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Electromechanical Systems 48531 (1) Bachelor of Engineering - Diploma of Engineering Practice (2) Bachelor of Engineering/Bachelor of Arts (International Studies) - Diploma of Engineering Practice (3) Bachelor of Applied Science (Physics)/Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) - Diploma of Engineering Practice Engineering 6 48510 Introduction to Electrical Engineering 33230 Mathematical Modelling 2 None Prof. Jian Guo (Joe) Zhu Dr. Peter Watterson and Prof. Joe Zhu

This subject consists of three major parts: Fields (electrostatics, steady electric current, magnetostatics, electroma gnetic induction), Circuits (DC and AC electric circuits, magnetic circuits), Devices and Systems (transformers, principle of electromechanical energy conversion, stepping motors, voice coil motors, brushless DC motors, conventional DC and AC motors and power electronic drive systems). Examples Stereo system, Electric car, Electric train, Electric actuator, Accelerometer, Refrigerator, Wind generator, Computer disc drive, Printer Theory and applications Static charges Q Electric fields, Capacitance, Stored energy, Mechanical analogy Moving charges I=dQ/dt Steady currents, Magnetic Fields, Stored energy, Mechanical analogy, DC circuit analysis Accelerating charges e=LdI/dt Faraday's Law, Self and mutual inductance, Basic AC circuit analysis, Resonance, Mechanical analogy, Transformer Moving devices and applications Conversion of electric, magnetic and mechanical energy, Force, torque, electromechanical systems - voice coil motor, stepping motor, brushless DC motor, conventional DC motor, synchronous motor, and induction motor Practice Work with equipment at normal mains supply voltage Instrumentation, experimental design and recording Safety

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Study Objectives By the end of this subject, students should know about electric and magnetic fields, capacitance, inductance, fundamental laws of electromagnetism, basic DC and AC circuit analysis, how electric, magnetic and mechanical energy are interchanged, and be able to model a selection of electromechanical systems and understand their applications. The students will also acquire skills in working with equipment at normal mains supply voltage, in power instrumentation, and in experimental design and recording. Safety issues will be emphasised. They will further develop teamwork, information retrieval, and communication skills. The technical and theoretical content expected to be acquired by students to the levels of know (essential), familiar (can solve problems if required) and aware (have read/seen), and the laboratory skills to be acquired, are: Know Laws - Faraday, Ampere, Gauss, Coulomb, Lorentz Electrostatic fields - E, D, P, permittivity, flux, potential, field plots, capacitance, energy DC electric circuits Ohms law, KCL, KVL, basic circuit analysis skills Magnetic fields - B, H, M, permeability, flux, energy Magnetic circuits - permeance, reluctance, mmf, flux, inductance, energy, field plots, calculation of permeance from flux lines AC electric circuits - phasor notation, 1-phase system Force/torque - rate of change of energy or co-energy Moving circuit models - voltage equations, emf Mechanical models - mass, inertia, Newtons law, potential energy, kinetic energy Solution of coupled equations - state equations, numerical method Conservation of energy - input/output/losses Electrical analo gies of mechanical systems Transformer - construction, applications, ideal model Familiar Soft magnetic materials - domains, non-linear, hysteresis, saturation, eddy currents Hard magnetic materials - coercivity, ferrite and rare earth magnets, Br, Hc, model Dielectric materials - polarisation, dissipation factor, partial discharge, breakdown voltage Capacitor - construction, applications Inductor - construction, applications Singly excited electromechanical systems - solenoid, relay, moving iron meter, variable reluctance stepping motor, brushless DC switched reluctance motor, electrostatic motor Doubly excited electromechanical systems - voice coil motor (loudspeaker, disc drive), permanent magnet moving coil meter, two coil meter (wattmeter), permanent magnet stepping motor, brushless DC permanent magnet motor Motor characteristics - models, emf vs speed, current vs torque, efficiency (losses)

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Aware (exposure technologies) Other electromagnetic machines - homopolar DC motor, synchronous motor, AC generator, induction motor, brushed DC motor, linear motor, watthour meter Electrostatic machines - Van der Graaf, Whimshurst, water drop Power electronics - unipolar and bipolar circuits, 3-phase inverter Electromechanical energy conversion applications - e.g. loudspeaker, accelerometer, disc drive, printer, CD player, washing machine, robot, servo motor, electric car, electric train, rolling mill, power station, air conditioning fan, sewerage pump, water pump, wind turbine generator, speedometer Laboratory skills Electrical safety Experiment design - experiments to learn new things, experiments to check theories, experiments to validate designs Measurement of voltage, current, power Measurement of resistance, inductance and capacitance Measurement of mass and inertia Measurement of magnetic field (B, flux) Measurement of force, torque Development of models Transformer open and short-circuit tests Variable reluctance stepping motor torque/current/angle and step response Permanent magnet stepping motor torque/current/angle, step response Brushless DC permanent magnet motor speed/current/efficiency vs torque Model and design verification by comparison of calculated and measured parameters and performance

Information sources Notes on the web UTSOnline: http://online.uts.edu.au http://www.eng.uts.edu.au/~joe/subjects/subjects.htm Notes in hardcopies Hardcopies of 48531 Electromechanical Systems (Lecture Notes) are available in the Union Shop, Level 3 Building 1 Broadway. Text books from library and Coop Bookshop Ulaby Fundamentals of applied electromagnetics, Prentice-Hall, 2001 Powell "Electromagnetism" Macmillan, 1990 - good background text for first half of course at correct level, but last 2 chapters on electrical machines are terrible Fitzgerald Kingsley and Umans "Electric Machinery" McGraw Hill (5th ed., paperback) - background text for energy conversion and some of second half of course, and useful if continuing in Electrical Engineering field of practice

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Hughes "Electric Motors & Drives : Fundamentals Types & Applications" Butterworth- Heinemann - Readable general book with good explanations of electric motor concepts

Reference books from library and Coop Bookshop Slemon and Straughen "Electric Machines and Drives" Addison Wesley, 1992 (Out of print now, some in stock, paperback) - very good background text for magnetic devices, energy conversion, and some of second half of course, and useful if continuing in Electrical Engineering field of practice Kenjo "Stepping Motors" Oxford - good general book on stepping motors and applications Acarnley "Stepping Motors" IEE (hardcover, not in stock - special order) specialist book on theory and applications Kenjo "Brushless DC Motors " Oxford (Out of print now) - good general book on brushless DC motors and applications Miller "Brushless Permanent-Magnet and Reluctance Motor Drives" IEE Monographs in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Vol 21 (hardcover, out of print now) - specialist book on theory and applications Chai "Electromechanical Motion Devices" Prentice Hall, 1997 (Paperback, $119) covers all the course material, but coverage of theory of first half of course is probably too advanced for most needs, and coverage of second half neglects theory developments in UK over the last 20 years and is not up to date with motor types Busch-Vishniac "Electromechanical Sensors and Actuators" Springer, 1998 (Mechanical Engineering Series, hardback)

Assessment Plans Plan Labs Mid-semester exam Final exam Assignment A 30% 20% 50% B 30% 50% 20% C 30% 70% D 20% 80% E F

80% 20%

100%

Assignment topics can be found from UTSOnline, and the Assignment reports must be submitted to Jian Guo ZHU at joe@eng.uts.edu.au by 11 June 2004. All relevant plans will be tried and the highest mark used.

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