ENEE 380 Electrical Engineering (3)

 

Required course for majors in the electrical specialty.

 

Catalog Description:

Magnetic circuits and transformers.  Rotating                electrical machinery; DC machines, synchronous machines, induction motors. Spring Semester. Lecture 3 hours

 

Prerequisites: 

ENEE 272, 273 and ENEE 375 with grades of C or better.

 

Corequisite:

                ENEE 381

 

Textbook/References:

Sarma, Maulukutla, Electric Machines, West Publishing 1994, second edition.

                Electric Machinery, Fitzgerald, Kingsley & Umans, 6th edition, McGraw-Hill, 2003.

 

Course Objectives: (numbers in brackets indicate the relationship to engineering program outcomes)

The student who completes this course will be capable of calculating performance estimates for transformers, AC and DC machines for both single phase and polyphase systems (1,2).  Design project, a written report is required (4,5)

 

Class/Laboratory Schedule:

Lecture either three times per week at 50 minutes per class, or two times per week at 75 minutes per class.

 

Topics Covered:

Teaching/Learning Strategies

The teaching style for this course will be primarily lecture, with an emphasis on problem solving.  Theory will be illustrated with examples of practical application. 

Learning in this course depends on reading the text, listening and active involvement in the classroom lectures, and solving homework problems.

 

     Week                 Topic

1                           Phasor, three phase circuits and power calculations

2                           Phasor, three phase circuits and power calculations/Magnetic Circuits

3                           Magnetic circuits  

4                           Transformers

5                           Transformers

6                           Electromechanical energy conversion

7                           Electromechanical energy conversion

8                           Induction Machines

9                           Induction machines

10                        Induction Machines/Synchronous Machines

11                        Synchronous machines

12                        Synchronous machines

13                        Direct Current machines

14                        Direct Current machines

 

Contribution to Professional Component:

                Contributes toward the 1.5 years of engineering topics as a 3 credit hour course in engineering sciences and engineering design.

 

Relationship of course to program outcomes

This course supports engineering outcomes 1, 2, 4 and 5.

 

Prepared by:         Dr. Ahmed H. Eltom, 3/29/03