Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students should:
a) know the operation of the transformers and direct-current machines,
b) know construction details of the transformers and direct-current machines,
c) be able to analyze the operation of the machines through the respective equivalent circuits,
d) know basic design elements of the transformers and direct-current machines,
e) be able to experimentally determine the parameters of the machines' equivalent circuits.
Course Content (Syllabus)
The contents of the semester course “Electrical Machines A” within the specialization on Electrical Energy is as follows:
a) Introduction to electric machinery principles: production of a magnetic field, magnetic behavior of ferromagnetic materials, magnetically coupled circuits, energy losses, production of induced voltage and induced force.
b) Transformers: type and construction, theory and operation of real single-phase and three-phase transformers, magnetization current, equivalent circuit and phasor diagram of a transformer, analysis of no-load and full-load operation, experimental determination of the transformer parameters, voltage regulation and efficiency, autotransformer.
c) Direct current electric machines: principle operation and construction, commutation and armature construction, rotor windings, problems with commutation and solutions, power flow and losses in dc machines, dc generators and motors, equivalent circuit, dc machines characteristic curves, control of terminal voltage and rotor speed.
d) Laboratory exercises.
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Stephen Chapman, 'Ηλεκτρικές Μηχανές AC-DC', Μετάφραση Θ.Π. Θεοδουλίδης, Επιμέλεια μετάφρασης Ν. Μάργαρης, Εκδόσεις Τζιόλα, Θεσσαλονίκη, 2011.
Γιάννη Ξυπτερά, 'Ηλεκτρικές Μηχανές, Μηχανές Συνεχούς Ρεύματος και Ασύγχρονες Μηχανές, Τόμος Ι', Εκδόσεις Ζήτη, Θεσσαλονίκη, 1993.