Main Courses for Specialty in Electrical Engineering and Automation
Automatic Control Theory
Automatic control theory is a compulsory course for students majoring electrical engineering and automation. The course deals with introduction to design of feedback control systems, properties and advantages of feedback systems, time-domain and frequency-domain performance measures, stability and degree of stability. It also covers root locus method, nyquist criterion and frequency-domain design. By learning this course, the students are required to master the basic concepts and principles of the control system analysis and design, to develop the problem-solving skills and feedback control thinking and to lay massive foundation for further study and future career.
Principles Applications of Microcomputer
Principle and application of microcomputer is one of the main courses for undergraduate students majoring in electrical and information engineering. Considering the professional characteristics, this course systematically introduces the basic knowledge, composition, structure and working mode of microcomputer with Intel 8086/8088 CPU as the main line, so that students can get a clear understanding of the microcomputer structure and working process, and establish the concept of system. Furthermore, this course introduces principle and application of common interface circuit, and makes brief analysis on bus technology, cache technique, data transmission method, and high performance computer system structure and main techniques. The prerequisite courses of Principle & Application of Microcomputer are fundamentals of computer application and digital electronic technology.
Electrical Machinery Theory
Electrical machinery theory is seen as a major basic course for electrical engineering and the automation specialty. By studying this course, the students can obtain the knowledge and experience that related to the basic theory and steady-state analysis of the electrical machine, and get ready for the subsequent specialized courses. For the course content, this course starts with magnetic path, and is based on the electromechanical energy conversion, explains principles of the transformer, direct-current machine, induction motor and synchronous machine thoroughly.The priorities are the physics nature and analytical method. It takes an important position in the undergraduate specialty teaching.
Engineering Electromagnetic Fields
Engineering electromagnetic fields is a theoretical fundamental specialized course for the Electrical Engineering graduates. This course includes the mathematical and physical fundamental, the static electric field, the magnetic and current fields of steady currents, the time-varying field and Maxwell’s Equations, the plane electromagnetic wave. It makes students grasp the building method, analyzing and computing method of some important electromagnetic models. The course emphasizes on the know-how development and learning ability enhancement with a large amount of specially designed problems. The goal of this course is to provide electrical and electronic engineering students with an understanding of fundamental electricity and magnetism, and their application in engineering. It also provides a solid theoretical foundation for following courses.
Detection and Measurement Technology
Detection and measurement technology is the specialized course of the electrical engineering and automation major. The basic principle， technical characteristics and applications in project are introduced systematically. The teaching contents include of electric resistance sensors , electric capacitance sensors ,electric inductance sensors ，thermoelectric sensors ，piezoelectric sensors，magnetoelectric sensors，photoelectric sensors and their operating principle，technical characteristics ,use conditions and typical applications in project.
Signals and Systems
The basic concepts and analysis techniques of signals and systems are important fundamentals of all advanced engineering fields, such as communication, electrical engineering, computer engineering and so on. This course covers fundamentals of signal and system analysis, with applications drawn from filtering, audio and image processing, communications, and automatic control. The main contents of the course includes: the analysis of time domain and transform domain for continuous time signals and discrete-time signals, the analysis of time domain and transform domain for linear, time-invariant systems. Difference and differential equations are considered as models for linear, time-invariant system. Frequency domain models for signals and frequency response for systems are investigated. This course introduces mathematical modeling techniques used in the study of signals and systems. It discusses Fourier transform, Laplace transformation, Fourier series, Z transform, and the discrete Fourier transform, which build the bridge between time and transform domain views of signals and systems. Applications include circuit system, communications systems, image processing systems, and control systems. Analysis for signals and systemsbased on MATLAB is an integral part of the course. Its intention is to promote rigorous thinking and mathematical intuition for a multidisciplinary study of signals and systems through precise modeling.
Power Electronics
This course will mainly focus on all kinds of power electronic devices work principle and working characteristics and all kinds of converter device occurred in electromagnetic process, basic principle, control method, design calculation and experimental skills. These mainly converter device include rectifier, inverter, DC/DC Converter, AC regulator and Passive inverter. In addition, the basic principle of PWM technology and its application technology and the basic concepts and principles of soft-switching will be introduced.
Electric Power Towing Basis
Electric power towing basis makes analysis and research on the basic rules of running motor, electric drive system steady and transient process, the selection of drag motor capacity etc. This course enables students to understand the structure of Electric power towing system, master AC/DC motor starting, speed-governing and braking methods. Through the study and practice of this course, students could master the basic theory of electric drive system, grasp the basic calculation method and the experimental skills.
