COURSE OUTLINE

Academic Year AY2019/2020 Semester 2

Course Coordinator Foo Yi Shyh Eddy (Dr)
Course Code EE4530
Course Title POWER SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND CONTROL
Pre-requisites Before EE3010 Electrical Devices & Machines and EE3015 Power
AY2021-22 Systems & Conversion
Sem2:
AY2021-22 EE3010 Electrical Devices & Machines and EE3015 Power
Sem2 and Systems & Conversion or
onwards: EE2005 Electrical Devices & Machines and EE3015 Power
Systems & Conversion
No of AUs 3
Contact Hours Lectures: 26 hours, Tutorials: 12 hours
Proposal Date 5 March 2020 (REF#ACC-CN-2020/06_ITN-02)

Course Aims
This course is designed to provide students with
1. Apply fundamental concepts of analysis and control of power systems,
2. Identify the problems commonly encountered in power system engineering practice,
3. Employ modelling, analysis and control techniques to solve some practical problems in power systems.
4. Discover career opportunities as power engineers, system planning engineers and system control
engineers in the utility industry.

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILO)

By the end of the course, you should be:

1) Employ various solving techniques to solve power flow problems in practical power systems.
2) Relate concepts and apply the techniques of load frequency control, economic dispatch, power
electronics-based active power control devices and their applications.
3) Describe basic concepts on recent development and system operation in a deregulated electricity
market environment.
4) Explain and apply practical control methods of regulating voltage and reactive power in transmission
and distribution systems using reactive compensating devices.
5) Explain the concepts of angle stability and voltage stability in power systems. In particular the concept
of transient stability is well illustrated through the equal area criterion.
6) Describe and give examples of methods for stability assessment and improvement under steady state,
dynamic and transient conditions.

Course Content
Power Flows. Active Power And Frequency Control. Reactive Power And Voltage Control. Power System
Stability.

Course Outline

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 S/N Topic Lecture Tutorial
Hours Hours
1 Power flows 4 2
System components modelling. Formulation of power flow equations.
Methods of power flow solution. Case studies.
2 Active power and frequency control 8 4
Governor control systems. Area control errors and load frequency
control. Energy offers. Transmission losses, penalty factors and loss
coefficients. Economic dispatch. Automatic generation control.
Electricity markets. Active power control devices.
3 Reactive Power and Voltage Control 6 3
Production and absorption of reactive power. Methods of voltage
control. Reactive power and voltage control devices. Application to
transmission and distribution systems.
4 Power System Stability 8 3
Steady-state, dynamic and transient stability. Swing equations.
Power-angle equations. Equal-area criterion of stability. Multi-
machine stability studies. Methods for stability assessment. Factors
affecting transient stability. Methods of improving transient stability.
Voltage Stability.
Total hours 26 12

Assessment (includes both continuous and summative assessment)

Related
Course LO Programme LO or Team/ Assessment
Component Weighting
Tested Graduate Individual rubrics
Attributes
1. CA1 – Quiz #1 1 EAB SLO* a, c 10% Individual
2. CA2 – Quiz #2 4 EAB SLO* a, c 10% Individual
3. CA3 – Homework
2,3 EAB SLO* a, c 10% Individual
Assignment #1
4. CA4 – Homework
5,6 EAB SLO* a, c 10% Individual
Assignment #2
5. Final Examination 1,2,3,4,5,6 EAB SLO* a, c 60% Individual

Total 100%
* Please refer to Appendix 2 on the EAB accreditation SLOs

Mapping of Course SLOs to EAB Graduate Attributes

Course Student EAB’s 12 Graduate Attributes*

Learning Cat
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j) (k) (l)
Outcomes

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 EE4530 Power
Technical
System Analysis  
Elective
and Control
1. Employ various solving techniques to solve power flow problems in practical power
EAB SLO* a, c
systems.
2. Relate concepts and apply the techniques of load frequency control, economic
dispatch, power electronics-based active power control devices and their EAB SLO* a, c
applications.
3. Describe basic concepts on recent development and system operation in a
EAB SLO* a, c
deregulated electricity market environment.
4. Explain and apply practical control methods of regulating voltage and reactive
power in transmission and distribution systems using reactive compensating EAB SLO* a, c
devices.
5. Explain the concepts of angle stability and voltage stability in power systems. In
particular the concept of transient stability is well illustrated through the equal area EAB SLO* a, c
criterion.
6. Describe and give examples of methods for stability assessment and improvement
EAB SLO* a, c
under steady state, dynamic and transient conditions.

Legend:  Fully consistent (contributes to more than 75% of Student Learning Outcomes)
◐ Partially consistent (contributes to about 50% of Student Learning Outcomes)
 Weakly consistent (contributes to about 25% of Student Learning Outcomes)
Blank Not related to Student Learning Outcomes

Formative feedback
These are the forms of feedback that you can expect in the course:

Your exercises in tutorial classes;

Examination results;
Markers’ report on overall examination performance;
Quizzes scores and answers / solutions / explanations provided in tutorial/lecture classes;
Assignment scores uploaded on course site.

Learning and Teaching approach

How does this approach support students in achieving the learning

Approach
outcomes?

