ELEN 459

Power System Fault Analysis and Protection

Credit: 4
Prerequisite: ELEN 215 or ELEN 314.

Brief introduction:

• General considerations in transmission and distribution of electrical energy as related to power systems;
• Calculation of electric transmission line constants;
• General theory of symmetrical components;
• Application to analysis of power systems during fault conditions, etc.

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Syllabus:

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Week,Topics

1,Introduction

2,Three Phase Circuits

3,Transmission Line Parameters

4,Transmission Line Modeling

5,Transformers  Exam #1

6,Three Phase Transformers

7,Per Unit System

8,Network Matrices

9,Spring Break

10,Unbalanced Operation

11,Exam #2

12,Symmetric Components

13,Sequence Networks

14,Fault Analysis/Protection

15,Guest Lecture

16,End of Semester

17,Exam #3

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