Overview
On the satisfactory completion of this unit, you will be able to work both individually and in-team to model, analyse and investigate design and operation options for electrical power networks to meet community service requirements. You will be able to analyse the steady-state performance of power systems, perform both symmetrical and unsymmetrical fault calculations, and conduct stability analysis of power systems. As such, you will articulate the process of updating and maintaining power network assets to meet most safety, reliability, and quality requirements for both present and future needs.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
ENEE12015 Electrical Power Engineering.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2021
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Student feedback
Students appreciated the lecture content to be assisting the tutorial questions
Continue this good practice
Feedback from Self reflection/Student Feedback
Poor quality of tutorial materials
Update the tutorial material
Feedback from Student Feedback
The students expected project problems to be released earlier in the term
Release the problems for the project activity earlier in the term
Feedback from Self reflection
Lack of good quality presentation slides for the lectures
Improve the slides by embedding some simulation results.
- Calculate fault currents under different scenarios and discuss the selection of appropriate protection schemes
- Solve power flow problems and appreciate the relevance of such studies in power system planning and operation
- Analyse power system performance in both balanced and unbalanced modes of operation by using appropriate software packages
- Investigate power angle stability for both single-machine and multimachine power systems
- Work both collaboratively and autonomously to analyse and solve problems
- Communicate effectively using power systems terminology, symbols and diagrams to present design documents, solutions, and calculations.
The Learning Outcomes for this unit are linked with the Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standards for Professional Engineers in the areas of 1. Knowledge and Skill Base, 2. Engineering Application Ability and 3. Professional and Personal Attributes at the following levels:
Intermediate
Advanced
Refer to the Engineering Undergraduate Course Moodle site for further information on the Engineers Australia's Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineers and course level mapping information
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Practical and Written Assessment - 15% | ||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||
| 3 - Online Quiz(zes) - 20% | ||||||
| 4 - Take Home Exam - 35% | ||||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Communication | ||||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | ||||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | ||||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | ||||||
| 5 - Team Work | ||||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | ||||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | ||||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | ||||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | ||||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Practical and Written Assessment - 15% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Online Quiz(zes) - 20% | ||||||||||
| 4 - Take Home Exam - 35% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
Power System Analysis and Design
Edition: 6th edn (2016)
Authors: J. Duncan Glover, Thomas Overbye, and Mulukutla Sarma
CENGAGE Learning
Boston Boston , MA , USA
ISBN: 9781305636187
Binding: Paperback
Additional Textbook Information
Both paper and eBook versions can be purchased at the CQUni Bookshop here: http://bookshop.cqu.edu.au (search on the Unit code).
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Access to a document scanner and a pdf converter
- Computer with Windows OS, headphones & microphone
- The free version of PowerWorld Simulator - downloadable from the internet
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
s.alahakoon@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Introduction to power systems analysis
Chapter
Chapters1 & 2 of Glover, Sarma, and Overbye
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Introduction to Power System Modelling
Chapter
Chapters 3 & 4 of Glover, Sarma, and Overbye
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Symmetrical Components
Chapter
Chapter 8 of Glover, Sarma, and Overbye
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Fault Analysis
Chapter
Chapter 8&9 of Glover, Sarma, and Overbye
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Modelling of Power System Networks
Chapter
Chapter 5 of Glover, Sarma, and Overbye
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Introduction to Load Flow Analysis
Chapter
Chapter 6 of Glover, Sarma, and Overbye
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Load Flow Algorithms
Chapter
Chapter 6 of Glover, Sarma, and Overbye
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Load Flow Studies, Modelling and Voltage Control
Chapter
Chapter 6 of Glover, Sarma, and Overbye
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Introduction to Transient Stability
Chapter
Chapter 11 of Glover, Sarma, and Overbye
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Multi-machine systems, small-signal stability
Chapter
Chapter 11 of Glover, Sarma, and Overbye
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Stability controls, modelling of renewables
Chapter
Chapters 11 and 12 of Glover, Sarma, and Overbye
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Revision
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
PROJECT Due: Week 12 Thursday (7 Oct 2021) 11:50 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Practical and Written Assessment
- This assignment may contain 3-4 problems that will require the theoretical knowledge gained through your learning during the first five weeks.
