Syllabus

Instructor: Alejandro D. Domínguez-García, aledan {AT} ILLINOIS.EDU, (217) 333-3953.

Office Hours: Wednesday, 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m., 4044 ECEB, or by appointment.

TA: Siddhartha Nigam, nigam4 {AT} ILLINOIS.EDU.

Tutorial Sessions and Office Hours: Wednesday, 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.; Online (Zoom).

  1. First hour will be devoted to solving problems related to the material covered in the lectures.
  2. Second hour will be devoted to answer questions about topics covered in class and homework assignments.

Course Text: ECE 476 Lecture Notes.

Course Resources:

  1. References:
    1. Glover, Overbye, and Sarma, Power Systems Analysis and Design, Sixth Edition, Cengage Learning, 2017. (no purchase required)
    2. Bergen, Vittal, Power Systems Analysis, Second Edition, Prentice Hall, 2000. (no purchase required)
  2. Piazza: Use Piazza to submit administrative and technical questions.
  3. Compass2g: Course material (e.g., lecture notes) and homework and exam scores will be posted in Compass2g.
  4. Gradescope: Homework will be posted, submitted and graded via Gradescope.

Course Syllabus

Topics Approx. # of hours
Introduction, review of phasors and three-phase power 3
Transmission line modeling 3
Transformer, generator, and load modeling 5
Power flow analysis 11
Generation Control, economic dispatch and restructuring 6
Transient stability 5
Short circuit analysis, including symmetrical components 6
Exams 3
Final review 1.5

Evaluation: