Vai al contenuto principale Vai al footer
Università degli Studi di Parma Università degli Studi di Parma
University of Parma
Course catalogue
Università degli Studi di Parma
course catalogue

ELECTRICAL ACTUATORS FOR AUTOMATION A
cod. 13129

Academic year 2009/10
3° year of course - First semester
Professor
Giovanni FRANCESCHINI
Academic discipline
Convertitori, macchine e azionamenti elettrici (ING-IND/32)
Field
Ambito aggregato per crediti di sede
Type of training activity
Hub-specific activity
45 hours
of face-to-face activities
5 credits
hub:
course unit
in - - -
lectures timetable unavailable
exam calls
Print

Learning objectives

This course aims at providing basic knowledge on use and behaviour of electric drives in industrial environment, and at producing designers of factory automation.

Prerequisites

Mathematics, Calculus, electric circuit theory, Physics.

Course unit content

DC machines<br />Principle of operation. Construction of DC motors. Brush, collectors, Salient poles, and permanent magnets. Equivalent circuit. Power balance and efficiency. Torque and mechanical characteristics. Speed control and regulation. Torque control. <br />
High performance control of permanent magnet DC machine. Design of current and speed feedback control. Torque disturbance rejection. Current and Voltage saturation and wind-up effect.
Four quadrant chopper: two and three level modulation. Resistive and capacitive brake. Constant torque and constant power safe operating area. Thermal protection and duty cycle. RElative and absolute encoder, Resolver.

Full programme

- - -

Bibliography

¿ Olivieri, Ravelli, ¿Principi ed Applicazioni di Elettrotecnica¿, volume 2, CEDAM.<br />¿ A.E. Fitzgerald, G. Kinglsey, A. Kusko: Macchine elettriche, Ed. Angeli, Milano. <br />

Teaching methods

A written report on lab activities, and a verbal test. Typical test on machines and electric drives.

Assessment methods and criteria

- - -

Other information

- - -

2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

- - -