Course Motor-1: An Introduction to Electrical Motors Basics

Course Description:

This course is intended to prepare the target persons with the ability to understand and recognize different types, components, theory of operation and applications of All Electrical Motors. 

The target Persons:

Design engineers, new graduate engineers, under graduate engineering students, site field engineers, maintenance engineers and technicians.

Skills Development:

On completion of this course the target person will be able to:

·         Understand the technology, concepts and terminology of Electrical Motors.

·         Recognize different types, theory of operation, components and accessories of Electrical Motors.

·         Specify correctly any type of Electrical Motors for certain applications.

Course Outline

- Introduction

- Principle of How Motors Work

- Motor Basic Parts

• AC Motor Basic Parts
• DC Motor Basic Parts

Types of Motor

First:- DC Motors

1. A Brush DC motors

• Permanent Magnet
• Shunt-Wound
• Series-Wound
• Compound-Wound
• Separately excited DC motor
• Universal Motor
• Servo Motors

1. B Brushless DC motors

Second:-  Ac Motors

1-  Induction motor

1.A- Single Phase, Squirrel Cage, Induction Motor

1.A.1 Shaded-Pole Induction Motors

1.A.2  Split-Phase AC Induction Motor

• Capacitor-Start
• Permanent Split Capacitor (Capacitor Run) AC Induction Motor
• Capacitor Start/Capacitor Run AC Induction Motor
• Resistance-Start

1.A.3 - Universal motor

1.B- Three Phase, Squirrel Cage, Induction Motor

1.C- Single Phase, Wound Rotor, Induction Motor

1.C.1 Repulsion motor

• Repulsion-start Induction-run motor.
• Repulsion Induction motor

1.D- Three Phase, Wound Rotor, Induction Motor

2- Synchronous motor

2.A- Non-excited motors.

• Reluctance motors.
• Hysteresis motors.
• Permanent magnet motors.

2.B- DC-excited motors.

• Brush type Synchronous motors
• Brushless type Synchronous motors

2.C- Stepper motor

• Variable-Reluctance Step Motors
• Permanent-Magnet-Rotor Step Motors
• Hybrid Permanent-Magnet Step Motors

Third: Linear Motors

• Linear induction motor (LIM)
• Linear synchronous motor (LSM)

Motors Selection Procedures

First: Ac Motors Selection Procedures

• The power supply
• System requirements
• Motor class
• Motor insulation type
• Bearing type
• Method of mounting the motor
• The cost and size of the motor
• Method of speed control
• Environmental conditions

Second: DC Motor Selection Procedures.

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