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Credit: 6 points. Availabillity: Semester Semester 1. Old unit code: ENGT8344.

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Unit Coordinator

  • Tam Nguyen, T. <tam[@]ee[.]uwa[.]edu[.]au>

ELEC8344  Power Quality and Corona Noise

 

 

Unit Co-ordinator:  Professor  T. T. Nguyen

 

Lecturer & Tutor

 

Professor  T. T. Nguyen                          Room 4.08, Energy Systems Centre

                                                            School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering

                                                            Tel:      +61 -8-6488-2559

                                                            Fax:     +61 -8-6488-3747

                                                            Email: tam@ee.uwa.edu.au

 

 

Assessment

 

The course unit assessment  comprises  an assignment.   The assignment submission date is Friday 05 June 2009 (by 5 pm).

 

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

 

 

Penalties

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

No supplementary examinations will be available for the unit.

ELEC8344 Power Quality and Corona Noise

The availability of units in Semester 1, 2, etc. was correct at the time of going to press but may be subject to change. For the most up-to-date information click on the Timetable link below.
 
Credit: 6 points  Availability: Semester 1 (See Timetable) Old unit code: 624.603, ENGT8344
 
Outcomes: Students develop an in-depth understanding and technical competence in power quality assessment and harmonic analysis in power systems and evaluating the performance of power transmission lines in terms of their corona power losses and noise.
 
Content: This unit comprises the following topics: (1) power quality—indices of quality of supply; voltage magnitude variations; system frequency errors; operating imbalances; quantifying waveform distortions; harmonic distortion; sources of harmonics; adverse consequences of harmonics; harmonic measurements; transducers for harmonic measurements; locating harmonic sources by measurements; harmonic analysis methods; parametric techniques; statistical approach to harmonic analysis; network models for harmonic analysis; harmonic resonances; harmonic filtering; optimal harmonic filter design; and (2) corona—corona noise; conductor surface states and weather conditions; evaluation of noise-levels; noise data recordings; signal-to-noise ratio and the quality of reception; television interference; noise measurement principles; radio-noise meters; bandwidth; ANSI and CISPR standards; frequency spectrum of noise; discharge pulse waveshape; the excitation function in power spectral-density form; radiated noise fields; lateral profiles and frequency spectra; computer-based evaluation procedures; principal design options; radiated noise fields; comparison of noise field levels for different design options; evaluation of active-power loss due to corona; non-linear voltage-charge characteristics; dependences of corona loss on weather condition, conductor surface condition and surface gradient; separation into reduced loss and reduction factor, and typical loss evaluation.
 
Assessment: This includes an examination and/or assignments/projects. The examination assesses the students' understanding of the materials related to power quality and corona phenomena discussed in the lectures and tutorials. The assignments/projects test students' competence in applying the methods in solving practical problems in relation to power quality and corona performance of transmission lines.
 
Location: UWA (Crawley)
Mode: on-campus

Unit Rules:
Advisable prior study: assumed prior knowledge in power systems [at a level equivalent to ELEC3305 Power and Machines (formerly 620.332 Power and Machines 332/ENGT3305 Power and Machines) and ELEC4307 Power Transmission and Control (formerly 620.457 Power Transmission and Control 457/ENGT4307 Power Transmission and Control)]
Contact hours—59 (lectures: 26 hrs; tutorials: 13 hrs; project: 20 hrs)

Unit Web Page: http://student.ee.uwa.edu.au/units/elec8344
Note: This is a unit for students enrolled in the Master of Engineering.
Texts Lecture notes together with lists of references are provided.

 
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