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ECEN 3170 - Energy Conversion 1

Elective - 3 credit hours
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Catalog Description: Introduces block diagrams, conventional/renewable energy sources, power electronics, magnetic circuits, transformers and power systems, forces/torques of electric machines. Employs a top-down approach to present applications first and then discuss components. Uses PSPICE, MATHEMATICA, MATLAB.

Prerequisite: ECEN 3250, Circuits/Electronics 3.

Textbook: Class notes entitled Electromechanical Systems, 1998, by Ewald Fuchs

Course objectives: To provide continuity in students' knowledge based on their past education; exposure to real-life problems. Students should be able to branch out into different areas such as power electronics, energy conversion, and power systems. In-depth use of PSPICE and MATLAB programs to real-life applications accompanied by simple hand calculations.

Topics

  1. introductory exposure to multiple feed-back loops
  2. the sources of electrical power including renewable energy
  3. principles of power electronics
  4. magnetics
  5. transformers
  6. force and torque production in electromagnetic circuits
  7. rotating and linear motion electric machines
  8. mechanical loads
  9. complete designs for some electro-mechanical systems.
Class schedule: 3 hours of lecture per week

Contribution of course to meeting the professional component: Contributes 3 semester hours to criterion 4(b) “one and one-half years of engineering topics, consisting of engineering sciences and engineering design appropriate to the student's field of study.”

Relationship of course to program outcomes: This course is not required and is not included in outcomes assessment.

Prepared by: E. Fuchs, V. Heuring
May 17, 2005.