Basic Electro-Technology Course - Engine Courses

Description

This course is designed for candidates involved in the support level requiring an understanding of the principles of basic electricity , basic components of electrical circuits.

Pre-requisites

Trainees should have graduated Bachelor of Science in Marine Engineering.

Objective of the Course

At the end of the course the trainees shall be able to:

·  Know electrical safety

·  Explain the difference between conductors and insulators

·  Use Ohm’s Law to calculate current, voltage and resistance

·  Calculate equivalent resistance to series, parallel or series parallel circuit.

·  Calculate voltage drop across resistor.

·  Calculate power given and other basic values

·  Identify factors that determine the strength and polarity of a current carrying coil’s magnetic field.

·  Determine peak, instantaneous, and effective of an AC circuit.

·  Calculate total impedance of an AC circuit.

·  Explain the difference between real power and apparent power of  an ac circuit.

·  Calculate primary and secondary voltages of a single phase and three-phase transformer.

·  Calculate KVA of transformer.