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Electrical Drives of Automotive Systems

Type of study BachelorFollow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 430-2324/01
Abbreviation EPAS
Course title Electrical Drives of Automotive Systems
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Applied Electronics
Course coordinator Ing. Aleš Havel, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures:
Overview of basic types and structures of electric drives of automotive systems.
Electric motors for drives of automotive systems. DC motors. BLDC motors. Stepper motors. Switched reluctance motors. Basic overview and properties.
Permanent magnet synchronous motors. Induction motors. Basic overview and properties.
Power semiconductor converters for electric drives of automotive systems. Structures and properties.
Kinematics and mechanics of electrical drives.
Warming and dimensioning of electric drives.
Basics of control theory. Controlled system. Controllers. Control quality. Methods of analysis and synthesis.
Drive units of electric vehicles. The basic control structures of the induction motor and permanent magnet synchronous motor. Speed control. Torque control. Electronic differential.
Vector control of the induction motor and permanent magnet synchronous motor.
Direct torque control of the induction motor and permanent magnet synchronous motor.
Electrical drives with stepper motors. Basic structures and properties.
Microcomputer control systems of electrical drives. Basic requirements and structures.
Sensors. Current and voltage sensors. Position sensors. Speed sensors.
Signal processing for microcomputer control systems of electrical drives. Analog circuits and digital circuits for signal processing.

Exercises:
The safety for working in laboratories, content of exercises, conditions for credits.
Mechanics of electrical drives - examples.
Warming and dimensioning electrical drives - examples
Control theory - examples.
Test No.1 - Lecture topics 1 - 6.
Vector control of the permanent magnet synchronous motor - examples.
Frequency converter dimensioning at frequency control of induction motor - examples.
Test No.2 - Lecture topics 7 - 12.
Repetition, consultations, repair of the control tests, the replacement of the laboratory exercises.

Laboratories:
Laboratory task No.1 - DC servodrive with the MAXON motor.
Laboratory task No.2 - DC drive with the BLDC motor.
Laboratory task No.3 - Electrical drive with the stepper motor.
Laboratory task No.4 - Permanent magnet synchronous motor drive with the vector control.
Laboratory task No.5 - Induction motor drive with the direct torque control.

E-learning

Study supports are available in the LMS to students of the course.

Literature

BRANDSTETTER, Pavel. Electrical controlled drives III. Study textbook, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, 2012.
BRANDSTETTER, Pavel. Microcomputer control systems II. Study textbook, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, 2012.
LEONHARD, Werner. Control of Electrical Drives. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York, 1997, ISBN 3-540-59380-2 .

Advised literature

BOLDEA, Ion, NASAR, Syed A. Electric Drives. CRC Press, 3rd Edition, 2016, 650 s., ISBN 978-1498748209.
NOVOTNY, Donald W., LIPO, Thomas A. Vector control and dynamics of AC drives. Clarendon Press, 1996, ISBN 0-19-856439-2.