EIMT 44 - AC/DC Systems and Equipment
- Prerequisite: "C" in EIMT 30 and in EIMT 32
- Corequisite: EIMT 46
- EIMT majors only
This course is designed to advance the student into electrical principles of direct-current and alternating-current circuits and equipment. Emphasis is placed on the theory, operating characteristics and control of AC and DC machinery.
Contact: 5 hours lecture per week
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of EIMT 44, the student will be able to:
- Display dependability
- Demonstrate honesty
- Organize work
- Define single-phase motor terms
- Explain single-phase motor operation
- Use resistor color code
- Interpret thermal switch tests
- State new capacitor specifications
- Determine capacitor ratings
- Identify single-phase motor terminals
- Draw single-phase motor connections
- State causes of single-phase motor failure
- Explain single-phase motor testing
- Interpret single-phase motor tests
- Analyze insulation test graphs
- Define three-phase motor terms
- Explain three-phase motor operation
- Draw three-phase motor connections
- Calculate gear reducer outputs
- State causes of three-phase motor failure
- Explain general motor maintenance
- Interpret three-phase motor tests
- Calculate motor locked rotor current
- Select motor starting protection
- Select motor running overload protection
- Determine temperature corrected overload protection
- Determine overload trip time
- Explain motor selection criteria
- Determine motor dimensions
- Explain motor torque-speed curve
- Evaluate motor working conditions
- State general motor control principles
- Explain manual motor starter operating principles
- Explain manual motor starter diagrams
- Draw manual motor starter schematic diagrams
- Explain across-the-line magnetic starter construction
- Explain across-the-line magnetic starter operating principles
- Explain motor overload relay operating principles
- Identify and draw NEMA symbols
- Explain control station operation
- Explain relay operation
- Explain contactor operation
- Explain timing relay operation
- Explain pilot device operating principles
- Explain two-wire control circuit operation
- Explain three-wire control circuit operation
- Draw control transformer connection diagrams
- Explain schematic (elementary) diagrams
- Explain wiring diagrams
- Explain Hand-Off-Auto wiring diagrams
- Explain multiple push-button station wiring diagrams
- Explain reversing starter interlocking methods
- Interpret reversing starter diagrams
- Interpret sequence control diagrams
- Interpret jogging control diagrams
- Interpret plugging control diagrams
- Interpret anti-plugging control diagrams
- Explain motor starting equipment selection factors
- List typical motor starting methods
- Interpret primary resistor starter diagrams
- Interpret autotransformer starter diagrams
- Interpret star-delta starter diagrams
- Interpret wound rotor motor starter diagrams
- Calculate pulley sizes
- Explain magnetic clutches
- Explain magnetic drives