Electrical Power Engineering
- Faculty
Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science
- Version
Version 1 of 12.03.2026.
- Module identifier
11M2206
- Module level
Master
- Language of instruction
German
- ECTS credit points and grading
5.0
- Module frequency
only summer term
- Duration
1 semester
- Brief description
This module deals with the fundamental principles of electrical energy for mechanical engineers. Energy supply systems with a high proportion of decentralized generation plants (e.g., wind power and photovoltaic systems, as well as combined heat and power plants and fuel cells) face particular challenges in the provision, transport, and distribution of electrical energy. Based on fundamental phenomena and circuits, the transmission mechanisms form the focus of this module.
- Teaching and learning outcomes
- Electric and magnetic fields
- Electric circuits (direct current and alternating current)
- Induction
- Mechanisms of current conduction
- Electric machines and drives
- Transformers
- Rotating three-phase machines
- Electric power supply
- Electrical components of a power plant
- Transmission systems for electrical energy
- Three-phase networks
- HVDC
- Overall workload
The total workload for the module is 150 hours (see also "ECTS credit points and grading").
- Teaching and learning methods
Lecturer based learning Workload hours Type of teaching Media implementation Concretization 30 Lecture - 15 Practice - Lecturer independent learning Workload hours Type of teaching Media implementation Concretization 45 Preparation/follow-up for course work - 30 Study of literature - 30 Exam preparation -
- Graded examination
- Written examination
- Literature
Busch, R.: Elektrotechnik und Elektronik für Maschinenbauer und Verfahrenstechniker, Vieweg+Teubner Verlag
Schwab, A.-J.: Elektroenergiesysteme, Erzeugung, Transport, Übertragung und Verteilung elektrischer Energie, Springer Verlag
- Applicability in study programs
- Automotive Engineering (Master)
- Automotive Engineering M.Sc. (01.09.2025)
- Mechatronic Systems Engineering
- Mechatronic Systems Engineering M.Sc. (01.09.2025)
- Mechanical Engineering (Master)
- Mechanical Engineering M.Sc. (01.09.2025)
- Person responsible for the module
- Reckzügel, Matthias
- Teachers
- Vossiek, Peter