| CODE | EPC3101 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Electrical Energy Utilisation | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | Not Applicable | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Industrial Electrical Power Conversion | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Prerequisites EPC2102 - Electrical Power 1 Objectives This course covers illumination design considerations for indoor and out-door situations. Electrical installation in domestic, commercial and industrial premises. Industrial process heating. The course covers the calculations and technologies required for the design of electrical building services. Content Electric Illumination - Analysis of lighting problems, units used in illumination calculations and measurements. Choice of lighting system: general, localised, local lighting, choices of lighting sources: incandescent filament lamp, fluorescent tube, low and high pressure discharge lamps e.g. radium, mercury and halogen type. Lighting design calculations: The lumen method and the Point-by-Point method. Electrical Installations - General requirements for the design of an electrical installation in domestic, commercial and industrial premises. Calculations in the preparation of a lighting and power installation. Details and layout drawings, drafting of electrical specifications. IEE wiring regulations and other important regulations. British and other standard specifications, codes of practice and general procedures. Earthing and Electrical Safety - Testing. Space Heating/Air Conditioning - Definition of air conditioning terms and requirements for human comforts. General review of space heating methods, specifically those suitable for industrial and commercial buildings. Description of a typical system including servicing devices, temperature and humidity control. Design of a straight forward heating system by calculation of heat losses. Plant Economics - Costs and tariffs, plant load factor, diversity factor, maximum demand, economic choice of plant, Power-factor improvement, local and bulk improvement, relative applications of static capacitors and synchronous machines. Building Management Systems for Industrial and commercial installations Introduction to Energy Audits Basics |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | John Caruana Carmel Xerri |
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