ECE 474 – Power System Analysis II
Spring 2012
Instructors: Dr. Said Ahmed-Zaid
Office: MEC202H
Office Hours: Tu-Th 10:00 am – 12:00 noon
Phone: 426-4073
Fax: 426-2470
Email: sahmedzaid@boisestate.edu
Textbook: J.D. Glover, M.S. Sarma., and T.J. Overbye. Power System Analysis and Design, 5th Edition.
Cengage Learning, 2012.
Course Location: M-W-F 11:40 am -12:30 pm in ME309
Prerequisite: ECE 473 Power System Analysis I or consent of instructor
Course Description: Power system fault analysis, symmetrical components, power system transients,
system protection, power system control, transient stability, power quality,
and reliability.
Syllabus: ECE474_Syllabus, ECE574_Syllabus
Homework: hw1 (sol1), hw2 (sol2), hw3 (sol3), hw4 (sol4), hw5 (sol5),
hw6 (sol6), hw7 (sol7), hw8 (sol8)
Practice Exams: Practice exam #1A (Practice exam #1A with solutions)
Practice exam #1B (Practice exam #1B with solutions)
Practice exam #2A (Practice exam #2A with solutions)
Practice exam #2B (Practice exam #2B with solutions)
Practice exam #4A (Practice exam #4A with solutions)
Practice exam #4B (Practice exam #4B with solutions)
Practice exam #4C (Practice exam #4C with solutions)
Exams: Exam #1 (Exam #1 with solutions)
Exam #2 (Exam #2 with solutions)
Exam #3 (Exam #3 with solutions)
Exam #4 (Exam #4 with solutions)
Design Projects:
Design Project 4: Power Flow/Short Circuits (pp. 374-375)
Use Figure 6.23 for your project and assume L2 = 50 km.
Assignments 1 and 2 due: Monday, April 9, 2012.
Deliverables for Assignment 1:
1) Input transformer and transmission line data in pu
(Use four significant digits for each line parameter)
2) Input bus data
3) Duplicate the PW power-flow results
4) A written explanation of your results
Deliverables for Assignment 2:
5) The nominal rating of the added capacitor bank in MVAr at Bus 4
6) The PW power-flow results with actual MVAr delivered by the capacitor bank
7) A written explanation of your results
Design Project 4 (Continued): Power Flow/Short Circuits (pp. 417-418 and pp. 512-513)
Assignment 3 and 4 due: Friday, April 27, 2012.
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