Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

6.685 Electric Machines

Fall Term, 2005

Tentative Syllabus

Class meets Mondays and Wednesdays, 2:30 – 4:00 PM Room 36-156

Note the dates are firm but the subject material is tentative and subject to redirection according to shifting interests of the instructor and members of the class.

September 7 W Introduction, Morphology, Field Description of Forces

September 12 M Energy Conversion Principles, Forces

September 14 W Synchronous Machines: Round Rotor

September 19 M Student Holiday – No Class

September 21 W Machine Size, Power Density

September 26 M Classical Synchronous Machine Theory

September 28 W Two-Reaction Theory: Salient Pole Machines

October 3 M Windings and Winding Patterns: Development of Inductance

October 5 W Induction Machine: Equivalent Circuit Based Development

October 10 M Columbus Day Holiday – No Class

October 12 W Induction Machine Analysis, Torque-Speed Curves

October 17 M Squirrel-Cage Motors, Drives

October 19 W DC Machines: Faraday's Law

October 24 M Quiz 1

October 26 W Loss Mechanisms: Linear Conductor and Nonlinear Iron

October 31 M Variable Reluctance Machine Principles

November 2 W PM Synchronous Machines ("Brushless DC")

November 7 M Machine Design and Synthesis System

November 9 W Design Case: Surface PM Machine

November 14 M Two-Reaction Theory and Coordinate Transformations

November 16 W Dynamic Models of Synchronous Machines

November 21 M Simulation of Electric Machine Transients

November 23 W Interaction with Drives: PWM Inverters

November 28 M Speed Control of Induction Motors, Reactive Control of Generators

November 30 W MST Revisited: Linear Induction and Synchronous Machines

December 5 M No class – Instructor Conflict

December 7 W Analysis of single phase Induction Machines (current research)

December 12 M Recap and catch up

December 14 W Last Day of Classes (Quiz 2)