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ELEC3575 Electric Power Systems

10 creditsClass Size: 100

Module manager: Dr. Sadegh Azizi
Email: S.Azizi@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2019/20

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Module summary

This module covers fundamentals of power system modelling, analysis and operation. The contents are deepened through lab exercises employing DIgSILENT PowerFactory.

Objectives

This module gives students an understanding of the various layers and components in modern power networks and how power systems are operated. It provides the student with relevant programming tools (DIgSILENT PowerFactory) to model, design and analyse power systems.

Learning outcomes
On completion of this module, students should be able to:
- Explain the functioning and modelling of the main components in a power system;
- Be able to solve basic load flow calculations;
- Understand the principles of planning and operation of power systems;
- Have an overview of future trends in power systems and smart grids;
- Appreciate, through basic case studies, the technical challenges in both the design and the operation of power systems.


Syllabus

Power system concepts: single- and three-phase systems, phasor representation in sinusoidal steady-state, real and reactive power, per unit system.

Fundamentals and modelling of power system components: generators, loads, transformers, transmission lines, efficiency and power loss.

Power flow analysis: admittance matrix, power flow equations, Newton-Raphson method.
Fundamentals of power system operation and smart grid technologies.

Fundamentals of power system operation and smart grid technologies.

Teaching methods

Delivery typeNumberLength hoursStudent hours
Example Class41.004.00
Laboratory42.008.00
Lecture221.0022.00
Private study hours66.00
Total Contact hours34.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)100.00

Private study

- Practising examples and revising for final exam;
- Preparation for laboratory work, analysis of results and composition of laboratory report.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

- Progress in examples classes;
- Laboratory work.

Methods of assessment


Coursework
Assessment typeNotes% of formal assessment
ReportLaboratory Report 110.00
ReportLaboratory Report 230.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)40.00

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Exams
Exam typeExam duration% of formal assessment
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc) (S1)2 hr 00 mins60.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)60.00

Re-sits for ELEC modules are subject to the rules in the School’s Code of Practice on Assessment. Students should be aware that, for some modules, a re-sit may only be conducted on an internal basis (with tuition) in the next academic session.

Reading list

There is no reading list for this module

Last updated: 26/02/2020

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