Acerca de este curso: 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.
Para quién es esta clase: 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.
Creada por: University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Enseñado por: Ilya Grinberg, Professor
Engineering Technology
| Información básica | |
| Nivel | Principiante |
| Compromiso | 4 weeks, 2.5 to 5 hours/week |
| Idioma | English |
| Cómo aprobar | Aprueba todas las tareas calificadas para completar el curso. |
Programa
SEMANA 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 videos, 2 lecturas, 5 cuestionarios de práctica
- Leyendo: Acknowledgements
- Vídeo: Basic Electricity: Concepts
- Cuestionario de práctica: Self-Check
- Vídeo: Basic Electrical Properties
- Cuestionario de práctica: Self-Check
- Vídeo: Simple Circuits
- Cuestionario de práctica: Self-Check
- Vídeo: Ohm's Law
- Cuestionario de práctica: Self-Check
- Vídeo: AC Current
- Cuestionario de práctica: Self-check
- Leyendo: Basic Electricity (OPTIONAL) Resources
Calificado: Basic Electricity
SEMANA 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 videos, 1 lectura, 4 cuestionarios de práctica
- Cuestionario de práctica: Self-check
- Vídeo: Generation
- Cuestionario de práctica: Self-check
- Vídeo: Transmission & Subtransmission
- Cuestionario de práctica: Self-check
- Vídeo: Distribution
- Cuestionario de práctica: Self-check
- Leyendo: Generation, Transmission, & Distribution (OPTIONAL) Resources
Calificado: Generation, Transmission, & Distribution
SEMANA 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 videos, 1 lectura, 3 cuestionarios de práctica
- Cuestionario de práctica: Self-check
- Vídeo: Switches
- Cuestionario de práctica: Self-check
- Vídeo: Double-Busbar & Switching Sequence
- Cuestionario de práctica: Self-check
- Leyendo: System Design & Switching (OPTIONAL) Resources
Calificado: System Design & Switching
SEMANA 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 videos, 4 lecturas, 4 cuestionarios de práctica
- Cuestionario de práctica: Self-check
- Vídeo: Smart Grid, Utilities & Consumers
- Cuestionario de práctica: Self-check
- Vídeo: Smart Grid & the Environment
- Cuestionario de práctica: Self-check
- Vídeo: Renewable Energy
- Cuestionario de práctica: Self-check
- Leyendo: Renewable Energy & Smart Grid Technologies (OPTIONAL) Resources
- Leyendo: Roadmap to Success Resources: Project Definition
- Leyendo: Roadmap to Success: Project Definition
- Leyendo: Electric Power Systems - Key Takeaways
Calificado: Renewable Energy & Smart Grid Technologies
Preguntas Frecuentes
Cómo funciona
Trabajo del curso
Cada curso es como un libro de texto interactivo, con videos pregrabados, cuestionarios y proyectos.
Ayuda de tus compañeros
Conéctate con miles de estudiantes y debate ideas y materiales del curso, y obtén ayuda para dominar los conceptos.
Certificados
Obtén reconocimiento oficial por tu trabajo y comparte tu éxito con amigos, compañeros y empleadores.
Creadores
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.
Tarifa
| Comprar curso | |
|---|---|
| Accede a los materiales del curso | Disponible |
| Accede a los materiales con calificación | Disponible |
| Recibe una calificación final | Disponible |
| Obtén un Certificado de curso para compartir | Disponible |
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