EEL 5270 Power System Transients
Spring Semester 2004

Course Description This course explores the topic of transient problems on electric utility and industrial power systems. The purpose is to teach students the fundamentals and to enable them to recognize and solve transient problems in power networks and components. Topics include: a review of the Laplace transform and dc circuit transients, ac switching transients, transients in three-phase circuits, transients waves on transmission lines, system modeling, computer analysis methods, lightning, and insulation coordination.

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Class Documents (ready for download)

EEL 5270 Syllabus

Textbook: Power System Analysis, 2nd Edition by Allan Greenwood Wiley-Interscience ISBN 0-471-62058-0

Software Tools: Electro-Magnetic Transients with DC Analysis PSCAD Download the student version for class projects and homework assignments

Link to FSU Course Info For solutions, grades, and other materials

Engineering Design Project:  Instructions and Data

Frequently Asked Questions

Preparing for Test #1

Preparing for Test #2

Preparing for the Final

Weekly Outline, Lecture Notes, and Assignments

Date	Topic	Lecture Notes	Reading Assignment	Homework Assignment	Due Date
Jan 8 Jan 13	Electrical transients Principle of superposition	Lecture 1 Lecture 2	Chapter 1.1 - 1.3 Chapter 1.4 - 1.5		Jan 15
Jan 15    Jan 20	The Laplace Transform Solving differential equations	Lecture 3 Lecture 4	Chapter 2.1 - 2.3 Chapter 2.4 - 2.6		Jan 22
Jan 22 Jan 27	Closing transients Removing short-circuits and the transient recovery voltage	Lecture 5 Lecture 6 Opening an air switch under load	Chapter 3.1 - 3.2 Chapter 3.3 - 3.4		Jan 29
Jan 29 Feb 3	RCL circuits Resistance switching and damping	Lecture 7 Lecture 8	Chapter 4.1 - 4.4 Chapter 4.5 - 4.8		Feb 5
Feb 5 Feb 10	Review, Q&A Test #1  Chapters 1 - 4	Preparing for Test #1
Feb 12 Feb 17	Capacitor switching Magnetizing inrush and Ferroresonance	Lecture 9 Lecture 10	Chapter 5.1- 5.4 Chapter 5.5 - 5.6		Feb 19
Feb 19 Feb 24	Three-phase reactor switching and capacitor switching Symmetrical components for solving three-phase switching transients	Lecture 11 Lecture 12	Chapter 6.1 - 6.4 Chapter 6.5		Feb 26
Feb 26 Mar 2	Electromagnetic induction, magnetic flux, and currents Transient electromagnetic phenomena	Lecture 13 Lecture 14	Chapter 8.1 - 8.4 Chapter 8.5 - 8.8		Mar 4
Mar 4 Mar 16	Transmission lines, the wave equation, and line terminations Traveling wave attenuation and distortion	Lecture 15 Lecture 16	Chapter 9.1 - 9.5 Chapter 9.6 - 9.9		Mar 18
Mar 18 Mar 23	Review, Q&A Test #2  Chapters 5, 6, 8, and 9	Lecture 17 Lecture 18
Mar 25 Mar 30	Power system components and frequency responce Frequency-dependent parameters	Preparing for Test #2	Chapter 10.1 - 10.3 Chapter 10.4 - 10.5		Mar 25
Apr 1 Apr 6	Lightning and the power system Computation of lightning events	Lecture 19 Lecture 20	Chapter 14.1 - 14.3 Chapter 14.4 - 14.6		Apr 8
Apr 8 Apr 13	Lightning protection using shielding and surge arresters Transient voltages and grounding practices	Lecture 21 Lecture 22	Chapter 15.1 - 15.3 Chapter 15.4 - 15.5		Apr 15
Apr 15 Apr 20	Project presentations Project presentations
Apr 22 Apr  26-30	Review, Q&A Final Examination	Preparing for the Final

This course introduces students to the PSCAD/EMTDC time-domain power system simulation software package, which is used extensively throughout the power industry.

PSCAD/EMTDC time-domain power system simulation software:
  http://www.pscad.com/
 

Useful Links

• Center for Advanced Power Systems

FSU power research program.
 
• Power World Homepage

PowerWorld Corporation offers many services. These services are based primarily on the PowerWorld Simulator software package.
 
• Western Systems Coordinating Council

Western Systems Coordinating Council (WSCC), organized in August 1967, provides the coordination that is essential in operating and planning a reliable and adequate electric power system for the western part of the continental United States, Canada, and Mexico.
 
• Nuclear Power Plant Demonstration

The control-room operators of the Kärnobyl nuclear power plant are telecommuting and are running the plant through the Web. However, the mean time between failure for the components of Kärnobyl is not great. Try to keep the reactor stable when component failures occur!
 
• IEEE Power Engineering Society

The scope of the Society embraces planning, research, development, design, application, construction, installation and operation of apparatus, equipment, structures, materials and systems for the safe, reliable and economic generation, transmission, distribution, conversion, measurement and control of electric energy.
 
• IEEE Electronic Library

Search lets you build a search query quickly and easily by choosing from lists of journals, conferences, standards, authors, affiliations, and subject terms.
 
• Electric Power Research Institute

Currently serving more than 1000 energy organizations worldwide, EPRI draws on a global network of technical and business expertise to help solve today's toughest energy problems. Client companies can participate in EPRI's entire program or purchase individual portions, according to their needs.