Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Electrical Drive Systems
Credit Points: 12.00
Course Coordinator: Nuwantha Fernando
Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 2873
Course Coordinator Email: nuwantha.fernando@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: 10.08.17
Course Coordinator Availability: Email for an appointment.
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
Pre-requisite course: EEET2263 Electrical Plant or an equivalent course.
You are expected to be familiar with the principles of electrical machines and electrical energy conversion.
Course Description
The course introduces the student to the principles of electric motor drives and various methods of their control. Topic areas include principles and characteristics of different types of drives, methods of speed variation, dynamic and thermal considerations in drive systems, and automatic control of electric drives.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
At undergraduate level this course develops the following Program Learning Outcomes:
1.3 In-depth understanding of specialist bodies of knowledge within the engineering discipline.
2.1 Application of established engineering methods to complex engineering problem solving.
2.2 Fluent application of engineering techniques, tools and resources
On successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Recognise the types of electrical drives and mechanical loads, and their respective characteristics.
- Choose electric drives for typical industrial applications.
- Select a variable speed drive to improve the performance of a drive system.
- Analyse the steady-state, transient and intermittent operation of a drive system.
- Improve the efficiency of a system comprising electric motors.
Overview of Learning Activities
The learning activities in this course include study of theoretical principles, problem solving, computer simulation and laboratory work. These activities take the form of student participation in pre-recorded lectures, tutorials, and online / face-to-face laboratory classes.
Overview of Learning Resources
Students will be able to access course information and learning material through myRMIT Studies. It is recommended that students have access to the reference textbooks.
Overview of Assessment
Your understanding of the theoretical principles and ability to solve problems will be assessed by the assessment tasks. Your ability to work in a team, and your communication skills are likely to have a considerable impact on the results you will achieve in your laboratory assignments.
Assessment Task 1: Laboratory / Simulation Reports
Weighting: 25%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 4, and 5.
Assessment Task 2: Take home assignments
Weighting: 50%
Each assignment with a duration of 12 hours, to be made available for 24-hours to attempt.
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, and 3.
Assessment Task 3: Timed assessment
Weighting: 25%
Assessment with a duration of 160 minutes, to be made available for 24-hours to attempt.
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 3, 4, and 5.