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Undergraduate Course: Power Systems Engineering 5 (ELEE11054)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Engineering CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Course typeStandard AvailabilityAvailable to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Year 5 Undergraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaElectronics Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThe aims of the course are to:
¿ Build off Electrical Engineering Fundamentals of Renewable Energy and Power Systems and Machines 4;
¿ Increase knowledge and understanding of power systems analysis and operation;
¿ Provide hands-on power systems modelling experience;
¿ Simulate evolving operation of electricity generation transmission and distribution systems with increasing renewable content;
¿ Recognise transition to a lower-carbon energy system and the economic implications;
¿ Combine power system analysis and economic appraisal to provide insight and ability for the future.

There is no written exam but there are four equally-weighted assignments which are marked and returned.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites It is RECOMMENDED that students have passed Power Systems and Machines 4 (ELEE10005)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?Yes
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1) Learn enabled:  Yes Quota:  None
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Class Delivery Information 20 hour(s) per week for 5 week(s).
Course Start Date 13/01/2014
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 20, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 20, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 156 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
No Exam Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Theoretical understanding of power system operation and analysis
¿ Ability to
¿ apply iterative methods of solve network power flow
¿ use a power-flow simulation software package
¿ model generation, transmission and distribution of electricity
¿ model the integration of renewable energy into the electricity network.
Theoretical understanding of principles of power system economics
¿ Ability to
¿ apply economic constraint, optimise dispatch, location and power flow
Assessment Information
Assessment will be based on the following components:
Attendance at and participation in exercises.
Satisfactory completion of a number of assignments.


Assessment will be made on the basis of:
coursework 100%.

The student must satisfy the pass mark of 40%.
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus The first and main part of the course is lectures and simulation-based utilising the PowerWorld power-flow software. After the introductory lectures, students investigate: power flow, voltage drops, thermal transmission constraints, steady-state stability constraints, transmission losses.

Week 1 L1, 2 Introduction, context and revision
Week 2 L3, 4 Fundamentals of power flow
Week 3 L5 Power flow analysis
Week 4 L6 Power flow analysis
Week 5 L7 Optimal power flow

In the second part of the course students are introduced the geographical and temporal characteristics of wind, wave and tidal energy. They use PowerWorld to explore the network impact of a wave farm and propose means of improving its integration with the local electricity network

Week 6 L8 Network integration of renewables
Week 7 L9 Network integration of renewables

In the last part of the course they are introduced to a few of the principles of power system economics. The main regulatory regimes are discussed together with the pricing principles. Then they use PowerWorld to evaluate the effect of geography and networks on energy prices, i.e. locational marginal pricing.

Week 8 L10 Market fundamentals, price and cost
Week 9 L11 Ancillary services
Week 10 L12 Locational marginal pricing

Tutorials: One per teaching week in the lab.

Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Power System Analysis,
¿ H Saadat, (McGraw Hill) 1999
Power System Analysis and Design,
¿ J D Glover, M S Sarma, (Thomson Learning) 2002
Embedded Generation
¿ Jenkins, Allan, Crossley, Kirschen & Strbac, (IET) 2008
Fundamentals of Power System Economics,
¿ D S Kirschen, G Strbac, (J. Wiley) 2004
Power System Economics
¿ S Stoft, (Wiley-Interscience) 2002
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Robin Wallace
Tel: (0131 6)50 5587
Email: Robin.Wallace@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Sharon Potter
Tel: (0131 6)51 7079
Email: Sharon.Potter@ed.ac.uk
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