Terminated in academic year 2023/2024

Designing Electrical Apparatuses

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	English
Code	410-4203/02
Abbreviation	PREP
Course title	Designing Electrical Apparatuses
Credits	8
Coordinating department	Department of Electrical Power Engineering
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Petr Kačor, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures:
1.Devices insulating proposition
2.Studs, insulators, buschings
3.Calculation of gaseous and liquid insulation
4.Mechanical proposition current, carrying parts of equipments
5.Influencis of forces on closed coil, non paralel wires, Special cases of emerging of forces, characteristics forces in free phase system
6.Thermal effects of electric current
7.Cooling of surface
8.Bimetals
9.Dynamic of mechanism
10.Gas dynamics
11.Design and construction of extinguisher
12.Liquid Circuit breakers
13.Principles of design vacuum interupter, Circuit breakers with SF6
14.DC equipment construction
15.Switchgear systems

Projects:
Course plan, requirements for the granting of credit, student materiels, program task no.1 and no.2
Program solution
Design of insulation of electrical devices
Mechanical design of electrical device
Thermal design of electrical devices
Test and check and finishing of the program

Exercise are carried by two-semestral work system.

Literature

Mason, J.R.: Switch engineering handbook, New York, 1993
Cassie, A.M: Introduction to the theory of circuit interruption, in: Trencham. H.: Circuit breaking, London, McGraw-Hill 1953
Gerszonowicz, H.: High-Voltage A.C. Circuit-Breakers.London,McGraw-Hill 1953
Greenwood,A.: Electrical transient in power systems.New York, Sydney, Toronto, Wiley Interscience, 1971.
Holm, R.: Electric Contacts Handbook. Berlin, Springer-Verlag 1958, 1967.
Jahn, R.G.:Physics of electric propulsion, New York McGraw-Hill 1968.
Batiwala, F. et al: Comparsion of arc extinguishing systems, inductive currents. Helsinki 1981.
Blower, R.W. et al: Vacuum circuit-breaker for distribution voltages. In: Symp. on h.v. switching equipment. Sydney 1979.

Advised literature

Burrage, L.M.: The operation of vacuum interrupters when tested at abnormal voltages, IEEE PAS 94, 1975.
Slade, P. G. - Electrical Contacts, CRC Press, 1999,

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