Course detail

Selected Problems of Electrical Machines

FEKT-MPA-SPMAcad. year: 2025/2026

A course on electrical machines with a focus on selected advanced topics and the development of language skills in the context of practical verbal communication. The course includes a wide range of professional issues but also active forms of student work, including the presentation of independent work in a seminar. The topics covered during the semester are designed to broaden students' professional knowledge for better application in professional life, while also teaching them the professional terminology for effective use of the English language in everyday working life.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Offered to foreign students

The home faculty only

Entry knowledge

Ability to understand and extract pieces of information from English written technical text, knowledge of mathematics, English language, power electrical engineering at a level appropriate to a Bachelor's degree (B2 - Common European Framework of Reference for Languages). In addition, knowledge from following courses is assumed:
 MPC-TES, Theory of Electrical Machines,
MPC-RP1, Controlled Drives 1,
MPC-RP2, Controlled Drives 2,
MPC-SS1, Production of Electrical Machines 1

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Method and criteria of evaluation:

        -report and presentations about project – 40 points

       -Final report and presentation – 46 points

       -Exam which will be focused on terminology and basic principles of electrical machines – 14 points

Note: It is necessary to achieve at least 40% point gain from each evaluated activity

 

 



Aims

Broadening of knowledge in chosen areas of electrical machines. Improving professional vocabulary and presentation and communication skills in English.
The graduate of the course is able to:
- explain the basic principles of electrical machines in English,
- describe the construction of various types of electrical machines in English,
- extract information from English publications,
- present a selected technical topic in English on electrical machines,
- apply the acquired knowledge in technical practice.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Juha Pyrhonen, Valeria Hrabovcova, R. Scott Semken, "Electrical Machine Drives Control: An Introduction", ISBN 9781119260455 (EN)
P. C. Sen, "Principles of Electric Machines and Power Electronics", ISBN 9781118078877 (EN)
Thomas A. Lipo, "Introduction to AC Machine Design", ISBN: 9781119352167 (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme MPC-SVE Master's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

 1) Introduction, motivation, review of the basics of magnetism and magnetic circuits
 2) English terminology used in field of electrical machines
 3) High-speed electrical machines
  4) High-speed electrical machines
 5) High-speed electrical machines
 6) Linear machines
 7) Reluctance machinesa
 8) Reluctance machines
 9) Line-start synchronous machines
 10) Line-start synchronous machines 
 11) High-power density electrical machines
 12) High-power density electrical  machines 
 13) Reserve

 

Fundamentals seminar

10 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1) Introduction to exercise and laboratory organization
 2)  Presentation and Feedback on A1
 3)  Presentation and Feedback on A2
 4)  Presentation and Feedback on A3
 5)  Presentation and Feedback on A4
 7) Presentation and Feedback on A5
 8) Presentation and Feedback on A6
 9) Presentation and Feedback on A7
10) Presentation and Feedback on A8
11) Reserve 

Laboratory exercise

3 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

 1) Laboratory exercise 1
 2) Laboratory exercise 2
 3) Laboratory exercise 3