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Power System Analysis


Course Description

The basic principles of power systems, the per-unit system, modeling of generators, transformers and transmission lines, (optimal) power flow, optimal dispatch, and stability studies. There will be moderate use of MATLAB as a programming means for power system studies.


Athena Title

Power System Analysis


Prerequisite

ELEE 4710


Semester Course Offered

Offered every year.


Grading System

A - F (Traditional)


Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, the students should have acquired: • An understanding of basic principles and models of electric power systems; • The ability to formulate and solve power flow problems; • The ability to formulate and solve economic dispatch problems; • The ability to do fault analysis; • A familiarity with the use of modern computer-aided methods for power system analysis.


Topical Outline

1. Background. 1.1: Review of single (and three) phase voltage, current, real power, reactive power, and their relationships. 1.2: Review of power system components and their models. This includes: generator, transformer, transmission line models, as well as load models. 1.3: System modeling, which includes per-unit system, one line diagram, impedance, reactance and admittance diagrams, bus admittance, and bus impedance matrices. 2. Load Flow (Power Flow) Analysis and Design. 2.1: Equivalent sources and node voltage analysis. 2.2: Gauss iterative, Gauss Seidel, and Newton Raphson methods. 2.3: Power flow equations and load flow problem. 2.4: Classification of busses and solution of load flow equations. 2.5: Steady state security and contingency analyses in power systems. 2.6: Use of software tools for solving power flow problems. 3. Economic Operation of Power Systems: Design and Development of Optimum Operating. 3.1: Description of economic dispatch problem. 3.2: Formulation of general economic dispatch problem. 3.3: Inclusion of environmental constraints and emissions into economic dispatch. 3.4: Use of software tools for solving economic dispatch problems. 4. Fault Analysis: Balanced and Unbalanced Faults. 4.1: Transients in power systems. 4.2: Three phase balanced faults. 4.3: Introduction to symmetrical components. 4.4: Unsymmetrical faults.


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