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MCE 217 Electrical Drives & Control

ND2 levelEngineering & Technology12 topics

MCE 217 covers 12 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Fundamental principles of electrical drives
  2. Energy conversion and energy balance in electromechanical systems
  3. Singly excited magnetic systems
  4. Electric braking in DC motors
  5. Basic concepts and elements of electric drives
  6. Classification of electric drives
  7. Motor loads, heating and cooling
  8. Motor duty classes
  9. Motor starters and protective devices
  10. DC and AC motor starters
  11. Speed control of DC and AC drives
  12. Power electronic control of AC/DC motor speed

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Fundamental principles of electrical drives

Fundamental principles of electrical drives cover the basic concepts of how electrical energy is converted into mechanical motion, the types of drives (DC, induction, synchronous, permanent‑magnet), and the key performance parameters such as torque, speed, efficiency, and power factor.

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