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Lecture

Synchronous Motor, Self-Commutation

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MICRO-314: Actuators and Electromagnetic systems II

Les étudiants seront capables de modéliser, de simuler et de mesurer des actionneurs électromagnétiques et des moteurs électriques. ...

Description

This lecture covers the operation of synchronous motors at variable frequencies and loads, focusing on self-commutation techniques. It explains how the motor adapts its speed and torque based on the imposed frequency and load, using self-switched nodes and control electronics.

In MOOC

Electromechanical conversion II

Instructors (3)

Christian Köchli

Yves Perriard

Yves Perriard was born in Lausanne in 1965. He received the M. Sc. in Microengineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology - Lausanne (EPFL) in 1989 and the Ph D. degree in 1992. Co-founder of Micro-Beam SA, he was CEO of this company involved in high precision electric drive. Senior lecturer from 1998 and professor since 2003, he is currently director of Laboratory of Integrated Actuators. His research interests are in the field of new actuator design and associated electronic devices. In 2009, he is appointed Vice-Director of the Microengineering Institute in Neuchâtel until 2011. In 2013 the Federal Council has named him the the CTI commission in Bern. In 2014 he is appointed guest professor at Zhejiang University in China. In 2017, the lab is granted by the Werner Siemens Foundation of an amount of 12 millions CHF in order to set up a new Center for Artificial Muscules. Since 2018, he is Expert with Innosuisse, the new Swiss Innovation Agency. http://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=fr&user=V2onuO8AAAAJ https://actu.epfl.ch/news/a-12-million-franc-donation-to-create-a-center-for/

André Hodder

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Ontological neighbourhood

Electrical engineering

Electronic engineering: Power electronics

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AC motor

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Induction motor

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