Course detail

Design of power and data networks

FEKT-CPSDAcad. year: 2011/2012

Legislature for design, qualification of people working in electrical engineering, creating and use of design documentation for electrical and electrical power devices, orientation in technical details, norms and regulations, appreciating and assessment of work and material, using computer technology for design, dimensioning and protection of electrical networks, protection against contact with dangerous voltage, construction materials used in electrical engineering and the relation to design.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

6

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Jan Macháček, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Electrical Power Engineering (UEEN)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Basic orientation in the problems of design, starting from legislature, norms, qualification of workers, continuing with selected problems of design in electrical power engineering, wiring designs, electric devices, dimensioning and protecting wiring, drawing electrical schemata, creating lay-outs and technical documentation, creating budgets and work and material price calculations, use of computer technology for design.

Prerequisites

Knowledge at secondary school level and of completed subjects in the study area

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

Requirements for completion of a course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every year.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of this course is to make students acquainted with the problems of design in electric power systems and the general terms related to design, especially with creating and elaborating a design, budget planning, learning how to draw a lay-out documentation and the computer aided design.

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

Not applicable.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Dvořáček, K., Csirik, V.:Projektování elektrických zařízení, Praha IN-EL 1999
Katalogy předních výrobců silnoproudých zařízení - Siemens, Schrack, Moeller, ABB
Příručka pro projektování, montáže a revize, SALTEK 1998, 1999

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme EECC Bc. Bachelor's

    branch BC-EST , 2 year of study, summer semester, elective interdisciplinary
    branch BC-TLI , 2 year of study, summer semester, elective interdisciplinary

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Jan Macháček, Ph.D.

Syllabus

General introduction into design, specific features of electrical engineering design, requirements for independent design.
Legislature for design, norms and regulations, work safety and the classification of competencies for workers in electrical engineering.
Terms for design, project, project documentation, lay-out documentation, Categorizing influences of environment, categories of areas.
Assessment specifications, budgets, appreciating work and material, calculations, calculation formulas.
Connecting and interconnecting materials, conductors, wiring cables, wiring, dimensioning conductors, industrially materials used.
Electrical insulation materials in low voltage networks, design of low voltage switchboards, grounding, lightning conductors, protective interconnections.
Electronic security systems and electronic fire alarm systems, back-up power supplies, emergency lighting systems.
Construction materials for high and very high voltage, wiring constructions, design of loose wiring, cable wiring.
Design of co-generation units, connecting conditions of power distribution plants, dimensioning of main connections and the choice of circuit breakers.
Design of large complexes of electrical power systems, a general approach to an electric power system, energy-related, economic and ecological balance, other influences upon the environs.
Design of hydroelectric, wind and solar power plants and other alternative electric power sources.
Modern systems for design, computer-aided design, CAD, CAM, CAE systems, present design trends.
The tasks of a developer in the future in the sphere of electric power systems, general view of electrical power problems in the present and in the future.

Laboratory exercise

8 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Jan Macháček, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Lighting installation.
Drawer instalittion.
Connection of induction motor.
Systeme of intelligent electro-installations, installation and programing.

Exercise in computer lab

14 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Jan Macháček, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Assignment of an electrical installation project.
Elaborating a project documentation.
Elaborating a project documentation.
Elaborating assessment specification and works appreciation.
Elaborating assessment specification and materials appreciation.
Electrical wiring design.
Short circuit current calculations and conductor dimensioning.
Assignment of a switchboard project.
An independent switchboard project.
An independent switchboard project.

Fundamentals seminar

4 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Jan Macháček, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Examples of the creation of lay-out documentation.
Dimensioning conductors calculation.
Loose wiring calculation.