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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