EL 6683 Adjustable Speed Drives

Description:

Electric drives offer enormous potential for energy conservation. This has become universally recognized. Factory automation, transportation (all-electric and hybrid-electric vehicles), and a trend to replace hydraulic drives by electric ones, has increased interest among employers and students for a proper, based on solid theoretical foundations, education in this area. Still the course will require only a basic undergraduate preparation in circuits, electromagnetics, and energy. Advanced topics of special electric machinery and control methods will be introduced on in--time basis. This course complements EL 568 which covers electromechanical aspects of electric drives and EL 660 which is mainly on ac--dc and dc--ac conversion for drives and utility applications.