Information on individual educational components (ECTS-Course descriptions) per semester

  
Degree programme:Bachelor Mechatronics Fulltime
Type of degree:FH Bachelor´s Degree Programme
 Full-time
 Winter Semester 2025
  

Course unit titleElectrical Plants
Course unit code074703053203
Language of instructionEnglish
Type of course unit (compulsory, optional)Compulsory optional
Semester when the course unit is deliveredWinter Semester 2025
Teaching hours per week3
Year of study2025
Level of course unit (e.g. first, second or third cycle)First Cycle (Bachelor)
Number of ECTS credits allocated5
Name of lecturer(s)Alexander ROCKS


Prerequisites and co-requisites

Basics of electrical engineering, especially AC technology

Course content
  • Basics and definitions from regulations and standards:
  • Low voltage/high voltage
  • Equipment (generators/motors, transformers, rails, cables, lines, switchgear, transformers, arresters, etc.):
  • Design/function
  • Characteristics/properties
  • Dimensioning
  • Tests
  • Maintenance
  • Different concepts of switchgear (outdoor and gas-insulated), their construction, advantages and disadvantages
  • Protection mechanisms, telecontrol system and control room of electrical installations
Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to

  • explain basic problems arising from the use of high voltage as well as name remedies.
  • explain basic problems arising from the use of high currents as well as name remedies.
  • explain the operation of various equipment in electrical power engineering and dimension it.
  • design and dimension electrical switchgears.
  • explain the typical structure of plants and their control mechanisms.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Lectures, exercises, case studies, excursion

Assessment methods and criteria

Written and/or oral examination, final examination character

Comment

None

Recommended or required reading
  • Kämpfer Stefan, Kopatsch Gerald (2012): Schaltanlagen-Handbuch, 12. Auflage, ABB AG Deutschland, Cornelsen Verlag.
  • Küchler, Andreas (2017): Hochspannungstechnik, 4. Auflage, Springer Verlag.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face, distance learning)

Face-to-face instruction

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