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 requirements, type of buses, Gauss-Seidel, 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:

031301 Electrical Engineering

Funding Cluster:

08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2005	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y
2005	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External