Courses Handbook 2009

302020 (v.2) Electrical Utility Engineering 513


Area: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 2.5
** 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 2.5 Hours Weekly
Syllabus: Power flow calculations: single line diagram and per unit calculations, load flow data requirement, 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, Thevenin 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. Power system grounding.
** 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
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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