Course Syllabus
Course No. & Title: EEL4936 – Power System Analysis
Term and Meeting Information:Fall 2016, TR12:30am-1:45am, CHE 102
Instructor Info:Prof. Lingling Fan, ENG 247, , (813)974-2031
TA: Yan Ma,
Office Hours: TR 1:45am-3:15pm @ ENG 247 or by appointment
TA Hours: TR 11:00am -12:00pm or by appointment @IDR 123
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Catalog Description:This course will introduce analysis and operation of power systems. The topics covered in this course include per unit system, load flow analysis, voltage stability, economic dispatch, state estimation and power system economics. Specifically, computing techniques on solving nonlinear algebraic equations, overdetermined problems and optimization problems will be integrated into this course. The course will help students get on operation and planning work in power utilities and delve into the state-of-the-art research of power system analysis. Tools such as Python, MATLAB, MATPOWER, and PSAT will be taught and used throughout the course.
Course Prerequisite: EGN 3375 with a minimum grade of C, EGN 3374 with a minimum grade of B
Text: A. Bergan and V. Vittal, Power Systems Analysis, Prentice Hall; 2nd edition (August 16, 1999)
References:
A. Wood and B. Wollenberg, Power Generation, Operation and Control, 2nd edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1996.
M. L. Crow, Computational Methods for Electric Power Systems, 2nd edition, CRC Press, 2009.
J. Zhu, Optimization of Power System Operation, 2nd edition, IEEE Wiley, 2015.
A. Abur, Power System State Estimation: Theory and Implementation, CRC Press, 2004.
Resources
1) IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
2) IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid
3) Course websites:
- University of Minnesota Power Group
- UIUC power system analysis course website for ECE 476:
Test and Grading Information: Attendance and quizzes @10%, twotests each @ 30%, homework @ 30%. All exams, reports and HWs count equally for 100 points each. A=100-90, B=89-80, and so forth.
Homework: Homework should be turned in before the class of the due date. Homework should be neatly prepared and stapled. Late, unstapledhomework will not be graded. If you do not turn in homework for two and more times, your grade will be down by one letter.
Course Topics
- Circuit analysis basics: KCL, KVL, Z matrix, Instantaneous power, active power and reactive power in single phase ac systems and three-phase ac systems
- Power transformers and their equivalent circuits, Per Unit system
- Transmission line modeling and steady-state operation – the basic power and voltage phasor relationship.
- Load Flow: Analysis for AC systems– iteration methods to solve nonlinear algebraic systems (Gaussian, Newton-Raphson)
- Load Flow: Voltage stability or Maximum loading
- State Estimation & Maximum Likelihood Estimation
- Economic Dispatch and Optimal Power Flow
Attendance policy: Students are expected to attend classes. Absences will be excused by making arrangement with the instructor ahead of time. Students are expected to access the Canvas site daily in order to not miss any announcement or update/release of material. Undergraduate catalog’s general attendance policy:
Tentative schedule:
Week / Date / Course Contents / HWWeek 1 / 8/23/2016 / Syllabus, resource, software
8/25/2016 / Circuit concept review
Week 2 / 8/30/2016 / Y bus matrix/ Z-bus
9/1/2016 / Circuit basics
Week 3 / 9/6/2016 / Per unit system / HW #1 due
9/8/2016 / Per unit system
Week 4 / 9/13/2016 / Transmission line model
9/15/2016 / Transmission line model / HW #2 due
Week 5 / 9/20/2016 / Transmission line power
9/22/2016 / Load flow
Week 6 / 9/27/2016 / Load flow
9/29/2016 / Load flow
Week 7 / 10/4/2016 / Load flow / HW #3 due
10/6/2016 / Midterm Exam
Week 8 / 10/11/2016 / Voltage stability
10/13/2016 / Voltage stability
Week 9 / 10/18/2016 / State Estimation
10/20/2016 / State Estimation / HW #4 due
Week 10 / 10/25/2016 / State Estimation
10/27/2016 / Optimization
Week 11 / 11/1/2016 / Optimization
11/3/2016 / Optimization / HW#5 due
Week 12 / 11/8/2016 / Optimization
11/10/2016 / Optimization
Week 13 / 11/15/2016 / Matpower demo
11/17/2016 / Programming
Week 14 / 11/22/2016 / Programming
11/24/2016 / Thanksgiving Holiday
Week 15 / 11/29/2016 / review
12/1/2013 / Final Exam
Permission/non-permission to sell notes or tapes of class lectures: No.
Emergency Preparedness for Academic Continuity: In the event of an emergency, it may be necessary for USF to suspend normal operations. During this time, USF may opt to continue delivery of instruction through methods that include but are not limited to: Blackboard, Elluminate, Skype, and email messaging and/or an alternate schedule. It’s the responsibility of the student to monitor Blackboard site for each class for course specific communication, and the main USF, College, and department websites, emails, and MoBull messages for important general information.
Students with Disabilities: Students in need of academic accommodations for a disability may consult with the office of Students with Disabilities Services to arrange appropriate accommodations. Students are required to give reasonable notice prior to requesting an accommodation.”
Additional Course Features: The fundamentals of large scale power systems analysis is stressed, so that the student can then be prepared to further investigate a topic and share the results of their investigations with the rest of the class. The intent is to begin to train the student in becoming an independent researcher and/or productive member of an industrial or academic team. The course is taught by an interactive discourse between the instructor and student, and students with students.
Academic Integrity
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University rules regarding academic integrity will be strictly enforced. It is not acceptable to copy, plagiarize or otherwise make use of the work of others in completing homework, project, laboratory report, exam or other course assignments. Likewise, it is not acceptable to knowingly facilitate the copying or plagiarizing of one’s own work by others in completing homework, project, laboratory report, exam or other course assignments. It is only acceptable to give or receive assistance from others when expressly permitted by the instructor. Unless specified otherwise, as in the case of all take-home exams, scholarly exchange regarding out-of-class assignments is encouraged. A more complete explanation of behaviors that violate academic integrity is provided at:
The minimum penalty for violation of the academic integrity policy stated in the preceding paragraph is the greater of an automatic zero on the assignment or a letter grade reduction in the overall course grade. Student(s) found in violation of the policy on an exam will receive a minimum penalty of an F in the course. All instances of policy violations will be recorded in a letter from the instructor that is kept in the student files held by the department; a copy of the letter will be forwarded to the appropriate (undergraduate or graduate) Dean's office. A second violation of the policy, irrespective of whether it was related to an exam or any other course assignment, will result in a course grade of “FF” and expulsion from the Electrical Engineering Department.
At the instructor’s discretion the penalties associated with the EE Department’s Academic Integrity Policy may be stricter, in which case further explanation is provided in the following.
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