Not for graduate credit. Power Systems Technology Fundamentals of basic power plant operation, economics and equipment. Advanced Rankine cycles and cogeneration. Fuel classification and combustion principles. Alternative energy sources and conversion.
Students work concurrently in group design projects emphasizing both written and oral deliverables.
245a-3 Electrical Systems for Industry Electrical symbols and schematics, resistance, Ohm's law, capacitance, inductance, Kirchoff's law, meters, AC fundamentals, transformers, power factor, and safety. Study of network theorems. Extension of these topics to AC steady state by use of the phasor transform. Transient response by the classical solution of differential equations and by Laplace transform methods. Theory and operating characteristics of DC generators and DC motors.