Course detail

Seminar of Electrical Engineering

FEKT-AELSAcad. year: 2012/2013

Introduction to electrical engineering.
Electricity - production, transmission and distribution of electricity, three-phase system.
Ideal and real circuit elements R, L, C.
Basic circuit laws - Ohm's Law, Kirchoff's laws.
Resistor circuit - voltage, current, power and resistance. Method of progressive simplification, voltage and current dividers, real resources.
Time variables, harmonic analysis, spectrum.
AC circuits - a harmonic steady state, the symbolic-complex method, impedance and admittance. Power and power factor, reactive power compensation.
Passive linear circuits of order 1. and 2. - frequency filters and resonant circuits.
Transients in linear circuits of order 1. and 2.
Magnetic circuits - basic magnetic quantities and laws, transformers, circuits with permanent magnets, magnetic circuits solutions.
Nonconservative nonlinear circuits - solution methods.
Introduction to digital technology: basic concepts, converters AD and DA, logic circuits, digital measuring instruments
Simulation of electrical circuits - introduction to the simulator MicroCap.

Language of instruction

Czech

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

Not applicable.

Prerequisites

The subject knowledge of mathematic and physic on the secondary school level and the theory of complex numbers is required,

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. Form of teaching is combined - every lesson starts with lecture and is completed by numerical and/or laboratory practise.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

To obtain the credit is necessary to measure and evaluate the required number of labs and develop a specified number of computational examples.

Course curriculum

1) Administrative. Connecting of measuring devices. Introduction to electrical engineering
2) The generation, transmission and distribution of electrical energy. Three-phase system.
3) Ideal and real RLC circuit elements. Basic circuit laws. Resistance, current, voltage and power measurement.
4) Stationary steady state: a method of progressive simplification, voltage and current dividers, real power source.
5) Time variables: basic characteristics, harmonic analysis, spectrum.
6) Harmonic steady state: a symbolic analysis method for linear circuits, circuit laws in symbolic form, impedance, admittance.
7) Harmonic steady state: a method of progressive simplification, efficiency and power factor, phasor diagrams.
8) Harmonic steady state: laboratory course.
9) Properties of passive linear circuits of order 1. and 2. Frequency filters, resonant circuits.
10) Transients in linear circuits of order 1. and 2. Classic method of solving.
11) Introduction to digital technology: basic concepts, converters A/D and D/A, digital measuring instruments
12) Magnetic circuits: basic parameters, the fundamental laws, magnetic circuits with permanent magnets, transformers, magnetic circuits solution.
13) Simulation of electrical circuits. MicroCap.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the subject is to acquaint students with basis of electrical engineering and to acquire basic principles of practical experimental realizations.

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. VUT v Brně: VUT v Brně, 2004. s. 1 ( s.) (CS)
DĚDKOVÁ, J.; STEINBAUER, M.; KALÁB, P. Elektrotechnický seminář. Brno: CERM Brno, 2009. s. 1-100. ISBN: 978-80-214-3841- 5. (CS)
SEDLÁČEK, J., VALSA, J. ELEKTROTECHNIKA II. Brno: VUT Brno , FEKT, 2004. s. 1 ( s.)ISBN: 80-214-2573- 3. (CS)

Recommended reading

BASTIAN, P. a kol. Praktická elektrotechnika. Europa-Sobotáles, Praha 2004 (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BTBIO-A Bachelor's

    branch A-BTB , 1 year of study, winter semester, elective general
    branch A-BTB , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective general

Type of course unit

 

Fundamentals seminar

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Miloslav Steinbauer, Ph.D.
Ing. Michal Hadinec, Ph.D.

Laboratory exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Michal Hadinec, Ph.D.
doc. Ing. Miloslav Steinbauer, Ph.D.