Transmission and Distribution of Electric

Power

Lecture-1: Introduction

Dr. Omar A. Hafez

Electrical Engineering Department
Faculty of Engineering & Islamic Architecture
Umm Al-Qura University
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 Course Outline
In this course:
• The main principles of various Transmission Line systems and Distribution Systems
will be discussed in details
• Course main topics are:
• Introduction:
• Structure of power systems
• Transmission Lines:
• Choice of voltage and frequency, Types of conductor, Size of conductor,
Electrical parameters of transmission lines, Resistance, Inductance and
capacitance.
• Characteristics and performance of power transmission lines:
• Short, Medium, Long lines, Generalized constants, Power flow, regulation,
Power circle diagrams, Series and shunt compensation, Corona visual and
disruptive, Critical voltage, Corona loss, Electrostatic and electromagnetic
interference with communication lines.
• Distribution Systems:
• Primary and secondary distribution, Ring main and radial systems,
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 Course Syllabus

In this course the following syllabus will be presented:

– Transmission Lines

– Insulators

– Distributed systems

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 Course Objectives

After the completion of the course, the students will be able to :

• Understand the structure of TL+DS of power system.

• Analyse the transmission line models and evaluate its performance parameters.
• Design the transmission lines under various working conditions.
• Describe and select the configurations of different line insulators and evaluate
their performance.
• Supervise the laying of cables and fault detection in cables.
• Design the distribution system network.

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 Grades Breakdown
— Quizzes 10 %
— 2 Midterm exams 30 %
— Final exam 40 %
— Total 80 %

— Lab 20 %

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