 EL 6633:
Transients, Surges and Faults in Power SystemsJune 10-16, 2009
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If you are a practicing engineer interested in learning how to compute common electromagnetic transients in transmission and distribution systems, this course not only introduces you to the physical principles of electromagnetic transients, but gives you a chance to calculate hands-on transients using the Alternative Transients Program (ATP), the industry’s most widely used Electromagnetic Transients Program (EMTP).
Intended for graduate students and power engineers who plan and operate transmission and distribution systems, and useful to engineers who work in the electrical transportation industry, the course uncovers the effects of planned and unplanned switching operations, lightning, short-circuits, and other transients.
Learn how to compute, analyze, reduce and prevent large transient over-voltages and over-currents caused by internal switching operations and lightning. You will come away with an appreciation of the principles of insulation design of electrical equipment. A great number of application examples will be offered in class, as assignments and as projects.
Provides you with a refresher of basic concepts of electric circuits and its elements. It includes the classification and importance of electromagnetic transients in power systems. You will learn about switching transients in simple electrical circuits as well as analytical and numerical solutions of differential equations. You will explore transients in three-phase circuits, transmission lines, transformers, machines, inductors, capacitors, and etc. You will also be introduced to the modeling of power apparatus and system components as well as protection against, and reduction of, the effects of electrical transient—over-voltages and over-currents. Case studies are presented throughout.
Textbook Electrical Transients in Power Systems, by Allan Greenwood (Wiley, 1991).
Software Access to the royalty-free ATP will be provided to those who complete a licensing agreement with the Canadian/American EMTP User Group at http://www.emtp.org/.
Laptops Students are invited to bring laptops to class to work examples. Note, however, that the course is about transients and not about the use of ATP. The EMTP Theory book and the ATP Draw Users Guide will be provided as pdf files.
Pre-requisite To enroll, you must have knowledge of electric circuits and the solution of ordinary differential equations. For those taking the class for credit, it is strongly recommended that you take “Introduction to Electric Power Systems” (EL 5613) prior to enrolling, but several years of experience working as engineer in an electrical power utility can be a substitute.
How it Works
Transients, Surges and Faults in Power Systems (EL 6633) starts on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 and continues in class until Friday, June 12. Over the weekend of June 13-14, you will be given an opportunity to review material, complete your assignments, and study for your Monday, June 15 mid-term exam (for those taking the course for credit). The course continues through the next week, with classroom lectures and activities, concluding on Tuesday, June 16. If you are taking the course for credit, your mini-project is due on June 22 and your final exam is held the same day.
If you take this course for 3 graduate credits—
Short, one hour, open-book mid-term exam will be held early on Monday, June 15, 20009, testing your knowledge of concepts covered in the first three days of class. The exam covers Chapters 1, 3, 4, 5 and 12 of the textbook and represents 25% of your grade.
Assignments and class examples, representing 25% of your grade, must be handled in on Monday, June 15, 2009. While most examples will be drawn from the first three days, you will need to add parametric variations, observations and conclusions. You will find that doing this work will be very helpful for the preparation of the mid-term exam.
Mini-project, with a deeper analysis than an assignment, a transient phenomenon of your choice, must be handled in on June 22, 2009. It represents another 25% of your grade.
2-hour final open-book exam, representing the final 25% of your grade, and based on the material of the entire course, will be held on Monday, June 22, 2009.
Those who are not current Poly students and who will be taking the course for credit will be enrolled as non-matriculated students and will receive Poly student ID numbers.
For additional information:
Robert Ubell
rubell@poly.edu
Location:
Polytechnic Institute of NYU
6 MetroTech Center
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Faculty
Power engineering expert Francisco de Leon is an internationally recognized authority on electromagnetic design and modeling of electrical machines, analysis of power systems, cable ampacity, and nonlinear and unbalanced power circuits. Prof. De Leon teaches in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NYU-Poly and performs research in three Consolidated Edison-funded projects. Earlier, in Canada, he designed special motors and transformers for Windomotion and Plitron and was the director of R&D at CYME International T&D, where he developed innovative power and distribution analysis software. A Senior Member of IEEE, active in several working groups and taskforces on computation and modeling of electromagnetic transients in power systems, he is co-author of a chapter on transformers in Power System Transients: Parameter Determination, edited by Juan A. Martinez (CRC, 2009). A consultant to the Mexican Federal Commission of Electricity as well as Industrias IEM (formerly Westinghouse, Mexico), L&K International Training and CYME International, Prof. de Leon received his masters and undergraduate degrees in Electrical Engineering from the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) in Mexico where he eventually joined as faculty. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto.
- Dates: Wednesday, June 10-Tuesday, June 16, 2009
- Time: 8:30am - 4:30pm
- Tuition: $3,330, plus $191 registration fee.
- Graduate Credits: 3
- Not-for-Credit: Certificate and CEUs
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