Electrical Power Engineering 2 (U00479)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 8 ? Acronym : EEL-2-ETPE2

To introduce the techniques and equipment used in the generation, transmission, distribution and utilisation of electrical power, and to acquire a basic understanding of how a power system operates and the problems facing electricity utilities. To understand engineering applications of Laplace transform.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : Mathematical Methods 2 or Electrical Engineering 1 or Engineering 1 or equivalent

Subject Areas

Home subject area

School (School of Engineering and Electronics), (School of Engineering and Electronics, Schedule M)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 2nd year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) 30 minutes per week for 11 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
07/01/2008	12:10	13:00	Room G.1, Hudson Beare Building	KB

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	12:10	13:00	KB
Lecture	Thursday	12:10	13:00	KB

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

1. Appreciate the operation of the UK grid system, and be aware of its main constituent components.
2. Understand the difference between real, reactive and apparent power.
3. Be able to perform power factor correction calculations.
4. Be able to analyse balanced and unbalanced three phase circuits.
5. Understand how a real transformer departs from the ideal, and know what each component in the transformer equivalent circuit represents.
6. Be able to perform basic transformer design calculations.
7. Be able to explain how a rotating magnetic field is produced in the stator of a three phase ac machine.
8.Understand how a three phase induction machine operates.
9. Be able to perform basic calculations on induction machine operation using the equivalent circuit.
10. Understand the operation of a dc motor, and be able to perform calculations on its behaviour.
11. Understand main engineering applications of Laplace transform

Assessment Information

One Ninety Minute Written Exam - Worth 100% of Final Mark.
Any student who does not attend or perform satisfactorily on the Electrical Power Engineering 2 laboratory is deemed to have failed the course, as it tests competency regarding important safety aspects of power engineering.