Course: Electrotechnical qualification

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Course title Electrotechnical qualification
Course code KEE/EKVL
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 1
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Müllerová Eva, Doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Hromádka Miroslav, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Martínek Petr, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Legislative system, legislation, technical standards, effects of electricity on the human organism. 2. Effect of human factor on work safety, professional competence in electrical engineering, uniform symbolism and labeling in electrical engineering. 3. Electrification systems, types of environment, external influences. 4. The concept of protection against electric shock, principles of protection measures, protection under normal conditions, fault protection, enhanced protection, additional protection. 5. General protective measures - automatic disconnection from the source, 6. General protective measures - double or reinforced insulation, low voltage (SELV, PELV), some other protective measures. 7. Coordination of protection measures, class of protection of electrical equipment.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture
  • Contact hours - 13 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 13 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to describe safety requirements in electrical engineering in relation to legislation and technical standards
to explain the basic technical principles of protective measures
to characterize restrictive conditions for the application of protective measures
to evaluate the way of operating the electrical equipment (environment, type of network, type of equipment, electrotechnical qualification)
Skills
to interpret professional text
to summarize essential information
to put into context the academic text and the presented problematics
to evaluate the importance of the information obtained for its field of study or for generall use
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to characterize the impact of environmental conditions and surrounding electrical systems on the effectiveness of protective measures
to describe the current state of the legislation in the field of electrical safety and formulate requirements for its security
to explain the technical principle of the protective measures applied in connection with various variants of technical solutions
to evaluate the chosen protective measures on the basis of knowledge of the principles of protective measures
Skills
to analyze the real situation in the operation of electrical equipment (premises, type of network, type of equipment, professional qualification)
to formulate basic requirements for applied protective measures (protection principle)
to evaluate the correctness of the choice of protection measures and their coordination (protection classes)
Competences
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Skills
Lecture
Self-study of literature
Competences
Self-study of literature
assessment methods
Knowledge
Test
Skills
Test
Competences
Test
Recommended literature
  • Ken Oldham Smith. Electrical safety and the law : a guide to compliance. 1997. ISBN 0-632-04094-7.
  • Kříž, Michal. Příručka pro zkoušky elektrotechniků : požadavky na základní odbornou způsobilost. 10., aktualiz. vyd. Praha : IN-EL, 2014. ISBN 978-80-87942-01-7.


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