Electric Power Engineering Fundamentals

By the end of this subject, students will be able to have: 1. coherent knowledge of their branch of engineering including some at the forefront of the branch in electrical machines and installations. 2. the ability to apply their knowledge and understanding of electrical machines and installations to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems using established methods. 3. workshop and laboratory skills. 4. the ability to combine theory and practice to solve engineering problems regarding electrical machines and installations. 5. an understanding of applicable techniques and methods in electrical machines and installations, and of their limitations.

1. Fundamentals of electromagnetics applied to ferromagnetic materials. 1.1. Electromagnetic theory review. 1.2. Hopkinson's Law and limitations. Coil inductances. 1.3. Saturation and hysteresis at ferromagnetic materials. 1.4. Eddy current losses. Power dissipation at ferromagnetic materials. 2. Transformers. 2.1. Principles about the ideal transformer. 2.2. Construction. 2.3. Equivalent circuit of a real transformer. 2.4. Voltage drop and efficiency. 2.5. Three phase transformers. Phase angle between windings. 2.6. Measurements and protection transformers. 2.7. Variacs. 3. Introduction to rotating machines. 3.1. Principles about rotating machines 3.2. Magnetic fields in the air gap. 3.3. Ferraris' Theorem. 3.4. Construction issues at AC machines. 4. The syncronous Machine. 4.1. Fundamentals. Applications. 4.2. Rotor with windings and permanent magnets. 4.3. General structure issues. 5. The asyncronous machine. 5.1. Fundamentals. Applications. 5.2. Equivalent circuit. 5.3. Torque-speed characteristics. Start-up. 6. Low-voltage (LV) installations: cables and conductors. 6.1. Introduction to power distribution. 6.2. Conduction cross section calculations. 7. Internal and Linking installations. 7.1. General sketches and definitions. 7.2. Shortcircuit currents calculations. 8. LV protection devices. 8.1. Protection against electrical shocks. 8.2. Automatic switches and fuses. 8.3 Ground connection schemes. 9. LV electrical installations: Spanish regulations. Practical sessions: 1.- The three phase transformer: connections, tests for equivalent circuit. 2.- The asycronous motor: start-up and current consumption. Power factor, rotating speed and efficiency for different loads. 3.- Ground resistance measurements: connections, calculations.

- Learning in big groups (theoretical approach), learning in small groups (solving doubts), to solve doubts (ask for them by email), individual student work. Theoretical knowledge - Laboratory learning (3 sessions), learning in small groups (solving practical problems), to solve problems (ask for them by email), individual student work. Practical knowledge