Technology of Consumer and Distribution Equipment

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Department of Electrotechnology

Synopsis:

Technology and design of distribution and end user equipments. Technology and design of distribution boards, frame, shielding, cooling. Cable technique, contacting, cable bedding, cable accessories. Selected problems of control system design, the influence of industrial environment. The technology of electric apparatus. Safety and electromagnetic compatibility. The put of new equipments on the market. Standards and laws. Practical examples, excursion.

Requirements:

A student has to obtain a credit before an examination

There are no another prerequisites or requirements.

Syllabus of lectures:

1.The basic components of consumer and distribution equipments.

2.The demands and influence on the equipment. EMC, safety, standards, quality, economy, environment...

3.The distribution desk, technology and construction, different aspects.

4.The technology of power transfer - cables, cable contacting, cable shielding, cable bedding, environment, EMC.

5.The selected problems of electric apparatus - switching equipments, controllers and indicators.

6.The technology of power converters and theirs application. The cooling systems.

7.The technology of industrial control systems.

8.The technology of electronic and optical communication. The contacting, shielding, EMC, environment influence.

9.The declaration of conformity, the conformity assessment.

10.The safety of electrical devices, demands, standards, testing and measurements.

11.The EMC, demands, standards, tests.

12.The quality assurance, the consumer point of view.

13.The equipments in operation, the check, maintenance, the system adaptation.

14.The examples of real systems, excursion.

Syllabus of tutorials:

1.The laboratory, safety instructions.

2.The technology and design of distribution desks, demonstration.

3.Power cables, work with catalogue, materials, environment.

4.The power cable parameters and contacting - measurement.

5.The power cable shielding and terminating - measurement.

6.The communication cables parameters - measurement.

7.The communication cables contacting - measurement.

8.The optical cables, connecting, parameters, bedding.

9.The measurement on selected parts of systems with power converters.

10.EMC, work with standards.

11.EMC - measurement.

12.The safety of electrical equipments - work with standards.

13.The safety of electrical equipments - measurement.

14.The declaration of conformity. A credit

Study Objective:

Graduates are able to choose cables and compare their parameters and install them into industry equipments, they are well-educated in installing power converters and in introducing power equipment on market.

Study materials:

[1] Rittal products catalogue, Rittal 2002

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Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Heavy-current Engineering - Electroenergetics- structured studies (compulsory elective course)
• Heavy-current Engineering - Technological Systems- structured studies (compulsory elective course)
• Heavy-current Engineering - Electric Drives- structured studies (compulsory elective course)
• Heavy-current Engineering - Electrical Engineering Applications- structured studies (compulsory elective course)