ELE4091

Advanced electrical design

P R Voumard

4 points
* 26 lecture hours and 26 tutorial hours
* First semester
* Caulfield
* Prerequisite: ELE3251

Objectives The student will be expected to acquire a thorough understanding of (a) the fundamental principles that relate power equipment design and operation with market forces and (b) the fundamental aspects, procedures and software relating to electric power equipment design, namely electric and magnetic circuits, insulation requirements, cooling/heating, transport, siting and the environment.
Synopsis Introduction: the Australian scene, economics. Specifications and pricing: standards, AAV formula, tenders and contracts, firm and variable prices. Core design: construction, cross-sections, frames series. Steel: properties, grades, losses, parallel and cross flux, magnetising parameters, noise and magnetostriction. Insulation: requirements, test voltages, puncture, creep, strike, flashover, interlayers, multiple systems. Windings: LV and HV designs, reactance, SC forces, magnetic balance, losses and thermal design. Procedure: normal design sequence, initial parameters and the AAV formula, CD compensation, control of impedance, manufacturing constraints, production times. Computerised design: wide scope design facilities, speed, accuracy, component packages, the main TX program.

Assessment Practical work: 40%
* Class tests: 60%

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