ECE 430 - Power Circuits and Electromechanics

Summer 2009 | Fall 2009 | Spring 2010 | Summer 2010
Section Type Times Days Location Instructor
C DIS 1000 - 1050 M W F   106B8 Engineering Hall  Peter Sauer
N DIS 1400 - 1450 M W F   260 Everitt Lab  Peter Sauer

Web Page http://courses.ece.uiuc.edu/ece430/
Official Description Network equivalents, power and energy fundamentals, resonance, mutual inductance, three-phase power concepts, forces and torques of electric origin in electromagnetic and electrostatic systems, energy conversion cycles, principles of electric machines, transducers, relays, and laboratory demonstration. Credit is not given toward graduate degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Prerequisite: ECE 210.
Hours 3 hours.
Subject Area Power and Energy Systems
Course Prerequisites Credit in ECE 210
Course Directors Peter W Sauer
Description Network equivalents, power and energy fundamentals, resonance, mutual inductance, three-phase power concepts, forces and torques of electric origin in electromagnetic and electrostatic systems, energy conversion cycles, principles of electric machines, transducers, relays, and laboratory demonstrations.
Notes Credit is not given toward graduate degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Credit 3 hours
Goals To provide an introduction to three phase circuits, transformers, and electromechanical systems with emphasis on analysis and some design insight.
Topics
  • Complex and reactive power in single- and three-phase circuits (6 hrs)
  • Magnetic circuits and transformers (6 hrs)
  • Energy conversion principles (6 hrs)
  • Electromechanical systems (6 hrs)
  • Synchronous machines (6 hrs)
  • Induction machines (6 hrs)
  • DC and single-phase machines (6 hrs)
Computer Usage Two homework problems in numerical solution of power circuits and electromechanical systems.
Course Prerequisites ECE 210.
Topical Prerequisities
  • Basic circuit analysis
  • Maxwell's equations
  • Differential equations
Texts M. A. Pai, Power Circuits and Electromechanics, Champaign: Stipes, 2006.
Class notes.
ABET Category Engineering Science: 90%
Engineering Design: 10%