Electric Apparatus for Electric Drives

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Department of Electric Drives and Traction

Synopsis:

Typical stress of electric apparatus applied in electric drives. Motor outlet protection. Applications of fuses, circuit breakers and contactors. Basic properties of protection devices. Switching over-voltage, limiting elements. Interrupting of short circuit currents. Power circuit breakers: vacuum, SF6, oil etc. Low voltage instalation. Planning and dimension design of switching instalation. Circuit breakers testing.

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Syllabus of lectures:

1. Typical aplications of switching and protection devices

2. Contactors. Vacuum contactors

3. Fuses

4. Motor protect breakers

5. Residual current devices

6. Over-voltage protection

7. Vacuum circuit breaker

8. SF6 and oil circuit breakers

9. Switching of high voltage motors

10. Traction devices

11. Special switching systems

12. EIB and HES systems. Programming devices

13. Planning and dimension design of switching instalation

14. Circuit breakers testing

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Introduction

2. Current limiting devices

3. Hybrid devices

4. Documentation design with Eplan-WSCAD 40

5. Documentation design with Eplan-WSCAD 40

6. Electric fuse characteristics

7. Over-voltage protection

8. Control test

9. Mechanical stress in devices I

10. Mechanical stress in devices II

11. Residual current devices

12. Characteristics of mechanism

13. Design of switching instalation

14. Design of switching instalation. Assessment

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Literature will be specified by the lecturer

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No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Elektrické stroje, přístroje a pohony-inženýrský blok (compulsory elective course)
• Elektrické stroje, přístroje a pohony-inženýrský blok (compulsory elective course)