| CODE | EPC1102 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Electrical Engineering Technology | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Electrical Engineering | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | - Circuit Theory DC and AC circuits, resistances, inductors and capacitors, Kirchoff’s laws, steady state analysis of AC and DC circuits, power dissipation. DC transients, charging and discharging of capacitors in DC circuits, time constants of R-C circuits. - Power Generation Single and three phase generators, transformers, 3-phase connections, power dissipation. Delta/Star transformation. - Motors and Drives Magnetism, DC machines. The d.c. motor and d.c. generator: DC machine speed control, Series wound, shunt and compound wound. Induction motors, Inverters drives, V/f control. Study-unit Aims: This unit introduces mechanical engineers to the basic principles of electrical engineering to enable them to understand these systems and to help them select the most appropriate equipment for a particular application. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Explain behaviour of basic electrical circuit components. - Describe behaviour of basic dc and ac circuits. - Use phasor representation to describe sinuoidal ac voltages and currents. - Understand the differences between real, reactive and apparent power. - Explain fundamental principles of operation of single-phase and three-phase generators and transformers. - Understand fundamental principles of dc machines and their speed control. - Understand fundamental principles of ac induction motors. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Analyse steady-state behaviour of basic dc and ac circuits. - Perform basic calculations to determine phase and line quantities of 3-phase circuits and their power dissipation. - Perform basic calculations relating to dc and ac machine performance. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - J. Bird, Electrical Circuit Theory & Technology, Newnes. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Tutorial and Practical | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Johann Galea |
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