Northwest Workforce Training on Smart Grid > Undergraduate Courses > U6

Course Description

Goals

To introduce students to

  1. Fundamental principles of Power System Protection
  2. Principles of operation of the components used in protection of a power system
  3. Design of simple protection systems

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, you will be able to

  1. Understand the principles of operation of protective devices, such as instrument transformers, fuses, circuit breakers and protective relays
  2. Analyze a power system under various faulted conditions and select proper ratings for fault interrupting devices like fuses and circuit breakers
  3. Understand the principles of protection system design for protection of transmission lines, feeders, busbars, transformers, generators (including clean energy sources) and loads
  4. Apply the learnt principles to design simple protection systems for transmission lines, feeders, busbars, transformers, generators (including clean energy sources) and sources

Textbooks and References

Power System Relaying (3rd edition) by Stanley H. Horowitz, A G Phadke, John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2008

Power System Analysis and Design (5th edition) by Glover, Sarma and Overbye, Thompson, 2011

Additional Material

  1. Lecture material and reference books
  2. Web material

Course Prerequisites by Topic

  1. Basics of Electrical Power systems (Course U1)
  2. Basics of Power Flow Analysis

Course Topics

  1. Introduction
  2. Transducers
  3. Fuses and Circuit Breakers
  4. Protective Relays
  5. Fault Analysis
  6. Protection of Transmission Lines
  7. Protection of Transformers and Reactors
  8. Protection of Generators and Motors
  9. Pilot Channel Protection
  10. Protection Against Over Voltages
  11. Insulation Coordination

Course Structure

Computer Resources

Lecture material and homework assignments are posted on the class web page

Grading

50% on the homework
50% on the final exam

 
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