TECHNICAL REPORT ON INDUSTRIAL TRAINING

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Content                                                                                                                           Page

Title
Page                                                                                                                                i

Certification                                                                                                                            ii

Dedication                                                                                                                              iii

Acknowledgements
                                                                                                               iv

Table of
Contents                                                                                                                   v

List of Figures                                                                                                                         viii

List of Tables                         
`                                                                                              ix

List of Plates                                                                                                                           x

Abstract                                                                                                                                  xi

 

Chapter One               

1.0. Introduction to Student’s
Industrial Work Experience Scheme                                     1

1.0.1. SIWES
Background                                                                                         1

1.0.2.
Objectives of SIWES                                                                                       2

1.1. AOT Engineering Limited                                                                                               2

            1.1.1.
Brief History of the Company                                                                          3

            1.1.2.
Services Rendered By the Company                                                                3

            1.1.3.
Location and Organization of the Company                                                    5

1.2. Safety Precautions                                                                                                           7

            1.2.1.
Safety Equipment and Their Uses                                                                    8

            1.2.2.
Safe Working Conditions and Techniques                                                       9

            1.2.3.
General Electrical and Safety Rules                                                                 11

 

Chapter Two

2.0. Introduction to Electrical Drawing and
Plans                                                                 12

2.1. Electrical Principles                                                                                                          12

            2.1.1.
Power Distribution                                                                                            12

            2.1.2.
Electrical Measurements and Calculations                                                       13

            2.1.3.
Service Entrance                                                                                               14

            2.1.4.
Service Distribution                                                                                          14

            2.1.5.
Branch Circuits                                                                                                 15

            2.1.6.
Electrical Conductors                                                                                       16

            2.1.7.
Calculating Total System Requirements                                                           17

2.2 .Developing and Drawing Electrical
Plans                                                                       18

            2.2.1.
AutoCAD                                                                                                         18

            2.2.2.
Computation of Load List                                                                                19

            2.2.3.
Generation of Single Line Diagrams                                                                19

            2.2.4.
Equipment Sizing and Cable Sizing                                                                 20

            2.2.5.
Electrical Layout Drawings (Grounding, Cable, and Lighting Layout)           20

            2.2.6.
Hazardous Area Classification/Drawings                                                         20

            2.2.7.
Supplementary Drawings                                                                                  20

2.3. Fitting and Device Selection                                                                                          
21

2.4. Switches and Sockets                                                                                                      21

            2.4.1.
Switch and Sockets Connection Types                                                                        22

2.5. Drawing an Electrical Plan                                                                                              24

2.5.1.
Electrical Symbols                                                                                            24

2.5.2. Room
Wiring                                                                                                    25

 

Chapter Three

3.0. Introduction to Electrical
Installation                                                                              27

3.1. General Considerations                                                                                                    27

3.2. Principal Connection and Circuits                                                                                   28

            3.2.1.
The Transformer                                                                                                28

            3.2.2.
The Feeder Pillar                                                                                               30

            3.2.3.
The Distribution Panel                                                                                      31

            3.2.4.
Distribution Board                                                                                            33