PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
cod. 1006132

Academic year 2016/17
2° year of course - First semester
Professor
Carlo CONCARI
Academic discipline
Convertitori, macchine e azionamenti elettrici (ING-IND/32)
Field
Attività formative affini o integrative
Type of training activity
Related/supplementary
63 hours
of face-to-face activities
9 credits
hub:
course unit
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Learning objectives

The course aims at providing basic knowledge and methods fior the analysis and synthesis of linear circuits in DC, AC and transient conditions. Part of the contents will be preparatory for later Electronics courses.

Prerequisites

Students must be familiar with the concepts and methods treated during the first year of the course (Mathematical analysis, Analytical geometry, Physics).

Course unit content

Analysis ans synthesis on linear electric circuits in direct current, alternating current, and transient operation. Energy analysis. Frequency analysis.

Full programme

1) Steady-state electrodynamics (5 hours).
Voltage and currents. Resistor, voltage and current independent generators, Ohm's laws, energy. Voltage and current limits, rated values. Thermal sizing.

2) Direct current circuits analysis and synthesis (14 hours).
Connections among bipoles. Kirchhoff's principles. Mesh analysis, node analysis, delta/wye transformations, superposition principle, Millman's theorem. Thevenin's theorem, Norton's theorem. Measurement instruments. Dependent generators.

3) Steady-state electric fields (5 hours).
Electric filed, capacitance, capacitor, constitutive law of the capacitor. Dielectrics and electrical insulation. Parasitic capacitances. Energy behaviour. Charge and discharge.

4) Quasi-stationary electromagnetic field (5 hours).
Magnetic field, diamagnetic, paramagnetic and ferromagnetic materials, loss figure. Faraday-Lenz's law. Inductor, constitutive law of an inductor, energy behaviour. Magnetic circuits. Charge and discharge. Stray inductances. Lumped parameters circuits. Connections among reactive components.

5) Electric circuits in transient conditions (5 hours).
Analysis of first and second order electric transients in the time domain. State variables.

6) Electric circuits with sinusoidal supply (10 hours)
Symbolic method (Steinmetz's transform). Active and reactive power, power factor, Boucherot's theorem. Power factor correction. Introduction to polyphase systems and electric energy transmission. Maximum power transfer theorem.

7) Frequency domain electric circuit analysis (12 hours).
Frequency response of electric circuits. Transfer functions and Bode diagrams. Filters. Series and parallel resonance.

8) Two-port electric networks. (4 hours).
Representation of two-port electric networks with impedance matrix, admittance matrix, hybrid parameters, and transmission matrices. Connections among two-port networks.

9) Coupled inductors and transformers (4 hours).
Mutual inductance, ideal and real transformers, constitutive laws, applications of transformers, open and short circuit tests, autotransformers.

Bibliography

C. K. Alexander, M. N. O. Sadiku, ”Circuiti elettrici”, 4a ed., McGraw-Hill.
A. Canova, G. Gruosso, M. Repetto, "Elettrotecnica-Esercizi svolti", Esculapio-Progetto Leonardo.

Teaching methods

Classroom lectures and exercises solved by the instructor.

Assessment methods and criteria

1. Written exam with problems and theoretical questions. During the exam the student will have to demonstrate knowledge of circuit analysis and synthesis techniques in direct current, alternating current and transient operation, frequency analysis, energy analysis.

2. Optional oral exam for those students who successfully pass the written exam, mandatory for those who are slightly below 18/30. The oral exam can increase or decrease the written exam mark by up to 5/30.

Other information

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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

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Contacts

Toll-free number

800 904 084

Student registry office

E. segreteria.ingarc@unipr.it

Quality assurance office

Education manager:
Elena Roncai
T. +39 0521 903663
Office E. dia.didattica@unipr.it
Manager E. elena.roncai@unipr.it

 

President of the degree course

Gianluigi Ferrari
E. gianluigi.ferrari@unipr.it

Faculty advisor

Giovanna Sozzi
E. giovanna.sozzi@unipr.it

Career guidance delegate

Guido Matrella
E. guido.matrella@unipr.it

Tutor professor

Boni Andrea
E. andrea.boni@unipr.it
Caselli Stefano
E. stefano.caselli@unipr.it
Cucinotta Annamaria
E. annamaria.cucinotta@unipr.it
Nicola Delmonte
E. nicola.delmonte@unipr.it
Mucci Domenico
E. domenico.mucci@unipr.it
Saracco Alberto
E. alberto.saracco@unipr.it
Ugolini Alessandro
E. alessandro.ugolini@unipr.it
Vannucci Armando
E. armando.vannucci@unipr.it

Erasmus delegates

Paolo Cova
E. paolo.cova@unipr.it
Corrado Guarino
E. corrado.guarinolobianco@unipr.it
Walter Belardi
E. walter.belardi@unipr.it

Quality assurance manager

Massimo Bertozzi
E. massimo.bertozzi@unipr.it

Tutor students

SPAGGIARI Davide E. davide.spaggiari@unipr.it
MUSETTI Alex E. alex.musetti@unipr.it
BERNUZZI Vittorio E. vittorio.bernuzzi1@studenti.unipr.it
NKEMBI Armel Asongu E. armelasongu.nkembi@unipr.it
BASSANI Marco E. marco.bassani@unipr.it
ZANIBONI Thomas E. thomas.zaniboni@unipr.it
BOCCACCINI Riccardo E. riccardo.boccaccini@unipr.it
MORINI Marco E. marco.morini@unipr.it
SHOZIB Md Sazzadul Islam E. mdsazzadulislam.shozib@studenti.unipr.it