UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
ECE 5377 and ECE 6377
POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
Lec. 18634 and Lec. 18834
Fall Semester 2008
Course Time and Class Room: MW, (5.30 - 7.00) PM, E319-D3
Instructor: Dr. O. Crisan
Office: W302-D; Phone: (713) 743-4432;
Email: ocrisan@uh.edu; FAX: 713-743-4444
Office Hours: M, W (1.00 – 3.00) PM, or by
appointment, using information above
Catalog Description:
Power Transmission and Distribution Credit 3. (3-0) Prerequisites: ECE 3364 and concurrent enrollment in ECE 5127. Power transmission and distribution network architecture and composition; load curves; symmetrical components; parameters and equivalent circuits in symmetrical components for overhead and underground lines, transformers, generators and loads; substations; industrial networks; networks steady-state analysis; faults; protection systems; switching equipment; voltage and power static control; surge voltages and protection. A term project will be required.
Expected Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this course are expected to meet the following course’s outcomes.
Students will apply their knowledge of mathematics, basic science, electrical and computer engineering, in the area of electromagnetic field theory by defining parameters and the corresponding models for the power system components, by requiring to solve in the phasor domain the normal and fault states of complex electric power circuits and define their characteristics (ABET outcome a)
Students will improve their technical communication skill by satisfying the specified requirements regarding the structure, organization, explanation and justification, text and graphs quality for each step of the HW solution (ABET outcome g)
Students will improve the knowledge about the contemporary issues by providing them with updated research information and by one or two class-trips to the industry (ABET outcome j).
Academic Honesty Policy:
Students in this course are expected to follow the Academic Honesty Policy of the University of Houston. It is your responsibility to know and follow this policy. You must sign the Academic Honesty Statement on the last page of this handout, detach it, and submit it by Thursday, September 4, 2008. If you fail to do this, you may be dropped from the course.
Religious Holy Days:
Students whose religious beliefs prohibit class attendance on designated dates or attendance at scheduled exams may request an excused absence. To do this, you are strongly encouraged to request the excused absence, in writing, by Monday, September 8, 2008, which is the 16th calendar day of the semester. Please submit this written request to your instructor immediately, to allow the instructor to make appropriate arrangements. For more information, see the Student Handbook
Students with Disabilities:
Students with recognized disabilities will be provided reasonable accommodations, appropriate to the course, upon documentation of the disability with a Student Accommodation Form from the Center for Students With Disabilities. To receive these accommodations, you must request the specific accommodations, by submitting them to the instructor in writing, by Monday, September 8, 2008, which is the 16th calendar day of the semester. Students who fail to submit a written request will not be considered for accommodations. For more information, see the Student Handbook.
Last Day to Drop or Withdraw:
Without receiving a grade: Monday, September 8, 2008; Receiving a “W”: Tuesday, November 4, 2008.
Course Topics:
Ch. 1. Power System Architecture and Composition. Sinusoidal Steady- State. Per Units.
(Power System (PS) components, rated voltages, network structure and composition. Single and three-phase balanced circuits, active, reactive, apparent and complex powers, phasors. Per unit calculation).
Ch. 2. Load Curves. Symmetrical Components.
(P, Q load curves, specific factors, load type. Symmetrical components general equations, phasors and impedance transformation, power equations).
Ch. 3. Parameters and Modeling of the Overhead and Underground Transmission and Distribution Lines.
(Structural components, resistance, reactance, conductance, susceptance, single and double circuits, bundled conductors).
Ch. 4. Power Transformers.
(Single and three-phase transformers, double and three windings per phase, windings connection, equivalent circuits).
Ch. 5. Steady-State Operation of Power Transmission and Distribution Networks.
(One-line diagram, line general equations, modeling of short, medium and long lines, power losses).
Ch. 6. Voltage Control for Transmission and Distribution Networks.
(Transformer taps, capacitor banks, line compensation, power factor improvement).
Ch. 7. Symmetrical and Unsymmetrical Faults.
(Types, effects, modeling, analysis).
Ch. 8. Network Protection.
(Protection requirements, types, lines and transformers protection).
Required Text:
O. Crisan, ECE 5377/6377 – Power Transmission and Distribution - Course
Notebook
O. Crisan, ECE 5377/6377 – Power transmission and Distribution – Project
Guide
Recommended Textbook:
J. J. Grainger and W. D. Stevenson, Jr., Power System Analysis, McGraw-Hill,
Inc., 1994
Homework/Project:
Homework assignments are usually distributed on a weekly basis. Regularly, if it is not in another way specified, the due date for the homework is the first Monday of the following week. Later turned assignments are not accepted.
Grading Policy:
Version # 1:
The course final grade is based on the Homework’s and Project’s grades with an approximate weighted average of 25% and 75%, respectively. The actual weight will be decided at the end of the semester.
Version # 2:
The course final grade will be determined on the basis of performance on regular exams, final exam and submitted homework grades with the following approximate weights. The actual weight will be fixed at the end of the semester.
HW: 15 %; Exam 1: 20%; Exam 2: 25 %; Final Exam: 40%
Exams are scheduled as follows: Exam 1: Monday, October 15, 2008; Exam 2: Monday, November 17, 2008; Final Exam: Friday, December 12, 2008, (5.00 – 8.00) pm.
Grade Point Rule:
The following approximate grade point scale will be used in determining your grade. This scale may be modified somewhat, but is included here so that you will have a general idea of how well you are doing in the course. The final grade scale will be determined at the end of the semester.
92 – 100: A’s 80 – 91.99: B’s 68 79.99: C’s 56 – 67.99: D’s bellow 56: F
Attendance:
Attendance at all classes is expected and required. The instructor may, if he chooses, take attendance in any class, at any time during the class. The instructor may do this as many times per class period as he chooses, without warning. The attendance grade can be included in the grade for the course.
Email:
You should have one or more working e-mail addresses that you should check periodically for messages. Please obtain an account if you do not already have one. In order to get onto the distribution list please supply your email address(s) on the first day of class.
Withdrawal Policy:
The withdrawal dates listed in the Academic Calendar section of the Class Schedule will be followed strictly. Please consult this document for appropriate dates. Grades of Incomplete (I) will be given only when a small portion of the course has not been completed for a good reason. If the material has been completed, an “I” grade cannot be given. Detailed information about these issues is available in the Student Handbook.
Academic Honesty Policy and Plagiarism:
The issue of academic honesty is a very important one to the ECE department. In particular, copying of HW or Exam from another person, in whole or in part, will not be tolerated.
Working with other colleagues is not forbidden, but it does not mean that you will have identical work presentation. If for defining the HW solution you have been working with other students, each of you has to name those who participated on this process.
You will be given a signature page stating that you have read and understand the rules regarding academic honesty as published by the university. This page must be filled out and signed and submitted before you turn in your first HW.
For all HW the following statements apply:
If identical figures, derivations, plots, or calculations are found, without proper referencing as to their origin, it will be considered a violation of the academic honesty policy. If figures, text, tables, or other material are taken from any textbook without proper references, it will be considered a violation of the academic honesty policy. If figures, text, tables, or other material are taken from lecture notes without proper references, it will be considered a violation of the academic honesty policy. If you and any other student have the same figures, tables or plots, it will be considered a violation of the academic honesty policy for both of you. The data can be the same; but the figures, tables or plots made with this data must be developed individually. Do your own work, and don’t share it.
Academic Honesty Statement
I have read the University of Houston Academic Honesty Policy on pages 9 through 13 of the UH Student Handbook. I agree to abide by the provisions of this policy.
Name: (Please print) _________________________________
Signature: _________________________________________
Date: ____________________________________________
Please detach this page, and submit it to the instructor by Thursday, September 4, 2008. If you fail to do this, you may be dropped from the course.
