Course: Electrical Power Engineering 2

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Course title Electrical Power Engineering 2
Course code KEE/EE2
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Vajnar Vladimír, Ing.
  • Tesařová Miloslava, Doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Vykuka Roman, Ing.
  • Vajnar Vladimír, Ing.
  • Hulec Martin, Ing.
  • Tímr Jan, Ing.
Course content
- Electric Power System (EPS) of the Czech Republic; EPS design, development and historical landmarks - Electrical networks - types, performance characteristics of 400 kV, 220 kV, 110 kV, MV and LV networks - System earthing arrangements, using of different methods of earthing neutrals, line-to-ground fault versus earth fault - Power lines - equivalent circuits, overhead lines and underground cables, their application and performance characteristics, power line components, trends - superconducting cables - Electrical substations - substation layouts (single, double or triple busbar arrangements), distribution system design, performance characteristics, feeder circuit equipment, back-up operation - Transformers - equivalent circuits types, losses in core and windings; transformer design applications; transformer construction and installation; voltage regulation by tap changers - MV, HV and EHV Switchgear - overview, circuit breakers, switches, disconnectors; dis-/advantages and applications of circuit breakers with different arc quenching medium - Power system protection principles, overload and short-circuit protection, tripping characteristics, protection devices: fuses, miniature circuit breakers and protection relays (current relays, differential protection, distance relays) principles and applications; current and voltage transformers - Overvoltages - causes, overvoltage protection (earth wires, air gaps, lightning arresters, auto-recloser operation) their application and performance characteristics - Renewable energy sources - impact on power system operation - Calculated load (maximum demand) of supply system - definition, calculation methods, transformer rating, examples - Voltage drop on a power line, vector diagram, equation for voltage drop calculation, examples - Power factor correction (PFC) and its benefits, PFC equipment and their location - Short-curcuit calculation - schort-circuit current and capacity, post-faul voltages.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Multimedia supported teaching, Students' self-study, Lecture, Practicum
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
  • Preparation for formative assessments (2-20) - 20 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 60 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Knowledge of - relation between power and energy, efficiency - complex power in single-phase and three-phase AC circuits, power factor - operating behavior of electric networks with regard to their topology and neutral earthing - parameters and equivalent circuits of power lines and transformers - basic principles of power generation - principle of AC arc extinguishing, principle of circuit breaker operation).
Skills
- solution of basic DC and AC electric curcuits (phase currents, complex power, power factor, voltage drop, node voltages)
Competences
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N/A
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learning outcomes
Knowledge
Knowledges Students are able: - to give reasons for design of Electric Power System (EPS) used in the Czech Republic, to compare reliability and other performance characteristics of EHV, HV, MV and LV networks - to give reasons for different way of system earthing and to compare dis-/advantages of system earthing arrangements - to compare reliability and other performance characteristics of overhead lines and underground cables; to identify power line components and to explain their purpose and design - to descibe parts of substations (buses, branches), configuration and construction od switchgears, equipment in branches, to draw single-line diagram of substations (substation layouts) and back-up operation - to descibe procedure of transformer rating with regard to supply reliability and operation energy losses - to compare switching capacity of circuit breakers, switches, disconnectors - to explain principles of fundamental protection devices and to review their application in power system - to compare performance characteristics of overvoltage protections, to explain the term: insulation coordination - to explain principle of power factor correction (PFC) and to compare performance characteristics of PFC equipment - to explain principle of power generation in thermal power plants and power plant using renewable energy sources, to draw and to describe simplified diagrams of coal and nuclear power plants.
Skills
Skills Students are able: - to label detail parts of EPS, to find relationship among them and their importance for EPS failure-free operation. - to review suitability of supply system from the point of view supply reliability, voltage and power conditions in failure-free operation, and short-circuit conditions - to identify the way of earthing neutral on the basis of voltage and current conditions during line-to-ground fault and to calculate the fault current - to manipulate safety with equipment in branches (branch switching) - to calculate power, current and voltage conditions in practical examples of distribution systems (conditions in radial networks and feeders, supply transformer rating, short-curcuits).
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Multimedia supported teaching
Self-study of literature
Skills
Practicum
assessment methods
Knowledge
Test
Combined exam
Skills
Test
Competences
Combined exam
Recommended literature
  • Beran, Miloš. Elektrická zařízení tepelných elektráren. 1. vyd. Plzeň : VŠSE, 1988.
  • Ibler, Zbyněk; Beran, Miloš. Elektrárny. 1. vyd. Plzeň : VŠSE, 1982.
  • Matěna, Štěpán. Výroba a rozvod elektrické energie II. 1. vyd. Praha : SNTL, 1975.
  • Matěna, Štěpán. Výroba a rozvod elektrické energie I. 2. upr. vyd. Praha : SNTL, 1978.
  • Mertlová, Jiřina; Kocmich, Martin. Elektrické stanice a vedení. Plzeň : ZČU, 1997. ISBN 80-7082-356-9.
  • Mertlová, Jiřina; Schejbal, Konstantin. Rozvodná zařízení. Plzeň : VŠSE, 1990. ISBN 80-7082-017-9.
  • Schejbal, Konstantin; Mertlová, Jiřina. Elektroenergetika II. 1.část. 1. vyd. Plzeň : ZČU, 1998. ISBN 80-7082-451-4(1.
  • Schejbal, Konstantin; Mertlová, Jiřina. Elektroenergetika II. 2. část. 1. vyd. Plzeň : ZČU, 1998. ISBN 80-7082-451-4(2.
  • Štroblová, Milada. Elektroenergetika : podklady pro cvičení. 1. vyd. Plzeň : ZČU, 1998. ISBN 80-7082-464-6.
  • Tesařová, Miloslava; Štroblová, Milada. Průmyslová elektroenergetika. Plzeň : Západočeská univerzita, 2000. ISBN 80-7082-703-3.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Electrical Engineering Study plan (Version): Commercial Electrical Engineering (16) Category: Electrical engineering, telecommunication and IT 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter