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Dec 30, 2024
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AE 2150 - Fundamentals of Electricity and Circuits4 lecture hours 0 lab hours 4 credits
Course Description
This course presents fundamental principles of electrical circuits and power systems that are used in commercial building projects. Power and energy will be discussed as well as electrical components such as capacitors, inductors, motors, and lighting systems. Topics will be related to building power distribution and lighting systems in a commercial building. (prereq: MA 137 )
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Describe the difference between series and parallel circuits
- Calculate Ohm’s law and Kirchhoff’s laws
- Perform nodal and mesh analysis
- Understand Thevenin’s and Norton’s theorems
- Describe the function of inductors, capacitors, motors, and lighting
- Understand how circuits, current and voltage work
- Understand the basics of building power distribution and the electrical service
Prerequisites by Topic
Course Topics
- Circuits, current and voltage
- Series and parallel circuits
- Ohm’s law
- Kirchhoff’s current law
- Kirchhoff’s voltage law
- Power and energy
- Notal analysis
- Mesh analysis
- Superposition
- Thevenin’s theorem
- Norton’s theorem
- Maximum power transfer
- Capacitors
- Inductors
- Phasors
- RMS value
- Complex power
- AC generation and sources
- Building electrical service
- Building power distribution
- Building electrical motors and lighting
Coordinator
Christine Brotz
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