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Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, Unit Catalogue 2011/12


EE50104: System fundamentals

Click here for further information Credits: 6
Click here for further information Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Click here for further information Period: Modular (no specific semester)
Click here for further information Assessment: CW 20%, EX 80%
Click here for further information Supplementary Assessment: Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Click here for further information Requisites:
Click here for further information Description: Aims:
To provide a fundamental understanding of the structure, operation and analysis of a modern power system.

Learning Outcomes:
After successfully completing this unit students will be able to: identify factors affecting the pricing of electricity, describe the advantages of interconnected networks, describe and analyse transformers, explain the principles of switching, explain and analyse the operation of a generator and its control systems, predict the stability of a generator under varying system conditions, explain and apply methods of load flow analysis, perform balanced and unbalanced fault calculations, analyse and apply transmission line models, make simple settings calculations for overcurrent, distance and differential protection.

Skills:
Application of the information, techniques and methods detailed in the unit material, to the proposal of, and the carrying through of, appropriate solutions to engineering problems in electrical power systems. Taught, facilitated and tested.

Content:
Introduction; Basic Considerations: energy requirements, power system structure, pricing, reliability; Power System Plant: transformers, switchgear; Generation: steady-state operation, simple power systems; Dynamic & Transient Operation of Generators: equal area criterion, electrical transient modes; Load Flow Analysis: Gauss Iterative method, Newton-Raphson method; Fault Calculations: symmetrical components, sequence networks, fault types, transformer networks; Transmission Line Characteristics: transmission line representation, line performance chart; Principles of Protection: types of protection, ring distribution systems, distance protection.
Click here for further informationProgramme availability:

EE50104 is Compulsory on the following programmes:

Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering
  • TEEE-ADM02 : MSc Electrical Power Systems (Distance Learning)
  • TEEE-ADL01 : PG Dip Electrical Power Systems (Distance Learning)

EE50104 is Optional on the following programmes:

Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering
  • TEEE-ADT01 : CPD Electrical Power Systems (Distance Learning)

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