E015 – Electrical Engineering Fundamentals 1

Module
Electrical Engineering Fundamentals 1
Electrical Engineering Fundamentals 1
Module number
E015
Version: 1
Faculty
Electrical Engineering
Level
Bachelor/Diploma
Duration
1 Semester
Semester
Winter semester
Module supervisor

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Lutz Göhler
lutz.goehler(at)htw-dresden.de

Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Binner
andreas.binner(at)htw-dresden.de
Lecturer in: "Electrical Engineering Fundamentals 1"

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Lutz Göhler
lutz.goehler(at)htw-dresden.de
Lecturer in: "Electrical Engineering Fundamentals 1"

Course language(s)

English
in "Electrical Engineering Fundamentals 1"

ECTS credits

7.00 credits

Workload

210 hours

Courses

6.50 SCH (4.00 SCH Lecture | 2.00 SCH Seminar | 0.50 SCH Internship)

Self-study time

112.50 hours

Pre-examination(s)
None
Examination(s)

Alternative examination - Written academic assessment
Examination time: 90 min | Weighting: 50% | tested in English language
in "Electrical Engineering Fundamentals 1"

Written examination
Examination time: 90 min | Weighting: 50% | tested in English language
in "Electrical Engineering Fundamentals 1"

Form of teaching
  • lecture
  • tutorial
  • practical courses in the Electrical Engineering Laboratory
Media type
  • lectures based on blackboard and beamer presentation
  • exercise booklet for tutorials
  • instructions for practical courses
Instruction content/structure
  • basic electrotechnical quantities (20 %)
  • two terminal networks and fundamental electrotechnical calculations (20 %)
  • network calculation for direct current networks (30 %)
  • network calculation for alternating current networks (30 %)
Qualification objectives

Knowledge:

  • basic concepts of electrical engineering
  • active and passive two terminal networks
  • Kirchhoff's laws for nodes and meshes
  • voltage and current divider
  • bridge circuits
  • methods for network calculation (esp. node potential analysis)
  • periodically time dependent quantities
  • networks at DC and AC voltage
  • complex phasors, resistance and conductance operators
  • network calculations in complex plane
  • active, reactive and apparent power, reactive power compensation

Skills:

  • confident handling of electrical engineering quantities and units
  • methods for network calculation at DC and AC voltage
  • creation of two terminal equivalent circuits for arbitrary electrical circuits

Competencies:

  • the students are able to transfer electrotechnical descriptions and methods to complex tasks
Social and personal skills

 

Special admission requirements
No information
Recommended prerequisites
No information
Continuation options

Electrical Engineering Fundamentals 2

Literature
  • standard literature for electrical engineering fundamentals (available at HTW library)
Current teaching resources
  • beamer presentation slides
  • exercise booklet
  • practical course instructions
Notes
No information