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Terminated in academic year 2022/2023

Basic Electrotechnical Regulations

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 420-2010/01
Abbreviation ZEP
Course title Basic Electrotechnical Regulations
Credits 6
Coordinating department Department of Electrical Engineering
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Vítězslav Stýskala, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures:

1. The introduction - the summary of legislative regulations, institutions and authorities
2. The standardization in the Czech Republic, in The Europe Union and worldwide
3. The conditions of putting the new products to the market, it's distribution and sale,
the declaration of conformity, acreditation of workers,
4. The professional qualification of workers in electrotechnical field, operation of electrical installations according to EN 50110 ed.2.
5. Basic and safety principles of man-machine interface, marking and identification,colours etc., coding principles for indicators and actuators
6. The validity area of HD 364/384, EN 60204 and EN 60439 standards. Low voltage supply systems, basic characteristic according to EN 60364-1:2008
The Degrees of protection provided by enclosures (IP Code) - EN 60529
7. The external influences and climate conditions (HD 384, IEC 60364), the degrees of protection provided by enclosures (IP Code) - EN 60529
8. Selection and erection of wiring systems. Earthing arrangements, protective conductors and protective bonding conductors. (HD 60364-1, - 5 - 52, - 5 - 54).
9. Measures of protection against overcurrent. Characterisitics and use of MCB and fuses.
10. Protection for safety - Protection against electric shock (EN 61140, HD 60364-4-41), influence of the current to human body, first aid in occurence of electric shock).
11. Protection against lightning (EN 62305) risk assesment, physical damage to structures and life hazard
12. Basic safety technic - safety of machinery. Safety related parts of control system. Performance level. Switchgear assemblies.
13. Electric installation in rooms for medical use. (HD 60364-7-710).
14. Summary of topics,counsels


Exercises:
1. Line drops, currents in electrical instalation, brush- up of 1phase and 3 phase circuits.
2. Excercises from safety – TN supply system, automatic disconnection of supply.
3. Excercises from safety – TN supply system, automatic disconnection of supply. Excercises from automatic disconection of supply - calculation of disconnection time of failure in TN and TT systems.
4. Excercises from designing the cable line in electrical installation
5. Ist. written test
6. Installation control part using contactors in machinery.
7. The testing of RCD. Difference between FI and DI. Testing according to ČSN 33 1610.
8. Verification of electrical installation, testing of switchgear assemblies and machinery according to EN 60204, EN 60439, HD 60364-6.
9. 2nd. written test, tuition of the project
10. Presentation of the project, consultation, credit



Computer labs:
1. The support of information technology leading to obtain basic knowledge in the field of rules, directions and technical standards
2. Standards (EN, ČSN) - the way of obtaining information concernig validity of the standards, the introducing with selected servers providing useful information in the field of electrotechnical regulation
3. Orientation in the HD 60364., solving of practical excercises and problems
4. Practical drawing up the Protocol of external influneces acording to national attachment to EN 60364-5-51:2009

Projects:
Drawing up the Protocol of external influences according to national attachment to EN 60364-5-51:2009 and its presentation.

Literature

Texts of lectures in the web page of department: http://fei.vsb.cz/kat452
Requirements of knowledge for self-study (for the distance form of study) in the web page of department: http://fei.vsb.cz/kat452
Standards - EN 60364-1..7, EN 60204 ed.2, EN 60439, EN 62305, ČSN 332140, TNI 332140, HD 60364-7-710, EN 62353, EN 60601-1.

Advised literature

Requirements of knowledge for self-study (for the distance form of study) in the web page of department: http://fei.vsb.cz/kat452