Undergraduate Course: Electrical Power Engineering 2 (SCEE08004)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | School (School of Engineering) |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course introduces students to the techniques and equipment used in the generation, transmission, distribution and utilisation of electrical power, and gives a basic understanding of how a power system operates and the problems facing electricity utilities. It also introduces the Laplace transform and its use in electrical engineering applications. In the laboratory, they wire and test a small motor control panel. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, the student should:
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.
Be able to perform basic calculations on induction machine operation using the equivalent circuit.
9. Understand the operation of a dc motor, and be able to perform calculations on its behaviour.
10. Understand main applications of Laplace transform in electrical engineering.
11. Understand how to wire to professional standards, and safely test, a small motor control panel.
12. Appreciate the basic elements of overcurrent protection and electrical hazard/shock protection.
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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. |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Ewen Macpherson
Tel: (0131 6)50 5601
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Course secretary | Mrs Sharon Potter
Tel: (0131 6)51 7079
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