- The topics covered in this assignment will be symmetrical components, balanced and unbalanced fault analysis, and transmission line modelling.
- The marking scheme for each question will be published with the assignment.
- Assignment questions will be available in the unit Moodle site in due course. Please also refer to the assessment criteria for more details.
Week 6 Thursday (26 Aug 2021) 11:50 pm AEST
Week 8 Thursday (9 Sept 2021)
Feedback sheet will be provided through unit website in Moodle.
- A total of 100 marks is allocated to this assignment.
- Students are assessed on the accuracy of calculated results, the correctness of the method used and the presentation.
- Calculate fault currents under different scenarios and discuss the selection of appropriate protection schemes
- Work both collaboratively and autonomously to analyse and solve problems
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
2 Online Quiz(zes)
This is an online test covering week 6 up to week 9 lectures.
Week 12 Monday (4 Oct 2021) 11:00 am AEST
Lecture time
Review/Exam Week Monday (11 Oct 2021)
Feedback will be given through unit website in Moodle.
- A total of 100 marks is allocated to this test.
- Students are assessed on the accuracy of calculated results and the correctness of the method used.
- Investigate power angle stability for both single-machine and multimachine power systems
- Communicate effectively using power systems terminology, symbols and diagrams to present design documents, solutions, and calculations.
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
3 Written Assessment
- This assessment item will address most of this unit's learning outcomes and contribute to 30% of the final mark.
- Students will form teams of no more than three members for this assessment.
- Each team will be assigned a power system modelling and simulation exercise related to power systems stability, fault calculations, load flow etc.
- The project will be based on the free edition of PowerWorld Simulator. In this unit, you will achieve a basic competency in the use of PowerWorld Simulator. Video tutorials on the use of this software and instructions on installation are available on Moodle
Week 12 Thursday (7 Oct 2021) 11:50 pm AEST
Exam Week Thursday (21 Oct 2021)
Feedback will be given through unit website in Moodle.
- Correct procedure and steps towards constructing necessary models using modelling and simulation exercise: 60%
- Correct answers and units: 30%
- Professional presentation and layout of the report: 10%
- More details on mark break down is available in Moodle.
- Solve power flow problems and appreciate the relevance of such studies in power system planning and operation
- Analyse power system performance in both balanced and unbalanced modes of operation by using appropriate software packages
- Work both collaboratively and autonomously to analyse and solve problems
- Communicate effectively using power systems terminology, symbols and diagrams to present design documents, solutions, and calculations.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Team Work
4 Take Home Exam
- The students are to solve four or five problems on the associated power system analysis topics covering all the lectures and tutorials.
- The students will have to provide written answers to the exam questions.
- The exam duration will be 150min.
- The take-home exam will be monitored through a Zoom session.
- The examination will be time scheduled and will take place for everyone at the same time.
- The examination date and time will be within the standard examination period for Term 2-2021.
- Each student performs the exam with a device (preferably a laptop), essentially having a camera through which the student will be invigilated in a Zoom session.
- The examination paper will be loaded to Moodle.
- The student uses blank A4 papers (single side) to write answers.
- At the end of the examination, each student first takes photos of all written pages and emails invigilator.
- Later, students must scan the pages and upload them to Moodle within a specified time at the end of the examination.
Exam Week Wednesday (20 Oct 2021) 11:00 am AEST
The examination date and time above are tentative.
Feedback will be given through unit website in Moodle in two weeks after the exam.
- A total of 100 marks is allocated to this assessment.
- Students are assessed on the accuracy of calculated results and the correctness of the method used.
- Calculate fault currents under different scenarios and discuss the selection of appropriate protection schemes
- Solve power flow problems and appreciate the relevance of such studies in power system planning and operation
- Investigate power angle stability for both single-machine and multimachine power systems
- Communicate effectively using power systems terminology, symbols and diagrams to present design documents, solutions, and calculations.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
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