LECTURE Lectures and lecture materials cover all topics

TUTORIAL Classroom discussions on tutorial questions and related topics

Reading and References

TEXTBOOK
1. Saadat Hadi, Power System Analysis, 3rd Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2010. (TK1001.S111 2010)

REFERENCES

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1. Weedy Birron Mathew and Cory Brian John, Electric Power Systems, 5th Edition, John Wiley, 2012.
(TK1001.W394 2012)
2. Grainger John J and Stevenson William D, Power System Analysis, McGraw-Hill, 1994. (TK3001.G743)

Course Policies and Student Responsibilities

General:
You are expected to complete all tutorial questions and take-home assignment by due dates. You are
expected to take all quizzes. You are expected to take responsibility to follow up with course notes,
assignments and course related announcements. You are expected to actively participate in class
discussions.

Continuous assessments:
You are required to attend all continuous assessments.

Absenteeism:
Continuous assessments make up a significant portion of your course grade. Absence from continuous
assessments without officially approved leave will result in no marks and affect your overall course grade.

Academic Integrity
Good academic work depends on honesty and ethical behaviour. The quality of your work as a student
relies on adhering to the principles of academic integrity and to the NTU Honour Code, a set of values shared
by the whole university community. Truth, Trust and Justice are at the core of NTU’s shared values.

As a student, it is important that you recognize your responsibilities in understanding and applying the
principles of academic integrity in all the work you do at NTU. Not knowing what is involved in maintaining
academic integrity does not excuse academic dishonesty. You need to actively equip yourself with
strategies to avoid all forms of academic dishonesty, including plagiarism, academic fraud, collusion and
cheating. If you are uncertain of the definitions of any of these terms, you should go to the academic
integrity website for more information. Consult your instructor(s) if you need any clarification about the
requirements of academic integrity in the course.

Course Instructors

Instructor Office Location Phone Email

Dr. Foo Yi Shyh Eddy S1-B1C-89 6790 4519 [email protected]
Prof Wang Youyi S2-B2B-47 6790 4537 [email protected]

Planned Weekly Schedule

Week Topic Course LO Readings/ Activities

Introduction to power flow study and
1 1 2 lectures
Gauss Seidel method for PQ buses
Gauss Seidel method for PV buses
2 1 2 lectures + 1 tutorial
and Newton Raphson method

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 Introduction to active power and
3 frequency control. Basic generator 2 2 lectures + 1 tutorial
control loops will be discussed
Discussion on load frequency control 2 lectures + 1 tutorial +
4 2
with worked examples Homework Assignment #1
Economic dispatch - heat rate, cost
5 rate curves and lossless thermal 3 2 lectures + 1 tutorial + Quiz #1
dispatch
Economic dispatch – including
6 generator limits and thermal 3 2 lectures + 1 tutorial
dispatch with losses
7 Reactive Power and Voltage Control 4 2 lectures + 1 tutorial

Recess Recess Week

8 Reactive Power and Voltage Control 4 2 lectures + 1 tutorial

9 Reactive Power and Voltage Control 4 2 lectures + 1 tutorial

10 Power System Dynamics and Stability 5,6 2 lectures + 1 tutorial + Quiz #2

2 lectures + 1 tutorial +
11 Rotor Dynamics and Swing Equations 5,6
Homework Assignment #2
Power-Angle Equation and Equal-
12 5,6 2 lectures + 1 tutorial
Area Criterion
13 Equal-Area Criterion of Stability 5,6 2 lectures + 1 tutorial

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Appendix 2: The EAB (Engineering Accreditation Board) Accreditation SLOs (Student Learning Outcomes)

a) Engineering knowledge: Apply the knowledge of mathematics, natural science, engineering

fundamentals, and an engineering specialisation to the solution of complex engineering problems
b) Problem Analysis: Identify, formulate, research literature, and analyse complex engineering problems
reaching substantiated conclusions using first principles of mathematics, natural sciences, and
engineering sciences.
c) Design/development of Solutions: Design solutions for complex engineering problems and design
system components or processes that meet the specified needs with appropriate consideration for
public health and safety, cultural, societal, and environmental considerations.
d) Investigation: Conduct investigations of complex problems using research-based knowledge and
research methods including design of experiments, analysis and interpretation of data, and synthesis
of the information to provide valid conclusions.
e) Modern Tool Usage: Create, select, and apply appropriate techniques, resources, and modern
engineering and IT tools including prediction and modelling to complex engineering activities with an
understanding of the limitations
f) The engineer and Society: Apply reasoning informed by the contextual knowledge to assess societal,
health, safety, legal, and cultural issues and the consequent responsibilities relevant to the
professional engineering practice.
g) Environment and Sustainability: Understand the impact of the professional engineering solutions in
societal and environmental contexts, and demonstrate the knowledge of, and need for the sustainable
development.
h) Ethics: Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and responsibilities and norms of
the engineering practice.
i) Individual and Team Work: Function effectively as an individual, and as a member or leader in diverse
teams and in multidisciplinary settings.
j) Communication: Communicate effectively on complex engineering activities with the engineering
community and with society at large, such as, being able to comprehend and write effective reports
and design documentation, make effective presentations, and give and receive clear instructions.
k) Project Management and Finance: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the engineering
and management principles and economic decision-making, and apply these to one’s own work, as a
member and leader in a team, to manage projects and in multidisciplinary environments.
l) Life-long Learning: Recognise the need for, and have the preparation and ability to engage in
independent and life-long learning in the broadest context of technological change.

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