Course Name: Electrical Energy System Analysis 1
Course Number: 25753
Prerequisite(s): 25741 (Electrical Energy Conversion 1 and Lab)
Co-requisite(s): -
Units: 3
Level: Undergraduate

Description: 
The aim of this course is to familiarize students with general concepts, structures, and innovative approaches in utilizing and planning power systems, modeling and analyzing the behavior of power system components, and optimizing the performance of the national electricity grid under steady-state conditions.
 
Syllabus:

• Introduction to Electric Power Systems
  • History of the Electricity Industry
  • Different Components of Power Systems: Generation, Transmission, Distribution, and Load
  • Introduction to Traditional and Renewable Energy Generation Methods
  • System Management in Traditional and Competitive Structures, Electricity Markets
  • Safe and Optimal Planning and Operation of Power Systems
• Fundamentals of AC Network Modeling and Analysis
  • Single-Line Diagrams, Phasor Analysis, Power Concepts
  • Advantages of Three-Phase Systems, Equivalent Circuits, Single-Phase Analysis of Three-Phase Systems
  • Calculations in Per-Unit Systems
  • Per-Unit Modeling and Performance Characteristics of Transformers and Synchronous Generators
• Transmission Line Parameters
  • Structure and Design Considerations of Transmission Lines, Types of Conductors, Introduction of Line Parameters
  • Calculation of Resistance, Inductance, and Capacitance of Single-Phase and Three-Phase Transmission Lines with Simple, Composite, Bundled, Symmetrical and Asymmetrical Displaced Arrangements, Two-Port Line Parameters
• Fundamentals of AC Network Modeling and Analysis
  • Model and Equations of Short, Medium, and Long Transmission Lines
  • Analysis of Lossless Lines under No-Load, Natural Load, and Full Load Conditions
  • Steady-State Angular Stability and Power Transfer Limit
  • Line Reactive Compensation with Reactors and Series and Parallel Capacitors, Sectionalization of Lines with Controlled Parallel Compensation
• Load Flow Analysis
  • Statement of the Problem and its Applications
  • Nodal Equations and Bus Admittance Matrices, Load Flow Equations
  • Jacobi and Gauss-Seidel Methods for Solving Nonlinear Equations, Load Flow Solution with Gauss-Seidel Method
• Economic Load Dispatch
  • Economic Load Dispatch Problem in Traditional and Restructured Systems
  • Optimization of Nonlinear Functions with Equality and Inequality Constraints, Lagrange Multiplier Method
  • Economic Load Dispatch, with and without Considering Network Losses
• Introduction to Distribution Networks
  • Overview of Common Network Configurations and Distribution Substations
  • Load Characteristics: Aggregate Load Estimation Using Load Indices for Network and Distribution Substation Design
  • Familiarization with Load Management Concepts, Effects of Distributed and Renewable Generation on Distribution Networks, Microgrids

References:

• J. D. Glover, M. S. Sarma, T. J. Overbye, Power System Analysis and Design, 6th edition, Cengage Learning, 2017.
• H. Saadat, Power System Analysis, 3rd edition, PSA Publishing, 2011.
• W. H. Kersting, Distribution System Modeling and Analysis, 4th edition, CRC Press, 2017.