Description

Theory
2

Laboratory
2

Instructors

Francisco Pereira

Contents

P0: Motivation for AC: alternators, transformers and motors in the electrical energy chain (production, transportation, distribution and utilization)
P1 - Complex Numbers: representation and algebraic calculations, phasors.
P2 - Time-Varying Quantities (characterization and representation).
P3 - Oscilloscope (operation and measurement techniques).
P4 - Capacitors and Capacitance
P5 - Inductors and Inductance
P6 - Single-phase AC circuits (fundamental laws, impedance/admittance, resonance, real, reactive and apparent power, power factor and its correction).
P7 - Three-phase AC circuits: symmetric and balanced/unbalanced systems, power and power factor correction.
P8 - Test/measurement Instruments in AC: Multimeter, Oscilloscope, RLC meter, Wattmeter, Signal Generator.

Learning Outcomes

The main objective is for students to acquire theoretical and practical competences in the analysis of AC circuits, in single-phase and three-phase circuits:
OB0: Identifying the importance of AC
OB1: Characterizing time-varying quantities: period and frequency; peak, peak-to-peak, mean and root-mean-square amplitudes.
OB2: Modeling and analysis of the transient behavior of inductive and capacitive components.
OB3: Phasor representation of electrical quantities: the complex domain and Steinmetz Transform
OB4: Concepts of Inductive Reactance, Capacitive Reactance and Impedance
OB5: Concepts of Active/Real, Reactive and Apparent Power; Power Factor correction
OB6: Modelling, analysis, simulation and implementation of single-phase AC circuits
OB7: Modelling, analysis and simulation of three-phase AC circuits
OB8: Operation of measuring instruments in AC circuits: Multimeter, Oscilloscope, RLC meter, Wattmeter, Signal Generator.