The classes are held in the S1 term. A couple of the classes are scheduled in a row in the period 4 and 5 of every Tuesday from October 8 to November 19. The classes include a class for learning the nuclear power dynamics using plant simulators which is scheduled in the period 4 on November 19. The examination will be held in the period 5 on November 19. Note that the duration of a class is 90 minutes.
Depending on the instruction from the faculty, the first two classes in the fourth and fifth periods on Tuesday, October 8 are held on-line using Zoom. The link to Zoom invitation will be put on the syllabus on the UTAS as needed.
The instructor expects that the following classes can be held in-person. Students are encouraged to attend the in-person classes as far as possible. However, just in case that there are students who cannot attend the classes in-person, the instructor will set up the hybrid classes using Zoom. If the circumstance does not allow to do so, the classes will be switched to full online classes using Zoom. The link to the invitation for is same as above.
The class schedule is as follows:
-Class 1/2: Period 4/5 on Tuesday, October 8
-Class 3/4: Period 4/5 on Tuesday, October 15
-Class 5/6: Period 4/5 on Tuesday, October 22
-Class 7/8: Period 4/5 on Tuesday, October 29
-Class 9/10: Period 4/5 on Tuesday, November 5
-Class 11/12: Period 4/5 on Tuesday, November 12
-Class 13/14: Period 4/5 on Tuesday, November 19
Note: Class 13 is the class for the exercise of nuclear power plant dynamics using the plant simulator.
The examination will be held in Class 14.
The course includes the following classes (topics).
Class 1
Orientation
Fundamentals of electrical engineering and electromagnetism
Class 2:
Fundamentals of electrical engineering and electric power transmission network
Class 3 and Class 4
Introduction of electrical equipment that includes turbine, generator, transformer, switchgear and others.
Class 5 through Class 8
Introduction to power generating plants that include fossil power plant, geothermal power plant, hydro power plant, wind power plant, solar power plant, fuel cell, and nuclear power plant.
Class 9 and Class10
Class 9 starts with the talk on Sep 2018 Hokkaido blackout - How it happened and recovered.
The remaining parts of Class 9 and 10 will be for the introduction of ABWR (Advanced BWR Reactor). The topics encompass the features of ABWR including major plant systems, instrumentation and control systems (I&C system), I&C engineering for high reliability, plant protection interlock, and main control room and operation consoles. The talk on ABWR may be flown into Class 11 depending on the progress of the course.
Class 11 and Class 12
Student’s presentation session:
Each student is requested to present the report (assignment). The duration of the class may be extended to 105 minutes depending on the number of students.
Class 13
Nuclear power plant simulator session:
Students will learn the basics of nuclear power plants based on nuclear power plant simulators. If the circumstance allows, students may directly manipulate the nuclear power plant simulators on a computer available to each student in a computer classroom in the Information Education Building.
Class 14 (Examination)
Examination will be held in the Class 14 in the period 5 on Tuesday, November 19.
Please note that class dates may change when the unexpected but unavoidable conflict with the instructor’s other work schedule happens. Also, the timeline of the topics over the classes may change in accordance with the progress of the lectures. When such changes happen, they will be notified in advance.