Objectives and competences
Objectives:
The objective of this course is for students to be able to demonstrate the understanding of working principles of electric drives and to be able to use them in practice.
Competences:
Transfer of theory to practice; ability to use modern simulation tools; ability of individual and group-work; work organizing and planning; verbal and written communication, safety at work.
Content (Syllabus outline)
• Introduction: Basic elements of electric drives.
• Tipical load characteristics.
• Static and dynamic states of electric drives.
• Operation of DC motors, operation of asynchronous motor with squirrel-cage, operation of synchronous reluctance motor, operation of permanent magnet synchronous motor.
• Role of moments of inertia in electric drive.
• DC motor control.
• Control of induction motor by inverter. Operation by constant u/f, operation with air-gap constant flux, operation by constant voltage, operation by controlled current, operation by constant slip.
• Vector control of induction motor.
• Fundamentals of synchronous reluctance and permanent magnet synchronous motor control.
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
Knowledge and understanding:
On completion of this course the student will be able to
• list and define the role of electric drive elements;
• explain the role of the moment of inertia on the dynamics of the electric drive;
• describe and explain the difference between simple and controlled drives;
• create a simulation model of the electric drive for a certain type of machine and control method;
• evaluate the responses of the electric drive simulation model;
• operate with simple industrial drives.
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
Transferable/Key Skills and other attributes:
• Communication skills: manner of written expression at written examination, manner of oral expression at oral examination, oral defence of laboratory exercises, oral defence of computer exercises.
• Use of information technology: use of modern tools for performing computer simulations.
• Problem solving: analysis of simulation responses of various examples of industrial drives.
Readings
Temeljna literatura in viri/Fundamental reading materials:
D. Dolinar, G. Štumberger: Modeliranje in vodenje elektromehanskih sistemov, FERI Maribor, 2006.
R. D. Doncker, D. W. J. Pulle, A. Veltman: Advanced electric drives, Analysis, Modeling, Control, Springer, 2020.
S. H. Kim: Electric Motor Control, Elsevier, 2017.
Dodatna literatura in viri/Additional reading materials:
V. Ambrožič: Sodobne regulacije pogonov z izmeničnimi motorji, FE Ljubljana, 1996.
D. W. Nowotny, T. A. Lipo: Vector control and dynamics of AC drives, Oxford Science Publication, 1998.
B. Bose: Power Electronics and Motor Drives, Advances and Trends, Elsevier, 2021.
M. H. Rashid: Power Electronics Handbook, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2011.
B. K. Bose: Modern Power Electronics and AC Drives, Prentice Hall. 2002.
N. P. Quang, J.-A. Dittrich: Vector Control of Three-Phase AC Machines,System Development in the Practice, Springer, 2008.
N. Mohan: Advanced electric drives, Analysis, Control and Modeling Using MATLAB/Simulink
Wiley, 2014.
H. Abu-Rub, A. Iqbal, J. Guzinski: High Performance Control of AC Drives With Matlab/Simulink Models, Wiley, 2012.
