Power System Stability

(3-0-0-3)

CMPE Degree: This course is Not Applicable for the CMPE degree.

EE Degree: This course is Not Applicable for the EE degree.

Lab Hours: 0 supervised lab hours and 0 unsupervised lab hours.

Technical Interest Group(s) / Course Type(s): Electrical Energy

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Prerequisites: ECE 4320

Catalog Description

Techniques for stability analysis of electric power systems and
applications of these methods.

Textbook(s)

Course Notes

Course Outcomes

Not Applicable

Strategic Performance Indicators (SPIs)

Outcome 1 (Students will demonstrate expertise in a subfield of study chosen from the fields of electrical engineering or computer engineering):
1. Understand stability and system stabilization methods for electric energy systems; classical methods as well as energy-based methods.
2. Understand stability criteria and numerical integration methods for assessing the stability of electric energy systems.

Outcome 2 (Students will demonstrate the ability to identify and formulate advanced problems and apply knowledge of mathematics and science to solve those problems):
1. Apply stability theory to formulate and analyze the stability of simple electric power systems.
2. Apply energy-based stability theory to formulate and analyze stability regions of simple electric energy systems.

Outcome 3 (Students will demonstrate the ability to utilize current knowledge, technology, or techniques within their chosen subfield):
1. Formulate and implement small signal stability analysis of electric energy systems with inverter interfaced recourses.

Topical Outline

Definition of the Stability Problem

Classical Transient Analysis
The swing equation
Transient power formula
Solution techniques

Stability Theory Review
Stability criteria
Asymptotic stability/marginal stability
Stability techniques for linear systems
Stability techniques for nonlinear systems
Energy methods (Liapunov)

Synchronous Machine Models
Park's transformations
Simplified models
Per unit analysis
Generator drive inertial models

Power System Stability under Small Perturbations
Linearized models
Modal analysis
Torsional oscillations

Power System Stability Under Large Perturbations
The single unit case
The multi-machine case
Time domain methods
Energy methods

Voltage Stability
Generator exciter models
Electric load models
Static voltage stability
Voltage dynamics

Stability of Power Systems with FACTS
Stability of switching systems
Small signal analysis
Large signal analysis
Control schemes