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Official Course Syllabi 2020-2021 
    
Official Course Syllabi 2020-2021 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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ELEC 2380 - Electrical-Alternating Current Machines

Credit Hours: 2.00


Prerequisites: ELEC 2370 or related work experience

(formerly ATEE 2260)

ELEC 2380 examines alternators, rotating magnetic fields, A.C. motors, speed control, types of winding, introduction to A.C. motor control.

Location: South Campus

Contact Hours: 2
Billable Contact Hours: 2
OUTCOMES AND OBJECTIVES
Outcome 1:
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to classify alternators by the type of construction used and their principle of operation.

Objectives:

  1. Explain the operation of a filed discharge circuit used with the separately excited field in an alternator.
  2. List the method of cooling and ventilation used in large alternators.
  3. Define synchronous impedance and synchronous reactance.

Outcome 2:
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to describe the construction of the synchronous motor, listing all of its components and explain the function of each component.

Objectives:

  1. Describe the steps in the operation of the synchronous motor from the moment it is energized until the motor locks in at the synchronous speed.
  2. Calculate the synchronous speed of the three-phase synchronous motor.
  3. Explain how a synchronous motor may be used to correct the power factor.

COMMON DEGREE OUTCOMES
(Bulleted outcomes apply to the course)

  • 1. The graduate can integrate the knowledge and technological skills necessary to be a successful learner.
  • 2. The graduate can demonstrate how to think competently.
  • 3. The graduate can demonstrate how to employ mathematical knowledge.
  • 4. The graduate can demonstrate how to communicate competently.
  1. The graduate is sensitive to issues relating to a diverse, global society.

COURSE CONTENT OUTLINE
  1. Generator Principles, Power Factor, Alternator Impedance
  2. Regulation, Control, Synchronization
  3. Rotating Magnetic Field, Speed, Pole Frequency, Slip
  4. Operating Characteristics, Squirrel Cage, Induction Motor Advantages
  5. Torque Speed, Power Factor, Motor and Power Calculation, Dual Voltage, Code Letter
  6. Name Plate Data, Wound Rotor Motor Torque and Speed, Characteristics
  7. Synchronous Motor Principles, Speed and Power Factor
  8. Across the Line and Reversing Starters, Plugging, Braking
  9. Reduced Voltage Starting, Motor Response, Resistance Method
  10. Autotransformer, Part Winds
  11. Star-Delta, Two Speed, Two Winding
  12. Two Speed, One Winding, Four Speed, Dual Winding
  13. Wound Motor Controllers, Manual and Automatic
  14. Single Phase Motors, Induction & Conduction

Primary Faculty
Dulinski, Kenneth
Secondary Faculty

Associate Dean
Hinrichsen, Timothy
Dean
Hutchison, Donald



Official Course Syllabus - Macomb Community College, 14500 E 12 Mile Road, Warren, MI 48088



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