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Electrical Equipment and Insulations

Villamos berendezések és szigetelések
A tantárgyleírás hatályossága
Hatályosság kezdete:
2026. March 21.
Hatályosság vége:
Subject name (Hungarian, English)
Villamos berendezések és szigetelések
Electrical Equipment and Insulations
Subject code BMEVIVEAC11
Subject type
Training Level
Course types and hours (weekly/semester)
Course type lecture tutorial laboratory
hours (weekly) 2 2 0
type (linked/independent) derived course
Assessment type vizsga
Credits 5
Subject coordinator
Cselkó Richárd
position: egyetemi docens
Responsible department
Villamos Energetika Tanszék
Faculty Villamosmérnöki és Informatikai Kar
Subject website https://vet.bme.hu/en/education/subjects/?training_level=&category=3
Primary curriculum type
Direct prerequisites – Strong prerequisite none
Direct prerequisites – Weak prerequisite none
Direct prerequisites – Parallel prerequisite none
Direct prerequisites – Milestone prerequisite none
Direct prerequisites – Exclusion none

Objectives

Programme

Basic requirements agains the components of the electric power network. Types of equipment, their common properties nad specifications. Reliability.

Definition of electric arc and comparison with other discharge types. Physics of forming, sustaining and interruption of the electric arc. Properties of the arc as a network component. Dangers of arc flash.

High-voltage circuit breakers, disconnectors and gas insulated switchgear. Properties of the sulfur-hexafluoride gas.

Properties of medium-voltage substations. Construction of oil-blast and vacuum circuit breakers. Construction and operation of fuses.

Typical switchgear on the low-voltage network. Definition and realization of selectivity.

Components and insulating materials used in large power transformers. Construction of the main insulation and bushings.

Construction of overhead power lines. Types of power line insulators. Construction of non-ceramic insulators. Construction of cables and the problems to be solved at different voltage levels.

Environmental, electrical, mechanical and thermal stresses of insulations. Multi-level coordination of overvoltages. Calculation and optimization of electrical stress.

Conduction and polarization in dielectrics.

Gas discharges.

Breakdown of liquids and solids.

Construction of surge arresters.

Generation and measurement of high voltage.

 

Calculation of the switching-on of faults.

Calculation of transient recovery voltage in various arrangements.

Calculation of arc quenching in DC switchgear.

Calculations of diagnostics of switchgear.

Reliability of industrial power networks.

Demonstration of electrical design.

Dimensioning of high-voltage insulation.

Statistical treatment of breakdown data.

Dimensioning of high-voltage test equipment.

Calculations of electrical insulation diagnostics and cable diagnostics.

Methods to calculate the forces generated by short-circuit currents.

Calculation of heating in case of short circuit (fuses) and slow heating. Dynamic thermal limit calculation.

Application of FEM to solve high-voltage problems.

 

The aim is to provide knowledge about the components of the electric power network, construction of the equipent, their role and requirements, and the most important physical phenomena. The calculations consist of practical cases of the above.

Learning outcomes

Ez a tantárgy a KKK rendeletben meghatározott, következő kompetenciák fejlesztését szolgálja:

Knowledge

No learning outcomes recorded.

Skills

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Attitudes

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Autonomy and responsibility

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Oktatási módszertan

Lectures aided with computer presentations. Practices containing case studies, simaultions and calculations.

Tanulástámogató anyagok

Online források
Presentation uploaded to the Moodle system.; E. Kuffel, W.S. Zaengl, J. Kuffel: High Voltage Engineering - Fundamentals, Second edition 2000, Butterworth-Heinemann; Ruben D. Garzo: High Voltage Circuit Breakers, 2002, Marcel Dekker Inc.; IEEE Std 493TM-2007 IEEE Recommended Practice for the Design of Reliable Industrial and Commercial Power Systems

Recommended preliminary knowledge for completing the subject

Knowledge type competencies
(azon előzetes ismeretek összessége, amelyek megléte nem kötelező, de a tantárgy eredményes teljesítését nagyban elősegíti)
Electrotechnics, Electric Power Engineering and calculation of circuits.
Skill type competencies
(azon előzetes képességek és készségek összessége, amelyek megléte nem kötelező, de a tantárgy eredményes teljesítését nagyban elősegíti)
nincs
Recommended (non-compulsory) preliminary competencies
(azon ajánlott (nem kötelező) előzetesen megszerzendő kompetenciák összessége, amelyek jelentősen hozzájárulnak a tantárgy eredményes teljesítéséhez)
Electrotechnics, Electric Power Engineering and calculation of circuits.
General rules
Requirements: Education period: one mindterm (at least with satisfactory result). Exam period: Oral exam, with written pre-exam. Final grade weighing: midterm 10%, exam 90%. Additional possibilities: One retake possibility of the midterm during the semester.
Assessment methods
In-term assessments

No detailed assessments provided.

Weight of in-term assessments

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Exam-period assessments

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Weight of exam elements

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Grade calculation

No grade thresholds provided.

Attendance requirements

No attendance requirements provided.

Rules for retake and resubmission

Not provided.

Short description

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Detailed description
IMSc program: 1) Extra tasks, e.g. summary of scientific papers etc.    a) This task does not count in the final grade. 2) One extra task in the midterm and in the exam. IMSc points: - Maximum 25 IMSc points can be gained. - IMSc points can be gaind only if the final grade is excellent. - IMSc points can be gainded even for students who are not member of the program.   - Extra task: max. 15 IMSc points - Extra task in the midterm and exam: 5-5 IMSc points
Recommended courses
Signals and systems 2, Measurement technology
Workload to complete the subject

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