Objectives of Programme's Learning Outcomes

• Imagine, implement and operate systems/solutions/software to address a complex problem in the field of electrical engineering as an essential source of energy in modern society by integrating needs, contexts and issues (technical, economic, societal, ethical and environmental).
• Implement a chosen system/solution/software in the form of a drawing, a schema, a plan, a model, a prototype, software and/or digital model.
• Evaluate the approach and results for their adaptation (optimisation and quality).
• Mobilise a structured set of scientific knowledge and skills and specialised techniques in order to carry out electrical engineering missions, with a focus on electrical power engineering, using their expertise and adaptability.
• Master and appropriately mobilise knowledge, models, methods and techniques related to the basics of electricity, electronics, automatic control, signal processing and analysis, telecommunications, electrotechnical engineering (electrical machines, power electronics), engineering of electricity grids (generation, transmission and distribution), the development of renewable energy sources (wind, photovoltaic), the development, implementation and environmentally-friendly use of electrical systems, and specific techniques for the numerical modelling of power devices.
• Analyse and model a problem by critically selecting theories and methodological approaches (modelling, calculations), and taking into account multidisciplinary aspects.
• Identify and discuss possible applications of new and emerging technologies in the field of electrical engineering.
• Assess the validity of models and results in view of the state of science and characteristics of the problem.
• Plan, manage and lead projects in view of their objectives, resources and constraints, ensuring the quality of activities and deliverables.
• Respect deadlines and timescales
• Communicate and exchange information in a structured way - orally, graphically and in writing, in French and in one or more other languages - scientifically, culturally, technically and interpersonally, by adapting to the intended purpose and the relevant public.
• Use and produce high-quality scientific and technical papers (reports, plans, specifications, etc.), adapted particularly to the intended purpose and the relevant public.
• Master technical English in the field of electrical engineering.

Learning Outcomes of UE

- Understand basic requirements placed by mechanical systems in electric vehicles.
- Describe the structure of electric drive systems and their role in vehicular applications.
- Describe the operation of DC motor drives to satisfy four-quadrant operation to meet mechanical load requirement.
- Understand the basic principles of self-synchronous AC drives.
- Learn speed control of induction motor drives and how to enhance the dynamic performance implementing vector control

UE Content: description and pedagogical relevance

- Vehicle Motorization: Performance curves; power train architectures; performance evaluation of vehicles;
- Electrical Vehicle Drives: automotive EV classification; electric railway vehicles; main sizing aspects; DC motor drives: basic principle of speed control, field-weakening, energetic optimization; Self-synchronous AC motor drives; induction motor drives: scalar control, slip regulation, current-controlled voltage-fed inverter drive; induction motor-based vector control of EV.

Prior Experience

Not applicable