Applied Power and Controls

Catalog description

Hands-on investigation and design in the areas of electrical power generation, transmission, and distribution, three-phase power circuits, power system analysis, load flow, symmetrical components, fault currents, system protection, and stability. Power generation and distribution topics focus on modern issues concerning distributed generation, photo-voltaic installed in the low- voltage end-use systems and components of the typical distribution system. Large Wind Farms, Large Solar Farms and exporting the power. Architecture and programming of microcomputer systems and interfacing with peripherals. Modern and classical methods of control system analysis of continuous-time systems. Introduction to design tools. Power generation, transmission and end-use distribution; power management. Topics may include frequency control, distribution system voltage control, distributed power generation, power quality, and power system design & simulation. Prerequisites: EENG 371 and EENG 461. Offered fall term each year. Four semester hours.