Course detail

Automobile Electrical Units

FIT-IAEBAcad. year: 2010/2011

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.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

6

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Vítězslav Hájek, CSc.

Department

Department of Power Electrical and Electronic Engineering (UVEE)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

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

Prerequisites

Fundamentals of electrical and electronic engineering.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

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

Course curriculum

  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

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

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

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Active work on laboratory practice, laboratory protocols, tests.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic 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

Recommended reading

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

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme IT-BC-3 Bachelor's

    branch BIT , any year of study, summer semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Vítězslav Hájek, CSc.

Syllabus

  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

Laboratory exercise

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Vítězslav Hájek, CSc.

Syllabus

  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.