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. Visit this webpage for information about software availability: Tethered Software at Computer-aided Engineering. A student version of MATLAB is available for purchase. Contact the Office of Engineering Outreach for details.

Textbook:
Recommended: Electric Machinery, A. E. Fitzgerald, Charles Kingsley, Jr. and Stephen D. Umans, 6th Ed., McGraw Hill, 2002.

Course homepage: http://courses.engr.wisc.edu/ecow/get/ece/355/novotny/