ELEC 0431: Electromagnetic energy conversion - Spring 2025

Class Schedule

Fri 07/02 General introduction, Maxwell's equations, Magnetic circuits (slides) Exercise session: Phasors and power in the sinusoidal steady state
Fri 14/02 Transformer: equivalent circuit (slides) Exercise session: Balanced three-phase systems
Fri 21/02 Transformer: electric and magnetic losses, exterior characteristic, simulations Exercise session: Transformers
Fri 28/02 Synchronous machines: physical principle, simulations, Potier diagram (slides) Exercise session: Transformers
Fri 07/03 Test on phasors in the sinusoidal steady state and three-phase systems Exercise session: Synchronous machines
Fri 14/03 Synchronous machines: Behn-Eschenburg diagram, equivalent circuit, torque, network connection Exercise session: Synchronous machines
Fri 21/03 Asynchronous machines: physical principle, equivalent circuit, efficiency (slides) Exercise session: Asynchronous machines
Fri 28/03 Asynchronous machines: torque, speed control, start-up, circle diagram, operating modes simulations Exercise session: Asynchronous machines
Fri 04/04 DC machines (slides) Exercise session: DC machines
Fri 11/04 Electronic control systems: AC-DC, DC-DC, DC-AC, AC-AC (slides) Exercice session: Electronic control systems
Fri 18/04 No class [possible laboratory sessions] -
Fri 25/04 No class [possible laboratory sessions] (Easter holidays) -
Fri 02/05 No class (Easter holidays) -
Fri 9/05 No class [possible laboratory sessions] -
Fri 16/05 No class [possible laboratory sessions] -

Interactive simulations

  1. Download the simulation code for Windows, Linux, macOS, Android or iOS (iPhone & iPad).
  2. Launch the app
  3. Open a model:
  4. Press `Run'
Selection of models:

Podcasts (2021)

AM physical principle, AM equivalent circuit, AM efficiency, AM torque, speed control, start-up, AM circle diagram, AM operating modes, DC physical principle, DC generators, DC motors, AC-DC, DC-DC, DC-AC, AC-AC