Design And Installation Of Electrical & Ict Equipment
Electrical Installation. Introduction to Health and safety at Work Act in Nigeria. Electrical safety. First aid. Electricity supply regulations. Lighting and Illumination: Luminous intensity and flux. Maintenance factor. Coefficient of utilisation. Types of light sources. Calculation of lighting…
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course, students should be able to: 1. describe health and safety standards in electrical installations; 2. explain NCC and FCC codes of practice and standards in Nigeria; 3. implement telecommunication design and installation; 4. configure computer networks; and New Computing 141 5. design and install telephony equipment.
Course contents
Electrical Installation. Introduction to Health and safety at Work Act in Nigeria. Electrical safety. First aid. Electricity supply regulations. Lighting and Illumination: Luminous intensity and flux. Maintenance factor. Coefficient of utilisation. Types of light sources. Calculation of lighting requirements. Glare. Stroboscopic effect. Installation Materials, cables, junction box, terminations, joints. Conduits and conduiting. Trunks and trunking. Electrical Installation design in domestic, commercial, and industry. Alarm and emergency systems. Earthling and Protection. Purposes of earthing. Faraday cage. Rod electrodes. Earth electrode resistance. Earthing system. Earth fault loop impedance. ICT services: NCC and FCC codes of practice and standards. Telecommunication design and installation: Satellite, VSAT, etc. Telephone design and installation. Computer networking design and installation. Wireless LAN design and installation. Preparation of Bill of Engineering Measurement Evaluation. Contract bidding. Consultancy. Lab Work: Demonstration of simple electrical installations using electrical materials including conduits and trunks. Illustration of ICT installations including wired and wireless computer networks. Demonstration of telecommunications installations ICT 497: Final Year Project I (3 Units C: PH 135) Learning Outcomes Upon completion of the project, students should be able to: 1. identify researchable project topics in information and communication technology’ 2. search and review literature pertinent to identified problem statements; 3. acknowledge and reference sources of information used in this research report; 4. conceptualise and design a research methodology to address an identified problem; 5. determine tools for analysing data collected based on research objectives; 6. write a coherent report on research conducted; and 7. work independently to accomplish a research project with the guidance of the research supervisor. Course Contents An…