Further Electrical and Electronics Engineering - 2019 entry

This module has been designed to further develop  your knowledge in control of power electronics and power systems control. This module is essential for Renewable Energy MEng Candidate students.

 Prerequisite module: CSM3035 or equivalent
 

On this module,  you will further  your understanding of electrical and electronics engineering through developing competence with computational design tools that are routinely adopted in industry, for analysis and design tasks.
 

On successful completion of this module, you should be able to:
 

Module Specific Skills and Knowledge:
1 understand, in detail, the principles, methods and techniques for power electronics and power systems;
2 apply computer-based models used in electrical and electronics engineering, and assess the limitations of particular cases;
3 comprehend, extensively, a wide range of engineering materials and components used in electrical and electronics engineering.
Discipline Specific Skills and Knowledge:
4 appreciate developing technologies related to power electronics and power systems;
5 take a systems approach to engineering problems;
6 show knowledge of design processes and methodologies in electrical and electronics engineering and the ability to apply and adapt them in unfamiliar situations;
7 generate an innovative design for products, systems, components or processes to fulfil new needs.
Personal and Key Transferable/ Employment Skills and  Knowledge:
8 apply and integrate knowledge and understanding of other disciplines to support study of your own engineering discipline;
9 use creativity to establish innovative solutions;
10 utilise technical literature and other information sources;
11 employ appropriate codes of practice and industry standards;
12 demonstrate awareness of quality issues.
 

Part 1 - Electronics engineering:

- overview of power electronic systems;
- overview of power semiconductor switches;
- PSPICE fundamentals;
- MATLAB/SIMULINK fundamentals;
-DC-DC converters;
- DC-AC converters;
- basic concepts of inverters, single phase inverters, three phase inverters, inverter switching schemes;
- AC-AC converters;
- electric utility applications;
- optimising the utility interface with power electronic systems;
- computer labs;
- PSPICE software;
- MATLAB/SIMULINK software;

Part 2 - Electrical engineering:
 

- power system analysis, using ETAP software;
- analysis of waveforms in modern power systems;
- electric substations;
- power system protection;
- power system control;
- grounding requirements, methods and systems;
- reliability of electricity supply: structure;
- reliability of electricity supply: appliances and equipment;
- electricity markets;
- computer labs;
- ETAP software.

As above 1 piece of CW 100%

Basic reading:

ELE – http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/

Web based and electronic resources:

ETAP Getting Started Guide, <a href="http://etap.com/literature.htm" target="_blank">http://etap.com/literature.htm</a>                                                                         

Other resources:

PSPICE Software                                                                                                                    

MATLAB Software                                                                                                                     

ETAP Software                                                                                                                     

Reading list for this module: