| Originator: | Jason Gee Status: Approved Department: ELC Electrical |
| Date Created: | 11/20/2018 Submitted: 11/21/2018 Completed: 03/07/2019 |
| Effective Semester: | Fall |
| Catalog Year: | 2019-20 |
| Course Prefix: | ELC |
| Course Number: | 230 |
| Course Full Title: | Industrial Electricity I |
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| Reason for Evaluation: | New Course Competency Based Education |
| Current Credit: | 4 |
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| SUN Course?: | No |
| AGEC Course?: | No |
| Articulated?: | No |
| Transfer: | Non Applicable |
| Prerequisite(s): | Completion of the Electrical Technology - Residential Wiring Certificate
-or- Appropriate score on placement exam or completion of PCS 021 and TRM 090 with an 'S' -and- 4000 hours documented experience in residential electrical field as electrician's helper or higher. |
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| Catalog Course Description: | This course modifies basic wiring and installation concepts studied previously into an industrial environment. It provides guidance on safety practices unique to industrial settings, explains power distribution, changeover in new and existing industrial buildings, and determines safe conductor selection and their protection requirements. |
| Course Learning Outcomes: | 1. Create a safe workplace in an industrial environmental setting (3,6)
2. Communicate electrical concepts related to an industrial environment (2,3,6) 3. Assist in an industrial wiring project (2,3,5,6) |
| Course Competencies: | 1. Interpret a site plan
2. Create a material list from a site plan 3. Summarize functions of a unit substation, including the role of the industrial electrician 4. Communicate the purpose and benefit of busways in an industrial electrical environment 5. Systematize the panel selection process 6. Demonstrate the proper application of trolley busways 7. Calculate conductor sizes and types through the use of wire tables 8. Evaluate variety of loads for low power factor 9. Design specialized ventilation circuit 10. Demonstrate system protection procedures, including for lightning strikes 11. Design lighting system for industrial site 12. Evaluate electrical services in hazardous locations 13. Design electrical system that mitigates the impact of harmonics |
| Course Outline: | Competency 1. Interpret a site plan
1.1. Identify locations of specific items on a site plan 1.2. Justify acceptable underground wiring methods based on site plan 1.3. Convert International System of Units (SI) to English and English to SI Competency 2. Create a material list from a site plan 2.1. Select materials for electrical site work based on site plan 2.2. Estimate the material cost from site plan material lists 2.3. Compare different material lists developed from identical site plans for safety, cost, and functionality Competency 3. Summarize functions of a unit substation, including the role of the industrial electrician 3.1. Illustrate the different components in a unit substation 3.2. Classify high-voltage fuses by application 3.3. Compare transformer winding connections types 3.4. Systematize a maintenance program for a selection of transformers Competency 4. Communicate the purpose and benefit of busways in an industrial electrical environment 4.1. Define busways based on purpose 4.2. Illustrate the components of busways 4.3. Identify busway applications 4.4. Identify busway support systems 4.5. Diagram a busway system Competency 5. Systematize the panelboard selection process 5.1. Compare lighting panelboards and distribution panelboards 5.2. Justify circuit breaker selection for various panelboard types 5.3. Demonstrate feeder connections to panelboards Competency 6. Demonstrate the proper application of trolley busways 6.1. Evaluate trolley and lighting busway systems 6.2. Identify components used to support cord drops from trolley busways 6.3. Illustrate the functionality of strain relief grips Competency 7. Calculate conductor sizes and types through the use of wire tables 7.1. Communicate NEC requirements related to conductor size in industrial applications 7.2. Classify wire insulation by type and use 7.3. Calculate ampacity of conductors by applying correction and adjustment factors 7.4. Classify wire size based on loads and distance from power source 7.5. Identify parallel conductor requirements 7.6. Test insulation using a megohmmeter Competency 8. Evaluate variety of loads for low power factor 8.1. Demonstrate the correct use of power factor 8.2. Demonstrate use of synchronous condenser to correct low power factor 8.3. Demonstrate use of capacitors to correct low power factor Competency 9. Design specialized ventilation circuit 9.1. Identify the purpose and characteristics of ventilator circuits 9.2. Calculate load requirements for heating controls 9.3. Identify electrical requirements for air conditioning circuits, chillers and precipitators 9.4. Communicate the procedures for providing power to portable precipitators Competency 10. Demonstrate system protection procedures, including for lightning strikes 10.1. Identify devices that provide system electrical protection 10.2. Identify operation of circuit breakers, fuses, and ground fault protective devices 10.3. Utilize the NEC code to determine service types that require ground fault protection 10.4. Communicate the concepts "instantaneous opening time", "long time delay", "minimum melting time" and "selective coordination 10.5. Communicate how lightning is generated 10.6. Identify the rules for grounding connections 10.7. Recommend strategies to protect a building from lightning strikes 10.8. Identify strategies to protect electricians from lightning strikes Competency 11. Design lighting system for industrial site 11.1. Classify lamps by required power, color, and maintenance requirements 11.2. Calculate power limit and demand for an industrial site 11.3. Identify control options for an industrial site 11.4. Compare three illumination system controls 11.5. Compare efficacy and efficiency of various illumination systems Competency 12. Evaluate electrical services in hazardous locations 12.1. Classify hazardous locations by class, division, group, and factors 12.2. Illustrate the components of intrinsically safe circuits 12.3. Identify vertical and horizontal seals and their uses 12.4. Compare explosion-proof and enclosed and gasketed luminaires 12.5. Identify pendant luminaire installation requirements 12.6. Evaluate the use of flexible cord in hazardous locations Competency 13. Design electrical systems that mitigate the impact of harmonics 13.1. Identify the principles of harmonics in relation to electrical installations, lighting, and equipment 13.2. Classify harmonics types 13.3. Evaluate an electrical system for harmonic problems 13.4. Identify methods of managing harmonics |