Study Guide

Objective

The student:
- knows different basic standards that apply to electric motors
- understands manufacturing according to norms and regulations
- knows and is able to apply principles for the control and regulation of electric motors
- is able to design motors and drive systems for different types of drives
- knows and is able to explain inverters and their impact on the electricity grid and the performance of the motors in varying operations
- knows and is able to apply principles for the protection of electric motors
- understands principles for different types of protective relays
- knows and is able to use the protection setting values.

Content

Standards applicable to electric motors.
Manufacture according to norms and regulations.
Principles for the control and regulation of electric motors.
Design of motors and drive systems for different types of drives.
Converters and their effect on the electricity grid and the motors' performance in varying operations.
Principles for the protection of electric motors.
Principles for different types of protective relays.
Setting relay setting values.

Qualifications

Energy production, Rotating Electrical Machines

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Knows different standards that affect the production of electric machines.
Know the principles of governance and regulation.
Knows about the effect of inverters on the electricity grid.
Knows and can use different types of protective relays

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Know about different standards and how they affect the production of electric machines.
Know the principles of governance and regulation.
Can design drive systems for a specific engine operation.
Knows about the effect of inverters on the electricity grid and can explain how to counteract the negative effect.
Knows and can calculate appropriate setting values for different types of protection relays.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Know about different standards and how they affect the production of electric machines.
Know the principles of control and regulation and can apply this to a specific operation.
Can design drive systems for a specific engine operation.
Knows about the effect of inverters on the electricity grid and can explain how to counteract the negative effect.
Knows and can calculate appropriate setting values for different types of protection relays.
Can calculate setting values for demanding engine operation.

Materials

Technical information from manufacturers of electric motors, mainly from ABB.
Degree projects that deal with the theories covered by the course.
Compendiums of the course responsible.