ELEC 436

ELEC-436
Electric Machines and Control
Winter 2010

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario

Announcement:
Quiz #3 will be held on March 15, 2010 in class

Course Description:
This course reviews the basic electric machines, such as three phase induction machine and three phase synchronous
machine. After brief review of three phase induction motor, the course begins with the operation and analysis of single
phase induction motor. Double revolving field theory, and the equivalent circuit derived from that, is used to analyze the
operation of the single phase induction motor. Single phase series motor is also discussed and analyzed. Speed control
of single phase induction motor is discussed. Various speed control methods for three phase induction motor, such as
voltage control, variable voltage variable frequency control, slip frequency control, rotor resistor control, etc are
introduced. The block diagram implementation of these control methods is introduced. The characteristics of these control
methods are compared. Their application is also discussed. The course will also discuss the characteristics and
application of special motors, such as servo motor, stepper motor, brushless DC motor, PM motor. The characteristics of
three phase synchronous motor will also be discussed. At the end, the dynamic characteristics of DC machine are
introduced.
Prerequisite: ELEC 333, 431 or 353, or permission of the instructor.

Instructor: Dr. Yan-Fei Liu:

Office: Walter Light Hall, Room #410
Phone: 513 533 6731
Email: yanfei.liu@queensu.ca
Office Hour: Tuesday, 2:30 - 4:00pm, WLH 410
Teaching assistant:
Liang Jia: WLH 110, Liang.Jia [at] queensu.ca, ext 75455 Office Hours: To arrange an office hour with TA, email him

Text Book:
P.C. Sen, Principles of Electric Machines and Power Electronics, New York, John Wiley and Sons,1997

Course Schedule:
The class will be at slot 21, Monday 2:30 - 3:30pm, Tuesday, 4:30 - 5:30pm, and Thursday, 3:30 - 4:30pm
Class room: JEF 234

Mark Allocation:
Assignment: 5%,Quiz: 30%,Final Exam: 65%

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Lecture Notes:
Lecture notes can be downloaded from the following links:
Chapter 0: Introduction,
Chapter 1: Brief Review of ELEC 333, Click here for finished notes
Chapter 2: Single Phase Motor, Running Condition, Click here for finished notes (Feb. 2, 2010)
Chapter 3: Single Phase Motor, Startup, Click here for finished notes (Feb. 9, 2010)
Chapter 4: Electric Machines and Control Single Phase, Click here for finished notes (Mar. 5, 2010)
Chapter 5: Electric Machines and Control Three Phase, Click here for finished notes (Mar. 31, 2010)
Chapter 6: Electric Machines and Control 3-Phase Synchronous Machine, Click here for finished notes (Apr. 7, 2010)

Homework:
Homework and solutions can be downloaded from the following links:
Homework 1 (DUE FEB 2, 2010), Click here for solution of Homework 1
Homework 2 (DUE FEB 17, 2010), Click here for solution of Homework 2
Homework 3 (DUE MAR. 9, 2010), Click here for solution of Homework 3
Homework 4 (DUE MAR, 9, 2010), Click here for solution of Homework 4
Homework 5 (DUE MAR, 22, 2010), Click here for solution of Homework 5
Homework 6 (DUE MAR, 30, 2010), Click here for solution of Homework 6
Homework 7 (DUE Apr, 10, 2010), Click here for solution of Homework 7

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