Industrial System Electrical Design ELEX 8170

Upon successful completion, the student will be able to:

Prepare Single Line Drawings

Feeder Design For Industrial & Commercial Buildings

• Select conductor size based on CEC requirements.
• Calculate voltage drop of feeder.
• Determine short circuit rating of conductor.
• Determine protection of feeders.
• Identify cable types.
• Select conduit size.

Branch Circuit Design

• Identify types of branch circuits - lighting & motor.
• Identify essential components of each type of branch circuit.
• Design each type of branch circuit based on CEC requirements.
• Determine loading requirements of buildings.

Grounding Design

• Define grounding terms.
• Explain intent of grounding.
• Design electrical system and equipment grounding according to CEC rules and IEEE recommendation.
• Use IEEE recommendations for signal cable grounding.

Protective Devices

• Analyze requirements.
• Select and use fuses.
• Select and use breakers.
• Select and use various types of protective relays.
• Understand CEC rules for protection of feeders, branch circuits and transformers.

Fault Current

• Define symmetrical & asymmetrical fault.
• Perform fault current calculations at various parts of an electrical system.

Power Distribution Design

• Analyze different systems.
• Explain various types of radial systems.
• Explain various types of primary selective systems.
• Explain various types of secondary selective systems.

Substation Design

• Differentiate outdoor vs indoor.
• Select transformer types.
• Select primary protective devices.
• Select secondary protective devices.
• Use protective relaying for substations.
• Protect against surge voltage.
• Operate and use surge arrestors.

System Coordination

• Coordinate a typical industrial or commercial electrical system.
• Select all the required components.
• Plot curves of all selected protective devices.
• Analyze the coordination.

Lighting

• Define lighting terms and units.
• Analyze various lighting sources.
• Design indoor and outdoor lighting layout to IES standards.
• Interface Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) to lighting controls.

Building Code

• Analyze building code requirements for electrical rooms and vaults.

Effective as of Fall 2006