3 ECTS credits
84 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1019080CNR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (C) Bachelor - specialised level.

Semester
2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
Alvorens een inschrijving te kunnen nemen voor 'Elektrische machines' moet men ingeschreven of geslaagd zijn voor ʺElektrische energieomzettingʺ of 'Elektrotechiek'
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculteit Ingenieurswetenschappen
Department
Industriële ingenieurswetenschappen
Educational team
Peter Van Den Bossche (course titular)
Mohamed El Baghdadi
Guillaume Dotreppe
Arjen Mentens
Activities and contact hours
21 contact hours Lecture
12 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
Course Content

Lecture:

"Electrical machinery" involves the study of various types of electrical machines:

  • The direct current machine
    • principle of operation
    • motor and generator operation
    • main properties an
  • The alternating current machine
    • the rotating field
    • the asynchronous induction motor and its equivalent scheme
    • properties and use of the asynchronous machine
    • principles of operation of the synchronous machines

Laboratory Practicals:

The laboratory practicals support the theoretical course. The practicals should be prepared beforehand and are carried out independently by the student. 
 
Practicals involving mains electricity may only be performed when the student holds the BA4 certificate for the current academic year.
Course material
Digital course material (Required) : Elektrische machines: nota's bij het practicum, P. Van den Bossche, Canvas
Course text (Required) : Elektrische machines, P. Van den Bossche, VUB, 2220170009063, 2022
Handbook (Recommended) : Basic Electricity, US Bureau of Naval Personnel, 2de, Dover Publications Inc., 9780486209739, 1970
Handbook (Recommended) : Electric Motors and Drives, Fundamentals, Types and Applications, A. Hughes, 5de, Newnes, 9780081026151, 2019
Handbook (Recommended) : Electrical Machines, Drives, and Power Systems, Th. Wildi, 6de, Pearson, 9781292024585, 2013
Course text (Recommended) : Elektriciteit-1, BA4: Gewaarschuwd voor de gevaren van de elektriciteit, P. Van den Bossche, VUB, 2220170004105, 2017
Additional info
Description tutoring: after class, by appointment or via e-mail. 
 
The participation in practical exercises and laboratory practicals is obligatory.
 
Practicals involving mains electricity may only be performed when the student holds the BA4 certificate for the current academic year.
Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

  • BaLO_1 To possess in-depth, application-oriented knowledge, understanding and practical skills related to mathematics and science, directed towards engineering applications.
  • BaLO_2 To possess application-oriented knowledge, understanding and skills about engineering sciences and engineering techniques.
  • BaLO_3 To solve practical engineering problems from an understanding of the basic theory and from an understanding of basic methods for the schematisation and modelling of processes or systems.
  • BaLO_5 To effectively look up scientific and technical information, to evaluate and process such information and to refer to it correctly.
  • BaLO_6 Based on acquired insight, to select the appropriate methods of research, design and solution and appropriately apply the results in a scientific and effective manner.
  • BaLO_9 To demonstrate an engineering attitude: attention to planning, to technical, economic and societal factors as well as managerial implications, assessment of the risks and feasibility of the proposed approach or solution, being result-driven and achieving effective solutions, innovative thinking.
  • BaLO_10 To correctly handle the scientific and discipline-specific terminology in language relevant to the programme.
  • BaLO_11 To present and communicate the results of technical and scientific work, in writing, orally and visually. 
  • BaLO_13 To act in an ethical and socially responsible manner with attention to technical, economic, human and sustainability aspects.
 

Objectives

D1: understands the operation of various electrical machines and has insight in their characteristics and use patterns (BaLO 1, 2, 3)
D2: has insight in the energetical performance and the efficiency of electrical machines (BaLO 1, 2, 3)
D3: connects, operates and measures electrical machines in a safe way (BaLO 3, 6, 9, 13)
D4: interpretes the measurements and reports correctly  (BaLO 5, 9, 10,  11, 13)
 
AD1: reasons and acts in a structured and systematic manner (BaLO 9)
AD2: communicates in Dutch in a comprehensible and structured manner (BaLO 10, 11)
AD3: develops a professional attitude  (BaLO 9, 10, 13)

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Other Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Other Exam with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

    Note: Exam moment 1st session:
    Lectures: oral exam with written preparation 75% (not transferred to 2nd session)
    Practicals: reports 25% (immediately transferred to 2nd session)
    Exam moment 2de session:
    Lectures: oral exam with written preparation 75%
    Practicals: reports 25% (immediately transferred from 1st session)

    Practicals are accesible only to students holding a valid BA4 certificate for the current academic year.
    Not following the laboratory regulations while preparing, performingf or reportingf practicals may result in a zero (0) score for the considered practicals

Additional info regarding evaluation

An illegitimate absence of more than 25 % at the laboratory practicals leads to an absent quotation for the laboratory practicals. The sanctions taken in the first exam session are transferred to the second exam session.

 

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Engineering Technology: Electromechanical Engineering (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Engineering Technology: verkort traject eektromechanica na vooropleiding prof. bachelor elektromechanica, elektrotechniek, luchtvaart, autotechnologie, mechanische ontwerp- en productietechnologie en bouw (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Engineering Technology: verkort traject elektromechanica na vooropleiding getuigschrift lijnpiloot (only offered in Dutch)
Bridging Programme Master of Science in Engineering Technology: Electromechanical Engineering: Trajoctory after the certificate of civil airplane pilot. (only offered in Dutch)
Bridging Programme Master of Science in Engineering Technology: Electromechanical Engineering: Standaard traject (76 ECTS) (only offered in Dutch)
Bridging Programme Master of Science in Engineering Technology: Electromechanical Engineering: Verkort traject (60 ECTS) (only offered in Dutch)