Grounding, Professional Risk and Safety in Power Plants

Објавено: October 12, 2018
  1.    Course Title Grounding, Professional Risk and Safety in Power Plants
  2.    Code 3ФЕИТ04Л006
  3.    Study program EEUM
  4.    Organizer of the study program (unit, institute, department) Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies
  5.    Degree (first, second, third cycle) First cycle
  6.    Academic year/semester III/6   7.    Number of ECTS credits 6.00
  8.    Lecturer Dr Atanas Iliev
  9.    Course Prerequisites

10.    Course Goals (acquired competencies):  Acquiring knowledge about the possible dangers of high voltages and currents and providing conditions for electro-safety in power facilities. The capability for calculation and design of complex grounding systems and assessing the risk of accidents in power plants, electrical substation and other industrial facilities.

11.    Course Syllabus: Fatal electrical current, electric shock, and regulations for permitted step and touch voltage. Direct and indirect touch. The human body as part of a electrical circle, ventricular fibrillation threshold. Methods for calculating the parameters of single and complex grounding systems in a single-layered and two-layered environment. Discharge of potentials from power plants. Design and construction of grounding in power plant and electrical substations. Risk zones and models for calculating the risk of accidents in power plants and electrical substations. Methods for measuring and determining the soil  resistance. Treatment of the neutral point in the electrical networks. Energy installations and protective measures in industrial plants in an environment with explosive atmosphere. Protection against atmospheric discharges in power plants. Measures for protection against dangerous contact voltage and step in power plants. Technical and organizational measures for electro-safety in the power facilities. Risk matrix and risk assessment,
12.    Learning methods:  Lectures supported by presentations, interactive lectures, auditory exercises with solving practical examples, individual homeworks.
13.    Total number of course hours 3 + 2 + 0 + 0
14.    Distribution of course hours 180
15.    Forms of teaching 15.1. Lectures-theoretical teaching 45
15.2. Exercises (laboratory, practice classes), seminars, teamwork 30
16.    Other course activities 16.1. Projects, seminar papers 30
16.2. Individual tasks 30
16.3. Homework and self-learning 45
17.    Grading 17.1. Exams 30
17.2. Seminar work/project (presentation: written and oral) 15
17.3. Activity and participation 5
17.4. Final exam 50
18.    Grading criteria (points) up to 50 points     5 (five) (F)
from 51 to 60 points     6 (six) (E)
from 61 to 70 points     7 (seven) (D)
from 71 to 80 points     8 (eight) (C)
from 81 to 90 points     9 (nine) (B)
from 91 to 100 points   10 (ten) (A)
19.    Conditions for acquiring teacher’s signature and for taking final exam Regular attendance on lectures and completion of the homeworks, and project assignments
20.  Forms of assessment Through two partial written exams (duration of 2 hours each) or a final written exam on the whole teaching material (duration 2 hours). The points from the partial exams/final exam are included in the final grade.
It is not allowed to use books, scripts, manuscripts or notes of anykind, mobile phone, tablet or any other electronic device during the exam
21.  Language Macedonian and English
22. Method of monitoring of teaching quality Internal evaluations and surveys
23.    Literature
23.1. Required Literature
No. Author Title Publisher Year
1 Jinliang He, Rong Zeng, Bo Zhang Methodology and Technology for Power System Grounding John Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte. Ltd 2013