Course detail

Seminar of Electrical Engineering

FEKT-CELSAcad. year: 2011/2012

Safety rules in electrical engineering. Fundamentals of the measurement and of electrical circuits. Linear resistive and magnetic circuits.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Miloslav Steinbauer, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Theoretical and Experimental Electrical Engineering (UTEE)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

This subject should help to the students graduated in grammar school to understand more difficult areas of subject Electrical engineering and to gain practical skill for realization of laboratory experiments.

Prerequisites

The subject knowledge on the secondary school education level is requested.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

For obtaining the credit it is necessary to measure out and to evaluate the given number of experimental problems .

Course curriculum

1. Administrative, introduction to electrical engineering, Rules of laboratory work, Connecting of measuring devices, Measured data processing
2. Production and distribution of electric energy
3. Real sources of electric energy, Voltage and current divider
4. Real circuit components, basic laws of electrical circuits, method of succesive simplification
5. Principle of superposition
6. Current loops method (CLM)
7. Node voltages method (NVM)
8. Method of source substitution
9. Introduction to circuit simulator MicroCap
10. Nonlinear components and circuits
11. Magnetic circuits
12. Recapitulation, time reserve
13. Final check

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the subject is to supplement knowledge of combined numerical and laboratory practice difficult parts in Electrical Engineering 1 together with acquiring practical experimental realization.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

BRANČÍK, L. Elektrotechnika 1. Elektrotechnika 1. Brno: FEKT VUT v Brně, 2004. s. 1 ( s.)ISBN: 80-214-2607- 1. (CS)
DĚDKOVÁ, J.; STEINBAUER, M.; KALÁB, P. Elektrotechnický seminář. Brno: CERM Brno, 2009. s. 1-100. ISBN: 978-80-214-3841- 5. (CS)
KALÁB, P.; STEINBAUER, M.; VESELÝ, M. Bezpečnost v elektrotechnice. Brno: Ing. Zdeněk Novotný, CSc, Ondráčkova 105, 628 00 Brno, 2009. s. 1-68. ISBN: 978-80-214-3952- 8. (CS)

Recommended reading

Haasz V., Sedláček M.: Elektrická měření. Praha : ČVUT, 1998. (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme EECC Bc. Bachelor's

    branch BC-AMT , 1 year of study, winter semester, elective general
    branch BC-SEE , 1 year of study, winter semester, elective general
    branch BC-MET , 1 year of study, winter semester, elective general
    branch BC-EST , 1 year of study, winter semester, elective general
    branch BC-TLI , 1 year of study, winter semester, elective general

Type of course unit

 

Fundamentals seminar

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Miloslav Steinbauer, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Protection against the electric shock.
Network types.
Network protection.
Passive elements and components of electrical circuits I.
Passive elements and components of electrical circuits II.
Controlled and uncontrolled current and voltage sources.
Time variable voltages and currents.
Verification of the superposition principle in electrical circuits.
The nodal voltage and the loop current method verification.
Verification of the Thevenin and the Norton theorem.
Alternating magnetization - transformers.
The final test.

Laboratory exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Miloslav Steinbauer, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Measurement foundations. Measuring methods, instruments and types.
Laboratory experiment principles.
Processing and evaluation of measured values.
Passive elements and components of electrical circuits I.
Passive elements and components of electrical circuits II.
Controlled and uncontrolled sources of voltage and current.
Time variable voltage and current.
Power in electric circuits.
Verification of the superposition principle in electrical circuits.
The nodal voltage and the loop current method verification.
Verification of the Thevenin and the Norton theorem.
The alternating magnetization - transformers.
The final test.