BEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering with Industrial Experience

This unit will cover the following topics:

Power system plant:

• Overhead line (Basic constructional details, illustration of electrical clearances, discussion of thermal ratings)
• Cables (Basic construction of single core cables, electrical parameters of cables, thermal modelling)
•  Switchgear (Types of switchgear, arc model, high and low resistance interruption techniques, description of transient recovery voltages)
• Transformers (Transformer structure and functions of basic components including oil/cellulose insulation materials, magnetic circuit and volts per turn calculation, phasor connections / parallel operation / impedance selection)

 High voltage 

• Testing techniques and insulation design of power system plant (including a laboratory class)

Protection of power systems

• Earth-fault calculation for a power system, basic principles of power system protections, numerical solution of an overcurrent protection and coordination scheme for protecting a typical power network. 

The course unit aims to:

• Introduce the fundamental issues relating to the design of high voltage power system plant
• Introduce the use of high voltage testing within a laboratory environment
• Explore the protection of power systems

On the successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

ILO 1 Describe the fundamental design principles of the four major items of power system plant (cables, lines, transformers and switchgear) and the way that designs are changing to address the challenges associated with sustainability.

ILO 2 Explain the basic design of simple power system protection schemes and basic risk analysis and protective relay failure model.

ILO 3 Understand the need for HV testing of power system equipment.

ILO 4 Analyse the design of a simple protection scheme and assess if it is fit for purpose

ILO 5 Appraise the design of an item of power system plant and determine whether it is fit for purpose / the level of risk that is associated with its use.

The above ILOs are developed and assessed.

Coursework Plant Design Exercise:

Report of a maximum of 5 A4 pages:

This coursework forms 10% of the unit assessment.

Coursework Protection Design Exercise:

This forms 10% of the unit assessment.

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• High voltage engineering : fundamentals, Kuffel, E., Butterworth-Heinemann, 2000
• Electric power substations engineering, McDonald, John D., CRC Press, 2012, ISBN: 9781439856383
• J & p transformer book, Heathcote, Martin, Newnes, 2007, ISBN: 9780750681643
• Electric cables handbook, Moore, G. F., Blackwell Science, 1997, ISBN: 0632063238
• Overhead lines, Papailiou, Konstantin O., Springer Reference, 2016, ISBN: 9783319317472
• Switching in electrical transmission and distribution systems, Smeets, Rene Peter Paul, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2015, ISBN: 9781118703625