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Course unit, curriculum year 2021–2022
EE.EES.430

Electric Power Systems, 5 cr

Tampere University
Teaching periods
Active in period 3 (1.1.2022–6.3.2022)
Active in period 4 (7.3.2022–15.5.2022)
Course code
EE.EES.430
Language of instruction
English
Academic years
2021–2022, 2022–2023, 2023–2024
Level of study
Intermediate studies
Grading scale
General scale, 0-5
Persons responsible
Responsible teacher:
Ari Nikander
Contact-info:
Nida Riaz
Responsible organisation
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences 100 %
Coordinating organisation
Electrical Engineering Studies 100 %
Core content
  • Week 1. Transmission Line Performance: Active and reactive power flows in short, medium and long transmission lines, SIL. Principles of compensation
  • Week 2. Power Flow Analysis: Basic theory, power flow solution algorithms (e.g.. Newton-Raphson, Fast Decoupled)
  • Week 3. Short-Circuit Analysis: Background theory, fault level and the representation of classical power system faults
  • Week 4. Unsymmetrical Fault Analysis & Introduction to Power Quality
  • Week 5. Grid Operation & Frequency Control: Principles and hierarchy of frequency control. Primary and secondary frequency control. General principles of grid operation in today’s power industry.
  • Week 6. Voltage Control & Stability: Equipment for voltage control and reactive power compensation. Primary voltage control. Voltage control principles in Finland. Basics of voltage stability and voltage collapse. Voltage stability analysis methods: PV- and VQ-curves.
  • Week 7. Power Systems Stability: Stability classification, swing equation, power-angle equation and equal-area criterion. Classical model of synchronous machine. Analysis of simple systems
Complementary knowledge
  • Week 1. Transmission Line Performance: Standing waves and basic concepts of corona effects
  • Week 2. Power Flow Analysis: Computer-based power flow solutions of medium and large-scale power systems
  • Week 3. Short-Circuit Analysis: Power flow-initialized short-circuit analyses Advanced transformer modelling
  • Week 4. Unsymmetrical Fault Analysis: Bus impedance matrix method for analysis of unsymmetrical shunt faults
  • Week 5. Grid Operation & Frequency Control: Area control error. Automatic generation control using SCADA and EMS systems. Advanced principles of grid operation and frequency control
  • Week 6. Voltage Control & Stability: Secondary voltage control. Modelling of SVC, tap changer and polynomial loads in Newton-Raphson power flows.
  • Week 7. Power Systems Stability: Analysis of multi-machine systems, combination of dynamic and static equations, factors influencing angle stability. Introduction to small signal stability
Specialist knowledge
  • Week 1. Transmission Line Performance: At harmonic frequencies
  • Week 2. Power Flow Analysis: Sparse matrix techniques Three-phase power flows
  • Week 3. Short-Circuit Analysis: Dynamics of short-circuits, circuit breaker selection and protection relay studies
  • Week 4. Applying sequence impedance matrices for accurate solutions of fault analysis with meshed transmission systems
  • Week 5. Grid Operation & Frequency Control: Dynamics of grid operation and frequency control
  • Week 6. Voltage Control & Stability: Dynamics of voltage control FACTS equipment
  • Week 7. Power Systems Stability: State-space presentation of large-scale power systems for small signal stability analysis
Learning outcomes
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Studies that include this course
Completion option 1
Both passing the exam and completing the course assignments, to pass the one final exam (60% of grade) and to complete the course assignments (40% of grade)
Completion of all options is required.

Exam

02.03.2022 02.03.2022
Active in period 3 (1.1.2022–6.3.2022)
27.04.2022 27.04.2022
Active in period 4 (7.3.2022–15.5.2022)

Participation in teaching

11.01.2022 27.02.2022
Active in period 3 (1.1.2022–6.3.2022)