ELET1520 — AC Electricity
Academic Division: Business, Industry and Technology Academic Discipline: Engineering Technology Assistant Dean: Vincent Palombo PhD 3 Credit(s) A course covering alternating circuit theory including basic concepts of voltage, current, resistance, impedance, inductance, capacitance, phase angle, and their relationships to each other in an AC circuit. Transformers, resonance and use of AC instruments is also included. OET 003Â OET003 2 Lab Hour(s) 2 Lecture Hour(s); Required Sinusoidal wave properties: Safely measure the RMS values of voltage and current of an AC sine wave using both digital and analog multimeters or clip-on ammeters. Lecture, Labs, and Quizzes – Entire term 2. Safely measure AC sine wave voltages and phase shifts of voltage and current in RLC circuits on an oscilloscope. Lecture, Labs, and Quizzes – Entire term 3. Compute the peak voltage, peak-peak voltage, RMS voltage, frequency and cycle time period from a calibrated oscilloscope display of an AC sine wave. Lecture, Labs, and Quizzes – Entire term 4. Behavior of transformers: Describe the electromagnetic principles of transformer action: The pulsating magnetic field in the primary. The induced voltage in the secondary. The use of high permeability cores to maximize coupling. The techniques used to minimize core losses. Lecture, Labs, and Quizzes – Entire term 5. Compute the following transformer parameters: Turn ratio (given primary and secondary voltages) Turns ratio (given primary and secondary currents)
Prerequisites: ELET1510