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EE 493: Protection of Power Systems I

Catalog Information
Course Number: 
493
Credits: 
3
Offered: 
Fall
Pre-Requisites
EE 361: Electrical Power Systems

Three-phase circuits, electromechanical energy conversion, theory of synchronous machines, DC machines and induction machines, circuit representations of transformers and transmission lines, computer programming ability with Matlab.

Dependent Courses: 
Class Information
Structure: 

Three 50 minute lectures per week. No labs. Homework assigned weekly. Typically have two 50 minute exams and one 2-hour final. Computer usage would include MATLAB assignments, fault calculations, and relay characteristics using ASPEN OneLiner.

Topics: 
  • Introduction and General Philosophies. (2)
  • Fundamental Units: Per Unit and Percent Values.(2)
  • Symmetrical Components. (9)
  • Relay Input Sources and Burden Calculations. (4)
  • Protection Fundamentals. (12)
  • Phasors, polarity, directional sensing.(3)
  • Differential protection. (2)
  • Time overcurrent relays. (4)
  • Distance relays.(3)
  • Analog Relay Fundamentals. (2)
  • Line Protection. (6)
  • Power system component protection. (6)
Requirements
Textbooks/References: 

Protective Relaying: Principles and Applications, J. L. Blackburn, Marcel Dekker Inc., 1987, ISBN 0-8247-9918-6.

Technical papers from IEEE PES Transactions (Power Delivery, Energy Conversion, and Power Systems).

Applied Protective Relaying, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, 1982.

GEC Measurements, Protective Relays Application Guide, The General Electric Company of England, 1987.

Protective Relays, Their Theory and Practice - Volume 1, A.R. Warrington, Wiley/Chapman & Hall, 1968.

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