Power Engineering Foundation
The basic concepts and principle of Power Engineering Foundation are important for students who major in electrical engineering. The course mainly discusses the electrical power system and its relevant knowledge. The main contents of the course include: productive process of electric energy, calculation of power load, short-circuit calculation, selection of electrical equipments and wire for power plant and substation, selection of main electrical scheme of connections, analysis of relay protection, introduction of control, signaling and measuring devices, analysis of lightning protection for power system, analysis of electrical grounding, fundamental principle of automation for distribution network, and so on.
Through the study of the course, the general development and basic knowledge of power system can be acquired. Meanwhile the operation and management of power system can be acquired, as well as the design of a power supply and distribution system. Students of this course with a general and well-set theoretical foundation and skill of power plant and substation will be qualified for design, operation and management work in power system.
Principles and Applications of SCM
This course is the introduction to the principle and application of MCS-51 microcontroller unit. This course consists of four parts:
1) The inner hardware structure and the working principle and application of the inner functional unit of MCS-51 microcontroller unit, including the clock circuit, the reset circuit, the inner interrupt system, the timer/counter and the serial COM port;
2) The MCS-51 assemble language instruction repertoire, the basic MCS-51 assemble language programming and the basic C51 language programming;
3) Extended interface circuit design, including memorizer, I/O extending, keyboard, display, micro-printer, BCD code switch, A/D&D/A interface circuit design and various driver programming for above different interface circuits;
4) The software and hardware design of the application system of the microcontroller unit, the development and debugging of the application system with emulator and the anti-jamming design of the application system.
Electric Control and PLC
This course includes electrical control technology and the programmable control technology (PLC). The first part mainly introduces the function, symbol, models and choose of the commonly used low voltage control apparatus, the typical control circuit composition, operating principle and features of the route, common fault and processing. The key concept of this part is practical electrical control circuit principle and applications. The second part mainly introduces the composition principle, instruction system, commonly used procedures, typical application, installation and maintenance of the programmable controller. The key concept of this part is instruction system and applications of programmable controller.
Principle of Power System Automatic Equipment
Principle of power system automatic equipment is a compulsory course for students majoring electrical engineering and automation. This course is closely integrated electrical information professional characteristics. Through the study of this course, the students will master the power system automation equipment with the basic principle and method. Understand the main functions of the automatic device and the present situation, for students after graduation engaged in automatic device design, operation, commissioning and dispatching automation work laid the foundation of necessary. By learning this course, the students are expected and required to understand the difficulties, to master the basic concepts and principles of power system automatic equipment analysis and design, to develop the problem-solving skills, to lay massive foundation for further study and future career.
Power System Protective Relay Protection Principle
This course is the specialized course of the Electrical Engineering and Automation major. The students must understand the basic concept of the current protection and the distance protection, know about the longitudinal differential protection and know well transformer relay protection. This course consists the current protection, the distance protection, the longitudinal differential protection and transformer relay protection of power grid.
Power System Analysis
Power system analysis is the topic course for students majoring in electrical engineering and automation. This course includes overview, basic concepts and principles for power system; modeling of power system components including transmission line, transformer and generator; basic power flow and short-circuit calculation for simple systems; power system operation and control in normal state including voltage and reactive power control, frequency and active power control.
The aim of this course is to help students set up the basic concept of power system, master the different models for components, power network in case of steady-state and transient, relationship between voltage and reactive power; power system frequency characteristics and frequency control; three-phase short circuit computation.
Direct current motor speed control system
Direct current motor speed control system is taken as a a required course for electrical engineering and the automation specialty. The study has shed light on the close loop control, multiple loop control, digital control and reversible control of the direct current governor system. The basal principle, control law, performance analysis and engineering design methods are introduced. By studying this course, the students can have the analytical and design ability of the direct current speed control system.
Velocity Modulation System of AC Motor
Velocity modulation system of AC motor is taken as a required course for electrical engineering and the automation specialty. This course introduces the development and present situation, and development tendency. The design methods of the variable frequency speed control system based on steady state control are given. It derives the mathematical model of induction motor, vector coordinate transformation, vector control system. The basal principle and constitution of direct torque control system are also given. At last, double-fed system, cascade connection tandem system and thyristor voltage regulating speed control system are illustrated. By studying this course, the students can have the analytical and design ability of the alternating current speed control system.
Control Machinery
Control machinery is a kind of rotary electric appliances, widely used in automatic control system, working as executing, detecting and computing element. This course makes researches on motor operating characteristics. Through the study of this course, students could master the basic structure, working principle, control method and characteristics of servo motor, brushless DC motor, a tachometer and step motor, master the two reaction theory and the method of symmetrical components in motor analysis, correctly select and use control motor in actual control system.
Electrical Machine Design
Electrical machine design focuses on motor design theory and design method, and enables students master the basic theory of electrical machine design, including relationship of electrical machine parameters, magnetic circuit calculation, parameter calculation, loss and the efficiency calculation, and noise and vibration calculation. This course also introduces the computer application in electrical machine design computation, which enables students to master the basic method of computer aided design.