Special Electrical Machines
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The official GTU curriculum for Special Electrical Machines (subject code 2722907) as prescribed for PE · Semester 2 divides the course into 6 units, covering 33 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2722907)Unit 1 SYNCHRONOUS RELUCTANCE MOTORS
- Operating principle
- Constructional features: axial and radial air gap Motors
- Reluctance torque
- Phasor diagram
- Motor characteristics
Unit 2 SWITCHED RELUCTANCE MOTORS
- Principle of operation
- Constructional features
- Torque prediction
- Power controllers
- Microprocessor based control
- Computer control
Unit 3 STEPPING MOTORS
- Principle of operation
- Constructional features
- Types of stepper Motors
- Various modes of operation of Variable reluctance (VR) stepper motors
- torque production in Variable Reluctance (VR) stepping motor
- Multi stack VR stepper motor
- Construction and working of Permanent Magnet (PM) stepper motor
- Construction and working of Hybrid stepper motor
- Torque- angle characteristics of the stepper motor
Unit 4 PERMANENT MAGNET SYNCHRONOUS MOTORS
- Principle of operation, EMF, power input and torque expressions
- Phasor diagram
- Power controllers
- Torque speed characteristics
Unit 5 PERMANENT MAGNET BRUSHLESS DC MOTORS
- Fundamentals of Permanent Magnets
- Principle of operation
- Magnetic circuit analysis
- EMF and Torque equations
- Characteristics and control
Unit 6 OTHER SPECIAL MACHINES
- Hysteresis motor
- AC series motors
- Linear induction motor-Principle of operation
- characteristics, and Applications
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