48550 Electrical Energy Technology
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2.      2/8/08      Reading:           Fire in the Sky
3.      2/8/08      Past papers:      EET Final Exam Autumn 1999

                                               EET Final Exam Spring 2002

                                               EET Final Exam Spring 2000

                                               EET Final Exam Spring 2004

4.    30/7/07    Add hand written lecture notes for Induction Machines

5.     9/8/07     A new reading material - IEEE Spectrum August 07 Issue has been added

                      in the Course Document folder of EET in UTSOnline. This issue contains

                      a couple of interesting articles of future sustainable power supplies and modern

                      technology, which would be helpful to the selection of topics in EET Assignment 1.

 

Lecture Notes:

           Chapter 1.  Subject Outline and Timetable

           Chapter 2.  Electrical Energy Systems
                        2.1  Energy Resources and Electrical Energy Generation

                               Reading Materials:
                                  (1)  Story of Coal, Part A & B
                                  (2)  Power of Water, Part A & B
                                  (3)  IEEE Spectrum, Nov. 97
                                        --- A Nuclear Reconnaissance
                                        --- State of The Nuclear Economy
                                  (4)  Non-conventional Energy, Vol.2 No.33 Nov.-Dec. 98
                                        --- Part A & B
                                  (5)  Renewable Energy World, Vol.1 No.3 Nov. 98
                                        --- PV - Why Are We Waiting?
                                        --- The Earth Gives Us Its Heat!
                                        --- Biomass Gasification - A Growing Business
                                        --- Power from The Waves
                                  (6)  R&D of Renewable Energy in Australia
                                        --- Australian Cooperative Research Center for Renewable Energy (ACRE)
                                      Home Page of ACRE
                                        --- Australian Greenhouse Office (AGO) Show Cases
                                      Home Page of AGO
                                        --- Crookwell Wind Farm - Pacific Power
                                        --- Working with The Wind - Western Power

                                  (7) Tidal Energy, IEEE Spectrum Sept. 2003, page 13
                        2.2  System Design Examples:
                                  Electrical Vehicles --- IEEE Spectrum, Nov. 92, Part A, B, C, & D
                                                             --- IEEE Spectrum, July 95, Part A, B, & C
                                                             --- IEEE Spectrum, Nov. 98, Part A, B, C, D, E, & F
                                  Remote Area Power Supply
                                  Grid Power Supply --- Part A & B

 

            Chapter 3.  Wind Power

 

            Chapter 4.  Electrical Energy Storage Option

                 Reading Materials:
                               An article on Batteries for PV Systems
 

           Chapter 5. Fuel Cells

                               Notes on Fuel Cells       

                               Presentation Slides on fuel Cells
                 Reading Materials:
                               Fuel Cell Technology and Application    
                               Andrew Balkin's Capstone Thesis on Fuel Cell Modelling

 

           Chapter 6.  Super Capacitors

                 Reading Materials:
                               Adam
Namisnyk's Capstone Thesis and AUPEC03 paper on SuperCaps

           Chapter 7.  Voltage Options

           Chapter 8.  Synchronous Machines
                Reading Materials:
                              A.  Circuit Analysis  ( Part A, B, & C )
                              B.  Electromagnetic Induction
                              C.  Electromagnetic Properties of Materials
                              D.  Magnetic Circuit Analysis
                                    Solutions to Exercise Problems
                                    Note: Correct problem number = the existing problem number - 1
                              E.  Principles of Electromechanical Energy Conversion

           Chapter 9.  Induction Machines Notes and Exercise Problems and Hand written lecture notes
                Reading Materials:
                              F.  Transformer notes and Presentation Slides
 

           Chapter 10.  DC Machines

                           Presentation Slides


           Chapter 11.  Switched Reluctance Machines
                           Presentation Slides
                           Exercise Problems and Solutions
                Reading Materials:
                              G.  Brushless DC Machines
                                    Presentation Slides

           Chapter 12.  Electrical Drive Systems

Laboratory Notes:      
     General Information
     EET Lab Equipment Guide
     Rules for Plotting Graphs
           Lab. 1.  Three Phase Synchronous Machine as a Generator
           Lab. 2.  Three Phase Induction Machine - Equivalent Circuit Parameters
           Lab. 3.  Three Phase Induction Machine - Steady State Performance
           Lab. 4.  DC and Single Phase Commutator Machines

Assignments:         
           Assignment 1.  System Specification
           Assignment 2.  Comparison of Options
           Assignment 3.  System Design

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