EE 447 - Power System Analysis I

• Describe the elements that make up a power system
• Understand the basic concepts of real and reactive power, direction of power flow, conservation of complex power and power factor correction
• Understand the per-phase representation of the three-phase systems and computations
• Calculate the inductance and capacitance of a transposed transmission line
• Use line models to obtain the transmission line performance
• Determine the series and shunt capacitors and shunt reactors required for line compensation
• Understand the basic models of transformers and synchronous generators for the steady-state analysis
• Develop a program for formation of the bus admittance matrix
• Understand the computer techniques and algorithms used to obtain the transmission line parameters, line performance, compensation and solution of the load flow problems

• Linear circuit analysis
• Three-phase circuits
• Basic knowledge of electrical machines and transformers
• Computer programming

• Power in AC circuits, complex power (1 class)
• Review of three-phase systems (2 classes)
• Simple models of transformers and generators for steady-state analysis (3 classes)
• The per-unit systems and impedance diagrams (2 classes)
• Transmission line parameters. Electromagnetic and electrostatic induction (5 classes)
• Transmission line models, performance and compensation (5 classes)
• Network solution and the bus admittance matrix. (2 classes)
• Iterative solution of nonlinear algebraic equations (1 class)
• Load flow problem and solution by the Gauss-Seidel iterative method (3 classes)
• Load flow solution by the Newton-Raphson method (2 classes)
• Tap changing transformers, real and reactive power control (2 classes)