Overview
In this unit, you will learn to work both individually and in teams in the planning, analysis, and design of power systems and their associated control systems using state-of-the-art methods. You will design power systems to incorporate the growing penetration of renewable energy sources. In order to do this, you will develop advanced skills to effectively design, analyse, and augment power systems to maximise reliability, security, and sustainability. Upon successful completion of this unit, you will be able to analyse systems incorporating renewable energy sources both dynamically and in steady-state using industry-standard software such as Power System Simulator for Engineering (PSSE). You will be able to tune control systems to satisfy Australian network standards and you will become competent to meet the challenges and opportunities of 21st-century power systems as they continue to evolve. You will apply skills in ENEE20001 to work towards the United Nations sustainable development goal. Online students are required to attend a residential school.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
ENEE14005 Capstone Power and Control Design is an Anti-Requisite for this unit.
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 - 2024
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 12-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 25 hours of study per week, making a total of 300 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 SUTE
Students appreciated the teaching style, and the learning resources were organised properly.
Should continue this good practice.
Feedback from SUTE
Majority of students are appreciated the delivery and student support.
Should continue this good practice for students success.
Feedback from SUTE and student consultation
Students recommended that the final project assessment needs detailed explanations for the PSSE software and its applications.
Should provide detail examples and explanations about the PSSE software and its applications in class/tutorial for final project assessment. Should provide more opportunities to discuss in class or consultation about the Interim Assessment feedback for further improvement.
Feedback from SUTE
Students want assessments that are beneficial to their learning.
Redesign assessment to make them meaningful and relevant to the learning objectives and marking rubric should provide clarity on standards.
Feedback from SUTE
Students want more detailed about their Assessments.
Should provide a detailed explanation about the assessments and their application in the industry during class/ tutorial time. Also, discuss the assessment description and the marking rubric in detail during tutorial time.
Feedback from SUTE
Students want more detailed feedback that can be used to improve their next assessment.
Should provide detailed feedback with explanations on the assessments, so students can improve their next assessments. Assessment descriptions and the marking rubric should be discussed in class/ tutorial time.
- Conduct load-flow and fault analyses of complex power systems in order to augment the system to optimise power flows and voltage profiles
- Model advanced dynamics of complex power systems to determine transient stability limits
- Perform dynamic stability analysis of complex power systems in order to improve power system damping
- Model renewable power plants in steady-state and transient situations to quantify their impact on system security
- Discuss the impact of power system augmentations on economic, social, and environmental sustainability
- Work autonomously and in teams on complex power engineering projects including providing leadership
- Document and communicate professional engineering information including computer-based simulations and drawings using appropriate electrical engineering standards, terminology, and symbols.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1 - In-class Test(s) - 20% | |||||||
| 2 - In-class Test(s) - 40% | |||||||
| 3 - Project (applied) - 40% | |||||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | |||||||
| 2 - Communication | |||||||
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | |||||||
| 4 - Research | |||||||
| 5 - Self-management | |||||||
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | |||||||
| 7 - Leadership | |||||||
| 8 - First Nations Knowledges | |||||||
| 9 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||||||
Textbooks
POWER SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN, SI Edition
- 6th Edition (2016)
- Authors: J. Duncan Glover, Thomas Overbye, Mulukutla S. Sarma
- Cengage Learning
- Boston Boston , MA , USA
- ISBN: 9781305636187
- Binding: Other
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 PSS/E software - downloadable from the internet
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
n.das@cqu.edu.au
Week 1
Begin Date: 08 Jul 2024Module/Topic
Review of power systems, models of generators, lines, loads, transformers, load flow analysis: methods, reactive compensation, reactors, capacitors, SVCs, Load flow analysis using PSS/E
Chapter
Glover, Sarma, and Overbye
Chapter 3, sections3.1 to 3.6
Chapter 5
Chapter 6 sections 6.1-6.9
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 2
Begin Date: 15 Jul 2024Module/Topic
Load flow planning studies, modelling with symmetrical components, balanced and unbalanced fault analysis, analysis of unbalanced systems, negative sequence operating limits, hand calculations
Chapter
Glover, Sarma and Overbye
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 3
Begin Date: 22 Jul 2024Module/Topic
Use of PSS/E in fault modelling and calculation, comparison with hand calculations.
Chapter
Refer to Lecture Notes
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 4
Begin Date: 29 Jul 2024Module/Topic
Introduction to power system stability, machine inertia, and the swing equation. Classical machine models. Single machine infinite bus stability, equal area criterion, numerical integration of the swing equation, multi-machine systems, modelling in PSS/E
Chapter
Glover, Sarma and Overbye
Chapter 11, sections 11.1- 11.5
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 5
Begin Date: 05 Aug 2024Module/Topic
Detailed machine models, exciters, and governors, modelling in PSS/E.
Case Studies.
Modelling of wind, solar, PV, and solar Thermal.
