AASTU, School of Electrical Engineering &Computing, Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Status of the course Compulsory

The course aims to introduce students to the fundamentals of power electronics and
drives, Dynamic behavior of electric drives , Power converters to supply electric
Course Description
drives, Electric drives and Control, Motor rating selection, Characteristics of electric
drives for common applications and Laboratory Exercises are includes.
The students will be able to understand elements and characteristics, and operation
principles of electric drives.
The students will have a sound understanding of the desired operating characteristics
Course Objectives
of various industrial driven units.
The students will be able to select drive elements and develop drive system for
common industrial driven units.
Detailed Course Schedule: Contact time, topics and reading materials
We Con. Reading
Topic/Subtopic/Chapter Remarks
ek Hr Materials
1. Introduction: Basic elements of electric drives; Torque-speed
characteristics of industrial driven units; Torque-speed
characteristics of electric motors; Power supply for electric
motors; Control of electric drives.
2. Dynamic behavior of electric drives: Torques acting in a
drive system; Referring torque and moment of inertia from one
axis to other axis; Energy losses in transient; Operation of
electric motors in motoring and braking modes; Starting of
electric motors, etc.
3. Power converters to supply electric drives: Semiconductor
devices; Single-phase AC-DC converters; Three-phase AC-DC
converters; DC-DC converters; Single-phase and three-phase
DC-AC inverters; AC-AC converters; Control circuits for power
converters.
4. Electric drives and Control: Electric drive system model;
Controller design for DC motors, Induction motors, and
Brushless DC motors; Feedback elements.
5. Motor rating selection: Heating and motor power rating;
Load diagram; Motor selection for continuous duty, intermittent
duty and short time duty.
6. Characteristics of electric drives for common applications:
Crane and hoist drives; Centrifugal pumps; Steel rolling mills,
cement mills and sugar mills; Electric machine tools and turbo
compressors, etc.
Final Exam Date
Teaching Lectures, tutorials, Laboratory exercises.
Methodology
Assessment Continuous assessment50%
Methods Final Examination50%.
All students are expected to abide by the code of conduct of students throughout
this course.
Academic dishonesty, including cheating, fabrication, and plagiarism will not be
Course tolerated.
Policies Students are required to submit and present the assignments provided according to
the time table indicated.
75% of class attendance is mandatory! Please try to be on time for class. Students
will not allow entering if late more than five minutes.

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AASTU, School of Electrical Engineering &Computing, Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Active participation in class is essential

Cell phones MUST be turned off before entering the class.
[1]VedamSubrahmanyam: Electric Drives Concepts and applications by, McGraw-Hill
1996.
References
[2] Electric Drive by Jacob Feinberg, Mir Publishers, 1978
[3] Industrial Brushless servos by Peter Moreton, Newnes, 2000

45.Power Systems
Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Program Regular
Course Title Power Systems
Course Code EEEg4221
Degree Program B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering
Module Name Power Engineering I
Module Number 23
Team Leader NN
Course Instructor NN
ECTS 6
Contact hour per
7
week
Contact Days (
time and room)
Target Group IV Year
Year/Semester IV/I
Prerequisites EEEg3154: Introduction to Power Systems
Status of the course Compulsory
Course Description Fault analysis, Power system transients, Power system stability, Load flow studies,
HVDC transmission
Course Objectives To learn and understand the analytical techniques of fault analysis and stability analysis.
To understand and analyze power system transients.
To provide comprehensive coverage of load flow studies
To learn and analyze HVDC transmission.
Detailed Course Schedule: Contact time, topics and reading materials
We Cont Reading Remark
Topic/Subtopic/Chapter
ek Hr. Materials s
Fault analysis: Symmetrical 3-phase faults; Symmetrical
components; Unsymmetrical faults
Power System transients: Surge phenomenon; Propagation of
surges(travelling waves); Reflection and refraction of waves;
Attenuation of traveling waves; Determination of system voltage
produced by traveling waves;Generation of switching over-
voltages on transmission lines
Power system stability: Stability & stability limitSwing
equation; Power angle equation; Steady-state stability analysis;
Transient stability analysis; Numerical solution of swing
equation.
Load flow studies: Network model formulation; Formation of
Ybus matrix; Load flow problem; Load flow solutions
HVDC transmission: Principle of AC/DC conversion, reactive

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