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).
- First hour will be devoted to solving problems related to the material covered in the lectures.
- Second hour will be devoted to answer questions about topics covered in class and homework assignments.
Course Text: ECE 476 Lecture Notes.
Course Resources:
- References:
- Glover, Overbye, and Sarma, Power Systems Analysis and Design, Sixth Edition, Cengage Learning, 2017. (no purchase required)
- Bergen, Vittal, Power Systems Analysis, Second Edition, Prentice Hall, 2000. (no purchase required)
- Piazza: Use Piazza to submit administrative and technical questions.
- Compass2g: Course material (e.g., lecture notes) and homework and exam scores will be posted in Compass2g.
- 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:
- Two in-class exams (25% each) 50%
- Exam 1 (tentative): Thursday, September 30.
- Exam 2 (tentative): Thursday, November 4.
- Final exam 30%
- Date and Time TBD
- Homeworks 15%
- Submit via Gradescope by 09:29 AM on the due date.
- Class participation: 5%
- +/- grading will be used for the final course grade
- All exams are closed-booked, closed notes. Calculators are allowed.
- Formula Sheets. You may bring in one notesheet (8.5 by 11 both sides OK) for the first exam. Two for the second. Three for the final.
- Make-up Exams. They may be administered orally at the Professor’s discretion.