Power Systems and Environment (ETF EEI EESO 51050) |
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General information |
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Module title | Power Systems and Environment |
Module code | ETF EEI EESO 51050 |
Study | ETF-B |
Department | Electric Power Engineering |
Year | 2 |
Semester | 4 |
Module type | Elective |
ECTS | 4 |
Hours | 50 |
Lectures | 30 |
Exercises | 10 |
Tutorials | 10 |
Module goal - Knowledge and skill to be achieved by students |
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| The goal of this course is to provide students with solid basic understanding in following areas: <br> Electric power sources as pollutants of the environment; pollution of air, water and soil; protection of people and animals; security, personnel safety and installations treatment; problem of the Global warming; advanced technologies for reduction of negative environmental impacts caused by generation of electrical power. <br> Upon completion of this course students will be able to analyze and work out problems that are related to any aspect of environmental repercussions caused power system usage. <br> |
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Syllabus |
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| Pollution of air, water and soil; protection of people and animals; environmental protection and related legislation. <br> Systems for pollution measurement; composition analysis of gases and dissolved substances in water; analysis of composition and properties of soil; measurement of noise and electromagnetic radiation. <br> Electromagnetic radiation; basic characteristics of electromagnetic radiation; electric power as a source of electromagnetic radiation; recommendations, standards and regulations related to protection of people; ways of protection from electromagnetic radiation. <br> Influence of electric currents on the human body, allowed voltages, and soil as an electrical conductor; security, safety of personnel and installation; current legislation in the field of electrical safety. <br> Electric power sources as pollutants of the environment; repercussions of power plant emissions on physical and chemical processes in the atmosphere; effects of electric power facilities on the water and soil pollution; problems of the Global warming; advanced technologies for reduction of negative environmental impacts caused by generation of electrical power. <br> |
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Didactic methods |
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| Course lessons are taught by the professor in lecture halls, and followed by demonstration and solving of practical examples and mathematical equations/graphs. Additionally, students spend time on tutorials and lab-exercises. They resolve specific problems pertaining to their theses, using available or student-developed software. Goal of these activities is to enable students to get hands-on, practical experience in this area, as well as to gauge students' knowledge through assigned papers and exams (mid-term, as well as final). <br> |
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Exams |
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| During the course students earn points according to the following system: <br> - Attending classes and tutorials: 10 points; a student with more than three absences from lectures and/or tutorials will not be eligible to get these points. <br> - Home assignments, laboratory reports and/or final thesis: maximum of 10 points. <br> - Mid-term and final exams: a student can score up to 20 points on each exam (passing grade is 10 points). <br> During each of the two exams (time assigned is 90 minutes) students will solve simple questions - designed to examine whether students acquired basic theoretical knowledge –multiple choice problems, as well as one open-answer problem. Students who gain less than 20 points during one semester must re-take that course. <br> Students who earn 40 or more points during the semester are eligible for taking a final exam; the exam asks the student to discuss mathematical problems from the mid-term exam and home assignments, as well as to answer to simple questions related to general course topics. <br> A student can score a maximum of 40 points on the final oral exam (passing threshold is 20 points). A student who gets less than this minimum, must take a makeup oral exam. <br> A student who earns 20 points or more, and less than 40 points during the whole semester will have to take a makeup exam. The makeup exam is organized in the following manner: <br> - Written part is structured similarly to mid-term written exam, during which students will have to solve problems in which they failed on their mid-term exams (got less than 10 points). <br> - Oral part of the exam is structured in the same way as the oral part of the final exam. <br> |
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Aditional notes |
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