À propos de ce cours : This course familiarizes you with standards and policies of the electric utility industry, and provides you with basic vocabulary used in the business. It introduces the electric power system, from generation of the electricity all the way to the wall plug. You will learn about the segments of the system, and common components like power cables and transformers. The course is a combination of online lectures, videos, readings and discussions. This is the first course in the Energy Industry: Production, Distribution & Safety specialization that explores various facets of the power sector, and features a culminating project involving creation of a roadmap to achieve a self-established, energy-related professional goal.

Les destinataires de ce cours : This course is for individuals considering a career in the energy field (who have a high school diploma, at minimum, and basic knowledge of mathematics), and existing energy sector employees with less than three years of experience who have not completed similar training and would benefit from a course of foundational industry concepts.

Créé par : University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

Enseigné par : Ilya Grinberg, Professor
Engineering Technology

Informations de base	Cours 1 de 4 dans Energy Industry: Production, Distribution & Safety Specialization
Niveau	Débutant
Engagement	4 weeks, 2.5 to 5 hours/week
Langue	English
Comment réussir	Réussissez tous les devoirs notés pour terminer le cours.

Programme de cours

SEMAINE 1

Basic Electricity

Electricity is a term that covers all the phenomena caused either by static electric charge or by the movement of charge (current) and the electrical and magnetic fields associated with that. This module looks at: Nature and Effects of Electricity; Basic Electrical Properties and Simple Circuits.

6 vidéos, 2 lectures, 5 quiz pour s'exercer

Reading: Acknowledgements
Vidéo: Basic Electricity: Concepts
Practice Quiz: Self-Check
Vidéo: Basic Electrical Properties
Practice Quiz: Self-Check
Vidéo: Simple Circuits
Practice Quiz: Self-Check
Vidéo: Ohm's Law
Practice Quiz: Self-Check
Vidéo: AC Current
Practice Quiz: Self-check
Reading: Basic Electricity (OPTIONAL) Resources

Noté: Basic Electricity

SEMAINE 2

Generation, Transmission, & Distribution

Electrical energy is transmitted and distributed via overhead lines and underground cables operating at different voltage levels. It is necessary to mesh networks to ensure dependable supply for consumers even if individual transmission paths fail. This module focuses on: Substations & Transformers; Generation; Transmission & Subtransmission and Distribution.

4 vidéos, 1 lecture, 4 quiz pour s'exercer

Practice Quiz: Self-check
Vidéo: Generation
Practice Quiz: Self-check
Vidéo: Transmission & Subtransmission
Practice Quiz: Self-check
Vidéo: Distribution
Practice Quiz: Self-check
Reading: Generation, Transmission, & Distribution (OPTIONAL) Resources

Noté: Generation, Transmission, & Distribution

SEMAINE 3

System Design & Switching

Circuit breakers are complicated electromechanical devices and must be serviced regularly. So that work on them can be perform safely, switches are installed before and after them.

3 vidéos, 1 lecture, 3 quiz pour s'exercer

Practice Quiz: Self-check
Vidéo: Switches
Practice Quiz: Self-check
Vidéo: Double-Busbar & Switching Sequence
Practice Quiz: Self-check
Reading: System Design & Switching (OPTIONAL) Resources

Noté: System Design & Switching

SEMAINE 4

Renewable Energy & Smart Grid Technologies

Our nation’s electric power infrastructure that has served us so well for so long – also known as “the grid” – is rapidly running up against its limitations. This module looks at Smart Grid Risks; Smart Grid, Utilities & Customers; Smart Grid & the Environment and Renewable Energy.

4 vidéos, 4 lectures, 4 quiz pour s'exercer

Practice Quiz: Self-check
Vidéo: Smart Grid, Utilities & Consumers
Practice Quiz: Self-check
Vidéo: Smart Grid & the Environment
Practice Quiz: Self-check
Vidéo: Renewable Energy
Practice Quiz: Self-check
Reading: Renewable Energy & Smart Grid Technologies (OPTIONAL) Resources
Reading: Roadmap to Success Resources: Project Definition
Reading: Roadmap to Success: Project Definition
Reading: Electric Power Systems - Key Takeaways

Noté: Renewable Energy & Smart Grid Technologies

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Créateurs

University at Buffalo

The University at Buffalo (UB) team includes the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the most comprehensive public school of engineering in New York; the Center for Industrial Effectiveness (TCIE), an engineering outreach center that supports the business community; and the Center for Educational Innovation, which elevates pedagogical advancement and improved learning. UB, a research-intensive public university, is the largest institution of the State University of New York system.

The State University of New York

The State University of New York, with 64 unique institutions, is the largest comprehensive system of higher education in the United States. Educating nearly 468,000 students in more than 7,500 degree and certificate programs both on campus and online, SUNY has nearly 3 million alumni around the globe.

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