Course Number: ECE 496

Course Name: Power Fault Analysis

Course Time: Thursdays  6 - 9pm

Course Location: Bannow GR22

Schedule: 1/16/2014 - 5/8/2014

Final Exam: 5/8/2014 at 6 pm

Instructor: Jeffrey N. Denenberg

Hours: Mon-Fri 9:30-10:30 am

Office: Bannow 301C

 Mon, Tue, Thurs. 2:00-3:30 pm
 or by appt.

Office Phone: 203-254-4000 x3330

Google Voice: 203-513-9427

Email: jdenenberg@fairfield.edu

jeffrey.denenberg@ieee.org

Both emails are checked regularly but use ieee.org when I’m out of my office

This course covers three types of faults in electrical power grids: open lines, lines shorted to ground, and lines shorted to each other. Methods of locating faults are covered, along with an analysis of the effects. Methods of protection and fault isolation are also covered. (Prerequisites: ECE 495)   Three Credits

Learning Outcomes

No.

Outcome

Cognitive Level

ABET a-k

1

The student will understand society’s need for reliable, inexpensive and environmentally friendly electrical power and how to design a system to provide it.

Knowledge, Application,

& Synthesis

a, c, e, f, h, j, k

2

The student will be able to analyze the impact of faults in a power system on its component parts.

Analysis

a, e, k

3

The student will be able apply control measures to limit the impact of faults to power system components.

Application

a, c, e, k

4

The student will be able to specify component s that can survive when faults occur in a protected power system.

Synthesis

a, c, e, k

Class Grade Distribution – Will be updated after each exam

Text: 

Electric Machinery and Power System Fundamentals,
Steven Chapman, 2002, Wiley, ISBN: 978-0-072-29135-3, errata, Author's Files

References:

Electric Power Systems: A First Course, Ned Mohan, 2008, Wiley

Prof. A.K. Sinha, IIT Kharagpur – A full set of Power System Lecture Videos

Prof. Krishna Vasudevan, IIT Madras – Lectures on Modelling and Analysis of Electric Machines

Required Software:

MatLab, Student or Professional Ed. (The Math Works) or
Octave (An Open Source MatLab Clone)
MatLab Tutorial by B. Aliane

LTSpice, (Free from Linear Technology, or

Multisim, (Student Version Available – Nat. Instr.,)
LTSpice Tutorial, Multisim Tutorial

Grade allocation:   

Semester Exams (2)

50%

Final Exam

25%

Homework/Class Participation

25%

Total

100%


Course Schedule:

Week

Topic

Text

Homework

Lecture Notes

Videos

1/16

Course Introduction

1

Get ahead in your reading

 

 

1/23

Review of Fundamentals

1

1-18, 1-19

Mohan-1.1*, Gleb-2**

Mohan-1.1

1/30

Three-Phase Circuits and Magnetics

2

2.1-2.3, 2.6

Gleb-3, Mohan-1.2

Mohan-1.2

2/6

Electric Energy and the Environment

Review for Exam 1

-

 

Mohan-2.1, Mohan-2.2

Mohan-2.1, Mohan-2.2

2/13

Exam 1 (Ch. 1-2) – Delayed to 2/20 – SNOW!

 

On line session – “Transformers”

 

2/20

Exam 1 Reprise

Transformer Review

3

3.1, 3.4, 3.9,

3.11, 3.14

Gleb-4

Mohan-5.1, Mohan-5.2

 

Mohan-5.1, Mohan-5.2

2/27

Transformer Review

Transmission Lines

3

9


9.1, 9.3-9.7

Mohan-5.3, Gleb-4

Gleb-9, Mohan-3.1

Mohan-5.3,

Mohan-3.1

3/6

Transmission Lines

9

9.17

Mohan-3.2 , Mohan-3.3

Mohan-3.2 , Mohan-3.3

3/13

Power System Representation & Equations

Power Flow

10

11

10.2, 10.8
11.1

Gleb-10, Gleb-11

Mohan-4.1, Mohan-4-2, Mohan-4.3

 

Mohan-4.1, Mohan-4-2, Mohan-4.3

3/20

Power System Control*

Distribute Exam 2 (Ch. 3, 9-11) –Take Home

-

 

Mohan-11-1, Mohan-11-2

 

Mohan-11-1, Mohan-11-2

3/27

Spring Break – No Classes

 

 

 

 

4/3

Exam 2 Due

Symmetric and Asymmetric Faults

 

12, 13

 

 

 

Gleb-12, Mohan-12-1

 

Mohan-12-1

4/10

Exam 2 Reprise

Symmetric and Asymmetric Faults

 

12, 13

 

 

Gleb-12, Mohan-12-2

 

Mohan-12-2

4/17

Easter Recess

 

 

 

 

4/24

Symmetric and Asymmetric Faults

12, 13

 

Gleb-12, Mohan-12-3

Mohan-12-3

5/1

Course Review

 

 

 

 

5/8

Final Exam (comprehensive)

 

Final Exam Week 5/2 – 5/9

 

 

*           Professor Ned Mohan’s lecture notes and videos for his text “Electric Power Systems: A First Course”
**         Professor Gleb V. Tcheslavski’s Lecture Notes for Chapman, “Electric Machine and Power System Fundamentals”


CLASS EXPECTATIONS

I. TEACHER

Distribute syllabus.

Review the material described in the syllabus.

Explain material.

Identify alternate reading assignments or books that clarify the material.

Relate material to "real world" situations when possible.

Answer questions.

Be available to discuss problems.

Google Voice:

(203) 513-9427

Email:

mailto:jeffrey.denenberg@ieee.org

Home Page:

http://doctord.dyndns.org or http://doctord.webhop.net

Class Office Hours:

TBD

Or after class

Be receptive to new ideas.

Announce business/class conflicts in advance.

Make up missed classes.

Prepare and administer exams.

Grade fairly.

Assign appropriate home problems.

Homework policy – reviewed in class, Quizzes

II. STUDENT

Be familiar with the prerequisite material as well as the Computer Tools and Tutorials:

Use of MatLab

Use of Multisim or LTSpice

Ask questions and stay current.

Study the material described in the syllabus. Preferably before it covered in class and do some of the problems with answers in the back of each assigned chapter.

Complete the assigned homework.

Obtain class notes and homework if a class is missed.  View Author’s lecture video on that week’s topic(s)

Use the library and the Internet to obtain supplemental material.

Prepare for exams.

Ask for help from me (I have office hours) and/or your fellow students.

III. Disability

If you have a documented disability and wish to discuss academic accommodations, please contact: David Ryan-Soderlund at Academic and Disability Support Services (203) 254-4000, x2615, or email drsoderlund@mail.fairfield.edu, and notify the course instructor within the first two weeks of the semester.

IV. Distance Education Students

The course lecture notes and supplementary videos are accessible via links in this syllabus and via Blackboard.  You should submit scanned copied of assigned HW and your Exams via email.  I will arrange for a weekly, web enabled Q&A discussion once the class begins.