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302140 (v.2) Electrical Utility Engineering 613


Area:

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 

Lecture:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly
 

Syllabus:

Power Flow Calculations - single line diagram and per unit calculations, load flow data requirement, type of buses, Gauss-eidel, Newton-Raphson and decoupled load flow, DC load flow, use of interactive pc based commercial load flow package and modelling of load, overhead lines, underground cables, transformers, top charges and reactive devices. Fault calculations - symmetrical and unsymmetrical fault calculations, symmetrical components, positive, negative and zero sequence equivalent circuits, Thevenins and computer method of fault calculations, single line to ground, line to line, line to line to ground and three phase fault calculations using an interactive simulation package, DC offset and fault MVA calculations. Over-voltage in Insulation Coordination - temporary and switching overvoltages, lighting generated overvoltages, BIL lighting impulse and switching surges, IEC and Australian standards on insulation levels, coordination of characterisation of protective devices with apparatus insulation, magnification of transient overvoltages due to capacitor switching in transmission and distribution systems.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 

Field of Education:

31300 Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Technology (Narrow Grouping)

HECS Band (if applicable):

2

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Informational

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External
2004 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y    
2004 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y    
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

 
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