Module overview
Linked modules
Pre-requisites: ELEC1200 AND MATH1055
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Demonstrate the basic skills required to operate a power converter and electric drive
- Analyse a specific application and produce the drive requirements that will result in the selection of sizing of a suitable drive system.
- Investigate the characteristics and performance of a power converter or electric drive
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- Understand the operation of modern drive systems applied to industrial applications including robotics and advanced machine tools
- Characterise the operation of motors, drives, sensors and the mechanical power train within the drive system.
- Apply your knowledge of the electrical characteristics of power semiconductor devices, to select power semiconductor devices for a range of applications
- Understand the dynamics of mechanical systems found in industrial applications
- Understand the basic topology of converters, inverters and power supplies
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Understand the advantages and disadvantages that different motors drives will bring to an application
- Perform design calculations for drive and power converter applications, and understand the approximations used
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Understand the wide range of issues that impact on the use of drive system in the industrial context, including safety, efficiency and costs (procurement, running and disposal)
- Transfer understanding and theories from one discipline to another, in particular from the mechanical design to the electrical power and control domains
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Follow-up work | 24 |
Lecture | 48 |
Wider reading or practice | 37 |
Revision | 10 |
Completion of assessment task | 7 |
Preparation for scheduled sessions | 24 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Rashid M H (2004). Power Electronics: Circuits Devices & Applications. Prentice Hall.
Lander C W (1993). Power Electronics. McGraw-Hill.
Laboratory space and equipment required.
Richard Crowder (2006). Electric Drives and Electromechanical Systems. Newnes.
Bradley D A (1987). Power Electronics. Van Nostrand Reinhold.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Continuous Assessment | 20% |
Final Assessment | 80% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Set Task | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Set Task | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External