Electrical Designing &Draughting

A. FUNDAMENTALS

Introduction to MEP and Scope of Electrical Designing and Drafting, Duties and Roles of a Electrical
Design Engineer & Draftsman, General concepts of electrical generation, Transmission and
Distribution, Brief Description of Resistive, Inductive & Capacitive loads, Different Types of
Equipments and their loads as per standard specifications, Practical Exposure to Lighting, Power,
Fire Alarm, Emergency lighting Electrical services, House Wiring Concepts.

B. ELECTRICAL DESIGN CALCUALTION

LOW POWER

Lighting, Types of light (GLS,FTL, CFL, LED, MVL etc.) and application, Light selection by manual
method, CGLux Software, Relux Software, DIALux Software for Calculation of number of light
fixtures based on LUX Level.

FANS

Types and selection of Ceiling fans in a space as per Standards, Types and selection of Exhaust
Fans Based on Air Changes per Hour, SOCKET DESIGN AS PER NEC CODE.

POWER SERVICES

Power Socket Selection, Selection of Motors for Pump House, Selection & applications of Motors for
Fire Fighting Pumps, Load Scheduling for (Single House, Apartment, High Rise, Industrial,
Commercial Buildings) Common Area, open Area and load Calculations

CABELS

Brief Description of Conductors, Strands, Cores and insulation of a Cable, Description of Armoured&
Un-Armoured Cables, Selection of cables Using BRITISH Standards, Selection of cables Using
INDIAN Standards, Selection of Cable Trays. According to US National Electrical Code, Sizing of
Conduits, Trunking, Raceways and Trenches. Voltage Drop Calculations Using a) Indian Standards.
b) NEC Standards c) British Standards. Short Circuit calculations in a Building.
SWITCH GEARS (Circuit Breakers)

A Brief description of Fuse, MCBs, MCCBs, Air , Vacuumed, Oil and SF6 Circuit Breakers,
Selection of Circuit Breakers based on International Electro Technical Commission (IEC) &
European Standards, Selection of ELCB.

PANEL BOARDS

Description of different types of Panel Boards (MDB, SMDB, SDB, etc.)

TRANSFORMER

Type, Inter connections and Selection of transformers Depending on Load & losses, Transformer
room sizing.

SINGLE LINE DIAGRAM

Description of Single line Diagram for Individual, Residential, Commercial, Industrial and
Hospitalized Buildings.

EARTHING

Earthing Calculations & Selection of Earthing according to the requirement of buildings.

LIGHTING ARRESTERS

Introduction to Lightning Arresters and design calculations to adopt Lightning Protection System

SOLAR PANELS

Brief Description about the Solar Panel and their Devices Calculations for the Selection of 1) Solar
panel. 2)Solar Regulars. 3) Solar Battery and 4) Solar Inverters. Cable Sizing for Solar Panel.

UPS Selection :

Calculations for the Selection of UPS to Emergency Lighting Services, Calculations for the Selection
of UPS to Lifts/ Elevators.

LOW CURRENT SYSTEM

Close Circuit Television (CCTV) : Description about the Types of Cameras and Placing of cameras
at required Locations, Public Addressable Systems : Calculations for the selection of Number of
Speakers in a space, Fire Fighting services: Load calculations and Cable Sizing for Fire Alarm
system (i.e. Smoke Detector, Heat Detector, and horns), Communication : TV, Telephone , Intercom,
 & Internet Networking and selection of Types of Cable for them, Electrical Engineers Work With
HVAC Professionals (MCC), Open Area Calculations (power and lighting).

C. SOFTWARE DESIGNING

RELUX, CG LUX DIALux (Lux level Calculations), Anixter (Cable Sizing), Tray Cad (Cable tray
Routing), Master Converter (for Conversion).

D. ESTIMATION AND COSTING OF PROJECT

Understanding the tendering requirements, Quantity take off, Preparing Inquiry for Suppliers &
Finalizing the suppliers. Final Billing & Quotations finalization

E. PROJECT PROCUREMENT WORK

Preparation of purchase orders, Quotation Evaluation Sheet.

F. ELECTRICAL DRAUGHTING

Representation of Concepts Design Drawing, Design Drawing & Shop Drawing, Symbols and
Legends : Lamps, Fans Sockets, Exhaust Fans, A/C, Geyser etc.,

Drawing Details : Single Line Drawing (SLD), Lighting Layout, Power Layout, Earthing Layout,
Emergency Lighting Layout, CCTV Layout, Public Addressable Layout, Fire Alarm Layout,
Communication, Cable Tray , Bus Bar Layouts, Bus Duct Riser Drawing.

