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.
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![A small power system.](/courses/6-691-seminar-in-electric-power-systems-spring-2006/b173bc3d726245f9b0bc0e8419d371f5_6-691s06.jpg)
A small electrical power system taken from the course lecture notes. (Image courtesy of Professor James Kirtley.)