UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

ECE 4363 ELECTROMECHANICAL ENERGY

CONVERSION
ECE 4363-01, Lec. 20515
Fall Semester 2011
Course Time and Class Room: MW: (5.30 7.00) PM, D3-E313
Instructor: Dr. Ovidiu Crisan, Office: W302-D3; Phone: 713-7434432;
E-mail: ocrisan@uh.edu; FAX: (713) 743-4444
Office Hours:
MoTuWe: (2.00 - 4.00) PM, or by appointment, using information
above
Catalog Description:
Electromechanical Energy Conversion Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ECE
3364 and credit for or concurrent enrollment in ECE 4113.
Electromechanical energy conversion principles, transformers, rotating
machines, and solid-state motor control.
Expected Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this course are expected to meet
the following course outcomes.
1. Students will add to their knowledge-base in the fundamentals
mathematics and basic science, and engineering, knowledge about the
electric and magnetic fields, in the area of mathematical operations in the
complex domain, of the energy balance and conversion concepts, and the
property of electric and magnetic materials. (Program Outcome # a).
2. By solving the project, that implies a decision making process on
selecting and designing the power components physical dimensions and

technical characteristic data, students develop the ability to satisfy

realistic technical and economical constraints. (Program Outcome # c).
3. By solving the HW and mainly the Project, which entails considering
conflicting factors, possible solutions must be analyzed, decide and select
the best solution. Also, by analyzing/discussing in class the solved
problem attached at the end of main chapters, develops in each student
the basic skills and the ability to identify, formulate and solve
engineering problems. (Program Outcome # e).
4. By imposing requirements, rules and regulations that must be satisfied for
a clear and clean organized presentation, right notation for variables and
units, clear decisions explanation and justification, texts and graphs
quality, references used, and so on for solving the HW and the project,
develops in each student good writing skills and ability to communicate
technical material effectively and clearly. (Program Outcome # g).
5. Students improve their knowledge about the real world by being required
on the decision making process for the HW, and mainly for the project
solution, to count the technical, economical, and social issues, under an
optimization task. The field trips to actual industrial installations add
more to the students connection to the real-world. (Program Outcome #
h).
Academic Honesty Policy:
Students are expected to follow the Academic Honesty Policy of the
University of Houston. It is your responsibility to know and follow
this policy. You must sign the Academic Honesty Statement shown
on the last page of this handout, detach it, and submit it by
Wednesday, August 31, 2011. If you fail to do this, you will be
dropped from the course.
Religious Holy Days:
Students whose religious beliefs prohibit class attendance on designated
dates or attendance at scheduled exams may request an excused
absence. To do this, you are strongly encouraged to request the
excused absence, in writing, by Wednesday, September 7, 2011. Please
submit this written request to your instructor immediately, to allow the
instructor to make appropriate arrangements. For more information,
see the Student Handbook.
Students With Disabilities:

Students with recognized disabilities will be provided reasonable

accommodations, appropriate to the course, upon documentation of the
disability with a Student Accommodation Form from the Center for
Students With Disabilities. To receive these accommodations, you must
request the specific accommodations, by submitting them to the
instructor in writing, by Wednesday, September 7, 2011, which is the
last day to drop without record for Fall 2011. Students who fail to
submit a written request will not be considered for accommodations.
For more information, see the Student Handbook.
Dropping The Course:
You may drop the course without receiving a grade until 11.59 pm,
Wednesday, September 7, 2011, which is the University's last day to
drop without receiving a grade. After this date and until 11.59 pm,
Wednesday, November 2, 2011, which is the University's last day to
drop, you may drop with a W if you have not exceeded your total W
limit. Do not assume that you will be dropped by the instructor if
you stop attending class. You are responsible for completing the
withdrawal procedure.
Attendance:
Attendance in all classes is expected and required. The instructor
may, if he chooses, take attendance in any class, at any time during
the class. The instructor may do this as many times per class period
as he chooses, without warning. Take care, the attendance grade
is included in the final grade for the course!!
If for some very justified reasons you cannot attend a class, please let
the instructor know in advance about that.
Course Topics:
1. Introduction (Review Chapter), 5.0 h. Basics for Electric and Magnetic
Fields and Circuits. Single- and Three-phase AC Circuits.
2. Magnetic Materials and Circuits, 4.5 h. Magnetization phenomenon,
hysteresis, eddy-currents, losses, equivalent circuits, magnetic circuits solution.
3. Transformers and Autotransformers, 8.0 h. Objective, structure, equations,
equivalent circuit, tests and parameters. Voltage regulation, three-phase
transformer and autotransformer.

