Electric Drives, 5 cr

Tampere University

Teaching periods

Course code

DEE-33036

Language of instruction

English

Academic year

2020–2021

Level of study

Intermediate studies

Grading scale

General scale, 0-5

Persons responsible

Responsible teacher:

Paavo Rasilo

Responsible teacher:

Petros Karamanakos

Responsible teacher:

Hossein Hafezi

Responsible organisation

Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences 100 %

Typical torque curves, need of gears, protection of drives
Choose of the suitable drive (max current, power losses, temperature)
Operation principle, structure and applications of DC motors. Control of DC drive.
Operation principle, structure and applications of synchronous machines (permanent magnet machine). Control of synhronous motor drive.
Operation principle, structure and applications of induction motors. Start-up methods of induction motor. Scalar control (U/f-control, Volts/Hz-control) of induction motor.

Regenerative braking
Detailed knowledge about the choose of motor drive
Effect of thyristor-rectifer to grid power quality.
Operation principle, structure and applications of reluctance machine.
Operation principle, structure and applications of slip-ring machine. Direct torque control (DTC) method.

Electric/hybrid vehicles, energy storages in electric vehiclses and working machines
Active rectifier (AFE) and its effect to grid harmonics compared to diode rectifier
Brushless DC drive (BLDC)
Control of reluctance machine.
Operation principle and structure of DFIG.

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Completion option 1

Completion of all options is required.