Course details

Automobile Electrical Units

AET Acad. year 2006/2007 Summer semester 6 credits

Current academic year

Review of automobile equipments. Electric power sources, alternators, starters. Ignition systems, electric light and signalization. digitally controlled electronic ignition. Safety systems. Navigation systems. Environment compatibility.

Guarantor

Hájek Vítězslav, prof. Ing., CSc.

Language of instruction

Czech

Completion

Credit+Examination

Time span

  • 39 hrs lectures
  • 26 hrs laboratories

Department

Department of Power Electrical and Electronic Engineering (UVEE)

Subject specific learning outcomes and competences

Automobile electric and electronic system review. Measurements and measuring methods.

Learning objectives

To acquaint students with a general review of automobile electrical machines and apparatuses and special parts (alternators, starters, batteries and ignition).

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Fundamentals of electrical and electronic engineering.

Study literature

  • Šťastný, Remek: Autoelektrika a autoelektronika. Nakl. F. Malina, Praha, 1995
  • Firemní literatura fy BOSCH, VALEO, MAGNETON.

Fundamental literature

  • Koziej, E.: Elektrotechnika samochodowa WNT Warszawa, 1991
  • Moczala, H.: Elektrische Kleinmotoren. Expert Verlag, Berlin, 1987
  • Veinott, M.: Fractional and Subfractional Horse-power
  • Electrical Motors. Mc Graw-Hill Book Company, 1986
  • Robert Bosch GmbH: Autoelektrik-Autoelektronik. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1998
  • Lumley, J.L.: Engines an Introduction. Cambridge University Press, 1999
  • Denton, T.: Automobile Electrical and Electronic Systems. Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford 2003
  • Firemní literatura fy BOSCH

Syllabus of lectures

  1. Automobile Electric and Electronic Systems
  2. Alternators
  3. Batteries
  4. Starter Motors
  5. Ignition Systems
  6. Electronic Ignition
  7. Motormanagement
  8. Electronics Safety Systems
  9. Automobile Lighting
  10. Board Instruments
  11. HUD Systém
  12. Navigation Systems
  13. Influence of the Automotive Electric Equipment on Environment

Syllabus of laboratory exercises

  1. General methods of motor vehicles el. equipment measurements.
  2. Small resistances and torques measurements. PC based automation measurement system.
  3. Fractional horse power induction motor no-load. Loss distribution.
  4. Speed dependant machanical losses of alternator.
  5. Load characteristic of alternator.
  6. Test.
  7. Motor starter characteristics.
  8. Load characteristics of heating motor.
  9. Ignition coil measurement.
  10. Ignition distributor advance setting.
  11. High speed motors characteristics measurements.
  12. El. motors dynamic characteristics parameters measurements.
  13. Test.

Progress assessment

Requirements for credits: Solved problems of laboratory tests, protocols of laboratory measurements.

Controlled instruction

Active work on laboratory practice, laboratory protocols, tests.

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