Course detail
Selected Problems of Electrical Machines
FEKT-MPA-SPMAcad. year: 2025/2026
A course on electrical machines with a focus on selected advanced topics and the development of language skills in the context of practical verbal communication. The course includes a wide range of professional issues but also active forms of student work, including the presentation of independent work in a seminar. The topics covered during the semester are designed to broaden students' professional knowledge for better application in professional life, while also teaching them the professional terminology for effective use of the English language in everyday working life.
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Offered to foreign students
Entry knowledge
MPC-TES, Theory of Electrical Machines,
MPC-RP1, Controlled Drives 1,
MPC-RP2, Controlled Drives 2,
MPC-SS1, Production of Electrical Machines 1
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
-report and presentations about project – 40 points
-Final report and presentation – 46 points
-Exam which will be focused on terminology and basic principles of electrical machines – 14 points
Note: It is necessary to achieve at least 40% point gain from each evaluated activity
Aims
The graduate of the course is able to:
- explain the basic principles of electrical machines in English,
- describe the construction of various types of electrical machines in English,
- extract information from English publications,
- present a selected technical topic in English on electrical machines,
- apply the acquired knowledge in technical practice.
Study aids
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Recommended reading
P. C. Sen, "Principles of Electric Machines and Power Electronics", ISBN 9781118078877 (EN)
Thomas A. Lipo, "Introduction to AC Machine Design", ISBN: 9781119352167 (EN)
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme MPC-SVE Master's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
Type of course unit
Lecture
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1) Introduction, motivation, review of the basics of magnetism and magnetic circuits
2) English terminology used in field of electrical machines
3) High-speed electrical machines
4) High-speed electrical machines
5) High-speed electrical machines
6) Linear machines
7) Reluctance machinesa
8) Reluctance machines
9) Line-start synchronous machines
10) Line-start synchronous machines
11) High-power density electrical machines
12) High-power density electrical machines
13) Reserve
Fundamentals seminar
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
2) Presentation and Feedback on A1
3) Presentation and Feedback on A2
4) Presentation and Feedback on A3
5) Presentation and Feedback on A4
7) Presentation and Feedback on A5
8) Presentation and Feedback on A6
9) Presentation and Feedback on A7
10) Presentation and Feedback on A8
11) Reserve
Laboratory exercise
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1) Laboratory exercise 1
2) Laboratory exercise 2
3) Laboratory exercise 3