ELK 214 - Electromechanical Energy Conversion

Course Objectives

1.To teach the concepts and related laws used in electromechanical energy conversion
2.To teach the operational principles of electromechanical energy conversion devices
3.To teach the analysis methods for electromechanical energy conversion systems

Course Description

General principles of electromechanical energy conversion: Input-output variables, motor, generator, and transformer operations. Energy conservation principle and energy
balance equation. Relationships between torque-
force and energy stored in magnetic and electric fields. Linear and nonlinear systems. Computation of flux linkage, self and mutual inductances, developed force and torque in nonlinear systems. Generalized and
simple electrical machine models. Mathematical and equivalent-circuit models of these machines. Conditions for continuous energy conversion for various machine models