Electrical Power Engineering Chapter 1: Fundamentals

Name: Electrical Power Engineering Chapter 1: Fundamentals
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Fundamental concepts of Electrical Power Engineering.

Created byİhsan Emre BENGİ

Last updated 12/2023

English

What you'll learn

Basic concepts, electrical components and some fundamental information about electrical power engineering

Course content

3 sections • 14 lectures • 7h 8m total length

Current, Voltage, Impedance, Power and Energy Concepts14:27
Explains core electrical power concepts: voltage, current, impedance, power, and energy in watt-hours, using single and three-phase systems, line-to-neutral and line-to-line voltages, phasors, and balanced power calculations.
Complex Numbers Math, Impedance, Lagging - Leading Concepts24:38
Power Types13:58
The lecture explains active, reactive, and complex power, and defines apparent power as the magnitude of S. It shows how P, Q, and S relate via phi.
Single Phase - Three Phase Difference17:50
Compare single phase and three phase systems, showing how balanced three phase loads cancel line currents and eliminate neutral return in distribution.

AC Motors and Generators51:04
Learn how three-phase induction motors use a rotating magnetic field, rotor slip, and synchronous speed, with star or delta windings, and how generators and variable frequency drives enable speed control.
Transformer Types and Properties1:08:48
Explore transformer fundamentals, including turn ratio, power balance, and the distinction between voltage transformers and current transformers, with insights into instrument transformers, tap changing, and practical design types.
Switchgears and Fuses46:24
Understand switchgears, including circuit breakers, disconnectors, fuses, and load break switches, and how they protect networks by switching and interrupting short circuits across voltage levels.
Street Lighting Systems35:28
Explore street lighting systems, including sodium vapor bulbs with igniters, ballasts, capacitors, reflectors, and LED units with DC drivers, and learn how switchgear and relays enable balanced, energy-saving lighting.
Poles and Insulators19:27
Explore steel, wooden, and concrete poles used in low, medium, and high voltage networks, their load capacities, and the role of insulators, bushings, and creepage in safe transmission.
Cables, Conductors, Busbars44:22
Learn cable code designations, conductor materials, insulation, screens, armour, and sheath types, including NYY and N2XH examples, and compare AC vs DC resistance, de-rating, and busbars.
Relays21:04
Discover overcurrent protection using inverse time curves, definite and instantaneous settings, and learn about differential, Buchholz, temperature relays, and reactive power compensation in transformers.

General System View22:59
Explore the general system view of power networks, from generation, through transmission and wholesale to distribution and retail, highlighting interconnected systems, voltage levels, and frequency stability.
Distributed Power Generation and HVDC Concepts18:57
Explore distributed power generation near consumption sites and compare HVDC with HVAC, covering converters, harmonics, reactive power, and break-even distance.
Ways of Distributing Electricity in MV and LV Systems29:24
Explore medium and low voltage distribution techniques, including single line diagrams, busbars, switches, feeders, radial, open loop, and closed loop systems, with emphasis on fault isolation and protection.

Requirements

Having basic knowledge about electrical circuit theory

Description

Fundamentals section of electrical power engineering courses which you will learn basic concepts like current, voltage, power, energy, impedance concepts with complex numbers math and also difference between single phase and three system. In addition with basic concepts, you will get information about electrical components that we use in electrical power sector like transformers, circuit breakers, fuses, cables etc. Lastly, you will have a general idea about how electricity comes to our homes from power plants and what are some fundamental principles in generation, transmission and distribution system of electrical power.

Who this course is for:

Technicians and engineers that work in electrical power sectors like generation, distribution or transmission of electric and also industrial areas. Electrical engineering students. Anyone who wants to learn about electrical power engineering.

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