Power System Fault Analysis and Protection
Credit: 4
Prerequisite: ELEN 215 or ELEN 314.
Brief introduction:
- General considerations in transmission and distribution of electrical energy as related to power systems;
- Calculation of electric transmission line constants;
- General theory of symmetrical components;
- Application to analysis of power systems during fault conditions, etc.
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Syllabus:
Week
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10
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17
Topics
Introduction
Three Phase Circuits
Transmission Line Parameters
Transmission Line Modeling
Transformers Exam #1
Three Phase Transformers
Per Unit System
Network Matrices
Spring Break
Unbalanced Operation
Exam #2
Symmetric Components
Sequence Networks
Fault Analysis/Protection
Guest Lecture
End of Semester
Exam #3