Addis Ababa University

Faculty of Technology
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

ECEg439:-Electrical Machine II
Instructor:-Ato Sintayehu Challa
Office No. 145 (First Floor)
Credit Hour: 3
Course Description
1. Basic Principles of Electrical Machines
2. DC Machine
2.1. General Arrangement of DC Machine
2.2. Main Structural Elements of DC Machine
2.3. DC Machine Windings
2.4. Armature Generated Voltage and Electromagnetic Torque
2.5. DC Generator Characteristics
2.6. DC Generator Method of Excitation
2.7. External Characteristics of DC Generator
2.8. Parallel Operation of DC Generator
2.9. Dynamic Equation of DC Generator
2.10. DC Motors
2.11. Types of DC Motors
2.12. Speed Control of DC Motors
2.13. Starting of DC Motors
2.14. Braking Characteristics of DC Motors
3. Synchronous Machine
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Constructional Features of Synchronous Machine
3.3. The Distribution of Rotor and Stator MMF
3.4. Basic Synchronous Machine Parameters
3.5. The Equivalent Circuit for a uniform Air-gap machine
3.6. Open and Short Circuit characteristics of Synchronous machine
3.7. Power/Load angle relationships for a uniform Air-gap Synchronous machine
3.8. Introduction to Direct and Quadrature axis theory.
3.9. Equivalent circuit and phasor diagram of salient pole machine.
3.10. Power/load angle relationships for the salient pole machines.
3.11. Synchronous machines operation as an alternator
3.12. Parallel operation of alternators
3.13. Synchronous machines operation as a motor
4. Introduction to Single phase Motors
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Single phase Induction Motor
4.3. Split Phase motors
4.4. Single Phase commutator motors
4.5. Single Phase Synchronous motors
4.6. Steeper motor
Reference:
1. Introduction to Electrical Machines, By Girma Mullisa
2. Electric Machinery, By E.Fitzegrald, C.Kingsley & S.D.Umans
3. Alternating Current Machines, By M.G. Say
4. Electrical Machines and their applications, By J.Hindmarsh
5. Introduction to Electrical Machines, By A.R.Daniels