Variable Speed DC Drives
- Published: Friday, 28 October 2016 08:31
 
Programme Summary
Major: 13.04.02 Power Industry and Electrical Engineering
Degree: Master
Course units:
- Thyristor converter
 - Thyristor Converter/Motor
 - Microprocessor controlled thyristor converters
 - Concurrent operation of thyristor converters.
 - Study of the Drive Monitor software to be used for Siemens converters.
 - Parameterization of a microprocessor controlled thyristor converter.
 - Creating different effects at the input of an electric drive control system.
 - Application of free functional blocks of a SIMOREG converter.
 - Study of an electric drive control system with an EMF feedback.
 - The ‘Thyristor Converter/Motor’ system parameter calculation and circuit regulator calculation.
 - The ‘Thyristor Converter/Motor’ system modelling in MATLAB.
 - Modelling of an electric drive control system with an EMF feedback.
 - Study of an electric drive control system with a motor speed feedback.
 - Modelling of an electric drive control system with with a motor speed feedback.
 - Study of a dual-zone motor speed control.
 - Modelling of a dual-zone drive control.
 - Study of operation of two electric drives via a point-to-point interface.
 - Modelling of an electric drive position control system.
 
Course contents:
- Up-to-date variable speed DC drives: General information;
 - Theoretical and practical skills of selecting, calculating and setting up components of up-to-date variable speed DC drives;
 - Theoretical and practical skills of tuning up control systems used in up-to-date variable speed DC drives.
 
Activities:
- Teacher-led group activities in a classroom;
 - Extracurricular self-study of the teacher’s assignments and tasks, including the use of educational facilities (obligatory);
 - Office-hours.
 
Total hours – 252
Total points – 7
Laboratory classes – 223
Midterm assessment – Examination













