SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL, ELECTRONIC AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

 ELEC4307 Power Transmission and Control

6 points, Semester 2

Unit Web Page:  http://student.ee.uwa.edu.au/units/elec4307

Outcomes:  In this unit students develop in-depth technical competence in the area of power transmission and distribution which includes analysis, design, control and protection.  Within the unit, the topic of alternative energy technologies helps students understand some aspects of sustainable development and the need for renewable energy sources in electricity generation.  Students develop ability to undertake problem identification, formulation and solution in relation to problems in power transmission and system control which include those in steady-state modes and those in transient operating modes.  Students also develop ability to utilise a system approach to design voltage and reactive-power control measures, protection systems, and power and frequency control systems.  They can evaluate and optimise the system operational performance and function effectively as an individual and as a team member.

Syllabus:

Network structures; operating states; steady-state modes; load demand distributions; generation schedules; network model [semester weeks 1, 2]

Solutions constrained by specified nodal operating conditions; Newton- Raphson formulation; Jacobian matrix; voltage and reactive-power control measures [semester weeks 3, 4]

Short-circuit faults on network system; Z-matrix formulation; short-circuit fault constraints for different fault types; voltage profiles in fault-operating periods; fault-level distributions [semester weeks 5-7]

Power systems protection: protection functions; fault clearing-time requirements; system transient stability and critical fault-clearing time; real-time monitoring for protection purposes; digital systems of protection; protection zones; multi-zone distance-to-fault measuring systems; polar characteristics; response time characteristics; differential protection; overcurrent protection [semester weeks 8-11]

Power and frequency control in multi-area systems: control objectives, mutual support and sub-system autonomy [semester weeks 12, 13]

Alternative energy technologies: integrating renewable energy sources into power systems; photovoltaics; wind generators; fuel cells [Assignment:  literature review and report writing.  Semester weeks 2-8]

Contact Hours

                                             Semester 2 

Type             Hours        Day                         Time                                 Location

Lectures        36 hrs       Tuesday                   10.00 - 10.45            ARTS: G61 (LR5)

                                    Wednesday               10.00 - 10.45            ARTS: G61 (LR5)

                                    Thursday                  10.00 - 10.45            ARTS: G61 (LR5)

Tutorials        12 hrs       Friday                       09.00 - 09.45           ARTS: G61 (LR5)

Labs              12 hrs       Please refer to the Laboratory timetable and group allocation

Unit Co-ordinator:  Professor T.T. NGUYEN

Lecturer & Tutor

Professor T. T. Nguyen            Room 4.08

                                             School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering

                                                            Tel:  +61-8-6488-2559

                                                            Fax:  +61-8-6488-3747

                                             Email: tam@ee.uwa.edu.au

Laboratory Demonstrator

                                             Dr Liem Van Nguyen

                                             Energy Systems Centre Laboratory 4.01

                                             School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering

                                             Tel:  +61-8-6488-2568

                                             Fax:  +61-8-6488-3747

                                             Email:  liem@ee.uwa.edu.au

Prerequisite:  Power and Machine Technologies ELEC1302  or

                       Electromagnetics and Electromechanics ELEC2302 (old code ENGT2302)

                        Advisable prior study:  Power and Machines ELEC3305 (old code ENGT3305) is strongly recommended.

Textbook

NGUYEN, T.T. and HUMPAGE, W.D.

Computer Applications in Power

UWA Dept of Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1992

Recommended Readings

Power System Protection, Volume 4: Digital Protection and Signalling

The Institution of Electrical Engineers, London, UK, 1995

WEEDY, B.M. and CORY, B.J.

Electric Power Systems

John Wiley & Sons 1998

WOOD, A.J. and WOLLENBERG, B.F.

Power Generation, Operation and Control

John Wiley & Sons 1996

Assessment

This includes an examination, a laboratory project and an assignment.  To assess the in-depth technical competence, the examination tests students’ understanding of power systems responses in different operating modes and the ability to apply appropriate measures to achieve the required responses.  The examination asks students to identify and solve problems relating to power transmission, control and protection.  It tests students’ ability to utilise a systems approach to design control and protection measures to counter the problems.  The laboratory project assesses students’ in-depth technical competence in power network load-flow analysis and network simulation and their ability to communicate effectively in a written form.  The laboratory project also assesses the ability to work as a member of a team.  The assignment assesses students’ understanding of the need for sustainable development and for new and renewable energy technologies, and from it the global and environmental responsibilities of the professional engineer, as well as their ability to communicate effectively in a written form.

Type                                                                                     % of final mark    Submission/examination date

Alternative Energy and Sustainable Development Assignment              15%          by 5pm 18 September 2009    

Lab Project (including experiments and report)                                   20%          by 5pm 23 October 2009  

Final Examination                                                                             65%         Second Semester Examination Period

All work submitted must be the individual students’ own work.  Each submission MUST include a completed Cover Sheet to confirm that work submitted is that of the individual student and has in no part been copied or reproduced by plagiarism.

Tutorials

Tutorial attendance will be monitored.  Students’ tutorial attendance will be considered in the final assessment in borderline cases.

Penalties

Assignment will receive 10% (of the assignment assessment) penalty for each day late.

Laboratory project will receive a 10% (of the laboratory assessment) penalty for each day late.

Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit except in the case of a bachelor’s pass degree student who has obtained a mark of 45 to 49 and is currently enrolled in this unit, and it is the only remaining unit that the student must pass in order to complete their course.

Faculty Policies

Unit marks may be scaled in line with the Faculty’s Policy on Assessment Practices and Procedures.

See Faculty Policy on Assessment Practices and Procedures at http://www.ecm.uwa.edu.au/for/students/assess

See the University Guidelines on Academic Misconduct at http://www.ecm.uwa.edu.au/for/students/plagiarism

See Faculty Policy on Appeals at http://www.ecm.uwa.edu.au/for/students/exams

See the Charter of Student Rights at http://www.secretariat.uwa.edu.au/home/policies/charter

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