Study Guide

Teaching methods

After completing the 5 ECTS section of electrical engineering the student is able to make simple AC circuit analysis calculations. The student knows the basics of the electrical safety and is able to operate electrical equipment safely.

The student knows the operation principle of the transformer as well as the most common electrical motor types. The student knows the main criteria for electrical device rating and is able to select protective devices for an electrical drive.
PHYSICS (Tuukka Heiskanen 2 etc)
Electric field
Potential
DC circuits
Magnetic field
Electromagnetic induction

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (Tapio Korpijaakko 3 ets)
Legislation on the electrical safety
Legislation on the electrical competency, laymen vs. professionals
Electrical installation work permitted to everyone
Electrical installation work permitted only to the licensed professionals
EC directive on machinery, electrical systems as a part of machine
The basics of AC circuits analysis
- Alternating voltage and current, phase shift
- Active, reactive and apparent power, power factor
- 3-phase system operation and calculation principles
Transformer
Electrical motor
Electrical system dimensioning and protection principles

To complete the course students must past two exams (Engineering part and physics part) and do the laboratory exercises.

Student workload

Lectures

Electrical engineering lectures 25 hours
Physics lectures 12 hours
Four practical laboratory tasks 12 hours (group work)
Students own working time 85 hours (tasks, lab reports preparation for exams)

Materials

Material handed in Moodle