Module Delivered in
| Short Title: | Electrical Power Systems 2 |
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| Full Title: | Electrical Power Systems 2 |
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| Description: | This module imparts knowledge and skills to enable the student to select and specify the
components of a domestic/light industrial electrical installation incorporating some local
renewable electricity generation. The module also introduces some aspects of large scale
electrical distribution systems.
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| Learning Outcomes: |
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| On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to | - Describe and specify the components and construction
of Low Voltage domestic and industrial electrical
distribution systems
- Describe the components and construction and
protection of the service providers LV distribution
- Explain and analyse the control of small generators and
convertors
- Specify the hardware needed to integrate small scale
generation equipment with a local installation: cabling,
protection, batteries, controllers, inverters,
switchgear
Explain the technical and legal requirements for
- Explain the technical and legal requirements for connection to the Service Providers distribution system
- Safely perform electrical measurements on AC electrical
systems. Analyse data to extract peak, average and
trend information, and find solutions to electrical
supply/demand problems
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Module Content & Assessment| Content |
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Users Electrical Distribution System: 25.0% Distribution network, Switch gear
Wiring, bus-bars, cables.
Fault calculations. Protective devices; discrimination
Power factor and power factor correction. Harmonic quality
Back up systems, UPS
Wiring and protection of industrial loads, compressors, heating and
refrigeration plant Service providers Distribution circuit: 20.0% Service agreement, and power quality issues. System types.
Hardware: transformer: construction, location, rating, connection
and protection. Distributed generation. 30.0% Characteristics and availability of power from embedded generating
plant:
Photovoltaic panels: Low voltage low impedence pseudo-DC output
Wind turbines and micro-hydro generators: Variable voltage, variable
frequency 3-phase AC
Potential energy use strategies:
Water heating: plant water requirement, storage requirement,
heating elements and control gear
battery charging: Battery characteristics, storage capacity, charge
and discharge rates, longevity with different usage cycles.
Battery charging hardware, wiring and protection.
Inversion and injection on grid:
Invertor ratings and efficiency. Wiring and protection.
Disconnection and regulation requirements for Service provider. Case Studies: 25.0% (1) Specification and design of electrical supply for a large item
(100kWatt) of new plant in an existing light industrial distribution
system.
(2) Specification and design of electrical system to integrate a small
(6kWatt) wind turbine into a specified domestic (farm) consumer
site.
(3) Specification and design of electrical system to utilise a large
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| Assessment Breakdown | % |
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| Course Work | 40% | | End of Semester Formal Examination | 60% |
| | Outcome addressed | % of total | Assessment Date |
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| Formal End-of-Semester Examination | 1,2,3,4 | 60% | Semester End |
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| Coursework Breakdown |
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| Type | Description | Outcome addressed | % of total | Assessment Date |
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| Laboratory | Fault level analysis for industrial unit | 1,2 | 8 | Week 2 | | Continuous Assessment | Specifications and design of supply to compressor | 1,2,4,5 | 8 | Week 4 | | Continuous Assessment | Specification of a battery bank system | 1,2,4,5 | 8 | Week 6 | | Continuous Assessment | Analysis of power availability data from small wind generator | 3,4,5,6 | 8 | Week 8 | | Practical/Skills Evaluation | Case study PV array + wind generator design | 4,6 | 8 | Week 10 |
IT Tallaght reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment Module Workload & Resources| Workload | Full-time |
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| Type | Description | Hours | Frequency | Average Weekly Learner Workload |
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| Lecture | Class work | 2 | Every Week | 2.00 | | Lecturer/Lab | Practical Work | 2 | Every Week | 2.00 | | Independent Learning Time | Outside of Class | 2 | Every Week | 2.00 | | Total Weekly Learner Workload | 6.00 | | Total Weekly Contact Hours | 4.00 |
| Resources |
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| Required Book Resources |
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- Geoffrey Stokes 2002, Practical Guide to the Wiring Regulations, 3rd ed Ed., John Wiley & Sons Oxford [ISBN: 0632058986]
- Electro-Technical Council of Ireland limited 2008, National Rules for Electrical Installations, 4th ed Ed., ETCI Ireland
- Edward Hughes, John Hiley, Keith Brown, Ian McKenzie Smith, 2008, Hughes Electrical & Electronic Technology, 10th ed Ed., Longman Scientific USA [ISBN: 9780132060110]
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- H. Lee Willis 2004, Power distribution planning reference book, 2nd Ed., Marcel Dekker USA [ISBN: 9780824748753]
- John F. Walker, Nicholas Jenkins, Wind energy technology [ISBN: 0 471 96044 6]
- Austin Hughes 2006, Electric motors and drives, 6th ed Ed., Newnes Oxford [ISBN: 9780750647182]
- Colin Bayliss 2007, Transmission and distribution electrical engineering, 3rd ed Ed., Elsevier Science UK [ISBN: 9780750666732]
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