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| Electric Power Engineering (School of Engineering) |
| EPOW-4010 Power Engineering Fundamentals Study of the principal components of electric power systems as individual pieces of equipment and as parts of a system. Balanced 3-phase circuits, per unit quantities. Circle diagrams, control of voltage, and power flow. Unbalanced faults. Symmetrical components. The study includes physical modeling and the use of standard software simulation tools. Prerequisite: ECSE-2010 or permission of instructor. Fall term annually. 4 credit hours |
| EPOW-4020 Electromechanics This course studies electromechanical interactions in lumped-parameter systems. These interactions describe the operation of electric machines, electromechanical actuators and transducers. The fundamental laws of Faraday, Ampere and Gauss are considered to develop physical models of magnetic circuits, including those which use permanent magnets. These models are then expanded to include equations of motion and the thermodynamics of electromechanical coupling. Applications include transformers, induction machines, synchronous machines, DC machines, and reluctance machines. Prerequisite: ECSE-2010, ENGR-4300 or permission of instructor. Spring term annually. 3 credit hours |
| EPOW-4030 EPE Laboratory A laboratory based examination of static and rotating energy conversion equipment. Topics include the experimental study of the physical phenomena and characteristics of magnetic circuits, transformers, electric machines, rectifiers, DC/DC converters and inverters. The interaction between static power converters and electric machines is emphasized. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and for EPOW-4820. Prerequisites: EPOW-4020 or EPOW-4080 or permission of instructor. Spring term annually. 4 credit hours |
| EPOW-4080 Semiconductor Power Electronics The application of power semiconductor devices to the efficient conversion of electrical energy. Circuit analysis, signal analysis, and energy concepts are integrated to develop steady-state and dynamic models of generic power converters. Specific topics include AC/DC conversion, DC/DC conversion, DC/AC conversion, and ac/ac conversion. These generic converters are applied as controlled rectifiers, switching power supplies, motor drives, HVDC transmission, induction heating, and others. Ancillary circuits needed for the proper operation and control of power semiconductor devices are also discussed. (Cross listed as ECSE-4080. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and ECSE-4080.) Prerequisite: ENGR-4300 or ECSE-2050. Fall term annually. 3 credit hours |
| EPOW-4840 Industrial Power System Design Industrial power system design considerations: planning (safety, reliability, simplicity, maintenance, flexibility, cost), voltages (control, selection, effects of variation), protection (devices, limitations, requirements, coordination, testing), fault calculations, grounding (static and lightning protection, earth connections), power factor control and effects, switching and voltage transformation, instruments and meters, cable construction and installation, busways. Prerequisite: EPOW-4010 or equivalent or permission of instructor. Spring term annually. 3 credit hours |
| EPOW-4850 Electric Power Engineering Design A structured and integrated design experience in which a plurality of analytical tools is invoked to meet a design specification for a selected item of hardware. This will involve electrical, thermal, mechanical, environmental, and economic considerations, as appropriate, and may require laboratory and/or computer work in the design or evaluation. This is a writing-intensive course. May only be taken in the senior year. Prerequisites: EPOW-4010 and EPOW-4020 or permission of instructor. Spring term annually. 3 credit hours |
| EPOW-4940 Electric Power Engineering Project 1 to 6 credit hours |
| EPOW-4980 Senior Project 3 credit hours |
| EPOW-6090 Advanced Power Electronics Laboratory A laboratory-based examination of rectifiers, DC/DC converters, resonant converters and inverters, focusing on the interactions among the semiconductor switches and the filter elements of the converter. Control circuits for the semiconductor switches are designed and implemented. Laboratory exercises consist of simulation and physical measurements. Transient performance of various converters is also examined. A student-initiated project dealing with some aspect of power electronics is required. Prerequisite: EPOW-4080 or permission of instructor. Spring term, even-numbered years. 3 credit hours |
| EPOW-6810 Power Engineering Analysis Characteristics and equivalent circuits for transmission lines and transformers. Per unit system. Balanced three-phase systems and power transfer limits. Symmetrical components and sequence network characteristics of transmission lines and transformers. Symmetrical component fault analysis. Clarke components. Fall term annually. 3 credit hours |
