3 ECTS credits
80 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 1004490BNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.
The course is combined with the course "Power Electronics". The students must study power rectifiers with power diodes and thyristors and measure the fundamental properties. So, besides acquiring knowledge about power electronic equipment, they acquire skills in measuring electric power quantities (voltage, current, power, wave forms,…), in experimental verification of scientific and technical principles, and in the organization of technically oriented engineering which take place with a team of peers.
The Bachelor in Engineering Sciences has a broad fundamental knowledge and understanding of scientific principles and methodology of exact sciences with the specificity of their application to engineering.
The students must have acquired knowledge and understanding in the structure, the operation and the characteristics of power electronic rectifiers with power diodes and thyristors. They must have acquired knowledge and understanding in measuring the electrical quantities (voltage, current, power, phase shift, harmonic content, harmonic distortion, wave shapes) which are relevant to the rectifiers mentioned before. They must have acquired knowledge and understanding in safety procedures related to measuring on these power electronic equipment operating at low voltage level.
The Bachelor in Engineering Sciences can work in a team, shows creativity and entrepreneurship, and has intellectual mobility.
Students must sharpen this skil by achieving the laboratory work objectives in teamwork. They shall submit a written report in which they report on how they organize their teamwork.
The Bachelor in Engineering Sciences has consciousness of the ethical, social, environmental and economic context of the work and strives for sustainable solutions to engineering problems, including safety aspects.
Students should be aware of the energetic aspects of their experimental laboratory work and act accordingly. They should be aware of the dangers of electricity during their laboratory work and observe the corresponding safety measures.
The Bachelor in Engineering Sciences has a creative, problem-solving, result-driven and evidence-based attitude, aiming at innovation.
The students have learned the creative, problem-solving, results-oriented approach through the challenges that are presented to them in the context of the laboratory work.
The Bachelor in Engineering Sciences has a critical attitude towards one's own results and those of others.
Students must submit a written report of the results of their experimental work. The critical attitude towards the results of others is checked by testing the consistency of the report.
The Bachelor in Engineering Sciences has a more fundamental knowledge and understanding of Electromechanical Engineering and can apply this knowledge to solve elementary engineering problems.
The fundamental knowledge mentione in this learning outcome relates to power electronic rectifiers and techniques for measuring their properties.
The Bachelor in Engineering Sciences has a broad fundamental knowledge and understanding of engineering principles and the ability to apply them to analyse key engineering processes and to investigate new and emerging technologies.
The students must be able to apply this knowledge and understanding to set up a measurement procedure to determine the characteristics of an existing rectifier. They must be able to determine the short ciruit characteristics of a power transformer. To a limited extend they must be able to size a rectifier and its supply transformer according to its industrial application.
The Bachelor in Engineering Sciences can define, classify, formulate and solve engineering problems, identify the constraints and is able to delimit and formulate the tasks in order to submit these to a critical examination and to check the solutions for their sustainability and social relevance.
The students should acquire this skill by means of extensive lab exercises, using rectifiers with diodes and thyristors. They should ably utilize the technical possibilities offered by the laboratory.
The Bachelor in Engineering Sciences can monitor, interpret and apply the results of analysis and Bachelor Learning Outcome modelling in order to bring about continuous improvement.
The students should acquire this skill by means of extensive lab exercises, using rectifiers with diodes and thyristors. They should ably utilize the technical possibilities offered by the laboratory.
The Bachelor in Engineering Sciences can use and evaluate information of technical literature and other information sources.
The students must acquire the knowledge mentioned in the learning objectives 1 and 2 by self-study and consultation. So, they must be able by self-learning to acquire similar knowledge. They must be able to set up similar measuring procedures as those required for the above-mentioned determination of the characteristics of technical installations.
The Bachelor in Engineering Sciences can correctly report on design results in the form of a technical report or in the form of a paper.
Students must be able to communicate the results of the previous in the form of a written report. The two written reports are used as the basis for their evaluation. They should be able to present intermediate results and their organization of the measuring procedures orally and justify the way they do.
The Bachelor in Engineering Sciences can present and defend results in a scientifically sound way, using contemporary communication tools.
Students must be able to communicate the results of the previous in the form of a written report. The two written reports are used as the basis for their evaluation. They should be able to present intermediate results and their organization of the measuring procedures orally and justify the way they do
The Bachelor in Engineering Sciences can reason in a logical, abstract and critical way.
The students should acquire this skill through the challenges associated with them in the lab.
The Bachelor in Engineering Sciences can conduct open dialogues, discussions and negotiations, and can write scientific reports and hold presentations using the most modern ICT technologies.
Students must be able to communicate the results of the previous in the form of a written report. The two written reports are used as the basis for their evaluation. They should be able to present intermediate results and their organization of the measuring procedures orally and justify the way they do.
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
PRAC Lab Work determines 100% of the final mark.
Within the PRAC Lab Work category, the following assignments need to be completed:
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Engineering: Mechanical and Electrotechnical Engineering (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Science and Technology: ingenieurswetenschappen (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)