Overview

This unit of study aims to introduce electrical safety standards, fundamentals of electrical safety, earthing systems and electrical insulation under high voltage. The protection measures of overvoltage, residual voltages and leak current in power systems is also provided. Furthermore, the application of electrical safety in special locations and installations is discussed.

Requisites

Prerequisites
EEE30002 Electrical Power Systems

Assumed Knowledge
Electrical circuits and machines

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
03-March-2025
01-June-2025
Last self-enrolment date
16-March-2025
Census date
31-March-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
24-April-2025
Results released date
08-July-2025

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Apply fundamental concepts of electrical safety to identify safety issues in power systems (K1, K3, S1, S2)
  • Appreciate safe measures and protection devices in an environment that may contain potential electrical hazards (K1, K3, S1)
  • Collect and analyse experimental data, interpret results, formulate conclusions and generate laboratory reports (K1, K2, S1, A2)
  • Use computer simulation tools to analyse electrical field strength in high voltage systems leading to the proper selection of insulation materials (K1, K2, K3, S1, S2)

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Live Online
Lecture
1.00  12 weeks  12
Online
Lecture
1.00 12 weeks 12
On-campus
Lecture
1.00 12 weeks 12
On-campus
Class
1.00  12 weeks  12
On-campus
Lab
3.00  3 weeks  9
Unspecified Activities
Independent Learning
7.75 12 weeks  93
TOTAL     150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
AssignmentIndividual 5 - 10% 1,2 
ExaminationIndividual 50 - 60% 1,2,3,4 
Laboratory ReportGroup 30 - 45% 1,2,3,4 

Hurdle

As the minimum requirements of assessment to pass a unit and meet all ULOs to a minimum standard, an undergraduate student must have achieved:

(i) an overall mark for the unit of 50% or more, and(ii) at least 40% in the final exam, and(iii) must complete all laboratory workStudents who do not successfully achieve hurdle requirements (ii) and (iii) will receive a maximum of 45% as the total mark for the unit.

Content

  • Electrical safety standards
  • Fundamentals of electrical safety
  • Earth arrangement
  • Earth electrodes, protective conductors and equipotential bonding conductors
  • Safety against over-voltages and residual voltages
  • Protection, selection of protective devices and testing electrical safety
  • Application of electrical safety in special locations and installations
  • Electrical insulation and electric stress calculation
  • High voltage testing and insulation assessment
  • Insulation Materials and dielectric properties

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.