Course detail

Distribution Equipment

FEKT-CRZBAcad. year: 2009/2010

Power station switchgear - scheme, construction, operating manipulation. Project switchgear conception and its current capacity calculation. Cable and overhead lines - construction, design, protection.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

6

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Jaroslava Orságová, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Electrical Power Engineering (UEEN)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Principles of MV and HV substation design

Prerequisites

The subject knowledge on the secondary school level 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.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Projects, written and oral parts of exam.

Course curriculum

Substations in power system, nominal voltage and a operation mode of electrical networks
Scheme of basic substation circuit - their features and use, operation manipulation in substation, apparatus blocking
HV MV LV switchgear - outdoor, gas-insulated, auxiliary control panel and control center substation - version and operating features
Cable line - construction and marking, electric features of cables, conductors designing and protection
Overhead line - mechanical features of hanging wires, overhead line parameter calculation, wires for overhead line, poles, insulators and armatures, safety zone

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Make students familiar with equipment and technologies used for electric power distribution as well as the basic methods of the designing of the equipment.

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

McDONALD, J.,D.: Elektric substation Engineering. CRC Prss LLC 2003. ISBN 0-8493-1703-7 (EN)
NOHÁČOVÁ, L., MERTLOVÁ, J. Electrical Power Station and Lines. BEN -Technická literatura, Praha 2010. ISBN 978-80-7300-265-7 (EN)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme EEKR-BC Bachelor's

    branch BC-SEE , 2. year of study, summer semester, optional specialized

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Jaroslava Orságová, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Introduction - substations in power system, nominal voltage and a operation mode of electrical networks
Scheme of basic substation circuit - scheme alternative, dividing scheme according to the number and sort of busbar
Scheme of basic and auxiliary branch - their features and use, group structure of branch operation
Operation manipulation in substation - apparatus blocking
HV substation - outdoor substation, gas-insulated, auxiliary control panel and control center
MV substation - version and operating features
LV switchgear - configuration and structure of switchboard
Power station operation control - control system, its providing and abilities
Protective system in power station - substation protection, lighting protection, protection against danger contact voltage
Overhead line - wires for overhead line, poles, insulators and armatures, safety zone
Insulated overhead line MV and LV - wires, attachment, protection equipment
Cable line - construction and marking, electric features of cables
Cable line - cable sets and accessories

Fundamentals seminar

15 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Jaroslava Orságová, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Conductors designing in respect to maximum allowable working temperature of cable core and voltage drop, economical conductor cross-section.
Conductors designing in respect to short-circuit current thermal effect
Conductors designing in respect to short-circuit current mechanical effect
Conductors protection in electric power distribution - overload and short-circuit protection, assigning of protective elements
Installed capacity of transformer station - examples of calculation and transformer station disposition

Exercise in computer lab

9 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Jaroslava Orságová, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Project of busbar conductors
Conductor parameters influence on mechanical short-circuit strength busbar - phase distance, support insulators distance, wire dimension
Calculation and check protective earthing system
Project of overhead line - mechanical features of hanging wires, overhead line parameter calculation
Project of overhead line - various solution of state equation

Laboratory exercise

15 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Jaroslava Orságová, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Protection, monitoring and control relay for substation terminal