Syllabus for ECEP 352
Winter 2022
Winter 2022
ECEP 352-A Lecture, ECEP 352-061 Lab, ECEP 352-062 Lab
Electric Motor Control Principles
1. Instructor Information
Instructor: Dr. Hua Zhang
TA: Shuyan Zhao, Jesse Hill
Office: Curtis 053-C
Phone: 215-895-1983
Email: hua.zhang@drexel.edu
Email: sz568@drexel.edu, jrh62@drexel.edu
Office hour: By appointment
Office hour: By appointment
2. Student Learning Information
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Course Description
Introduces machinery principles, magnetic circuits, three-phase circuits, the electrical and
economic structure of the power industry, ac and dc machine fundamentals, and power electronic
converters and their interfaces with electric motors. Some or all pre-requisites may be taken as
either a pre-requisite or co-requisite. Please see the department for more information.
College/Department: College of Engineering
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Restrictions: Cannot enroll if classification is Freshman
Prerequisites: ECEE 302 [Min Grade: D] (Can be taken Concurrently) (ECE 201 [Min
Grade: D] or ECES 211 [Min Grade: D])
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Statement of Expected Learning
After the learning of this class, the students are expected to:
1. Learn the basics of rotational mechanics: angular velocity, angular acceleration,
torque, and Newton’s Law for rotation.
2. Learn how to produce a magnetic field.
3. Understand magnetic circuits.
4. Understand the behavior of ferromagnetic materials,
5. Understand hysteresis in ferromagnetic materials.
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6. Understand Faraday’s Law.
7. Understand how to produce an induced force on a wire.
8. Understand how to produce an induced voltage across a wire.
9. Understand the operation of a simple linear machine.
10. Be able to work with real, reactive and apparent powers.
3. Course Materials
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Textbook Suggested:
Stephen J. Chapman, “Electric Machinery Fundamentals,” McGraw-Hill, Inc., New
York, 4th Edition.
Pay attention: You can use either the 4th or the 5th edition. In the 4th edition, there is a
new chapter 3 on Power Electronics. In this class, we will cover this chapter. Other
than this chapter, the 4th and 5th editions are almost the same.
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Textbook References:
G. McPherson and R. D. Laramore, “An Introduction to Electrical Machines and
Transformers,” John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1990.
Mulukutla S. Sarma, “Electric Machines: Steady-State Theory and Dynamic
Performance,” West Publishing Co., St. Paul, MN., 1994.
P. C. Sen, “Principles of Electric Machines and Power Electronics,” John Wiley &
Sons, New York, 1989.
T. Wildi, “Electrical Machines, Drives, and Power Systems,” Prentice-Hall,
Englewood Cliffs, 1991.
L. Kosow, “Electric Machinery and Transformers,” Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs,
1991.
G. R. Slemon, “Electric Machines and Drives,” Addison-Wesley Publishing Company,
Inc., 1992.
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Supplement Material
Additional handouts will be distributed in class. Some technical readings will be provided in
the LEARN website for downloading. The homework will be posted on the LEARN website.
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Suggested Software
It is recommended that MATLAB software is primarily used for the simulation. It is
suitable for the simulation of electric machine and power circuit. Another benefit is that Drexel
already has the license for it. Another circuit simulation software is LTspice, which can also be
used to simulate the power electronics system. Also, any other system and circuit simulation
software is also welcome in the learning process.
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Claim: the instructor does not have any interest relationship with any commercial software
company.
4. Assignments and Assessments
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Attendance
Attendance is at the beginning of each class. Please make sure to attend the class on time. It
will count 10% of the total grading.
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Homework Tasks
Homework tasks will be assigned to strengthen the knowledge learnt in class. Also, all the
homework tasks count in the final grading. It is suggested to work on all the homework task,
because the exams will cover all of them. Every student needs to turn in the individual
homework, and identical work of different students will be treated as zero. Homework will be
posted on the LEARN course website. Students need to upload the homework through the
LEARN website before the due time. Late turn-in is NOT accepted. The homework will count 20%
of the total grading.
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Lab Report
In order to enhance the understanding of this class, students need to work on the lab report
based on the lab results. There are five simulation labs, in which each student needs to submit an
individual report. There are also three hardware labs, in which a group of three students need to
submit a group report based on the experiments. The lab report will be graded based on the lab
results, accuracy, format, and other quality-related requirements. The lab report will count 20%
of the total grading.
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Exams
This class will have one in-class midterm exam and one final exam. The exams are based on
the knowledge distributed in the class. Both midterm and final exams are closed-book. If there
is a valid reason to miss an exam, the instructor has to be notified at least one week in advance,
and an alternative exam could be provided in a different time. Students need to obey the
university policy in the exam. Any person caught cheating in the exam will receive zero for the
exam, and additional sanction can be possible according to the university rules. The midterm
exam will count 20% of the total grading, and the final exam will count 30% of the total grading.
