ECE 430 Power System Analysis
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Alberta

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Contact Info

Course Instructor: Prof. Venkata Dinavahi
Office: DICE 11-356
Email: d i n a v a h i @ u a l b e r t a . c a
Office hours: Fri 2-4PM.
Course website: E-Class

Course Text

Course Outline

Transmission Line Design Parameters & Power networks (Chapter 5)

The concept and calculation of resistance, inductance and capacitance of a power line; concept of three-phase line parameters and phase coupling; Concepts of Transposition, and Bundling, and their impact on Line Parameters and Operation; Multiple circuit AC lines; Compensation Techniques; Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS); HVDC transmission;

Symmetrical faults (Chapter 7)

Series R-L circuit transients; Three-phase short-circuit (unloaded synchronous machine); Power system three-phase short circuits; Bus impedance matrix; Circuit breaker and fuse selection

Symmetrical components (Chapter 8)

Definition of symmetrical components; Sequence networks of impedance loads; Sequence networks of series impedances; Sequence networks of three-phase lines; Sequence networks of rotating machines; Per-unit sequence models of three-phase two-winding transformers; Per-unit sequence models of three-phase three-winding transformers; Power in sequence networks.

Power Flow Computations (Chapter 6)

Direct solution of linear algebraic equations (Gauss Elimination); Iterative solution of linear algebraic equations (Jacobi and Gauss-Seidel); Iterative solution to non-linear algebraic equations (Newton-Raphson); Introduction to PowerWorld Software; Power flow problem; Power flow solution be Gauss-Seidel; Power flow solution by Newton-Raphson; Control of power flow; sparsity techniques; Fast decoupled load flow

Power System Control (Chapter 12)

Generator Voltage Control; Turbine-Governor Control; Load Frequency Control (LFC); Economic Dispatch (ED); Coordination of LFC with ED Introduction to power market; EMS and SCADA; Tele-control Schemes.

Unsymmetrical faults (Chapter 9)

System representation; Single-line-to-ground fault; Line-to-line fault; Double-line-to-ground fault; Sequence bus impedance matrices.

Prerequisite

EE 330 Fundamentals of Power Engineering