4. Fundamentals of the Electromechanical Energy Conversion, 3.5 h.

Energy conversion principles; electric, magnetic and mechanic energy. Basic

principles for the structure and components of rotating machines. Rotating
machines and types of windings.
5. Induction Machines, 7.0 h. Objective, types, components. Equivalent
circuit, tests and parameters. Steady-state operation and characteristics, speed
control.
6. Synchronous Machines, 7.0 h. Objective, types, components. Equivalent
circuit, tests and parameters. Steady-state. Generator and motor operation and
characteristics. Active and reactive powers, voltage and speed control.
7. DC Machines, 7.0 h. Objective, types, components. Excitation systems,
equivalent circuit, tests. Steady-state generator and motor performances and
characteristics. Speed and voltage control.

Recommended Textbook:
T. Wildi, Electrical Machines, Drives, and Power Systems,
Pearson/Prentice Hall, Sixth Edition, 2006
Required Text:
Lecture: O. Crisan, ECE 4363 - Electromechanical Energy
Conversion, Course Notes
Project: O. Crisan, ECE 4363 - Electromechanical Energy
Conversion Project Guide
Homework/Project:
Homework assignments are usually distributed on a weekly basis.
Regularly, if it is not in another way specified, the due date for the
homework is the first Monday of the following week. Later turned
assignments are not accepted.
Project assignment and the steps turn in schedule will be distributed
on the third week of classes.
Grading Policy:
The course final grade is based on the Homeworks and Projects
grades with an approximate weighted average of 20% and 80%,
respectively. The actual final weight will be decided at the semester
end.
Grade Point Rule:

The approximate grade point scale shown bellow will be used in

determining your final grade. This scale may be modified somewhat,
but it is included here so that you will have a general idea of how
well you are doing on this class. The final grade scale will be
determined at the end of the semester.
92 100: As
bellow 56: F

80 91.99: Bs

68 - 79.99: Cs

56 67.99: Ds

If you have complains about the HW or Project grading, it can be

reviewed only on the first three working days after that item was
returned to class.
Email:
You should have one or more working e-mail addresses, which you
should check periodically for messages. In order to get onto the
distribution list please obtain an account if you do not already have
one.
Withdrawal Policy:
The withdrawal dates listed in the Academic Calendar section of the
Class Schedule will be followed strictly. Please consult this document
for appropriate dates. Grades of Incomplete (I) will be given only
when a small portion of the course has not been completed for a good
reason. If the material has been completed, an I grade cannot be
given. Detailed information about these issues is available in the
Student Handbook .
Academic Honesty Policy and Plagiarism:
The issue of academic honesty is a very important one to the ECE
department. In particular, copying of HW, Project or Exam from
another person, in whole or in part, will not be tolerated.
Working with other colleagues is not forbidden, but it does not mean
that you will have identical work presentation. If for defining the HW
or Project solution you have been working with other students, each of
you has to name those who participated on this process.

You will be given a signature page stating that you have read and
understand the rules regarding academic honesty as published by the
university. This page must be filled out and signed and submitted
before you turn in your first HW.
For all HWs and Project the following statements apply:
If identical figures, derivations, plots, or calculations are found,
without proper referencing as to their origin, it will be considered a
violation of the academic honesty policy. If figures, text, tables, or
other material are taken from any textbook without proper references,
it will be considered a violation of the academic honesty policy. If
figures, text, tables, or other material are taken from lecture notes
without proper references, it will be considered a violation of the
academic honesty policy. If you and any other student have the same
figures, tables or plots, it will be considered a violation of the
academic honesty policy for both of you. The data can be the same;
but the figures, tables or plots made with this data must be developed
individually. Do your own work, and dont share it.

Academic Honesty Statement

I have read the University of Houston Academic
Honesty Policy contained in the UH Student
Handbook, available on the web, and agree to abide
by its provisions. I understand that the Department of
Electrical and Computer Engineering takes academic
honesty very seriously. I understand that in the case
of violations, penalties may include suspension from
the University of Houston.
Name: (Please print)
_________________________________
Signature:
__________________________________________
Date:
______________________________________________

Please detach this page, and submit it to the instructor

no later than Wednesday, August 31, 2011. If you fail

to do this, you will be dropped from the course.