Type of course

Admission requirements

A relevant undergraduate bachelor Engineering program with minimum 30 credits mathematic/statistics topics

Suggested pre-requisites:

Completion of the subject STE 6217 El Machines and Power Electronics 1 or similar

Completion of the subject STE 6215 Control Engineering 1 or similar

Course content

The course will describe the design and operation of electrical energy converters and electric motor drives with emphasis on dynamic operating characteristics.

Converter circuit topologies, dynamic models, and control strategies of power electronic systems for renewable energy and electric machine drives.

Modeling on mechanical and electrical system components in electromechanical energy conversion systems

Design implementation aided by computer simulations with MATLAB and Simulink.

Recommended prerequisites

Objectives of the course

Knowledge:

After having followed the course, the candidate shall have obtained insight in:

• Rotating electrical machines and their application
• Power electronic converters and their application in electrical motor drives
• Mechanical load models for electrical motor drives
• Analysis, modeling and control of power electronic converters and advanced electric machine drives
• How to use of simulation program to support all phases from specification to design of power electronic systems

Skills:

After having followed the course, the candidate shall be able to:

• Model and analyse electrical motor drives and their sub systems (converters, rotating machines and mechanical loads)
• Select components and design power electronic drives based on mechanical system requirement specification

General competence:

• Work with the design project will gain competence in future design activity in the field of industrial electronics and increase knowledge on documentation standards and training in technical writings.

Language of instruction and examination

Teaching methods

Teaching method is project oriented, with co-operative learning in groups, facilitated by a student design project in which simulation and model-based design of an electric drive system is performed.

A number of lectures and individual assignments, where theoretical issues in Power Electronics and Drives are given.

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Assessment

Mandatory tasks

No mandatory tasks.

Assessment

Overall assessment based on Oral examination and compulsory project work.

The final evaluation will be based on an oral examination (counting 50%) and a project report (counting 50%) the grading of these are combined to a final grade. 

Grading scale is from A (highest) to F (lowest), with E as the minimum pass grade.

Re-sit exam

Students can do a re-sit exam

Recommended reading/syllabus

Curriculum

Mohan, Undeland, Robbins: Power Electronics, Converters, Applications and Design, Wiley 2003

Mohan: Advanced Electric Drives, Wiley 2012

Lecture notes, scientific papers and component manufacturer manuals

Additional literature

Mohan: Electric Drives, Wiley 2012

Slemon G.R.: Electric Machines and Drives. Addison-Wesley 1992 ISBN 0-201-57885-9.

Aarenstrup: Managing Model-Based Design, The MathWorks 2015