Base Knowledge
Analysis of electrical circuits
Teaching Methodologies
Theoretical presentation with incentive for the active participation of students, debates and examples of practical application.
Learning Results
At the end of this UC students should be able to:
- identify and explain the main parts and equipment of an industrial and domestic electrical installation
- classify locations regarding external influences and identify their respective IK and IP indices
- calculate the power to hire
- calculate currents in the conductors of an electrical installation
- implement the entire heating criterion sequence for conductor sizing
- implement the entire sequence of voltage drop criteria for conductor sizing
- implement the entire overload protection selection sequence to protect the installation
- calculate the capacitor bank to use for power factor compensation
- identify and explain the principles of TT and TN systems for protecting people against electric shocks (indirect contacts)
Program
General considerations – Concepts.
Determination of the power to be contracted.
Electrical conductors.
Design of electrical installations.
Protections of electrical installations.
Protection of people when using electrical installations.
Power factor compensation
Collective installations.
Curricular Unit Teachers
Internship(s)
NAO
Bibliography
Optional:
Direção Geral de Geologia e Energia. (2006). RTIEBT-Regras Técnicas das Instalações Elétricas de Baixa Tensão – Vol.I, II e III. Edição DGGE