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EET 226 Introduction to Industrial Automation

ND2 levelEngineering & Technology30 topics

EET 226 covers 30 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Load flow analysis in interconnected power systems
  2. Computer applications to load flow studies
  3. Two-bus power network load flow program
  4. Power circle diagram
  5. Nodal admittance matrix formulation
  6. Power system load flow variables and parameters
  7. Power system faults and fault classification
  8. Short-circuit, open-circuit and earth faults
  9. Transient and sub-transient reactances
  10. Symmetrical fault analysis using per-unit and one-line diagrams
  11. Symmetrical components and sequence networks
  12. Unsymmetrical fault analysis
  13. MVA fault level calculation
  14. Selection of circuit breakers, switchgear, busbars and fuses
  15. Corona, surges and protection systems
  16. PLC hardware components
  17. PLC input/output modules
  18. Sensors and actuators interfacing
  19. Analog I/O signals
  20. SCADA and data acquisition systems
  21. SCADA vs DCS vs PLC control
  22. PLC communication protocols
  23. PLC software and programming tools
  24. IEC 61131-3 programming languages
  25. Ladder diagrams and function block diagrams
  26. Timers and counters
  27. PLC fault diagnosis and troubleshooting
  28. Robotics systems
  29. Mechatronics systems
  30. Human-Machine Interfaces (HMI)

A sample from this course

One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.

Load flow analysis in interconnected power systems

Load flow analysis is the calculation of voltage magnitude and phase angle at all buses in a power system under steady‑state conditions. Mastering it is essential because it predicts system operating limits, helps in planning new generation or transmission, and is a core component of many Nigerian engineering exams such as NUC CCMAS and NBTE.

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