University Catalog 2014-2015

University of Colorado Boulder

ECEN-3170 (3) Electromagnetic Energy Conversion 1

Real and reactive power in single phase circuits, power triangle, balanced three-phase circuits, wye and delta connections, introduction to electromagnetic machines, transformers (single and three-phase) and their equivalent circuits, AC-machinery fundamentals, synchronous generator from a magnetic field point of view, synchronous motors and condensers, three-phase induction motors, DC machinery fundamentals, DC motors, single phase motors. Matlab/Simulink will be used. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite courses of ECEN 2260 and PHYS 1120 (minimum grade C-). Restricted to College of Engineering majors only.