Power SysII: Protect & Control

Catalog description

The purpose of this course is to help students develop skills for analyzing electric power systems beyond power flow solutions. The following topics are covered: basics of economic dispatch; basics of fault analysis and fault current calculations; generator transients induced by grid faults; basics of power system protection; basics of stability concepts and stability analysis; basics of load frequency control, automatic generation control, reactive power and voltage control. Lecture portion meets with EECE 423. Extra assignments, and/or final project will be required at the graduate level. Prerequisites: EECE 502 or approval of instructor. Offered every spring semester.