Power System Fundamentals EE-317 Lecture 1 Lecture 1 27 September 2010
Aims Meeting Logistics Course Introduction & Overview A Background on the Modern Power System If Time Permits….. Broaden Understanding of the History of Electricity Technology Development Exploitation
Meeting Logistics Lectures Mondays 1: :00 AM Wednesdays 10:40—12:00
Course Overview (continued) Lectures Text Problem Assignments Term Research Paper ‘Electric Utility of the Future’
Course Syllabus Online / updated weekly dex.html
Lectures History and Key Inventions in the Development of the Electric Power Industry Mechanical and Electromagnetic Fundamentals Three Phase Circuits Transformers AC Machinery Fundamentals Synchronous Machines Induction Motors DC Machines Transmission Lines
Lectures – Introduction to Power Flow Course Syllabus (cont.) System Reliability - Relay and Control Engineering Power Generation Fuels Fossil, Nuclear, Solar, Geothermal and Tidal Advanced Generation Technologies PV System Design, Fuel Cells, Piezo/Thermoelectrics Utility Industry Organization and Deregulation Remote/Stand-Alone Electric Power Systems End-Use Devices, Systems and Efficiency Sustainable Designs for Electric Power
Course Syllabus (cont.) Readings – TEXT: Electric Machinery and Power System Fundamentals - Stephen J. Chapman, McGraw Hill 2002 Electrical Power Systems Volume One by A. E. Guile & W. Paterson Wave Propagation By F.R. Connor
Grading Class Participation and Attendance – 5% Homework Assignments – 10% Quizzes – 15% Mid-Term Examination – 20% Final Research Paper –50%
Logistics Two Weekly Lectures mins/each. Homework due at beginning of Class Quizzes as Course goes along
U.S. Energy Use by Sector SOURCE: Ristinen and Kraushaar 1999
U.S. vs. World U.S. consumes 25% of the World’s Energy and 28% of the World’s Electricity
electric power to the cities generation transmission distribution the network of electric power
Basic Components of Electric Power:
Electric Power Delivery Efficiency Source: PJM Website
Electric Power Production Technologies Source: EPRI Website