ENEX12001 - Electrical Power and Machines

General Information

Unit Synopsis

In this unit, you will model basic power system components and electrical machines using simplified linear equivalent circuits. You will explain the relationship between power and energy, and calculate power and energy in power networks and electrical machines. You will apply problem-solving techniques in the analysis of balanced three-phase power circuits using per-unit methodology. You will also investigate and compare the construction and operational characteristics of direct current (DC) and alternating current (AC) electrical machines. You will explain different drive system topologies for the electrical machines. You will explain electrical machine protection and control schemes. In this unit, you must complete compulsory practical activities. Refer to the Engineering Undergraduate Course Moodle site for proposed dates.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 2
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisite: (ENEG11009 Fundamentals of Energy and Electricity or PHYS11185 Engineering Physics B) AND MATH11218 Applied Mathematics.

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2025

Term 2 - 2025 Profile
Mackay
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Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

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This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 50.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 50% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: In class student feedback
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Students appreciated the amount of support and help they have recieved from the unit coordinator throughout the term.
Recommendation
Maintain this good practice in future offerings.
Action Taken
This good practice was maintained.
Source: Unit Coordinator
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The difficulty of online quiz questions should be moderated according to the unit contents.
Recommendation
In future offerings, revisit the online quiz question bank and adjust the difficulty of the questions according to the class activities, and unit contents, especially to the tutorial workings.
Action Taken
The difficulty of quiz questions was moderated according to the unit contents.
Source: In class feedback
Feedback
Students expressed appreciation for the number of attempts allowed for each online quiz and found the duration of the quizzes to be appropriate.
Recommendation
In future offerings, this good practice should be continued.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: In class feedback
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Students perceive the content of this unit as overwhelming, given that it encompasses the material of two units in a single one.
Recommendation
In future offerings, the unit content should be revised so that unnecessary information is omitted while ensuring the learning outcomes of the unit are not compromised.
Action Taken
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Unit learning Outcomes
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