ENEL382-17S1 (C) Semester One 2017

Electric Power and Machines

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 20 February 2017
End Date: Sunday, 25 June 2017
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 3 March 2017
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 19 May 2017

Description

Electric power systems encompasses the concerns of bulk electrical energy, its production or generation, the bulk transmission, local area distribution and final consumption (the load) as needed by industry, commerce and households. This course covers these topics from the component level and up through the system as a whole including layout. Analysis techniques for the power system under both steady-state and transient conditions are developed. High voltage engineering is introduced and machine level concerns are also covered, including: generators, transformers and motors.

Topics covered include:
1. Electricity and Society
2. Power System Layout
3. Per Unit System
4. Power-flow Analysis
5. Fault Analysis
6. Renewable Energy (Wind, Solar & Hydro generation) sustainability and environmental impact.
7. Substation Layout & Earthing
8. Transformers
9. Synchronous Machines

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Understand the laws and concepts governing the behaviour of an interconnected electrical power system
2. Understand the different types of generation and storage technologies
3. Perform calculations on the potential of renewable power generation
4. Understand the past and present structure of the electrical power system and be familiar with the wholesale electricity market (including societal aspects that have influenced the development).
5. Perform Power-flow analysis and understand the way different components can affect the power flow
6. Perform balanced fault calculations
7. Perform transient stability analysis using equal area criteria
8. Understand and perform calculations for electrical machines (generators, transformers and motors)
9. Perform calculations for earth grids
10. Understand Substation Layout.

Prerequisites

Restrictions

ENEL380 and ENEL381

Course Coordinator

Neville Watson

Lecturer

Alan Wood

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Final Exam 40%
Labs 20%
Test 40%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $919.00

International fee $5,000.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Electrical and Computer Engineering .

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