Postgraduate Course: Power Systems and Machines (MSc) (PGEE10013)

Course Outline
School	School of Engineering	College	College of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 10 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	This course provides students with a good knowledge and understanding of: the steady state performance, the transient behaviour and control of synchronous machines; power system protection equipment; principles of overcurrent protection of power systems and machines; operation and protection of distributed generators. A number of relevant technical and engineering aspects of the analysis of steady state and transient performance of electrical machines and power supply systems will be considered in the context of operation, protection and control of power supply systems with distributed generation, including their application during the system design and operational stages.
Course description	Lecture topics: Steady State Behaviour of Synchronous Machines Operation and Voltage Control of Synchronous Generators Synchronous Generator Modelling: Control Systems and Stability Operation of Distributed Generators in the Power Supply Systems Balanced Per-unit Short Circuit Fault Analysis Fault Analysis in Networks with Distributed Generators Power System Protection Equipment Overcurrent Protection: Operate Currents and Device Characteristics

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations	Students MUST NOT also be taking Electrical Engineering Fundamentals of Renewable Energy (PGEE11024)	Other requirements	First degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering is required

Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: Have an appreciation of a number of relevant technical and engineering aspects required for the analysis of electrical machines and power supply systems; Have a good knowledge and understanding of basic principles of operation, protection and control of power supply systems, electrical machines and their applications; Be able to perform calculations of steady state and transient performance of synchronous machines and understand how simple power systems containing distributed generation should be designed, operated and protected; Understand basic principles of power system protection and be able to calculate or estimate short circuit fault currents and overcurrent protection settings, enabling their application during the design and operational stages.