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Faculty : Pritindra Chowdhuri : Courses

ECE 661: Electromagnetic Transients in Power Systems
Lecture 3. Credit 3. Prerequisites: ECE 461 or equivalent.
Lightning and switching surge phenomena; response of power system components to electromagnetic transients; protection of power systems against electromagnetic transients.
Textbook: P. Chowdhuri: Electromagnetic Transients in Power Systems. Research Studies Press Limited/ Taylor & Francis, Inc., 1996.

ECE 663 - Power System Protection Against Fault Currents
ECE 663: Prerequisites: ECE 462(562). Power System Protection Against Fault Currents. Lecture 3. Credit 3.
Theories and practices of circuit breakers; fault currents; basic principles and applications of protective relays; standards.
Textbook: J.L. Blackburn, Protective Relaying, Principles and Applications. Second edition. Marcel Dekker, Inc., 1998.
Reference: T.E. Browne, Editor, Circuit Interruption Theory and Techniques, Marcel Dekker, 1984.

ECE 666 - Electric Power Transmission
ECE 666: Electric Power Transmission. Lecture 3. Credit 3. Prerequisite: ECE 461.
Introduction to power transmission; effects of imperfect earth on electrical transmission parameters; conductor-surface voltage gradients; corona, radio and TV interferences; field effects of overhead lines; line compensation; insulation design criteria; high-voltage dc power transmission.
Textbooks:
  1. Transmission Line Reference Book 345 kV and Above, Second Edition, EL-2500, 1987. Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA.
  2. R.D. Begamudre: Extra High Voltage AC Transmission Engineering, Wiley Eastern Limited, 1986.
References:
  • E.W. Kimbark: Direct Current Transmission, Vol 1, Wiley Interscience, 1971.
  • Transmission Line Reference Book HVDC to ±600 kV. Electric Power Research Institute.


ECE 761: Design of High-Voltage Power Transmission Systems
ECE 761: Design of High-Voltage Power Transmission Systems. Lecture 3. Credits 3.
Design of transmission lines; selection of voltage level, insulation design criteria; design of high-voltage dc transmission lines; bulk power transmission by underground cables; socio-economic issues of high-voltage power transmission. Prerequisites: ECE 666 or equivalent.
Reference:
  • Transmission Line Reference Book 345 kV and Above, second edition revised, Publication No. EL-2500, Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA., 1987.
  • E.W. Kimbark, Direct Current Transmission, Vol.1, Wiley-Interscience, 1971.
  • Transmission Line Reference Book HVDC to +/- 600 kV, Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA.
  • Selected technical papers.


ECE 763: High-Voltage Techniques Lecture 3, Lab 2, Credit 4. Prerequisite: ECE661 or equivalent.
Analysis and measurements of electric fields; mechanisms of dielectric breakdown; mixed stresses on dielectrics; generation and measurement of high voltages; fast transients; partial discharges; grounding in high-voltage techniques.
Textbook: E. Kuffel and W.S. Zaengl: High Voltage Engineering Fundamentals. Permagon Press, 1984.
References:
  • J.D. Craggs and J.M. Meek: High Voltage Laboratory Technique. Butterworths Scientific Publications, London, G.B., 1954.
  • L.L. Alston: High-Voltage Technology. Oxford University Press, 1968.
  • A.J. Schwab: High-Voltage Measurement Techniques. MIT Press, 1972.
  • D. Kind: An Introduction to High-Voltage Experimental Techniques. Fried. Vieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig, Germany, 1978.
  • IEEE Standard Techniques for High Voltage Testing. IEEE Std.4, 1995.


ECE 797: Selected Topics in Electromagnetic Transients
Lecture 3. Credit 3. Prerequisites: ECE 661 or equivalent.
Multivelocity wave propagation; impulse grounding; lightning-induced voltages; transient behavior of transformers and rotating machines; insulation coordination.
Textbook:
  1. P. Chowdhuri: Electromagnetic transients in Power Systems. Research Studies press Limited/ John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1996.
  2. Selected technical papers.
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