GREEN BUILDING DESIGN IMPLEMENTATION

Occupancy Sensor, Daylight Sensors, PV-Panels, Concept of Solar Chillers(VAM).

STANDARDS :

Designing as per Electrical Standards: NEC, BS, DEWA, ADEWA, IEC, NEMA, NFPA etc.

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ELECTRICAL SYLLABUS
Capacitor Bank (Power Factor Improvement).
BUSBAR details and Selection for High Rise Buildings.
Cable Tray (Tray cad), Raceway, Trucking, Conduits and Routing.
Cable Tray Selection
 Emergency Lighting: Backup power from UPS & Diesel Generator.
Emergency Sign Lighting.
Selection of UPS and Generators.
Single line Diagram (SLD): Individual, Residential, Commercial, Industrial, hospitalized Buildings.
Types of Earthing according to the requirements.
Introduction to Lightning Arresters.
Design Calculations to adopt Lightening Protection system.
Close Circuit Television (CCTV): Types of Cameras and Circuiting.
Public Addressable System (Speakers Selection).
Fire Alarm system and load calculation.
Electrical Engineers work with HVAC profession (MCC).
Communication: TV, Telephone, Intercom & Internet Networking, Types of cables.
Types of Drawings: Design Drawing & Shop Drawing.
Drawing Details: Lighting Layout, Power Layout, Single line drawing (SLD), Emergency Lighting
Layout, CCTV Layout, Public Addressable Layout, Fire Alarm System Layout, Communication
Layout, Cable Tray Layout, BUSBAR Layout, Bus duct riser drawings.
Softwares: CG LUX (Lux Level Calculation), RELUX, Anixter (Cable sizing), Tray-Cad (Cable tray
Routing), Master Converter (For conversion).
BOQ: Bill of Quantity, Estimation and Costing (Complete project).
Green Building Design Implementation.
Designing as per Electrical Standards: NEC, BS, DEWA, ADEWA, IEC, NEMA, NFPA etc..
Scope of Electrical Designing &Draughting.

Duties and Role of an Electrical Design Engineer and Draughtsman.

Electrical Generation, Transmission and Distribution general concept.
Utilization of Solar Energy for various buildings.
Selection of Solar Panels, Solar Regulators, Solar Battery and Inverters and their functioning.
House Wiring Concepts.
Different Electrical Services: Lighting, Power, Fire Alarm, Emergency lighting Etc.
Different types of Equipments and their load as per standard specifications.
Symbols and Legends: Lamps, Fan, Exhaust Fan, A/C, Sockets, etc.
Abbreviations for all type of services.
Lux Level Calculation & Different types of lamps like GLS, FTL, CFL, LED, MVL, etc.
Load Scheduling (Single house, Apartment, High Rise buildings) common area, open area
and load calculations.
Cables: Selection, Conductor, strands, cores and Insulation.
Armored and unarmored cables.
Voltage Drop Calculation.
Cable Schedule and Conduit selection as per the standards.
Switch Gears (Circuit Breakers) Types and Selection.
Internal Mechanism and Working of Circuit Breakers.
Panel Boards (MDB, SMDB, SDB, etc.).
Transformer: Type, Internal connections, Selections & losses.
Fault level calculations for Transformers.
 Short Circuit calculations in a building

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ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Introduction to MEP: Basics of MEP-
Introduction to Electrical Engineering. Meeting the clients needs- Understanding the codes and standards- -
Softwares complying to the codes

Codes & standards

Basics of Electrical- Fundamental theories of Electrical- Concept of Voltage- Current- Power- PF etc and its
measuring devices.

Familiarization of building architectural components.

Circuit creation: Classification- Making circuits- Points and power in circuits.

Types of lights & luminaries: Advanced parameters of light- Lighting design

(Manual-RELUX)

Fan selection and considerations

Load schedule- Phase distribution- Load distribution schedule

Common area calculation

Cables-Types of cables- Sheathing and armor- Cable sizing for all systems by
BS & IS- Voltage drop calculations by BS & IS Industrial wire sizing

Manual method and software

Circuit protection conductor sizing

Conduit types

Cable trunks- Cable tray types Application - sizing

Circuit breaker types- Working- Rated current calculation- Breaking capacity
(Short circuit analysis)- Intentional time delay Protection system design

ELCB working & selection

Transformer principles- working- types- capacity calculation- general guidelines

Capacitor bank: Principle- Benefits- Compensation requirement calculation-

Capacitor bank cable & CB selection Bus Bar sizing
Panel Selection
Electrical parameters measuring devices-

Calculations

Various design stages

Procedure in electrical design