SILVER OAK UNIVERSITY

College of Technology (01)

Diploma in Electrical Engineering
Subject Name: Special Electrical Machines
Subject Code: 1010082339
Semester: 5th

Prerequisite: Electrical Machines

Objective: The course will provide understanding of Special Electrical Machines concepts
Construction, principle of operation and performance of special Machines.

Teaching and Examination Scheme:

Teaching Scheme Evaluation Scheme Total

L T P Contact Credits Theory Practical Marks

Hours
CIE ESE CIE ESE
(TH) (TH) (PR) (PR)

2 0 2 4 3 40 60 20 30 150

Content:

Unit Course Contents Teaching Weightage

No. Hours
%

1 STEPPER MOTORS 5 20

Constructional features –Principle of operation –Types –

Torque predictions – Linear Analysis – Characteristics –
Drive circuits – Closed loop control – Concept of lead angle
- Applications.
 2 SWITCHED RELUCTANCE MOTORS (SRM) 5 20

Constructional features –Principle of operation- Torque

prediction–Characteristics Steady state performance
prediction – Analytical Method – Power controllers –
Control of SRM drive- Sensor less operation of SRM –
Applications.

3 PERMANENT MAGNET BRUSHLESS D.C. MOTORS 5 20

Fundamentals of Permanent Magnets- Types- Principle of

operation- Magnetic circuit analysis- EMF and Torque
equations- Power Converter Circuits and their controllers -
Characteristics and control- Applications.

4 PERMANENT MAGNET SYNCHRONOUS MOTORS 5 20

(PMSM)

Constructional features -Principle of operation – EMF and

Torque equations - Sine wave motor with practical windings
- Phasor diagram - Power controllers – performance
characteristics -Digital controllers – Applications.

5 OTHER SPECIAL MACHINES 5 20

Constructional features Principle of operation and

Characteristics of Hysteresis motor- Synchronous
Reluctance Motor–Linear Induction motor-Repulsion motor-
Applications.

Course Outcome:

Sr. No. CO statement Unit No Weightage

CO-1 Ability to acquire the knowledge on construction and 1 20

operation of stepper motor.

CO-2 Ability to construction, principle of operation, switched 2 20

reluctance motors.

CO-3 Ability to acquire the knowledge on construction and 3 20

operation of permanent magnet brushless D.C. motors.
 CO-4 Ability to acquire the knowledge on construction and 4 20
operation of permanent magnet synchronous motors

CO-5 Ability to select a special Machine for a particular 5 20

application.

Teaching & Learning Methodology:

Lectures with discussions, question and answer sessions, informal quizzes, video sessions where
students have an opportunity to clear concepts and doubts. E – Resources for the virtual learning
environment. Practical sessions for developing skills which are required in occupation.
Occasional Flipped classroom exercise for students for development of presentation skills.

List of Experiments/Tutorials:

Virtual lab : https://ems-iitr.vlabs.ac.in/

Major Equipment/ Instrument:

Charts and cut section models of various machines should be provided for better understanding
with proper lab facility.

Books Recommended:
1. R.Krishnan, Switched Reluctance Motor Drives – Modeling, Simulation, Analysis,
Design and Application, CRC Press, New York, 2001.
2. T. Kenjo and S. Nagamori, Permanent Magnet and Brushless DC Motors, Clarendon
Press, London, 1988.
3. T.J.E.Miller,Brushless Permanent-Magnet and Reluctance Motor Drives, Oxford
University Press, 1989.
4. R.Srinivasan, Special Electrical Machines, Lakshmi Publications, 2013.
5. K.Venkataratnam, Special Electrical Machines, Universities Press (India) Private
Limited, 2008.

List of Open-Source Software/learning website:

- http://www.scilab.org/
- http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/
- http://www.vlab.co.in
- http://www.femm.info