The School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

EE 361: Electrical Power Systems

Catalog Information
Course Number: 
361
Credits: 
3
Offered: 
Spring
Offered: 
Fall
Pre-Requisites

Passive circuits, steady state and transient analysis, Laplace transforms, ordinary differential equations, and magnetic field theory.

Class Information
Structure: 

Three 50-minute lectures per week; no labs; approximately weekly homework assignments. Typically, three mid-term exams given in class and a 2 hour course final.

Topics: 
  • Review of sinusoidal steady state, complex power and three-phase circuits. (3)
  • Transmission line parameters. (4)
  • Transmission line modeling and capacity. (4)
  • Magnetic circuits and transformers. (5)
  • Generalized rotating machines. (4)
  • Induction machines. (4)
  • Synchronous generators. (6)
  • Power flow. (7)
Requirements
Textbooks/References: 

Electric Machinery and Power System Fundamentals, S.J. Chapman, McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math, 2001, ISBN: 0072291354

Professor/Coordinator: 
Primary: Kevin Tomsovic Secondary: Patrick Pedrow
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