| CODE | EPC1101 | ||||||||||||||||
| TITLE | Electrical Circuit Theory 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Electrical Engineering | ||||||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit provides the basis of electrical circuit analysis: - Electrical quantities: voltage, current, charge, resistance, capacitance, inductance, power, frequency, phase, peak, r.m.s values. - Network analysis: Ohm's law, Kirchoff's laws, Mesh Current Analysis, Nodal Analysis, Thevenin and Norton's theorems, Millman's theorem, Maximum Power Transfer. Linear and non-linear networks, super-position theorem, voltage and current sources. - D.C. Transients: Charging and discharging of a capacitor, linear and exponential, inductor transients. - A.C. Theory: behaviour of resistors, inductors and capacitors with sinusoidal signals, reactance, impedance, phasor diagrams, j-notation, basic RLC circuits, real power, reactive power, apparent power, power factor. Study-unit Aims: This study-unit teaches the necessary tools required for basic dc, ac and transient analysis of electrical circuits and provides an understanding of the characteristics of electrical and electronic circuits modeled as lumped elements. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Explain steady-state and transient behaviour of dc circuits. - Understand the behaviour of R,L,C components in dc and ac circuits. - Explain steady-state behaviour of ac circuits with sinusoidal signals. - Understand the phasor representation of sinusoidal signals and numerical description of phasors in complex and polar form. - Understand power flow in ac circuits and distinguish between real, reactive and apparent power. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Analyse dc circuits including networks with multiple sources. - Analyse dc transient behaviour for RC and RL networks. - Describe steady-state ac circuit behaviour using phasors and perform ac circuit analysis using phasor algebra. - Perform basic calculations relating to power in single-phase ac circuits. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Boylestad, Introductory Circuit Analysis, Prentice Hall. (12th Edition). |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Tutorial and Practical | ||||||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Maurice Apap Cyril Spiteri Staines |
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