ECE 504 Electric Machine and Drive Systems Laboratory, ALTERNATING SUMMERS

OFFERED SUMMER 3-WEEK INTERSESSION ON CAMPUS
Next offering Summer 2010

3 graduate credits

Instructor: Professor Thomas M. Jahns
Phone:
608/262-5702
E-mail: jahns@engr.wisc.edu

Students are required to come to Madison for this lab course. Housing can be arranged for an additional fee.

Course description:
Steady state and dynamic performance of electric machines in combination with power electronic converters. Parameter measurement, design of experimental procedures for problem solving, performance evaluation, use of digital data acquisition systems and signal processing equipment in system evaluation.

Prerequisite:
Course in electric machines (ECE 411 and ECE 711), including in-depth treatment of steady state performance of induction and synchronous machines, or consent of instructor. Some knowledge of variable frequency operation is helpful.

Homework:
Report for each laboratory topic.

Exams:
None.

Laboratory:
Majority of lab activity carried out on a state-of-the-art test bench, which includes DC, induction and synchronous machines, each having a dedicated PWM power converter. Bench includes voltage, current torque, speed and position instrumentation, with digital interface to control-and-data-acquisition computer.

Course notes:
Laboratory notes for each topic distributed during lecture period.

Course homepage:
http://courses.engr.wisc.edu/ecow/get/ece/504/jahns/