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Course Details
| Course Department: | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering |
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| Course Code: | ECE 686 |
| Course Title: | Power System Modelling |
| Number of ECTS: | 8 |
| Level of Course: | 2nd Cycle (Master's Degree) |
| Year of Study (if applicable): | 1 |
| Semester/Trimester when the Course Unit is Delivered: | Spring Semester |
| Name of Lecturer(s): | Charalambos A. Charalambous |
| Lectures/Week: | 2 (1.5 hours per lecture) |
| Laboratories/week: | 1 (1 hours per lecture) |
| Tutorials/Week: | -- |
| Course Purpose and Objectives: |
This class would provide a solid foundation for students who are interested in pursuing a professional career in Electricity Authorities and System Operators across Europe. The ultimate objective is to provide the students with the introductory knowledge and skills necessary to apply the taught principles to the design, operation, testing and protection of plant. Furthermore, the students will have the opportunity to exert their critical thinking mechanisms and benefit from a problem-based teaching and learning endeavour and from using the following software tools: • EMTP/ATP • SLIM Electromagnetic Software • CDEGS • MATLAB • Microsoft Excel |
| Learning Outcomes: |
1. Understand of critical parameters in power system plant operation and critical assessment of these parameters through appropriate simulations; 2. Understand why the theoretical behavior of a device is often different to the actual behavior; 3. Learn how multidisciplinary approach can be applied for solving practical and theoretical problems. |
| Prerequisites: | ECE 685 - Power System Plant and Operation |
| Co-requisites: | Not Applicable |
| Course Content: |
This module retains its academic attractiveness by a number of events and challenges exacerbated at the onset of the 21st century. Most specifically, a great portion of electricity supply and transportation equipment is approaching the end of its usable lifetime. One should also consider the increasingly extreme weather, possibly fueled by the climate change, which adds to the vulnerability of the current system. Furthermore, future challenges such as the facilitation of increasing penetration of Distributed Generation to the existing Plant ought to be tackled. Consequently, the thorough understanding of the operating principles and main features of a Power System Plant is defined as an ongoing learning process, which is fundamentally important to Power Engineers. Consequently, this module embraces the following simulation-based exercises: 1. Overhead Line Design and Parameter Evaluation 2. Evaluation of interference coupling mechanisms on third-part infrastructure arising from power lines operation. 3. Thermal Rating of HV Underground Power Cables 4. Electric Field Stress on the Insulation Material on power cables through Finite Element Modelling 5. Modelling of non-linear properties of transformers’ core characteristics and design 6. Losses evaluation on Transformer Structural Components under saturation conditions 7. Final Comprehensive Exercise (Real Case Scenario). |
| Teaching Methodology: | • Problem Based Learning |
| Bibliography: |
• W. Kersting, Distribution system modeling and analysis, Chapter 4 (Third Edition 2012) • IEC 60287-2-1:2015 Electric cables - Calculation of the current rating - Part 2-1: Thermal resistance - Calculation of the thermal resistance • IEEE Standard for Calculating the Current-Temperature Relationship of Bare Overhead Conductors," in IEEE Std 738-2012 (Revision of IEEE Std 738-2006 - Incorporates IEEE Std 738-2012 Cor 1-2013), vol., no., pp.1-72, Dec. 23 2013 • Colin Bayliss, Brian Hardy, “Transmission and Distribution Electrical Engineering”, Third Edition, Elsevier, 2006 (Chapters 16, 17, 18). |
| Assessment: | • Lab Reports • Oral Examination |
| Language of Instruction: | Greek |
| Delivery Mode: | Face-To-Face |
| Work Placement(s): | Not Applicable |