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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

306464 (v.6) MT515 Electrical Engineering (M124)

Area: Department of Petroleum Engineering
Credits: 50.0
Contact Hours: 35.0
Tuition Patterns: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Workshop: 1 x 4 Weeks Once-only
Syllabus: Principles of electrical design; Safety issues and safe use of electricity; Development of DPU single diagram; Initial System Studies; Basic Protection principles; Plant design lay-out; Review of DPU network; Overhead lines; Switchgear; Application of switchgear to DPU; Transformers; Application of transformers to DPU; Batteries and Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS); Renewable Energy Systems; Motors; Application of motors to DPU; VSDS; Application of VSDS to DPU; Generators prime movers; Application of generators to DPU; Future Network Development and expansion; Hazardous area classification & equipment;
Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Field of Education: 031301 Electrical Engineering
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2012 Shell Learning Centre Study Period 1 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External