Abstract
This paper describes the developments at the University of Minnesota of new approach in teaching of Electric drives, focusing on the associate state-of-the-art laboratory. The mission of these developments is to nationally revitalize courses in industrially and strategically vital fields of electric drives (and power electronics [7]). This is accomplished by making these courses appealing to students (undergraduate enrollments have significantly increased subsequently to adopting these approaches) where they receive a first-rate education in just one undergraduate course in a way that ensures a seamless continuity to advanced courses. The laboratory is based on a dSPACE development board and several custom designed power converter boards and electric motors, working on a 42V dc-bus voltage system.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 455-460 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | PESC Record - IEEE Annual Power Electronics Specialists Conference |
Volume | 2 |
State | Published - 2002 |
Event | 2002 IEEE 33rd Annual Power Electronics Specialists Conference (PESC) - Cairns, Australia Duration: Jun 23 2002 → Jun 27 2002 |
Keywords
- Digital control
- Electric drives
- Instructional laboratory
- Power electronics
- Undergraduate courses