Power Systems Engineering: ECE 461 Course Overview, Study notes of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Download Power Systems Engineering: ECE 461 Course Overview and more Study notes Electrical and Electronics Engineering in PDF only on Docsity! ECE 461: Power Systems Calculus and algebra - Learns basic capabilities of PSSE AC system software - Uses PSSE to model the addition of a wind farm to the AC grid - Can understand the complex billing structure of the power industry - Understands basic ideas in AC system synchronism and stability - Can analyze and determine V-I in phasor form at various points in a complex power system in both absolute and per unit - Understands the methods to change per unit specifications of rated equipment into the operational values - Can determine capacitance, inductance, and resistance of transmission lines - Can identify and model AC three-phase circuits that include motors, generators, and connective lines in a complex industrial load - Understands electric and magnetic fields - Can use Coulomb and Gauss law to calculate electrostatic fields surrounding wires conducting AC current at arbitrary voltages - Understands the lumped parameter approximations for L-R-C - Understands magnetic fields and forces - Can work with complex numbers - Understands elementary calculus - Familiar with computer software like SPICE - Understands AC circuit theory and use of phasors - Can operate with vectors in all coordinate systems Pre-requisites: - MATH 340 or 245 with a C- or better and PH142 with a C- or better Fields Power System Analysis Three-phase circuits Concepts: - Single and three phase electric and magnetic fields - Maxwell’s equations in integral and differential form to calculate transmission line inductances and capacitances - Three phase circuit analysis - The role of the P-Q-S triangle in conventional and alternative power systems - Explore the use of PSSE software (Spice of the power industry) iu computer laboratory experiments - Learn the concepts of per unit analysis Applications: - PSSE to calculate power system flow, stability and loading - Charge and current density in conductors with different geometries - Wave propagation in free space - Magnetic circuits Tools: - Calculus for solution of analytical AC circuits - Complex number algebra - PSSE software IN OUT As of 12/9/08