BEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering

This unit covers the following key topics:

- Electrical variables (voltage, current, power) and key electrical components (voltage source, current source, resistor, inductor, capacitor);

- Passive Sign Convention;

- Resistance and Ohm’s Law;

- Kirchoff’s Current Law and Kirchoff’s Voltage Law;

- Modelling of amplifiers using dependent voltage/current sources;

- Operational (Voltage) Amplifiers;

- Advanced circuit analysis techniques: Node Voltage, Mesh Current, Source Transformation, Superposition Principle, Thevenin/Norton Equivalent Circuits;

- Introduction to general dynamic systems, simple low-order mechanical and thermal systems, transient analysis of RC and RL circuits;

- Introduction to rotational motion and basic principles of electrical machines with application to separately excited brushed DC machine;

- Overview of power conversion systems and energy storage systems;

- Alternating Current (AC) circuit analysis, complex AC power and power factor correction;

- Three-phase power system analysis;

- Balancing of demand and generation in electrical power systems.

The unit aims to:

- provide students with an overview of the key principles of electrical, electronic and mechatronic engineering;

- introduce the fundamental concepts of electrical circuit modelling and analysis, focusing on essential components of electrical, electronic and mechatronic systems;

- equip students with the skills to analyse circuits involving operational amplifiers, electrical machines, and energy storage elements;

- develop students’ understanding of dynamic systems, including the transient analysis of electrical circuits, as well as the simple mechanical and thermal systems.

All ILOs are developed and assessed.

ILO 1 Apply Ohm’s Lam, Kirchoff’s Current Law and Kirchoff’s Voltage to electrical circuits.

ILO 2 Simplify and analyse complex electrical circuits using transformation and combination techniques.

ILO 3 Apply Mesh Current and Node Voltage methods to analyse electrical circuits.

ILO 4 Apply Thevenin and Norton theorems to simplify complex electrical circuits.

ILO 5 Design and analyse basic operational amplifier circuits, including inverting, non-inverting and differential amplifiers.

ILO 6 Describe the basic principles of electrical machines and energy storage technologies, and perform calculations related to power and efficiency in these systems.

ILO 7 Analyse the transient behaviour of low-order mechanical, thermal and electrical systems, focusing primarily on their natural and forced responses.

ILO 8 Employ the concepts of phasor and impedance to analyse AC circuits and draw corresponding phasor diagrams.

ILO 9 Calculate complex power and associated power factor in AC circuits.

ILO 10 Analyse three-phase AC circuits including both star and delta connections and three-phase sources.

ILO 11 Describe the process of matching electricity generation and demand.

Large group lectures are held weekly during two two-hour sessions. Presentation slides and lecture notes are made available electronically via CANVAS.

Additional e-learning videos are provided to support the understanding of key concepts and to offer additional worked examples.

Two three-hour laboratory sessions are conducted in a computer cluster and dry teaching lab, with the support of Teaching Assistants, to reinforce the key concepts covered in the course unit.

Weekly small-group tutorials, led by Teaching Assistants, focus on technical discussions related to specific concepts covered in the lectures.

Written Exam (80%)

Lab-based coursework (10%)

Weekly Tutorial questions (10%)

Exam grades provided after the examination board.

Lab-based coursework. Feedback provided via CANVAS system within three weeks after the submission deadline.

Weekly Tutorial questions. Feedback provided via CANVAS system within one week after the submission deadline.

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