Course Description
This course aims at providing sound understanding of various electrical energy conversion devices and systems. The emphasis is on four kinds of electrical energy conversion – electromechanical motion, electric heating, electric lighting and electrochemistry.Specifically, the course covers the following topics: electric machines including DC machines, synchronous machines, induction machines and special machines; electric heating including resistive heating, induction heating and dielectric heating; electric lighting including incandescent lighting, discharge lighting and LED lighting; electrochemical sources including batteries and ultracapacitors.
HKU
ELEC2102 Electric Energy Conversion