| 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 |
| EPOW-6830 Protective Relaying Basic relaying philosophy. Current and potential transformers. Operating principles of electromagnetic, electronic and digital relays. Application of relays to protect generators, busses, transformers and transmission lines. Prerequisite: EPOW-4010. Corequisite: EPOW-6810. Fall term annually. 3 credit hours |
| EPOW-6840 Power Generation Operation and Control Economics of the operation of power systems. Control of hydro and thermal generating units. Aspects of interconnected operation. Transmission losses and techniques for optimum economic generation. Hydro-thermal coordination problems. Modern power markets. State estimation. Corequisite: EPOW-6810. Spring term annually. 3 credit hours |
| EPOW-6850 Electric and Magnetic Fields in Electric Power Engineering Review of electromagnetic theory required to undertake analysis and design of power equipment. Experimental, analog, and digital field estimation techniques. Case studies in electric and magnetic fields such as cable and bushing design, problems of gas bus systems, electrostatic precipitation, magnetic flux penetration, eddy currents, losses, shielding, generation of torque. Prerequisites: ECSE-2100, EPOW-4010, and EPOW-4020 or their equivalents. Fall term annually. 3 credit hours |
| EPOW-6860 Surge Phenomena in Electric Power Engineering Analysis and computation of electrical transients in lumpy and distributed power circuits; switching surges, lightning surges, traveling waves. Impact of surges on terminal equipment. Insulation coordination; system protection; design of electric power apparatus and systems to operate reliably and economically in a transient environment. Fall term annually. 3 credit hours |
| EPOW-6870 Mechanical Aspects of Electric Power Apparatus General theory of kinematics and dynamics of machines and structures with emphasis on power generating and distributing equipment. Special topics include basic concepts of vibration phenomena in mechanical systems, dynamic behavior of turbine-generator sets, self-excited vibrations in mechanical systems, earthquakes, circuit breaker linkages, short circuit forces on windings and bus structures. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Spring term annually. 3 credit hours |
| EPOW-6880 The Utility as a Business The business aspects of electric utilities are highlighted, including source of funds, components of cost for generation, transmission, and distribution, the rate setting process, planning for future loads, least-cost system planning, and operation and economics of conservation. The course features the changing structure of electric utilities in the new regulatory environment and competition in this energy sector, especially for generation. Spring or summer term. 3 credit hours |
| EPOW-6890 Computer Methods in Electric Power Engineering Applies the student’s knowledge of power engineering to the solution of large problems by computer methods. Treats matrix techniques, load-flow analysis, network building, short circuit studies, numerical integration, and finite element analysis as it applies to power systems and power apparatus. Prerequisites: EPOW-6810 or equivalent or permission of instructor. Spring term annually. 3 credit hours |
| EPOW-6900 Seminar in Electric Power Engineering 0 credit hours |
| EPOW-6940 Electric Power Engineering Project 1 to 6 credit hours |
| EPOW-6960 Topics in Electric Power Engineering State of the art in selected important areas of electric power systems such as ultra-high-voltage transmission, generator excitation systems, circuit interruption technologies, HVDC converters, frequency and tie line control, and power system reliability. Spring or summer term. 3 credit hours |
| EPOW-6980 Master’s Project Active participation in a master’s-level project under the supervision of a faculty adviser, leading to a master’s project report. Grades of IP are assigned until the master’s project has been approved by the faculty adviser. If recommended by the adviser, the master’s project may be accepted by the Office of Graduate Education to be archived in the Library. Grades will then be listed as S. 1 to 9 credit hours |
| EPOW-6990 Master’s Thesis Active participation in research, under the supervision of a faculty adviser, leading to a master’s thesis. Grades of IP are assigned until the thesis has been approved by the faculty adviser and accepted by the Office of Graduate Education to be archived in a standard format in the library. Grades will then be listed as S. 1 to 9 credit hours |
| EPOW-9990 Dissertation Active participation in research, under the supervision of a faculty adviser, leading to a doctoral dissertation. Grades of IP are assigned until the dissertation has been publicly defended, approved by the doctoral committee, and accepted by the Office of Graduate Education to be archived in a standard format in the library. Grades will then be listed as S. |
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