EEL 2321 Electric Machine-I Syllabus
EEL 2321 Electric Machine-I Syllabus
Unit I
Basics of Magnetic Circuits: Review of magnetic circuits - MMF, flux, reluctance, inductance; review
of Ampere Law and Biot Savart Law; linear and nonlinear magnetic circuits, B-H curve of magnetic
materials; flux-linkage vs current characteristic of magnetic circuits; Statically and Dynamically induced
EMF, Torque, Hysteresis, Core losses, Faraday's law of EMI Visualization of magnetic fields produced
by a bar magnet and a current carrying coil - through air and through a combination of iron and air;
influence of highly permeable materials on the magnetic flux lines.
Unit II
Transformer Basics: Principle construction and operation of single phase transformers, equivalent
circuit, phasor diagram, voltage regulation, losses and efficiency, Transformer Tests: Open & Short
circuit tests, Polarity test, Sumpners test, Separation of hysteresis and eddy current losses, Parallel
operation: Parallel operation of single phase transformer, Auto Transformers: Construction, Principle,
Applications, Comparison with two winding transformers.
Unit III
Three Phase Transformers: Construction, various types of connection and their comparative features,
Parallel operation: Parallel operation of three phase transformers, Performance of Transformers:
Excitation phenomenon in transformers, Three phase to six phase conversion, No load and on load tap
changing of transformers, Three winding transformers, Cooling methods of transformers.
Unit IV
Basic Concepts of the Rotating Electrical Machines: Basic construction of a DC machine, magnetic
structure - stator yoke, stator poles, pole-faces or shoes, air gap and armature core, commutator,
visualization of magnetic field produced by the field winding excitation with armature winding open, air
gap flux density distribution, flux per pole, induced EMF in an armature coil, Armature winding and
commutation, lap and wave windings, armature MMF wave, derivation of torque equation, armature
reaction, air gap flux density distribution with armature reaction.
Unit V
D.C. Generators & Motors: EMF equation, Working principle, Construction, Methods of excitation,
voltage build-up in a shunt generator, critical field resistance and critical speed, Armature reaction, Effect
of brush shift, Compensating winding, Characteristics of various types of generators, Applications D.C.
Motors: Torque equation, Characteristics of various types of motors, Applications, Direct testing,
Regenerative Testing, 4-point starter, 3-point starter, Speed control of series motors, Speed control of
shunt motors.