PX4202 Special Electrical Machines Syllabus:

PX4202 Special Electrical Machines Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021

OBJECTIVES:

 To understand the working, characteristics and speed control principles of stepper motor.
 To study the construction, working, characteristics and speed control methods of switched reluctance motors. .
 To know the principle of operation, construction, characteristics and speed control methods for the permanent magnet brushless DC motors.
 To understand the concepts related with permanent magnet synchronous motors and synchronous reluctance motors.
 To know the features of axial flux machines and its working principles

UNIT I STEPPER MOTORS

Constructional features –Principle of operation –Types – Torque predictions – Linear and Nonlinear analysis – Characteristics – Drive circuits – Closed loop control –Applications

UNIT II SWITCHED RELUCTANCE MOTORS

Constructional features –Principle of operation- Torque prediction–Characteristics-Power controllers – Control of SRM drive- Speed control-current control-design procedures- Sensorless operation of SRM – Current sensing- rotor position measurement and estimation methods sensorless rotor position estimation-inductance based estimation –applications

UNIT III PERMANENT MAGNET BRUSHLESS DC MOTORS

Fundamentals of Permanent Magnets- Types- Principle of operation- Magnetic circuit analysis EMF and Torque equations- Characteristics- Controller design-Transfer function –Machine, Load and Inverter-Current and Speed Controller

UNIT IV PERMANENT MAGNET SYNCHROUNOUS MOTORS

Permanent Magnet ac Machines, Machine Configurations, PMSM – Principle of operation – EMF and Torque equations – Phasor diagram – Torque speed characteristics – Modeling and small signal equations- evaluation of control characteristics- design of current and speed controllers Constructional features, operating principle and characteristics of synchronous reluctance motor

UNIT V AXIAL FLUX MACHINES

Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Machines- Comparison with Radial Flux Machines- Development Geometries, Principle of Operation-Torque production – Applications. Axial flux switched reluctance machine- Topologies and Structures -Operating Principles -Output Equation- Applications

TOTAL : 45 PERIODS

OUTCOMES:

After the completion of this course, student will be able to
CO1: Know the concepts related with stepper motor.
CO2: Understand the working and various characteristics of switched reluctance machines.
CO3: Study the working principle and characteristics of permanent magnet brushless DC motors.
CO4: Know the construction, working principles and characteristics of permanent magnet synchronous motor and synchronous reluctance motor.
CO5: Understand the features of axial flux machines in comparison with radial flux machines and to know the principles of axial flux machines.

REFERENCES:

1.Jacek F. Gieras, Dr. Rong-Jie Wang, Professor Maarten J. Kamper – Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Brushless Machines-Springer Netherlands (2008)
2.Bilgin, Berker_ Emadi, Ali_ Jiang, James Weisheng – Switched reluctance motor drives: fundamentals to applications-CRC (2019)
3.Ramu Krishnan – Permanent Magnet Synchronous and Brushless DC Motor Drives -CRC Press, Marcel Applications -CRC Press (2001)
4.T.Kenjo, ‘ Stepping motors and their microprocessor controls’, Oxford University press, New Delhi, 2000 Dekker (2009)
5.T.J.E. Miller, ‘Brushless magnet and Reluctance motor drives’, Clarendon press, London, 1989
6.R. Krishnan – Switched Reluctance Motor Drives_ Modeling, Simulation, Analysis, Design, and Applications -CRC Press (2001)