EPOW-6820

Power Quality Power

Quality examines the causes of and solutions to electric power quality problems. Power quality topics range from utility issues such as voltage sags, swells, and outages, to consumer issues, such as harmonic distortion, and bus reliability at the equipment level. Solution methods such as implementing surge suppressors, the UPS, active filtering, and proper grounding techniques will be discussed. It is recommended that students have taken either EPOW-6860 or EPOW-4080 prior to enrolling in this class. Spring term annually.

3 credit hours