EE-507 Transients in Power System

Lecture Tuesday 6.pm to 7.30.pm Course Type, Elective for Power

Schedule Thursday 6:pm to 7:30 pm Semester Spring 2018

Any undergraduate course in

Credit
Three Pre-requisites power system analysis, High
Hours
voltage Engineering

Instructor Dr Suhail A. Qureshi Contact saqureshi@uet.edu.pk

Tuesday-Thursday
Office Dean Office, Faculty of EE Office Hours
(11:00 – 02:00)

This course will develop a basic understanding of the transient effect of lightning,
Course
faults, and switching on power systems. The causes and the corresponding remedies
Description
used to protect power system equipment from transients will be also discussed.

Description Domain PLOs,

CLOs
& Level Level
Measurable Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate understanding of the basic concepts of Cognitive, PLO1,

CLO1
transients in power systems. 3 Medium

Assess the affect of different voltage stresses on the Cognitive, PLO2,

CLO2
insulation of power systems. 5 High

Demonstrate understanding of the travelling wave Cognitive, PLO3,

CLO3
propagation on transmission lines. 3 Medium

Illustrate remedies used to protect power system equipment Cognitive, PLO1,

CLO4
from transients. 2 Low

REQUIRED:
Text Book.
1. Electrical Transients in Power Systems By Allan Green wood, UK. England.
2. Electrical Transients, By Suhail A. Qureshi, UET, Lahore-Pakistan.

Textbooks
OPTIONAL/Reference Book.
1.Transients in Power System By (J.P Bickford, UK. England).
2. Transmission and Distribution of Electrical Energy By (H. Cotton & Barber).
3.Network Analysis By (Van Valken Burgh)
4. Notes from (University of Manchester UK, England).

Grading  Quizzes + Assignments 30% CLO1 to CLO4

Policy vis-à-  Midterm 30% CLO1
vis CLO  Final 40% CLO2 & CLO4
Mapping
 Lecture Plan
Readings and
Weeks Topics
CLOs
Fundamentals of Power System Transients Allan
1. Transients in power systems, basic definitions, types of over Greenwood
voltages, system earthing, and problems. CLO1
Fundamental Notions of Electrical Transients
Sources and types of transients, circuit parameters and Allan Greenwood.
2. characteristics, application of Laplace transform in circuit CLO1
problems
Transients in first order electrical circuits Allan Greenwood.
3. Transient excitation of RL and RC first-order circuits CLO1
excited by DC source, AC transients in RL circuits.
Transients in second order electrical circuits Network Analysis
4. Transients in RLC circuits, transient circuit analysis (2nd Van-Valken Burgh.
order differential equations. CLO1
Causes of Overvoltages in Power Systems Bick Ford
5. Lightning overvoltages, switching overvoltages, temporary CLO2
overvoltages.
Switching Transients Allan Greenwood.
6. Current interruption, capacitance switching, inrush current, CLO2
ferroresonance, load switching.
Lightning Over Voltages H. Cotton and
7. Lightning phenomena, direct and indirect lightning. Barbar
CLO2
MIDTERM
Lightning Over Voltages Bick Ford
8. Protection of transmission lines against lightning, shielding of CLO2
substations, surge suppressors and surge arresters.
Travelling waves H. Cotton and
9. Wave equation, reflection and refraction of travelling waves Barbar
Lattice diagram. CLO3
Travelling waves H. Cotton and
10. Attenuation and distortion of travelling waves. Barbar
CLO3
Transient Over-voltages H. Cotton and
11. Energisation of Composite Feeder , Temporary overvoltages in Barbar
Power System, CLO4
Transient Over-voltages
Allan Greenwood
12. Switchgear duty and its calculation, transient overvoltages
CLO4
produced by short-line faults
13. Numerical Examples for Practice Allan Greenwood
14. Numerical Examples for Practice Allan Greenwood