EE 488 (was EE 461) – Fundamentals of Power System Stability

Designation:

Senior/Grad-level technical elective for Electrical Engineering students

Catalog Data:

Power systems, system fault calculations, fault currents and voltages, application of stability equipment, differential protection, stability instrumentation. Prerequisite: EE 387/EE 365.

Prerequisites by topic:

  1. Understanding and the ability to use complex variables and linear algebra in the modeling and analysis of linear circuits.
  2. Understanding and the ability to model electrical machinery.

Course Objectives:

This course provides an introduction to the modeling and analysis of power systems. Through lecture and out-of-class assignments, students are provided learning experiences that enable them to:

  1. Analyze balanced three-phase networks.
  2. Model transmission lines and transformers.
  3. Understand computer-aided analysis of networks.
  4. Understand and analyze power flow in power systems.
  5. Become proficient with programming algorithms for network analysis in MATLAB.

Topics:

  1. Overview of power systems (2 classes)
  2. Phasors, power, and three-phase network analysis (3 classes)
  3. Transmission line modeling (5 classes)
  4. Transformer modeling (5 classes)
  5. Graphs, two-ports, computer-aided network analysis, and solution of linear systems (5 classes)
  6. Formulation and solution of network power flows (5 classes)
  7. Operation of power systems (3 classes)

Class/laboratory schedule:

Two 75-minute lectures per week.

Computer Usage:

  1. MATLAB to automate evaluation of transmission line models.
  2. MATLAB to produce PV and PQ characteristics for transmission lines.
  3. MATLAB to implement Gauss-Seidel and Newton-Raphson power flow programs.

Contribution to meeting the professional component:

Topics pertaining to economic and regulatory considerations in the operation of power systems are addressed through lecture and out-of-class assignments.

Relationship to program outcome:

  1. Graduates will understand how to analyze and design simple electrical circuits. [Ref: Outcome O.2.1.]
  2. Graduates will have attained computer proficiency. [Ref: Outcome O.1.3.]
  3. Graduates will possess oral and written communication skills. [Ref: Outcome O.5.2.]