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Electrical Power, Machines and Power Electronics - ZEIT4224
Aerial ADFA

 
Faculty: UNSW@ADFA (Australian Defence Force Academy)
 
 
School:  School of Engineering & Information Technology @ ADFA
 
 
Course Outline: https://gateway.unsw.adfa.edu.au/isas/current_students/outlines/index.html
 
 
Campus: University College Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 6
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Magnetic circuits and magnetic materials; single phase and three phase transformers; real and reactive power, electromagnetic energy conversion principles; principle of rotating electric machines. DC machines, steady-state behaviour and speed control.
Power Semiconductor Devices; AC to DC converters; DC to DC switch-mode converts. Rotating mmf waves in AC machines, synchronous machines, principles of operation and equivalent circuit, steady-state behaviour; real and reactive power; induction motors - rotating mmf, basic principles of operation, equivalent circuit, torque-speed characteristics. DC to AC inverters; induction motor drives - speed control by varying stator frequency and voltage; variable reluctance and stepper-motor drives; synchronous servomotor drives.

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