Academic Year/course:
2023/24
430 - Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering
29638 - Safety of Electrical Installations and Equipment
Syllabus Information
Academic year:
2023/24
Subject:
29638 - Safety of Electrical Installations and Equipment
Faculty / School:
110 - Escuela de Ingeniería y Arquitectura
Degree:
430 - Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering
ECTS:
6.0
Year:
4
Semester:
Second semester
Subject type:
Optional
Module:
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1. General information
Safety in Electrical Installations and Equipment is an elective subject of 6 ECTS, equivalent to 150 hours of work, which develops and applies the fundamentals of safety calculation and design in electrical installations and equipment.
The objective of the course is for the student to design safety measures in electrical installations and equipment, using their specific regulations and legislation to develop autonomous learning strategies in the field of prevention and safety of electrical installations and equipment.
These approaches and objectives are aligned with some of the Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs, of the 2030 Agenda () and specific agenda 2030 (https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/es/) and certain specific goals, so that the acquisition of the learning results of the subject provides training competence to contribute to some extent to their achievement:
Goal 11: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
Target 11.1: By 2030, ensure access for all people to adequate housing and basic services, safe and affordablehousing and improve slums
2. Learning results
The student, in order to pass this subject, must demonstrate the following results...
Have the ability to identify, classify, describe and evaluate potential electrical hazards in an installation.
Be able to calculate and design the necessary electrical safety installations in accordance with the technical specifications in force.
Know and select the characteristics of materials and personal safety equipment, according to current regulations.
Identify and consider the costs associated with the measurements, calculation and design of electrical installations in different buildings or infrastructures.
The knowledge, techniques and tools acquired in this subject will allow the student to apply preventive and safety measures in electrical installations and equipment, according to their regulations and current legislation.
3. Syllabus
The theoretical program of the subject is as follows:
- Introduction to electrical safety
- Directives, regulations and standards
- Organizations involved in equipment safety management. Electrical safety
- Standards and tests for equipment safety
- Machine safety
- Facility security. Supplementary technical instructions
The practical program of the subject is based on five 3-hour sessions and is as follows
- Leakage current, stand-by and peak power measurement
- Heating tests
- Cable testing
- Dielectric strength and insulation resistance measurement
- Equipment marking
4. Academic activities
The learning process has been designed to encourage the student's continuous work and focuses on the theoretical aspects in order to understand, analyze and apply this knowledge to problem solving.
The program offered to the student to help them achieve the expected results comprises the following activities...
Lectures (45 hours) Sessions of exposition and explanation of contents, together with problems and cases of practical application of such contents. Student participation will be encouraged through questions and brief discussions.
Laboratory Practices (15 hours). The student will have a script of the practice, previously provided at the beginning of the practice session, which will be accompanied by the explanations and indications necessary for the realization of the same, in the session itself, and given bythe corresponding teacher.
Supervised work (20 hours). During the first weeks of the term, the teacher of the subject will ask the students to solve a set of problems and cases or to carry out a course work, in whichthe contents developed in the different topics of the subject will be applied in a practical way.
Individual study (70 hours). Spread over the 15 weeks of the semester. The continuous work of the student will be encouraged , through the homogeneous distribution throughout the semester of the variouslearning activities.
5. Assessment system
The assessment tests, besides having a qualifying function, are also a learning tool with which the student verifies the degree of understanding and assimilation of knowledge and skills achieved.
The subject is evaluated according to one of the following systems:
I. Mixed system, which is composed of the following assessment activities:
Laboratory practices: 40% of the grade (minimum 5 out of 10 in each of the practices).
Exam and short papers: 30% of the grade (minimum 3 out of 10). Continuous assessment throughout the term.
Final work: 30% of the grade (minimum 3 out of 10). It consists of a work in which the student will
demonstrate the assimilation and integration of all the concepts presented in the subject.
II. Simple system, based exclusively on a global final test consisting of two parts:
Final written test: on the contents of the subject. 60% of the grade (minimum 5 out of 10). It consists of a theoretical testwith short answer and/or multiple choice questions
Practice exam: 40% of the grade (minimum 5 out of 10). On-site exam in the practical laboratory, with performing measurements and tests similar to those of the term.