EE 441

This course covers in depth the topics: 1-Analysis of faulted power systems which includes bus impedance and admittance matrices; network equations in matrix form; symmetrical components; sequence networks; balanced and unbalanced faults, 2- Load flow studies; the static load flow equations, classification of system buses, Gauss-Seidel and Newton-Raphson methods, 3- Power system stability; modeling of the synchronous machine during transients; swing equation; equal area criterion; digital computer solution of the swing equations; small signal stability, 4- Smart grid.