6.691 | Spring 2006 | Graduate

Seminar in Electric Power Systems

Course Description

This course comprises of a seminar on planning and operation of modern electric power systems. Content varies with current interests of instructor and class; emphasis on engineering aspects, but economic issues may be examined too. Core topics include: overview of power system structure and operation; representation of …
This course comprises of a seminar on planning and operation of modern electric power systems. Content varies with current interests of instructor and class; emphasis on engineering aspects, but economic issues may be examined too. Core topics include: overview of power system structure and operation; representation of components, including transmission lines, transformers, generating plants, loads; power flow analysis, dynamics and control of multimachine systems, steady-state and transient stability, system protection; economic dispatch; mobile and isolated power systems; computation and simulation.
Learning Resource Types
Lecture Notes
Projects with Examples
Problem Sets with Solutions
A small power system.
A small electrical power system taken from the course lecture notes. (Image courtesy of Professor James Kirtley.)