Course detail

Seminar of Electrical Engineering

FEKT-CELSAcad. year: 2017/2018

This course should help to the students graduated in grammar school to understand more difficult areas of subject Electrical engineering 1 (BEL1) and to gain practical skill for realization of laboratory experiments.
Topics of the course are the basics measurements in laboratories, production and distribution of electricity. Students will also practice the practical application of special purpose and universal methods of analysis of resistor circuits encountered in the course BEL1.

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

After completing the course student will be able to:
- describe the characteristics of ideal and real electrical circuit elements,
- realize simple laboratory tasks according to the specified schema,
- measure and discuss the value of electrical quantities in stationary circuits,
- apply circuit simulator for solving simple circuits,
- analyze stationary circuits using Node Voltage Method and/or Current Loops Method,
- calculate basic types of magnetic circuits.

Prerequisites

The subject knowledge on the secondary school level is required. In the range of the used mathematical tools students should be able to:
- editing mathematical expressions;
- calculate the solution of simple linear equations ;
- apply the basics of matrix calculus;
- calculate the derivative, definite and indefinite integrals of simple linear functions of one variable and basic trigonometric functions.

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 practice. Course is taking advantage of eLearning (Moodle).

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

For obtaining the credit it is necessary to actively attend all laboratory and computational exercises that take place in the 3rd to 11 week of the semester.

Course curriculum

1. Administrative, introduction to electrical engineering, rules of laboratory work, connecting of measuring devices, processing of measured data
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 successive 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
13. Final check

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the course is to supplement the knowledge of difficult parts of the course Electrical Engineering 1, using combined numerical and laboratory exercises, and at the same time to embrace the principles of the implementation of practical experiments.

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

Attendance at laboratory and computational classes (3 to 11 week of semester) is mandatory. Properly excused absences can be substituted, usually in the last week of the semester.

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