Electrical Power Equipment

Learn how electrical equipments operate and how they fit together into a network

Created by: Stephen Brooks
Chartered Electrical Engineer

What Will I Learn?

• Understand why the electrical power network looks the way it does
• Know all about the equipment used in the power network
• Be able to design a basic electrical power network
• Understand electrical clearances and how they are used to design equipments
• Know how to calculate output voltages and currents using the transformer turns ratio
• Know how electrical discrimination works and how it clears the fault by keeping the healthy electrical system connected
• Know the difference between insulators and conductors
• Understand how the circuit breaker types change as the voltages and currents increase
• Understand how a transmission overhead line is designed using electrical clearances
• Know how electrical power cables are designed, constructed and installed
• Understand how the low voltage system in a house is connected
• Identify the difference between grounded and ungrounded systems
• Know the difference between touch potentials and step potentials

Requirements

• Completion of the electrical power engineering principles course
• You should be familiar with basic electrical knowledge of voltage, current & power

Target audience

• This course is suitable for anyone interested in learning about the electrical power networks that are used throughout the world
• Electrical engineering graduates who are interested in getting some practical experience on how an electrical power network operates