Basics of AC Drives Course
Free Course on Electrical Theory
Welcome to the third course in the STEP 2000 series, Siemens Technical Education Program.
The course is a FREE self-study Electrical Engineering course designed to increase your automation and control knowledge at your own pace.
These courses are a fantastic study guide for students and also serve as a useful refresher course for engineers who are a long time out of college.
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Upon completion of Basics of AC Drives you will be able to:
• Explain the concept of force, inertia, speed, and torque
• Explain the difference between work and power
• Describe the construction of a squirrel cage AC motor
• Identify the nameplate information of an AC motor necessary for application to an AC Drive
• Describe the operation of a three-phase rotating magnetic field
• Calculate synchronous speed, slip, and rotor speed
• Describe the relationship between V/Hz, torque, and current
• Describe the basic construction and operation of a PWM type AC drive
• Describe the characteristics of constant torque, constant horsepower, and variable torque applications
The course contents are listed below
- Siemens AC Drives and Totally Integrated Automation
- Mechanical Basics
- AC Motor Construction
- Developing A Rotating Magnetic Field
- Rotor Construction
- NEMA Rotor Characteristics
- Electrical Components Of A Motor
- Voltage And Frequency
- Basic AC Drives
- Siemens MICROMASTER
- Siemens MASTERDRIVE
- MASTERDRIVE Compact, Chassis, and Cabinet Units
- MASTERDRIVE Compact Plus
- Parameters and Function Blocks
- Applications
- Constant Torque Applications
- Variable Torque Applications
- Constant Horsepower Applications
- Multimotor Applications
This course has been developed by Siemens and can be downloaded from the below link.
Download the Free Course Here
Siemens Website
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