CHINHOYI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

SCHOOL OF ENEGINEERING SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY

MECHATRONICS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

MODULE OUTLINE

School: SCHOOL OF ENEGINEERING SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY

Department: MECHATRONICS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

Module identity
Module title and code: ELECTRICAL MACHINES AND DRIVES(CUME 306)

Module level: 3.1

Module credits: 15 CREDITS
Date Module outline last updated: 22 FEBRUARY 2023
Prerequisites, (if any): ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRINCIPLES
(CUME106)
Module coordinator: ENG CALVIN CHIMANYIWA
Office location: RESEARCH LAB(E5)
E-mail address: [email protected]
Cell number: 0773879157
Face to face lectures: 24 HOURS
Offline access the electronic material: 36 HOURS
Tutorial hours: 12 HOURS
Industrial Related /Fieldwork hours: 6 HOURS
Practical/Laboratory work hours: 36 HOURS
Self-directed learning hours: 12 HOURS

Preamble

This module develops a thorough understanding of electrical machines and their interaction
with power electronic converters and mechanical loads. It takes a broad-based approach that
enables the student to make a significant contribution to the design of a complete drive
system for commercial, industrial and transport sectors. This module develops the underlying
energy conversion theory between electrical and mechanical systems by introducing
electromechanical energy conversion principles and three-phase systems, transformers, DC
machines, induction, and synchronous machines and the power systems employing these
devices. In this module students will study motor principles and performance, facilitating the
selection, application, control and protection of rotating plant. This module develops the
student’s knowledge of power electronic switching devices, power electronic converters and
the application of converters for the efficient use of electric power in different sectors. It
enables the student to assess converters, their impact on power systems and to contribute to
the design of converters for common applications.

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Module Objectives: (SMARTER)

Learning Objectives:

After completing this course, the student should be able to:

 Describe the fundamental parts of electrical drives including converter, electrical

machine and load
 Explain the operating principle of induction machines, synchronous machines and dc
machines
 Identify parameters in models of electrical machines
 Use equivalent circuits to analyse electrical machines in steady state
 Explain the background to voltage harmonics and estimate their influence on losses in
electrical machines
 Understand the basic structure of electric machines and the fundamental principles of
the electromagnetic interactions that govern their operation
 Be able to design variable frequency speed control for induction motor
 To enable students to develop, construct, operate and test power electronic converters
and drives in the laboratory

Expected Course Outcomes:

Upon successfully completing this course in Soil Mechanics, it is expected that students will
be able to:

1.Analyze the performance of electrical machines in different modes of operation

2.Evaluate the power and torque requirements for common drive applications such as
fans,pumps,conveyerse.t.c

3.Specify appropriate power electronic converters in drive applications and

predict the performance of Dc synchronous and reluctance machines under
steady state and transient conditions
4.analyse and describe aspects of the construction, principle of operation,
applications, methods of speed control, and methods of direction reversal of
d.c. machines and a.c. machines .
5.Design AC electrical drive control systems.
Demonstrate advanced understanding AC machines.
6.Specify appropriate power electronic converter solutions for common
applications

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  Delivery Methods:
 Discussions
 Group work
 Field trips
 Questions and answer sessions
 Experiments in the laboratories
 Lecture delivery

Detailed Content layout to include

Topics (outline) / Module content detailed with activities, assignments, tests, timing, practical work/
lab work. (This information can be presented in tabular form as shown in the table below).

Day Topics Content/concepts/detailed Methodology Student activities Duration

employed time

1 Introduction Introductiontoelectricalmac Teaching, in  Class room 3 hrs

hinesanddrives,courseinfor class room attendance
mation.  Reading provided
2 Circulation of material
Basicsofindustrialmotorcon sample
trolandfundamentalelement systems in the
3 s class room
Power switching
devices,ratings,characterist
ic,MOSFETS,IGBTs,BJTs,
SCRs

4 Power Power Teaching, in Practical 5 hrs

electronics electroniccircuitdesigns:co class room demonstration of the
device Circulating effects of excess
5 protection
oling circuits designs samples of current
chips(or fuse) Field trip to witness
6 Perfomancecalculations,wa in the class some of the cooling
veforms,control techniques room systems
7 Electricmachi Electricmotor,production Teaching, in  Specially designed 10hrs
nesreviews of classroom labs where students
and student work in groups
rotation,inductionconcepts, labs
8 magnetic circuits ,torque
production and energy
conversion,star delta
supply,single phase and
three phase
Powerelectr Teaching, in  Classroom 10hrs
onicconvert
9 ers for ACRectification,choppers, the classroom attendance
motor ACRegulators,inverterswit Demonstratio  Lab practical hands
drives n in the lab to on in groups

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 10 ching devices and voltage students in
control groups

11 5.Conventio Torqueproduction,shunt,s Teaching in  Students to work on a 5hrs

nalDCmotor eries class giving lab practical about
s and DC andcompoundmotorsandt
motor hefour quadrantoperations relatable Drives
12 drives ThyristorDCdrives,Contro examples
larrangement of
DCdrives,chopperfedDCd
13
rives

14 Inductionm Rotatingfieldslipandtorqu Circulation of  Class demonstrations 15hrs

otors and e,statorcurrent,inverterfed samples of of advanced concepts
control of induction motordrives. different
induction of Constructionandprinciple motors
motor ofoperationofdifferent
15 types Teaching in
drives
ofsinglephaseinductionmo class
tors.
16 Operationalprincipleofthe
inductionmachines,magne
tization and torque
production in induction
machines,equivalent
circuits
17 Synchronous Operatingprincipleofsync Teaching and Class design examples 4hrs
motors and hronousmachines.Equatio class Assignments
control of nfor generatedemf. demonstratio Lab practicals
synchronous n
motor drives Equationofmotortorquean
18 dspeed.
Characteristics
ofseries,shuntandcompou
ndconnectionsandapplicat
ions.
19 8.Motorsele Applicationofpowerelectr Field trip to the suitable 5hrs
20 ctionmethod onicconvertersforutilisatio places where these power
s,UPS and n:lighting,
SMPS batterycharging,uninterru sources are currently
ptiblepowersupplies(UPS) being used
,switched
modepowersupply,

References:

Theodore Wildi 2006, Electrical machines, drives, and power systems, Sixth Ed Ed., Pearson
Prentice Hall Upper Saddle River, N.J. [ISBN: 978-0131776913]

Edward Hughes, John Hiley, Keith Brown, Ian McKenzie Smith, 2008, Hughes Electrical &
Electronic Technology, Ninth Ed Ed., Pearson Prentice Hall UK [ISBN: 978-0-13-206011-0]

Muhamed E. El-Hawary 2008, Introduction to Electrical Power Systems, Chapters: 1,2,7

[ISBN: 9780470408636]

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Academic integrity:

Low attendance: lectures proceed as valuing and respecting the attendees

Withdrawals: departmental or school decisions to make

Late assignment submission: mark deductions, fairness and honesty

Plagiarism: no mark for plagiarism / deductions of marks