Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, Unit Catalogue 2006/07

EE30119 Basic power systems engineering

Credits: 6

Level: Honours

Semester: 1

Assessment: EX 100%

Requisites:

Aims:
* To provide a thorough understanding of the operation and design of the principal types of AC plants and to provide models for the calculation of plant performance.
* To develop the fundamental concepts of power system operation, analysis and fault diagnosis.
Learning Outcomes:
After completing this unit, students should be able to:
* Calculate the performance of transformers and synchronous machines.
* Carry out analyses of symmetrical and asymmetrical fault conditions in power systems.
* Predict the performance of generators and transmission lines thorough the use of operating charts.
* Have a knowledge of the fundamental concepts of power system protection used in fault diagnosis in plant.
Skills:
The programme should instil some ability to think in terms of engineering systems, rather than within the traditional boundaries. To this end students should be able to:
* recognise the principal subsystems of a modern power network.
* recognise and explain the functional purpose of each subsystem.
Content:
Transformers: construction, operation, connections, relevant calculations. Three-phase synchronous machines: construction operation and action of round rotor, equivalent circuits, phasor diagrams; Structure of a modern power system: Operating charts Voltage control Matrix representation of transmission lines. Two port network representation of transmission lines, per unit system, fault analysis: symmetrical components and phase-frame analysis: introduction to power system protection.

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