Publication in the Diário da República: Despacho nº 10766/2011 - 30/08/2011
6 ECTS; 2º Ano, 2º Semestre, 28,0 T + 14,0 PL + 28,0 TP + 5,0 OT , Cód. 911232.
Lecturer
- Carlos Alberto Farinha Ferreira (1)(2)
(1) Docente Responsável
(2) Docente que lecciona
Prerequisites
Not applicable.
Objectives
Understand the operating principles and key components of electrical machines and their equivalent circuits. Be able to select and operate electrical machines. Understand the energy production-transportation-supply chain.
Program
- Fundamentals of electric machines: laws, materials, geometry.
- Ideal transformer. Real Transformer: operating principles, constitution, equivalent circuit, testing, performance, energy and power flow, Power connection transient. Auto-transformer.
- Principles of operation, constitution, equivalent circuit, tests, performance, power and power flow, power connection problems, start-up, speed regulation and reversal of rotation of: DC machines, asynchronous and synchronous machines. Sub-types of machines and their specificities.
- Special types of machines.
- Bases of the production, transport and distribution of electric energy.
Evaluation Methodology
Test: 70%. Practice (laboratory work): 30%. There are no minimums in partial rankings. Overall, the student must reach 9.5 out of 20.
Bibliography
- Fernandes, J. (0). Sebenta de máquinas eléctricas. Acedido em 21 de janeiro de 2014 em -
- Fitzgerald, A. e Kingsley Jr., C. e D. Umans, S. (2003). Electric Machinery. -: McGraw-Hill
- Leote, L. e Matias, J. (1989). Produção Transporte e Distribuição de Energia Eléctrica. (Vol. -). -: Didáctica Editora
Teaching Method
Lectures, problem-solving and laboratory work.
Software used in class
LTSpice.
