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Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical & Electronics Engineering - Specialization in Power & Control Engineering

Course Title: Advanced Electrical Machinery


Course Code: EPEG 302
Credit Hours: 3

Course Description:
This course provides a thorough understanding of the design, performance and applications of
important ac electrical machines.

Course Contents:

Unit 1: Power Transformers


Types, Construction and applications, Transformers tapping, Per unit systems, Three phase
connections and harmonic suppression, Vector groups, Three-phase transformation using two
transformers, Parallel operation and load division, Cooling systems of transformers, Specific
loading and output equations of power transformers

Unit 2: Three-Phase Induction Motors


Principle of operation, Rotating magnetic field, Production of torque, Reversal of rotation,
Squirrel cage and wound rotor construction, Equivalent circuit, Synchronous speed, Slip and its
effect on rotor frequency and voltage, Equivalent circuit, Losses and efficiency, No load and
blocked rotor tests, Transformation ratio, Power and torque, Power factor, Torque-speed
characteristics, Starting and speed control, stator control, rotor control, v-f control, Induction
generator and its application, Doubly Fed Induction Generator and its application

Unit 3: Synchronous Generators


Introduction, Construction, winding diagram, Power and torque, Speed and frequency, EMF
equation, Alternators on load, vector diagram, Voltage regulation, Equivalent circuit,
Measurement of parameters, Generator operating alone, Capability chart, Synchronization,
Parallel operation with infinite bus and power sharing, Parallel operation of same size generators,
Loss of field excitation, Cooling systems, Shut down procedures, Permanent Magnet
Synchronous Generator and its application

Unit 4: Synchronous Motors


Principle of operation, Torque-angle characteristics, Method of starting, Counter voltage
(CEMF) and armature reaction voltage, Excitation method, V curves, Losses and efficiency,
Power factor improvement, Speed control, v-f control, Ratings, Hunting and damping

Unit 5: Electrical Machine Design


Transformer design: Output equation of transformer, expression for volts/turn, determination of
main dimensions of the core, window and yoke, estimation of number of turns, calculation of the
size of the conductor of primary and secondary winding, calculation of resistance of windings,
calculation of leakage reactance of windings, estimation of voltage regulation, determination of
no load current and magnetizing volt-ampere; Induction motor design: Output equations, relative
sizing of single phase and three phase motors, design of main dimensions, stator winding design,
design of squirrel cage rotor, design of wound rotor, design on end rings, calculation of no load
current, leakage reactance, cooling system design

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Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical & Electronics Engineering - Specialization in Power & Control Engineering

References:
1. S. J. Chapman, Electric machinery fundamentals, McGraw- Hill
2. C I. Hubert, Electric Machines, Prentice Hall Inc
3. A.E. Fitzgerald, C. Kingsley, S. D. Umans, Electrical Machinery, McGraw Hill
4. D. P. Kothari, I. J. Nagrath, Electrical Machines, McGraw- Hill
5. I. L. Kosow, Electrical Machinery & Transformer, PHI
6. M. N. Bandyopadhyay, Electrical Machines, PHI
7. P.C. Sen, Principles of Electrical Machines and Power Electronics, John Wiley & Sons
8. A.K. Sawhney, A. Chakrabarti, A course in Electrical Machine Design, Dhanpat Rai &
Co.
9. M.V. Despande, Design & Testing of Electrical Machines, Prentice Hall India
10. A. Gray, P.M. Lincoln, Electrical Machine Design: The Design and Specification of
Direct and Alternating Current Machinery, McGraw-Hill
11. J. Pyrhonen, T. Jokinen, V. Hrabovcova, Design of Rotating Electrical Machines, John
Wiley and Sons
12. T. A. Lipo, Introduction to AC Machine Design, John Wiley and Sons

Evaluation:
In-Semester Evaluation: 50%
End-Semester Evaluation: 50%

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