EELE 454 - Electric Power Systems (Prereq: EE 355 or equivalent)

Tentative Schedule Fall Semester 2013

Class meets: MWF 11-11.50 AM, Cobleigh 632
Course instructor: Hashem Nehrir, Cobleigh 626, Phone: 994-4980
Office hours: M 13:00, W 14:00, F 10:00 or please send e-mail to set up an appointment.
E-mail: hnehrir@ece.montana.edu, Course materials will be on D2L.
Text: Power System Analysis and Design, 5
th
Ed. by Glover, Sarma and Overbye, Cengage Learning, 2012

Course Contents and Objective: This course will cover power fundamentals; power system components
(power transformers, alternators, transmission lines) and their modeling; steady-state operation of
transmission lines; power flow analysis and control; symmetrical components; balanced and unbalanced
faults; and distribution systems. The PowerWorld application software will be used throughout the course to
reinforce the use of analytic models and techniques developed in class to analyze the operation of power
systems and design control measures. At times, current issues of power/energy engineering related to smart
grid will be discussed.
Date Subject No. (total)
of Lectures
Chap. in
Text
8/26/2013 Introduction
1
8/288/30
Electricity Generation: Present and Future Trends
1(2) 1
9/2
Labor Day, no class

9/4
Electric Utility Industry Structure
1(3) 1
9/69/13
Review of fundamentals, three-phase, network equation 4 (7)
2
9/169/20
Power transformers
3(10) 3
9/239/27
Per-unit system
3(13) 3
9/3010/4
Synchronous generator steady-state model and power applications
3(16) notes
10/710/11
Transmission line parameters 3 (19)
4
10/14
Review 1 (20)

10/16
Exam 1 1 (21)

10/1810/25
Steady-state operation of transmission lines 4 (24)
5
10/2811/8
Power flow and power flow control 6 (30)
6
11/11
Veterans Day no class

11/1311/18
Symmetrical Faults and Circuit Breaker Selection 3 (33)
7
11/20
Review 1 (34)

11/22
Exam 2 1 (35)

11/2512/2
Power Distribution 2 (37)
14
11/2711/28
Thanksgiving Holiday (no class)

Student Presentation 2 (39)

Review 1 (40)

Contributions to the grade:
Exams 1, 2 25% each
Homework and Projects: 25%
Final Exam* 25% (Tuesday 12/10/2013, 8:00-9:50 AM)

*Around the middle of the semester, students will select a topic (not discussed in class, with mutual
agreement with the instructor) to investigate, write a report on, and give a presentation to the class at the end
of the semester. This will count as a part of their final exam. Another part of the final exam will be a 30-
minute oral exam for each student.