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Course title -
Course code KEEZ/XEECM
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Čermák Dušan, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Lettl Jiří, prof. Ing. CSc.
Course content
The aim of the course is to familiarize the student with the issues of electrical circuit elements, the solution of AC electrical circuits, the issue of performance in these circuits and the magnetic properties of ferromagnetic materials in relation to the topic of rotating and non-rotating electrical machines and devices. Furthermore, the course deals with the basic principles and equations, properties, characteristics, structural arrangement and possibilities of application of DC machines, transformers, AC machines (asynchronous and synchronous), and electrical devices (switching devices and circuit breakers) according to the following overview: 1. Basic active and passive circuit elements, their circuit properties and characteristics. 2. Solution of DC and AC electrical circuits, phasors, impedance, method of loop currents and nodal voltages. 3. Three-phase AC circuits, performance in single-phase and three-phase AC circuits. 4. Magnetic properties of ferromagnetic materials, quantities and relations for magnetic circuits, losses in ferromagnetics. 5. Use of Maxwell's equations for electromagnetic design and derivation of functional principles of electrical machines and devices, electromechanical energy conversion. 6. Switching and protection devices, principle of operation, design, basic characteristics, use. 7. DC machines, principle of operation, basic arrangement and design, winding, basics of commutation, armature reaction and its effects, motor and generator operation, internal induced voltage, internal torque. 8. DC machine with external and series excitation, equivalent circuits, mathematical description, steady states and transients, static characteristics, starting, speed control, braking. 9. Single-phase transformer, principle of operation, possible arrangements and design, basic equations, magnetic equilibrium, equivalent circuit, phasor diagram, no-load and short-circuit losses. 10. Alternating current rotating machines, voltage induced in the winding, types of windings, rotating magnetic field. 11. Asynchronous machines, operating principle, slip, motor, generator, braking mode, structural arrangement, equivalent circuit, phasor diagram, power distribution, torque of an asynchronous machine. 12. Methods of starting asynchronous motors, frequency speed control, braking. 13. Synchronous machines, their classification, properties, principle of alternator and synchronous motor, structural design, mathematical description, phasor diagram, torque of a synchronous machine; speed control options, specifics of synchronous machines with permanent magnets.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Monitoring, Demonstration, Projection, Skills training, Laboratory work, Work-related activities
  • Participation in classes - 30 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to familiarize the student with the issues of electrical circuit elements, the solution of alternating current electrical circuits, the issues of power in these circuits and the magnetic properties of ferromagnetic materials in relation to the topic of rotating and non-rotating electrical machines and devices.
The student will be introduced to the issues of electrical circuit elements, the solution of alternating current electrical circuits, the issues of power in these circuits and the magnetic properties of ferromagnetic materials in relation to the topic of rotating and non-rotating electrical machines and devices.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination, Home assignment evaluation, Student performance assessment, Didactic test, Discussion, Systematic monitoring, Presentation

The condition for participation in the exam is to obtain a credit, which the student receives for active participation in the exercises and submission of protocols from the exercises approved by the teacher. The conditions for granting credit are determined by the teacher in the first week of the lecture period of the semester. The conditions for granting credit and passing the exam in the subject are in accordance with the Study and Examination Regulations of the UPa.
Recommended literature
  • BIRD J. Electrical Circuit Theory and Technology. Routledge. 2017.
  • CHAPMAN S. J. Electric Machinery Fundamentals. New York. 1985.
  • Leonhard, Werner. Control of electrical drives. Berlin: Springer, 2001. ISBN 3-540-41820-2.
  • MCPHERSON G., LARAMORE R. D. Electrical Machines and Transformers. 1990.
  • MELKEBEEK J. A. Electrical Machines and Drives - Fundamentals and Advanced Modelling. Berlin. 2018.
  • SEN P. C. Principles of Electric Machines and Power Electronics. Kingston. 1996.


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