EE 4455 –Tools and Methods for Power System Analysis
Associate Professor Amin Kargarian
Room: PFT 2274
Description: Basic power system and component protection, including utility and industrial distribution systems, utility transmission lines and substations, interconnections, and generators.
The lab will give students knowledge (with the aid of a personal computer) about power system analysis, including:
- AC and DC power flow analysis
- Active and reactive power compensation
- Linear sensitivity factors
- Contingency analysis
- Available transfer capacity
The PowerWorld simulator is used to help provide intuitive insight into dealing with power systems, which can be complex in nature.
Lab Experiment Topics
Lab 1 Introduction, Familiarization with PowerWorld
Lab 2 Power Flow Analysis I
Lab 3 Power Flow Analysis II
Lab 4 Sensitivity Factors I
Lab 5 Sensitivity Factors II
Lab 6 Contingency Analysis I
Lab 7 Contingency Analysis I
Lab 8 Maximum Loading
This lab is developed in close collaboration with and sponsored by Entergy through a workforce development grant. Entergy representatives also attend each lab session to assist with teaching students.
Several critical management and analysis functions are run in the day-to-day operation of power grids to ensure system reliability, security, and economics. Software tools, such as PowerWorld, are used by power utility companies to perform these management and analysis functions. In fact, only a few universities in the nation teach undergraduate students PowerWorld. Equipping our undergraduate students, many of whom go on to join the power industry and electric utility companies, with the basics of this widely-used software makes them a skilled workforce for power companies such as Entergy and CLECO.
