Electrical Drive Systems (H6097Z)
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Electrical Drive Systems
Module H6097Z
Module details for 2024/25.
30 credits
FHEQ Level 6
Module Outline
The Electrical Drive Systems module will give you the background to electromechanical systems, used for propulsion, locomotion, energy conversion or motion control. The electrification and automation of large parts of our lives demands evermore advanced systems to control motion. Electric vehicles provide a better and more environmentally friendly way to move around, robotics allow us to do things we never thought possible, whereas efficient electrical energy generation provides energy to our homes.
This module will give you the skills to understand, design and analyse systems that convert electrical energy to mechanical and vice versa. The exciting applications of this knowledge are virtually endless across the scales, from the miniature drives in computer hard disks to human-size robots, to enormous electricity generators the size of buildings. You will benefit from being able to apply transferrable knowledge across these varying industries.
The robotics industry is expanding rapidly, and this is just one example of a potential career path in the field of electrical drives. Electromobility is also becoming mainstream and is expected to keep growing for decades. These industries need engineers with the right skills to design electrical drives fit to address future challenges. This module is useful to electrical and mechanical engineers alike, since it sits in the cross-section of these two disciplines.
Module learning outcomes
Have an appreciation of the wider multidisciplinary engineering context and its underlying principles.
Apply appropriate quantitative science and engineering tools to the analysis of problems.
Demonstrate creative and innovative ability in the synthesis of solutions and in formulating design.
Demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of essential facts, concepts, theories and principles of their engineering discipline, and its underpinning science and mathematics.
| Type | Timing | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Unseen Examination | Summer Vacation Week 3 Mon 08:40 | 80.00% |
| Coursework | 20.00% | |
| Coursework components. Weighted as shown below. | ||
| Report | VACATION Week 1 | 100.00% |
Timing
Submission deadlines may vary for different types of assignment/groups of students.
Weighting
Coursework components (if listed) total 100% of the overall coursework weighting value.
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