Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Civil Engineering and Built Environment
Learning Methods
Lecture
Tutorial
Module Offerings
5334BEUG-SEP-CTY
Aims
To further develop an appreciation of electrical principles and relate them to the practical processes applied in the design of electrical engineering services in buildings.
To provide students with the skills and knowledge required to appreciate industry standard data and, by its application critically analyse the underpinning theoretical concepts which are incorporated in typical design techniques.
To provide students with the background knowledge so that they may complete electrical building engineering design.
To enable students to utilise appropriate mathematical methods to solve electrical engineering problems.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Analyse a variety of buildings ranging from simple domestic buildings to moderately complex commercial and industrial buildings.
2.
Identify, evaluate and justify the need for electrical building engineering systems.
3.
Evaluate alternative strategies for the electrical building engineering systems across a range of buildings to encourage energy efficiency and sustainable design.
4.
Develop the capability to appreciate the relationship between theoretical electrical principles and practical electrical engineering systems.
5.
Develop the skills and knowledge to resolve electrical design calculations in accordance with IET Wiring Regulations.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:
Electrical principles which underpin electrical building services engineering design processes: Ohm’s Law, AC and DC circuit, Kirchhoff's Laws, single phase series and parallel RLC circuits, power factor, three phase systems, star and delta connection, power, application of complex numbers, transformers. Supply characteristics and distribution, Load assessment and diversity, Single phase and three phase distribution, Star / delta connections and fault levels, Adiabatic equation, Lighting design, Containment fire/intruder alarms, lightning protection. Fundamental requirements for safety, earthing, protection, isolation switching and control, circuit design, special locations, inspection and testing. Protective devices, Over-currents, Selectivity/discrimination Power assessment: load factors, assessment of demand, power for mechanical services. Specification requirements: analysis of client requirements Application of IET Wiring Regulations, IET wiring requirements, Cable sizing/selection, Alternating current fundamentals; period, frequency, angular frequency; peak, rms and instantaneous values; complex representation of sinusoidal quantities, phasors. Electrical networks; single phase AC circuits, quantities in series, parallel and combined RLC networks. Resonant AC circuits; circuit resonance, circuit conditions at resonance for various arrangements of induction coil and capacitor, resonant frequency and dynamic frequency. Power factor; true, reactive and apparent power; power factor correction. Appropriate engineering mathematics associated with the solution of problems in electrical engineering.
Electrical principles which underpin electrical building services engineering design processes: Ohm’s Law, AC and DC circuit, Kirchhoff's Laws, single phase series and parallel RLC circuits, power factor, three phase systems, star and delta connection, power, application of complex numbers, transformers. Supply characteristics and distribution, Load assessment and diversity, Single phase and three phase distribution, Star / delta connections and fault levels, Adiabatic equation, Lighting design, Containment fire/intruder alarms, lightning protection. Fundamental requirements for safety, earthing, protection, isolation switching and control, circuit design, special locations, inspection and testing. Protective devices, Over-currents, Selectivity/discrimination Power assessment: load factors, assessment of demand, power for mechanical services. Specification requirements: analysis of client requirements Application of IET Wiring Regulations, IET wiring requirements, Cable sizing/selection, Alternating current fundamentals; period, frequency, angular frequency; peak, rms and instantaneous values; complex representation of sinusoidal quantities, phasors. Electrical networks; single phase AC circuits, quantities in series, parallel and combined RLC networks. Resonant AC circuits; circuit resonance, circuit conditions at resonance for various arrangements of induction coil and capacitor, resonant frequency and dynamic frequency. Power factor; true, reactive and apparent power; power factor correction. Appropriate engineering mathematics associated with the solution of problems in electrical engineering.
Module Overview:
This module will help you develop an appreciation of electrical principles and how you relate them to the practical processes applied in the design of electrical engineering services in buildings. Students are provided with the skills and knowledge required to appreciate industry standard data and critically apply this to analyse the theoretical concepts in typical design techniques.
This module will help you develop an appreciation of electrical principles and how you relate them to the practical processes applied in the design of electrical engineering services in buildings. Students are provided with the skills and knowledge required to appreciate industry standard data and critically apply this to analyse the theoretical concepts in typical design techniques.
Additional Information:
This module is designed to run in semester 1 alongside the complementary Mechanical Engineering for Buildings module to provide students with the necessary grounding in the underpinning principles of Electrical Engineering so that they may undertake the appropriate Design Project module in semester 2. Appropriate engineering mathematics is included as required.
This module is designed to run in semester 1 alongside the complementary Mechanical Engineering for Buildings module to provide students with the necessary grounding in the underpinning principles of Electrical Engineering so that they may undertake the appropriate Design Project module in semester 2. Appropriate engineering mathematics is included as required.