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Summary
The final score in this course is determined with the following weighting factors.
Attendance
Homework Tasks
Lab Reports
Midterm Exam
Final Exam
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10%
20%
20%
20%
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The cutoff points reflect the technical competencies required to be an electrical engineer. At
the discretion of the instructor, the score needed to acquire a certain letter grade could vary.
5. Academic Policies
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Drexel University Policies on the Syllabus
http://drexel.edu/provost/academic-affairs/overview/
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Academic Integrity, plagiarism, Dishonesty and Cheating policy
http://drexel.edu/provost/academic-integrity/
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Student with Disability Statement
http://drexel.edu/oed/disabilityresources/students/
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Course Add/Drop/Withdrawal Policy
http://drexel.edu/provost/policies/course-add-drop/
http://drexel.edu/provost/policies/course-withdrawal/
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Course Change Policy
This course helps the students establish fundamental knowledges in the area of power
electronics. Depending on the student needs, the contents in the class could be changed during
the term, and any changes will be communicated to students during class, email or LEARN
website.
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Suggestions and Comments
Any suggestion that improves the course is always welcome.
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6. Course Schedule
There is no class on Monday, January 17, 2021, due to the MLK holiday
Textbook: Stephen J. Chapman, “Electric Machinery Fundamentals,” McGraw-Hill, Inc., New
York, 4th Edition. (5th edition is also fine. But the section number here is based on the 4th edition)
Week
Date
Lect. #1
1
2
Lect. #2
Lect. #3
Lect. #4
Lect. #5
3
Lect. #6
4
Lect. #7
Lect. #8
5
6
7
Lect.#9
Lect.#10
Lect.#11
Lect.#12
Lect.#13
8
9
10
11
Lect.#14
Lect.#15
Lect.#16
Lect.#17
Lect.#18
Topic
Read Sections HW
Appendix A
Mon. Jan. 3
AC Circuit Basics
Section 1.9
Introduction to Machinery Principles Section 1.1-1.3
Wed. Jan. 5
HW#1
Magnetic Field and Magnetic Circuit:
Section 1.4
Fri. Jan. 7
#0 Laboratory Introduction & Safety
Mon. Jan. 10
Faraday Law, etc.
Section 1.5-1.8
Wed. Jan. 12
Transformers
Section 2.1-2.10 HW#2
Fri. Jan. 14
#1 Introduction to Simulink
AC Machine Fundamentals:
Wed. Jan. 19
HW#3
Rotating magnetic field
Section 4.1-4.2
#2 Transformer simulation using
Fri. Jan. 21
Simulink
Induction Motor:
Mon. Jan. 24
Introduction to induction motor
Section 7.1-7.2
Slip, equivalent circuit, power, torque Section 7.3-7.4
Induction Motor II:
Wed. Jan. 26
HW#4
Torque-speed characteristics
Section 7.5-7.6
#3 Transformer tests using hardware in
Fri. Jan. 28
power lab and Bossone
Motor starting control
Section 7.8-7.9
Mon. Jan. 31
Motor modeling
Section 7.11
DC Machinery Fundamentals
Section 8.1
Wed. Feb. 2
DC Motors:
HW#5
Equivalent circuit of dc motor
Section 9.1-9.3
#4 Induction motor simulation using
Fri. Feb. 4
Simulink
Mon. Feb. 7
Midterm in-class exam
Separately excited and shunt dc:
Wed. Feb. 9
armature reaction, speed control
Section 8.4, 9.4
#5 Induction motor tests using
Fri. Feb. 11
hardware in power lab and Bossone
Mon. Feb. 14 Permanent-magnet, series&compound Section 9.5-9.7
Wed. Feb. 16
DC motor starters
Section 9.8
HW#6
#6 DC motor simulation studies using
Fri. Feb. 18
Simulink
Power electronics:
Mon. Feb. 21
AC-DC rectifiers
Section 3.1-3.3
Wed. Feb. 23
AC phase control
Section 3.4
HW#7
#7 DC motor Testing using hardware
Fri. Feb. 25
in power lab and Bossone
Mon. Feb. 28
DC-DC power control
Section 3.5
Wed. Mar. 2
DC-AC inverter
Section 3.6
HW#8
#8 Power electronic drive simulation
Fri. Mar. 4
using Simulink and PSpice (Demo)
Mon, Mar. 7
Induction motor drivers
Section 7.10
Wed, Mar. 9
Recitation and Review
Fri. Mar. 11
Backup time for experiments
TBD
Final exam
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