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ECE 355 Electro-Mechanical Energy Conversion
3 undergraduate credits
Instructor: Professor Emeritus Donald Novotny
Phone: 608/262-6926
E-mail: novotny@engr.wisc.edu
Course objective:
To develop the underlying energy conversion theory between electrical
and mechanical systems by introducing electromechanical energy conversion
principles and three-phase systems, transformers, DC, induction, and synchronous
machines and the power systems employing these devices.
Course description:
Energy storage and conversion, force, EMF production, coupled circuit analysis of systems with both electrical and mechanical inputs.
Applications to electric motors and generators, and to other electromechanical transducers.
Prerequisite:
Basic EE undergraduate courses in circuits and electromagnetic
fields or consent of instructor.
Homework:
Ten required assignments, supplementary assignments with answers given.
Project:
Transformer design.
Exams:
Midterm and final.
Computer software:
MATLAB.
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Textbook:
Recommended: Electric Machinery, A. E. Fitzgerald, Charles Kingsley, Jr. and Stephen D. Umans, 6th Ed., McGraw Hill, 2002.
