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AE 463 - Electrical Power Quality for Buildings

3 lecture hours 2 lab hours 4 credits
Course Description
This course covers topics involving typical equipment utilizing solid state devices for power quality, such as uninterruptible power supplies, transient voltage suppressors, power line conditioners and voltage regulators. Grounding and neutral systems are studied. The student is exposed to basic electronic concepts, devices monitoring and analysis associated with this equipment. (prereq: AE 3641 )
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  • Understand and be able to recognize power quality disturbances and typical problems associated with power quality disturbances
  • Understand and be able to recognize harmonic distortion on electrical power systems
  • Be capable of performing harmonic distortion analysis
  • Design basic filters to reduce harmonic distortion
  • Be familiar with:
  • Uninterruptible power supplies
  • Transient voltage suppressors
  • Power line conditioners
  • EMI attenuation techniques
  • Harmonic mitigation techniques
  • Grounding systems
  • Power quality instrumentation
  • Understand techniques involved in performing a site survey for power quality
  • Understand basic electrical and electronic concepts, power quality instrumentation and associated analysis
  • Understand the typical equipment that either causes or is susceptible to electrical power quality disturbances

Prerequisites by Topic
  • Advanced mathematics-including linear equations and complex numbers
  • Building Electrical Power Distribution
  • Building Illumination and Communications Design
  • Basic power calculations from AE 3611  , AE 3631  , AE 3641  

Course Topics
  • Introduction (3 classes)
  • Linear/Nonlinear loads (1 class)
  • Reactance/Power Factor (2 classes)
  • Harmonics/Mitigation (5 classes)
  • Sags/Swells/Interruptions (2 classes)
  • Equipment Grounding/Safety (2 classes)
  • Power Quality Standards (1 class)
  • Transients and Transient Protection (1 class)
  • Power Quality and Motors (2 classes)
  • System Voltage Support (1 class)
  • Power Conditioning and Reliability (2 classes)
  • Site Analysis and Monitoring/Troubleshooting (3 classes)
  • Project Presentations (2 classes)
  • Hands on Laboratory (10 classes)
  • Exams & Review (4 classes)

Laboratory Topics
  • Harmonic Analyzer
  • Comparison-Linear & Nonlinear Loads
  • Harmonic Analysis-1
  • Harmonic Analysis-2
  • Single Line Diagrams
  • Motors & Drives
  • We Energies

Coordinator
Dudley Outcalt



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