ELEC 488

Electrical Power Systems

Units: 1.5, Hours: 3-0

Principles of electric power systems, three-phase salient and round rotor synchronous machines, three-phase transformer, transmission line parameters, admittance model, impedance model, network calculations, power-flow solution, symmetrical faults, symmetrical components and sequence networks, unsymmetrical faults, economic dispatch. Basics of power systems stability and protection, load frequency control, HVDC transmission, design projects using power system simulator package.

Prerequisites: 365 or 370.

Undergraduate course in Electrical Engineering offered by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering.