UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
ECE 5127 and ECE 6127
POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION LABORATORY
Lab. 18620 and Lab. 35223
Fall Semester 2008
Course Time and Classroom: To be arranged. S-356-D3 (Engineering
Building 1).
Instructor: Dr. O. Crisan
Office: W302-D3; 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 Laboratory Cr. 1. (0-3). Prerequisites: ECE 2100 and credit for or concurrent enrollment in ECE 5377. Real and reactive power, power flow and voltage regulation, parallel lines and transformers, series and parallel networks compensation, phase shift transformer, protection.
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 or the completion of specific assignments on designated dates may request an excused absence. To do this, you must 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. Students who fail to submit a written request will not be given an excused absence due to religious reasons. 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 a Course or Withdraw:
Without receiving a grade: Monday, September 8, 2008; Receiving a “W”: Tuesday, November 4, 2008.
Expected Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this course are expected to meet the following course 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 laboratory report (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).
Course Topics:
See the attached page.
Required Text:
T. Wildi and M. J. de Vito, Electric Power Transmission System, Buck Engineering Co., Inc., 2nd Ed., 1977
Grading Policy:
The course final grade is defined based on average grades of Quizzes, Lab Reports, Experiments Participation, and Laboratory Final Exam, with an approximate weight of 30 %, 25 %, 5 %, and 40 %, respectively.
The approximate grade point scale show bellow is used in determining the final grade. This scale may be modified somewhat, but it is included here, such 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.
A’s: 100 - 92; B’s: 91.99 – 80; C’s: 79.99 – 68; D’s: 67.99 – 56; F’s: bellow 56
Attendance:
For each laboratory class the attendance is mandatory.
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.
Laboratory Procedure and Regulations:
By using the laboratory text book and the course notes, students will study and prepare before the laboratory class the subjects that are to be solved.
To test the student knowledge about the subjects, a quiz of about 15 minutes must be solved before the experiments start.
Before the experiments start, the TA will show to each laboratory team the equipment and instrumentation to be used and will demonstrate its functionality.
For each experiment the TA must check and approve the circuit before the power supply is turned on. TA must assist the student team when the experiment starts.
The experiment starts with the objective to have all students involved in the practical work, measurement, and the results analysis.
After the laboratory experiments are concluded and the TA checks the equipment functionality and the equipment is rearranged to its original location.
The laboratory reports must be finalized and turned in when the next laboratory class starts.
Important: TA and students are fully responsible for the laboratory equipment and the instrumentation safety and functionality.
Laboratory Topics and Time-Schedule:
Topics Week’s #: Week starts at:
1. Safety and the power supply (LE1) + 4 15/09
Phase sequence (LE2)
2. Real power and reactive power (LE3) 6 29/09
3. Power flow and voltage regulation of a simple 8 13/10
transmission line (LE4)
4. Parameters which affect real and reactive power 10 27/10
flow (LE6)
5. Parallel lines, transformers and power-handling 11 03/11
capacity (LE7)
6. The synchronous condenser and long high voltage 13 17/11
lines (LE10)
7. Field trip (13 – 14) 17/11
U of H-ECE Department
ECE 5127 and ECE 6127 – Fall Semester 2008
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.
