0 or 3 credits
Spring 2025 Lecture Laboratory Upper Division
This course covers operational principles and application development consideration of all subsystems that make up electric drives: electric machines, power-electric based converters, mechanical system requirements, feedback controller design, and the interaction of drives with the utility grid. State of the art drive development tools are introduced through hands-on activities.
Learning Outcomes1Describe the structure of electronic drive systems and their role in various applications such as flexible production systems, energy conservation, renewable energy, and transportation, making electric drives an enabling technology.
2Understand the basic principles of power electronics in drives using switch-mode converters and pulse width modulation to synthesize the voltages in dc and ac motor drives.
3Understand the operation of DC, AC, and brushless DC motors.
4Construct and test traditional and electronic drive circuit for above motors.
5Analyze various signals present in electric drive to evaluate drive performance.
6Learn speed control of the above machines.
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