PE415- Electrical Machine Drives and Control (3 Credit Hours)

Course Type: Advanced course (Elective)

Pre-Requisite: Electrical Machines (EE313), Linear Control Systems (EE341)
Instructor: Dr. Shahid Alam
Office# G-16 FEE Block, GIK Institute
Email: s.alam@giki.edu.pk
Office Hours: - Monday - Thursday: 09:00 am – 4:00 pm

Course Description
This course is an advanced course offered for students following undergraduate programs in electronics and
particularly electrical power engineering. The course aims to provide students with an in-depth knowledge of the
construction of different types of electrical machines (e.g. brushed DC machine, induction machine, synchronous
machine) their working principles, numerous characteristics and applications. The course also focuses on developing
skills for designing control schemes for dc machines.

Course Contents
 Fundamental parts of electrical drives including converter, electrical machine, controllers, etc.
 Construction, theory, types, applications, dynamic and steady-state performance of dc machines.
 Advance control of dc motor drives using different methods, e.g. flux, voltage, resistance, etc.
 Design of current and speed controllers for dc machines using IMC and their analysis.
 A detail study of ac machines (induction and synchronous) and their numerous applications.

Mapping of CLOs & PLOs

CLOs Course Learning Outcomes PLOs Blooms Taxonomy
Be able to explain different types of direct
CLO-1 current machines, their internal structures, PLO-1 Cognitive Level 2 (Comprehension)
working principles and various characteristics.
Be able to grasp comprehensive knowledge
CLO-2 related to synchronous and induction machines PLO-1 Cognitive Level 2 (Comprehension)
and their numerous applications.
Be able to compute response of electrical
CLO-3 machines under different given scenarios and PLO-2 Cognitive Level 3 (Application)
demonstrate the obtained results.

Be able to design and analyze current and

CLO-4 PLO-3 Cognitive Level 4 (Analysis)
speed controllers for dc machines using IMC.

CLOs Assessment Mechanism

Assessment Tools CLO-1 CLO-2 CLO-3 CLO-4
Quizzes 30% 20% 20% 20%
Assignments 15% 10% 5% 15%
Midterm Examination 55% --------- 30% 25%
Final Examination --------- 70% 45% 40%

Overall Grading Policy

Assessment Tools Percentage
Scheduled Quizzes 20%
Assignments 10%
Midterm Examination 25%
Final Examination 45%
 Text and Reference Books
 Electric motors and drives, 3rd Edition by Austin Hughes, Newnes print Elsevier, 2006.
 Electric motor drives by R. Krishnan, Prentice Hall, Inc., 2001.
 Electrical machine drives control by J. Pyrhönen, V. Hrabovcová and R. S. Semken, Wiley
& Sons Ltd. 2016.
 Electric machinery fundamentals by Stephen J. Chapman, McGraw-Hill Inc., 2005.

Administrative Instruction
 According to institute policy, 80% attendance is mandatory to appear in the final examination.
 An approved leave will not be counted towards the attendance.
 Assignments must be submitted as per instructions mentioned in the description.
 In any case, there will be no retake of (scheduled/surprise) quizzes.
 For queries, kindly follow the office hours in order to avoid any inconvenience.

Lecture Breakdown

Week 1 Introduction and overview, Fundamentals of electrical drives

Magnetic circuits, Construction and operating principles of dc machines

Week 2
Tutorial #01

Week 3 Equivalent circuit and torque-speed characteristics of dc machines

Week 4 Four quadrant operation of dc motors and regenerative braking

Week 5 Speed control methods of dc shunt and series motors, Tutorial#02

The thyristor converter, Control arrangements for dc drives, Dynamic and

Week 6
steady state behavior of dc drives

Design of current and speed controllers according to Internal Mode

Week 7
Control (IMC) and their comprehensive analysis, Simulation study

Introduction to synchronous machines (SM) and their construction and

Week 8
operating principles, Rotating magnetic fields

Equivalent circuits and phasor diagrams of SM (Generator and Motor),

Week 9
Active and reactive power flow, Demonstration#01

Power capability and torque-angle curves of SM (Generator and Motor)

Week 10
Demonstration#02

Synchronization of synchronous generator, Asynchronous starting of a

Week 11
synchronous motor, Demonstration#03

Week 12 Open and Short circuit characteristics of SM, Summary

Introduction to induction machines (IM) and their construction and

Week 13
Operation principles, Torque-speed characteristics

Week 14 Steady state equivalent circuit and phasor diagram of IM, Tutorial#03

Week 15 Different types of induction motors and their applications