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GEG4504

Power systems

Not offered by distance mode in 1997

K R Cale

6 points
* 52 lecture hours, 26 tutorial hours
* Full-year subject
* Gippsland/Distance
* Prerequisites: GAS2641, GEG2513

Objectives The student is expected to gain an appreciation of the factors involved in the transmission and distribution of electrical energy; acquire knowledge of the modelling of power system components for performance assessment; appreciate the philosophy and application of protection systems; become proficient in the application of numerical techniques to analyse both normal and abnormal conditions of operation.

Synopsis Transmission line parameters, modelling and performance calculations, load flow analysis, system representation and symmetrical faults, symmetrical components and asymmetrical faults, basic system protection, transient stability studies.

Assessment Examination: 80%
* Assignments: 20%

Prescribed texts

Grainger J J and Stevenson W D Power system analysis McGraw-Hill, 1994

Recommended texts

Bergen A R Power systems analysis Prentice-Hall, 1986

El-Hawary M E Electric power systems: Design and analysis Reston, 1982

Gross C A Power system analysis 2nd edn, Wiley, 1986

Gungor B R Power systems HBJ, 1988

GEC Measurements Protective relays application guide 3rd edn, 1987


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