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Aims :

Students should have acquired the following expertise: administration and implementation of projects for power transmission and distribution in electrical establishments; devising and implementing maintenance plans and required improvement for electric power equipment.

Topics :

Fundamentals of energy-handling electric circuits. Study of the principal components of electric power systems as individual pieces of equipment and as parts of a system.
Balanced 3-phase circuits, per unit quantities. Circle diagrams, control of voltage, and power flow.
Economics of the operation of power systems. Aspects of interconnected operation. Transmission losses and techniques for optimum economic generation.
Industrial power system design considerations: planning (safety, reliability, simplicity, maintenance, flexibility, cost), protection (devices, limitations, requirements, coordination, testing), grounding (static and lightning protection, earth connections), power factor control and effects, switching and voltage transformation, cable construction and installation, busways.

Textbooks :

G. Conte, "Impianti elettrici", Hoepli, 2002, IV Ed.

Exam :

Written and oral exam in the center of Fermo.

Tutorial Session :

One hour after every lesson in Fermo, the Thursday from the 9 to the 12 in Ancona in the department of Electromagnetismo and bioengineering.