Power Engineering Application Software

Course title: Power Engineering Application Software

Code: FEIT09L017

Number of credits (ECTS): 6

Weekly number of classes: 3+0+2+0

Prerequisite for enrollment of the subject: Passed: Practicum for Matlab, Electrical networks, Distributed systems, Taken course: High voltage networks and systems

Course goals/Competences: Introduction to computer applications used in power systems. Modelling power systems using computer applications.

Total available number of classes: 180

Curriculum: Using MATLAB/ Simulink. AC and DC models of electrical networks. Using various types of files. Transients from atmospheric and commutation overvoltages, power system stability analyses. Application of Simulink for analyses of transients in power systems. Introduction to SimPowerSystems. Building models and systems from built-in elements. Modelling nonlinear elements in power systems. Creating complex systems, using sub-systems and masks. Simulations. Using and creating m.files. Using Excel. Basic operations using built-in functions (complex numbers, matrices, statistical functions). Programming in VBA. Relating VBA with objects, external files and databases. Using Power World, DIgSILENT. Working environment, settings, tools, and data formats, per units. Modelling power system elements: buses, lines, transformers, generators, costs curves, compensators. System analyses under normal and extreme operating conditions. Impact on contingencies on transmission and voltage profiles. Short circuit analyses. Static and dynamic stability of power systems. Optimal power flows.

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