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ELG2336: Electric Circuits and Machines for Mechanical Engineering  (2015) 

Course Outline
Textbook: Principles and Applications of Electrical Engineering, G. Rizzoni, McGraw Hill

Lecture: Wednesday 13:00-14:30; Friday 11:30-:13:00  Room: SITEG0103

Lab: Monday (CBY B302: Session 1: 11:30-12:45; Session 2: 12:45-14:00)

Instructor: Riadh Habash (rhabash@site.uottawa.ca); Office hours: Open

 

TA (Corrector): Mina Rafi Nazari (MRAFI093@uottawa.ca)

TA: Bahareh Taji (bahar.taji@gmail.com)

TA: Behrooz Abbaszadeh (babba027@uottawa.ca)

TA: Weifeng Zhang (WZHAN088@uottawa.ca)

TA: Ran Li (RLI056@uottawa.ca)

 

Course Progressing

Part 1: Electric Circuit Theory and Analysis

January 14

Lecture: Introduction; Chapter 2: Ohm's law, KVL, KCL

January 16

Lecture: Chapter 2: Read all Examples (2.1-2.14)

January 19 Lab: Make Lab Teams (3 Students, Each): General Instructions Introductory Session Introductory 2
 

January 21

Lecture: Chapter 3 (Read Examples: 3.5) Nodal and mesh analysis

January 23

Lecture: Solving Problems: 2.32; 2.52; 2.59; 2.66; 2.75; 3.1; 3.3; 3.4; 3.7

January 26 Lab 1 (Simulation: Multisim and Hands-on) Experiment 1: Multisim work should be submitted

Simulation Exercises Using MULTISIM. Part 1

Simulation Exercises Using MULTISIM. Part 2

 
January 28 Lecture: Tutorial on KCL and KVL
January 30

Test 1 (5%): Chapter 2 and 3; Examples: 2.1-2.14; 3.6; 3.8; 3.10; Problems: 3.7 (-0.5A, -0.5A); 3.9 (-45.53V, -48.69V, 1.31V, 491mA); 3.11 (3.75A); 3.18 (3.89V); 3.26 (8.89V)

February 2 Lab 1 (Repeating) Experiment 1; You may start Experiment 2
 
February 4 Lecture: AC Circuits; (Examples 4.14;4.16;4.17;4.18;4.20); Tutorials 1; 2 (4.54; 4.55; 4.56; 4.57;4.60)
February 6 Lecture: Activity on Charging AC Circuit; Solve: 4.56; 4.57; 7.28; 7.31); Fifth Edition of Rizzoni (Solutions);
February 9 Lab 2: Submission of Lab Report 1; (Hands-on): Experiment 2Introduction to Lab 2
 
February 11 Lecture: AC Power (7.1, 7.2)  Chapter 7 ; Examples: 7.1-7.11: Activity on Apparent Power; Activity on Complex Power; Activity on Power Factor 
February 13 Midterm 1: Chapters 2, 3, 4 (P4.56; 4.57), and 7 (Examples 7.1-7.11).

 

Lab Project Themes

 

The same lab team (3 students only) will continue working for the lab project! The project can be extended along two semesters (ELG2336 + ELG3336)! The following themes are proposed, however teams are free to adopt any other project of interest!

 

EcoCAR: uOttawa Supermileage

Join the existing team: Two groups of students will be accepted! If interested contact me!

 

EcoCAR: Power Management System

The main objective of this project theme is to demonstrate experimentally that the combination of batteries and

ultracapacitors (UCAPs) can solve the lack of specific power, allowing an enhanced performance in both acceleration and regenerative braking in an electric vehicle.

Deadline to send first proposal: January 25, 2015.

Look for this article: High performance all-carbon thin film supercapacitors

 

BioMedEng: Thermal Therapy Management System for Heart Failure

The main technical challenge of this project is to design a controllable (using Arduino) device that supplies heat and cold to the chest of a patient using light, small size, flexible shape; no moving parts and circulating liquids. You may read about Thermoelectric cooling

Deadline to send first proposal: January 25, 2015.

 

BioMedEng: Saint-Vincent Collaboration Projects

High-tech, high smarts — Saint-Vincent pair cobbles cheap ways to help disabled reach out

 

Play and Learn: Open!

G9 to Engineering

 

Deadline to send final proposal for all projects: February 9, 2015

 

Visit the Faculty's MakerSpace

 

Learn Circuit Theory Online

See Examples of Student Projects at

Part 2: Electric Machines
February 23 Lab 3: (Hands-on): Experiment 3; Preparation; Submission of Lab Report 2
February 25 Engineering Design: Important Instruction for Projects
February 27 Chapter 18 (Magnetic Circuits): 18.1; 18.2; 18.5; Examples: 18.2; 18.3; 18.4; 18.7 
March 2 Lab 3: (Hands-on): Experiment 3
March 4 Case Study (Midterm 2)
Examples 18.2 and 18.4; Define Faradays Law and Lorentz Law; Draw Electromechanical Models of DC Motors; Example 19.6. 
March 6 Tutorial on Magnetic Circuits
March 9 Lab: Design Phase
March 11 DC Machines: Read Examples 19.1-19.7 Armature reaction; Basic DC motor construction; Fundamental DC motor; The DC motor; Series motor; Shunt motor; Example 19.6; Example 19.7; Example 19.8.
March 13 DC Machines: Read Examples 19.1-19.7 Armature reaction; Basic DC motor construction; Fundamental DC motor; The DC motor; Series motor; Shunt motor; Example 19.6; Example 19.7; Example 19.8.
March 16 Lab: Design Phase
March 18 Invited Talk: Transformers: Types, Construction, and Coordination with Switchgears. Speaker: Milad Tannous, Spectrum Power Systems.
March 20 AC Three Phase System: Star and Delta Configuration
AC Synchronous Machines:
Chapter 19 (19.5-19.6) (Examples 19.10-19.11): The AC Generator; Synchronous motors
March 23 Lab: Project Progress
March 25

Tutorial on DC and Synchronous Machines

March 27 Induction Machines: Chapter 19  (19.8):  Induction Machines Ch17; Induction motor slip; Stator field; The wound rotor motor; Torque of induction motor; Induction Machines Ch17    Electric Utility     Ch18
March 30 Lab: Project Progress
April 1 Submission of Case Study
April 3 Good Friday!
April 6 Easter Holiday! No Lab
April 8 Test 2 (Examples 19.6; 19.7; 19.8; 19.10; 19.11; 19.12; 19.13. See the Tutorial
April 10 Chapter 20 (20.1, 20.2, 20.4, 20.5) (No Examples); Motor Selection Criteria (Problem 20.30)  Special Motors;  
April 13 Lab: Project Design Demonstration (Use may use power point slides in the lab) (10 marks)
April 25 10:00: Project Design Poster Exhibition and Competition (10 marks): SITE Cafeteria
Use 36" * 48" Presentation Display Board
April 25 14:00:Final Exam
  Grade Progressing; (Tutorial: SIMULINK) (Solution)