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Electrical Drives

This document provides information on the "Electrical Drives" course offered at the 2nd cycle in Electrical Engineering, 1st year, 2nd semester. The course is compulsory and worth 9 ECTS credits (225 hours). It is taught by Professor Francesco Parasiliti Collazzo and covers principles of theory and control of main electrical drives. Topics include steady state models of DC motors, induction motors and synchronous motors, and speed control methods like variable voltage control and vector control. The goal is for students to understand electrical drive mechanisms, principles of motor speed control, and be able to apply this knowledge to drive design and applications.

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Electrical Drives

This document provides information on the "Electrical Drives" course offered at the 2nd cycle in Electrical Engineering, 1st year, 2nd semester. The course is compulsory and worth 9 ECTS credits (225 hours). It is taught by Professor Francesco Parasiliti Collazzo and covers principles of theory and control of main electrical drives. Topics include steady state models of DC motors, induction motors and synchronous motors, and speed control methods like variable voltage control and vector control. The goal is for students to understand electrical drive mechanisms, principles of motor speed control, and be able to apply this knowledge to drive design and applications.

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Programme of “Azionamenti Elettrici”:

“Electrical Drives”

• Code: I2L036
• Compulsory
• 2nd cycle in Electrical Engineering, 1st year, 2nd semester

Number of ECTS credits: 9 (workload is 225 hours; 1 credit = 25hours)

Teacher: Francesco Parasiliti Collazzo


1 Course objectives The goal of this course is to provide principles of theory and control of the main Electrical
Drives.

Topics of the module include:


• Introduction to adjustable speed drives.
• Steady state Electrical Machines models: DC Motors, Induction Motors,
Synchronous Motors.
• Stationary and rotating reference models.
• DC Motor speed control and multi-quadrant operation. Separately excited DC
Motors: armature voltage control, armature current control, field control.
• Induction Motor speed control: variable voltage, constant voltage/frequency
control, current control, flux weakening operation, vector control.
• Synchronous Motor, Permanent Magnet Motor, Reluctance Motor speed
vector control.
• DC Converters: rectifier and chopper.
Course content and • DC Motor Drives: single and multi-quadrant drives.
2
Learning outcomes (Dublin • AC Converter: voltage source inverter. Six-step inverter and PWM inverter,
descriptors) modulation techniques, current control.
• Speed control AC Motor Drives: voltage/frequency control and field-oriented
control.
• AC Motor operation with non-sinusoidal supply waveforms.

On successful completion of this module, the student should


- have knowledge and understanding of the theory and control of the main Electrical Drives
- understand and explain the physical mechanisms of the Electrical Drives and the
principles of the electrical motor speed control
- demonstrate skill and ability in the choice, design and operation of Electrical Drives and
their applications
- demonstrate capacity for reading and understand other texts on related topics.

3 Prerequisites and learning The student must know the contents of the course “Electrotechnics”, “Electrical Machines”
activities
Lectures and practical lab experiences, home work
Language: Italian
Ref. Text books:
4 Teaching methods Lectures Notes;
and language G. K. Dubey, Power Semiconductor Controlled Drives, Prentice-Hall International Editions;;
J.M.D. Murphy, F.G. Turnbull, Power Electronic Control of AC Motors, Pergamon Press; W.
Leonahrd, Control of Electrical Drives, Springer-Verlag; P. Vas, Vector Control of AC
Machines, Oxford Science Publications.
5 Assessment methods and oral exam
criteria

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