Electrical Machines

EN‑3111

Syllabus Spring 2025

Lesson Date Event Topic Reading Questions Problems Due

1

3/5/2025

Magnets

Ch 2, Ch 3

N1

3/14/2025

2

3/7/2025

Inductors and Capacitors

Ch 4, Ch 5

3

3/10/2025

Alternating Current

Ch 6

4

3/12/2025

Power Factor

Ch 8

5

3/14/2025

Q1

Resonance and Harmonics

Ch 7

HW 8

N2

3/21/2025

6

3/17/2025

Three-phase power, Wye and Delta Connections

Ch 9

7

3/19/2025

Power Factor Correction

Ch 8

8

3/21/2025

Q2

Electrical Distribution

Ch 9

HW 9

N3

3/28/2025

9

3/24/2025

Three Phase Calculations

Ch 9

10

3/26/2025

Transformers

Ch 10

11

3/28/2025

Q3

Transformer Losses and Efficiency

Ch 10

HW 10

N4

4/4/2025

12

3/31/2025

Three Phase Transformers, Equivalent Circuit

Ch 10

13

4/2/2025

Transformer operational problems, Three Phase Transformers

Ch 10

14

4/4/2025

Q4

Induction Motor Construction

Ch 11

HW 11a

N5

4/11/2025

15

4/7/2025

Three Phase Induction Motors: Rotating Magnetic Field

Ch 11

16

4/9/2025

Three Phase Induction Motors: Torque Development

Ch 11

17

4/11/2025

Q5

Three Phase Induction Motors: Mechanical Load

Ch 11

HW 11b

N6

4/16/2025

18

4/14/2025

Three Phase Motors: Operational Problems

Ch 13

19

4/16/2025

EXAM

Midterm Exam

20

4/23/2025

Namepate Information, Wound Rotor Motors

Ch 11

HW 22/29

5/2/2025

21

4/25/2025

Motor Control

Ch 22

22

4/28/2025

Overcurrent and Overload Protection

Ch 29

23

4/30/2025

Synchronous Motors

Ch 12

24

5/2/2025

Q6

Synchronous Motors: Starting Methods

Ch 12

HW 14a

N7

5/9/2025

25

5/5/2025

AC Synchronous Generators

Ch 14

26

5/7/2025

Synchronous Generators: Voltage Generation

Ch 14

27

5/9/2025

Q7

Synchronous Generators: Excitation

Ch 14

HW 14b

N8

5/16/2025

28

5/12/2025

Synchronous Generators: Instrumentation and Control

Ch 14

29

5/14/2025

Synchronous Generators: Paralleling and Load Sharing

Ch 14

30

5/16/2025

Q8

Load Sharing

Ch 14

HW 17

N9

5/23/2025

31

5/19/2025

Single Phase Motors

Ch 16

32

5/21/2025

DC Machines Construction

Ch 17

33

5/23/2025

Q9

DC Generators: Principles of Operation

Ch 17

HW 18

N10

5/30/2025

34

5/27/2025

DC Motors: Construction Principles of Operation

Ch 18

35

5/28/2025

DC Motors: Series and Compound

Ch 18

36

5/30/2025

Q10

Other Motors

37

6/2/2025

Insulation and Insulation Resistance

Ch 24

38

6/4/2025

Ground, Grounding, Ground Faults

Ch 21

39

6/6/2025

Batteries

Ch 27

40

6/9/2025

Conclusion

41

Variable Frequency Drives

42

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