Curriculum subject

Electrical Apparatus

Subject
Subject code	MET237
Subject name	Electrical Apparatus
Credit points	3 ECTS
Grading method	Grade prelim

Curriculum subject
Curriculum	2012 ET
Study year	2
Semester	Fall semester
Subject type	Mandatory

General description
Definition of Electrical Apparatus, types, classification and fields of usage. Requirements for electrical apparatus. Physical processes in electrical apparatus, the electric arc. Low Voltage Apparatus: protection devices: fuses, circuit breakers, overload protection devices, residual current devices, surge arresters, switches, contactors, relays. Medium and high voltage switchgear: disconnectors, short circuits, high-voltage switches and circuit breakers, fuses, reactors. Construction and operating principles of high-voltage apparatus.

General aim
Provide an overview of main physical processes occurring in electrical apparatus, construction, operation principles and field of usage. Give knowledge and skills for electrical equipment selection, installation, and practical use.

Aim
The course provides knowledge about general requirements for electrical safety and electrical protection principles, also about the most important physical processes occurring in electrical apparatus. Gives information about the construction and operation principles of electrical devices. The graduate acquires knowledge how to choose and use electrical apparatus according to the purpose and technical parameters.

Form description
Lectures, tests, practical works.

Evaluation methods
The course ends with the final account. Positively executed test and practical work are the prerequisites of the accounting. Test consists written questions within the framework of the lecture material. The final grade will turn out from the average grades of the test and the practical work.

Current rounds
None