous machines, field relationships, power-angle relationships, salient pole machines.
Unit details and rules
Academic unit | School of Electrical and Computer Engineering |
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Credit points | 6 |
Prerequisites
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ELEC3203 |
Corequisites
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None |
Prohibitions
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None |
Assumed knowledge
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Following concepts are assumed knowledge for this unit of study: familiarity with circuit theory, electronic devices, ac power, capacitors and inductors, and electric circuits such as three-phase circuits and circuits with switches, the use of basic laboratory equipment such as oscilloscope and power supply |
Available to study abroad and exchange students | Yes |
Teaching staff
Coordinator | Cuo Zhang, cuo.zhang@sydney.edu.au |
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Laboratory supervisor(s) | Rui Chu, rui.chu@sydney.edu.au |
Lecturer(s) | Cuo Zhang, cuo.zhang@sydney.edu.au |