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ENAE12006 - Electrical Machines and Drives

General Information

Unit Synopsis

In this unit, you will be introduced to machines such as motors and drives that convert electrical energy to other forms of energy. You will cover construction and operational characteristics of DC and AC electrical machines, machine protection and control schemes and machine selection and specification for particular applications. You will work, learn and communicate ethically and professionally, to investigate and solve problems and present solutions. You will communicate technical aspects of design and operation of electrical machines and drives and clearly document problem solutions. If you are studying in distance mode, you will attend a Residential School that will assist you to achieve the learning outcomes of the unit.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 2
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Pre-requisite: ENEE12015 Electrical Power Engineering OR ENAE12007 Electrical Power Systems

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2016

Term 1 - 2017 Profile
Mixed Mode
Term 1 - 2018 Profile
Mixed Mode
Term 1 - 2019 Profile
Mixed Mode
Term 1 - 2020 Profile
Mixed Mode
Term 1 - 2021 Profile
Mixed Mode
Term 1 - 2022 Profile
Mixed Mode
Term 1 - 2023 Profile
Mixed Mode
Term 1 - 2024 Profile
Mixed Mode

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Portfolio 100%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

Past Exams

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 22.22% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: Unit Evaluation
Feedback
Students were completely satisfied with the quality of this unit.
Recommendation
Continue this good practice.
Action Taken
This good practice was continued.
Source: Unit Evaluation
Feedback
Students appreciated the practicality of the lab experiments in the unit.
Recommendation
Continue this good practice.
Action Taken
This good practice was continued.
Source: Unit coordinator
Feedback
Contents of this unit should be checked for incorporating new electrical machines and drives concepts.
Recommendation
Revisit lecture notes and tutorials for the possibility of adding new concepts. Adding new resources to Moodle can serve this purpose as well.
Action Taken
Extra learning materials were provided on Moodle to students for further reading.
Source: Unit coordinator
Feedback
Quiz questions should be revisited for any missing feedback.
Recommendation
Review quiz questions and their feedback for any inconsistency.
Action Taken
Most of the quiz questions were reviewed to check for any inconsistency or if quiz feedback was missing.
Source: Unit Evaluation Comments
Feedback
Students found this unit an enjoyable learning experience.
Recommendation
This good practice should be maintained.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Unit Coordinator
Feedback
Students appreciated the considerable amount of learning in this unit about electrical machines, drives and their applications.
Recommendation
This good practice should be maintained.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Unit Evaluation
Feedback
Students suggested that unit requirements to be clearly mentioned in the unit.
Recommendation
Requirements of the unit and its assessments should be mentioned on Moodle and be presented in a lecture or tutorial session for providing more clarity to students.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Unit Evaluation
Feedback
Students suggested that some of unit contents might be less useful for their learning.
Recommendation
Contents of this unit should be reviewed in terms of relevancy to the unit learning outcomes and usefulness for students.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Describe construction and operational characteristics of DC and AC electrical machines
  2. Describe schemes used to protect and control electric drives
  3. Explain the performance specifications based process used to select electric drive systems when designing process plant
  4. Prepare specifications for industrial drive systems
  5. Analyse and formulate industrial drive problems and solve them in a professional manner
  6. Communicate effectively using terminology, symbols and diagrams associated with design and operation of electrical energy conversion machines and professionally document calculations and problem solutions
  7. Work, learn and communicate in an ethical, professional manner both individually and in teams, using information literacy skills to investigate problems and present solutions

Learning Outcomes are linked to Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competencies.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
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5 - Team Work • • • • • • •
6 - Information Technology Competence • • • • • • •
7 - Cross Cultural Competence • •
8 - Ethical practice • • • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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