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Terminated in academic year 2021/2022

Electrical Measurements

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 450-2018/02
Abbreviation EM
Course title Electrical Measurements
Credits 6
Coordinating department Department of Cybernetics and Biomedical Engineering
Course coordinator Ing. Richard Velička, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures:
1. Accuracy and error of measurement. Errors of analog and digital instruments, errors of direct as well as indirect measurements, random errors, total measurement error.
Inharmonic waveforms of electrical quantities. Representation of periodical waveforms using Fourier transformation; form, crest and distortion factors.
2. Measuring converters.
3. Analog and digital measuring instruments.
4. Analog and digital osciloscopes.
5. Chart recording instruments.
6. Frequency analyzers.
7. Virtual measuring instruments, GPIB, RS 232, VXI buses, programming developments.
8. Methods for measuring active electrical quantities (voltage, current, power, frequency, period, time intervals).
9. Methods for measuring passive electrical quantities (resistor, inductance, capacitance, dissipation factor, quality factor, impedance).
10. Magnetic measurements. Measuring of ferromagnetic characteristics, display of hysteresis loops.
11. Disturbing effects and their limitation.

Laboratories:
1. Initial theoretical training, safety in the laboratory.
2. Measuring of voltage and current.
3. Measuring of passive components.
4. Impact of frequency and waveform shape on measuring instrument's indication.
5. Analog osciloscopes.
6. Measuring of single-phase power.
7. Measuring of powers across unbalanced three-phase load.
8. Measuring of frequency, period and phase shift.
9. Magnetic measurements.
10. Virtual measuring instruments, LabView
11. Digital osciloscope and its control over GPIB bus.
12. Practical test measurement.

Projects:
10 protokols.

Tests:
10 test questions - 1 question in each exercise.

Literature

1. VELICKA, R., BICOVSKA, B., ONDRACZKA, T.: Methods and Measurement in Electrical Engineering, VSB-TU Ostrava, INTERREG V-A, PROJECT REG. NUMBER:CZ.11.3.119/0.0/0.0/16_022/0001155, Ostrava 2021. 86 p. [On-Line]: http://lms.vsb.cz.
2. HAASZ, V,. SEDLÁČEK, M.: Electrical measurements. ČVUT, Praha 2006. ISBN 80-01-03375-9 .
3. SEDLÁČEK, M., HOLUB, J., HEJTMANOVÁ, D.: Laboratory exercises in electrical measurements. ČVUT, Praha 2011. ISBN 978-80-01-04883-2.

Advised literature

1. WEBSTER, John G., ed. Electrical measurement, signal processing, and displays. Boca Raton: CRC Press, c2004. ISBN 0-8493-1733-9.
2. GRABE, M.: Measurement Uncertainties in Science and Technology, Springer 2005, ISBN 978-3-540-27319-6 .