Chapter
Glover, Sarma and Overbye
Chapter 11, section 11.6'
Chapter 12, Sections 12.1, 12.2
Events and Submissions/Topic
Vacation Week
Begin Date: 12 Aug 2024Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 6
Begin Date: 19 Aug 2024Module/Topic
Review of linear control theory, transfer functions, poles and zeros, open-loop and closed-loop systems, root locus, design of compensators using root locus, Bode plots
Chapter
Refer to Lecture Notes
Events and Submissions/Topic
Progress Report Due: Week 6 Friday (23 Aug. 2024) 11:59 pm AEST
Week 7
Begin Date: 26 Aug 2024Module/Topic
Linear state-space models, significance of eigenvalues, transfer function to state space conversions, small signal state-space model of a power system.
Effect of high gain exciter on damping, Power system
stabilisers.
Chapter
Refer to Lecture Notes
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 8
Begin Date: 02 Sep 2024Module/Topic
Effect of high gain exciter on damping, Power System Stabilisers. Tuning of exciters using root locus techniques.
General review of PSS tuning methods.
Chapter
Refer to Lecture Notes
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 9
Begin Date: 09 Sep 2024Module/Topic
Review of the Australian Electricity market, the role of renewables, sustainability and the triple bottom line, issues related to high penetration of renewables.
Chapter
Refer to Lecture Notes
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 10
Begin Date: 16 Sep 2024Module/Topic
Transmission Line Design and Protection
Chapter
Refer to Lecture Notes
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 11
Begin Date: 23 Sep 2024Module/Topic
Review of the unit, requirements of portfolio submission, practice presentations, feedback on progress reports.
Chapter
Refer to Lecture Notes
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 12
Begin Date: 30 Sep 2024Module/Topic
Consultation
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Review/Exam Week
Begin Date: 07 Oct 2024Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
End-of-Term In-Class Test - date and time to be confirmed by Week 9, and published on Moodle.
Exam Week
Begin Date: 14 Oct 2024Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Students require the PSS®E, often written as PSS/E (Power System Simulator for Engineering) software in order to complete Assignment#2 (Project Portfolio). The PSS®E software can be installed free of charge by logging into SIEMENS website through an account created using the CQUni email ID.
=== Important Information =====
Online Test: This unit ENEE20001 has no formal Examination. It has "In-Class Test (Mid-Semester Test)" in week 5 and an End of Term "Online Test" between Week 13 and 14 (Examination Weeks). The date and time for the test will be announced in due course.
1 In-class Test(s)
- This is an open-book test covering all the lectures and tutorials up to the end of week 4.
- The test will be held during the Week 5 lecture time and the duration will be 60 min.
- The test will be monitored through a Zoom session and students will have to provide written answers to the test questions.
- Each student stays home with a device (preferably a laptop) essentially having a camera through which the student will be invigilated in a Zoom session during the test.
- The test paper will be loaded to Moodle.
- The student uses blank A4 papers (single side) to write answers.
- At the end of the test, each student first takes photos of all written pages and emails them to the invigilator.
- Later students scan the pages and upload them to Moodle by the due time specified in Due Date Information section.
Week 5 Monday (5 Aug 2024) 1:00 pm AEST
We strive to return assessments to students within 2 weeks.
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.
- Conduct load-flow and fault analyses of complex power systems in order to augment the system to optimise power flows and voltage profiles
2 Project (applied)
For this assessment, you will design a specified power system for which the analysis will be mainly done using PSS/E simulations. The project description will be available in the Moodle link of the unit.
Week 12 Friday (4 Oct 2024) 11:59 pm AEST
This will be the due date for the final report and the recorded presentation.
We strive to return assessments to students within 2 weeks.
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. Below is the contribution of each assessment item to the final mark of this assessment:
- Total progress report (30%)
- Presentation (25%)
- Final Report (45%)
- Conduct load-flow and fault analyses of complex power systems in order to augment the system to optimise power flows and voltage profiles
- Model advanced dynamics of complex power systems to determine transient stability limits
- Perform dynamic stability analysis of complex power systems in order to improve power system damping
- Model renewable power plants in steady-state and transient situations to quantify their impact on system security
- Discuss the impact of power system augmentations on economic, social, and environmental sustainability
- Work autonomously and in teams on complex power engineering projects including providing leadership
- Document and communicate professional engineering information including computer-based simulations and drawings using appropriate electrical engineering standards, terminology, and symbols.
3 In-class Test(s)
- The students are to solve four problems on the associated topics covering all the lectures and tutorials up to the end of week 8.
- The test duration will be 150 min.
- The end-of-term test will be monitored through a Zoom session and students will have to provide written answers to the exam questions.
- The test will be time scheduled and will take place for everyone at the same time.
- Each student will perform the test with a device (preferably a laptop) essentially having a camera through which the student will be invigilated in a Zoom session during the examination.
- The test paper will be uploaded to Moodle.
- The student uses blank A4 papers (single side) to write answers.
- At the end of the test, each student first takes photos of all written pages and emails them to the invigilator.
- Later, students scan the pages and upload them to Moodle by the due time specified in the Due Date Information section.
The End-of-Term In-Class Test will be conducted during the CQU exam period. The exact date and time will be confirmed by Week 9 and published in Moodle.
We strive to return assessments to students within 2 weeks.
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.
- Model advanced dynamics of complex power systems to determine transient stability limits
- Perform dynamic stability analysis of complex power systems in order to improve power system damping
- Model renewable power plants in steady-state and transient situations to quantify their impact on system security
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