EC4130: Advanced Electrical Machinery Systems - NPS Online
Advanced Electrical Machinery Systems
Course #EC4130
Est.imated Completion Time: 3 months
POC: NPS Online Support
Overview
The course delves into the analysis and design of motor drives for shipboard electrical power systems. It offers a detailed examination of the modeling for power converters, both as rectifiers and inverters, as well as various types of electric motors. Coupled with contemporary control theories and controller design, the course further explores practical design challenges and their solutions specific to shipboard electrical power systems.
Included in degrees & certificates
- 291
Prerequisites
- EC3130
Learning Outcomes
- Analyze the transformer and generic motors with magnetic circuits.
- Describe and calculate how mechanical torques are generated in generic motors.
- Describe how the equivalent circuits are developed for transformer, synchronized motor, and inductor motor.
- Describe the per-unit system.
- Analyze the motor electric current, terminal voltage, mechanical torque based on equivalent circuits under different operation conditions.

Application Deadlines
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08 Jan 2024
Spring Quarter applications due
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01 Apr 2024
Summer Quarter applications due
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08 Jul 2024
Fall Quarter applications due
Academic Calendar
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08 Dec 2023
Last day of classes
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12 Dec 2023 – 14 Dec 2023
Fall Quarter final examinations
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15 Dec 2023
Fall Quarter graduation
See NPS Academic Calendar for more dates.