Spring 2020

EE 340

·         Course Syllabus

·         Overview

·         Review – Single-Phase Circuits     (Sol. Chap. 1)   Experiment 1

·         Review – 3-Phase circuits    (Sol.  Chap. 2)  Experiment 2

·         Magnetic Circuits (see Sol. Chap. 1) Experiment 3

·         Group Projects

·         Power Transformers (Sol Chap. 3) Experiment 4

·         Power Transmission Lines (Sol. Chap. 9) Experiment 5

·         Take-home portion of Test 1  

·         Synchronous Generators I (Sol Chap. 5) Experiment 6 Assignment # 4

·         Synchronous Generators II Experiment 7 Practice Problem

·         Economic Dispatch

·         Induction Motors Experiment 8 (Sol Chap 7) Practice problem

·         Power Flow

·         Short-Circuit Current Calculations

·         Final exam (take-home portion)

 

EE 220

·         Course Syllabus

·         Course Content and Objectives

·         Chapter 1 – Circuit Terminology

·         Chapter 2 – Resistive Circuits

·         Chapter 3 – Analysis Methods  Spice Problems (Test 1)

·         Chapter 4 – Op Amp Circuits

 

 

 

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Fall 2019

EE 446-646

·        Course Syllabus

·        Renewables Overview-I

·        Renewables Overview-II

o   Homework Solutions: Chapter 8

o   Reading Material:  Best Practices in Photovoltaic System Operations and Maintenance: https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy17osti/67553.pdf

·        Properties of Sunlight-I

·        Properties of Sunlight-II

·        Properties of Sunlight-III

o   Homework Solutions: Chapter 4

o   Reading Material: NREL Solar Industry Update 2019

o   Assignment 1 (Excel Sheet)

o   Assignment 2 (Excel Sheet)

·        Photovoltaic Devices I

·        Photovoltaic Devices II

·        Photovoltaic Devices III

o   Electrical Specifications of Typical PV panel

o   Homework Solutions: Chapter 5

o   Take-home portion of mid-term exam

o   Shade Practice

·       Photovoltaic Devices IV

o   Projects

o   Assignment 3 (Excel Sheet)

·       PV Systems I

·       PV Systems II

o   Tilt Angle in Area-Constrained Roofs https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/eb99/07610e42f0945bc83751005cb6f383815fd6.pdf

o   Assignment # 4 (Excel Sheet)  Assign 4 Solution

o   Chapter 6 Solutions

·        PV Systems III

·        PV Systems IV

o   Assignment # 5

 

ECG 742

·        Course Syllabus

·        Introduction

·        System Components

o    Block diagram algebra: https://wolfweb.unr.edu/~fadali/ee370/Block_Diagrams.pdf

·        Steady-State Analysis

·        Electromagnetic Phenomenon

·        Electromechanical Dynamics

·        Transient Stability

·        Reading Material

o    NERC Distributed Energy Resources - Connection Modeling and Reliability Considerations (NERC) https://www.nerc.com/comm/Other/essntlrlbltysrvcstskfrcDL/Distributed_Energy_Resources_Report.pdf

o    NREL Demonstration of Essential Reliability Services by a 300-MW Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy17osti/67799.pdf

o    WECC Wind Plant Dynamic Modeling Guidelines https://www.wecc.org/Reliability/WECC%20Wind%20Plant%20Dynamic%20Modeling%20Guidelines.pdf

o    WECC Solar Plant Dynamic Modeling Guidelines https://www.wecc.org/reliability/wecc%20solar%20plant%20dynamic%20modeling%20guidelines.pdf

o    WECC Load Model Report https://www.wecc.org/Reliability/WECC%20MVWG%20Load%20Model%20Report%20ver%201%200.pdf

o    WECC Voltage Stability Criteria & Voltage support https://www.wecc.org/Reliability/Voltage%20Stability%20Criteria%20May%201998.pdf

https://www.wecc.org/Reliability/Voltage%20Stability%20Guide.pdf

o    NERC Fault Induced Solar Photovoltaic Resource Interruption Disturbance https://www.nerc.com/pa/rrm/ea/1200_MW_Fault_Induced_Solar_Photovoltaic_Resource_/1200_MW_Fault_Induced_Solar_Photovoltaic_Resource_Interruption_Final.pdf

https://www.nerc.com/pa/rrm/ea/April_May_2018_Fault_Induced_Solar_PV_Resource_Int/April_May_2018_Solar_PV_Disturbance_Report.pdf

o    FERC-NERC 2011 AZ-SC Outage Report https://www.smartgrid.gov/files/ArizonaSouthern_California_Outages_on_September_8_Causes_Rec_201106.pdf

 

 

·        Wind Power Generation

o   Test 1 – take-home-portion

·        Voltage Stability

o   Assignment 8

·        Frequency Stability and Control

o   NREC documents on Balancing Authority ACE Limit (BAAL)

§  WECC UFLC report

§  https://www.nerc.com/pa/StandProject2010141Phase1ofBalancingAuthorityRe/BAL-001-2_Background_Document_Clean-20130301.pdf

§   Project 2010-14 Balancing Authority Reliability-based Control

·        Stability Enhancement Methods

o   NERC Reliability Coordinator Certification Tutorial

§  https://www.epri.com/#/search/1016042/?to=1574213843414&from=1247491356585

o   Test 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spring 2019

 

ECG 741

·        Course Syllabus

·        Overview

·        Load Characteristics

o   https://electrical-engineering-portal.com/download-center/books-and-guides/power-substations/electric-distribution-load-characteristics

o   https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=867616

o   https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=5762648

·        Distribution Transformers

o   http://xitrontech.com/assets/002/5787.pdf

o   https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=29143

o   https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=8004809

·        Primary and Secondary feeders

o   Cable data

o   More Cable data http://www.cmewire.com/catalog/sec03-bac/bac-07-acsr.pdf

·         Voltage Regulators & Shunt Capacitors

·         OPENDSS videos

o   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGbfIfhGcRg

o   Feeder Modeling in OpenDSS

o   IEEE 13 Bus Test Circuit Data

·        Power Flow in Radial Feeders

·        Distributed PV Systems

o   IEEE Std 1547-2018 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=8332112

o   NREL High PV Integration Handbook https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy16osti/63114.pdf

·        Power Quality and Reliability

o   IEEE Std 519

o   Reliability Indices

o   Voltage Sag Impact

·        System Protection

·        Energy Storage

o    The economics of battery storage https://rmi.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/RMI-TheEconomicsOfBatteryEnergyStorage-FullReport-FINAL.pdf

o   Types of energy storage systems https://www.ucsusa.org/clean-energy/how-energy-storage-works

·        Miscellaneous Items

o   Load Model Effects on System Losses - https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/6672823

o   Distribution Grid Edge Control: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7742011

o   Solar PV on Distribution Circuits

o   Conservation Voltage Reduction

§  https://www.tdworld.com/grid-opt-smart-grid/cvr-here-stay

§  https://www.smartgrid.gov/files/NRECA_DOE_Costs_Benefits_of_CVR_0.pdf

§  https://www.pnnl.gov/main/publications/external/technical_reports/PNNL-19596.pdf

§  High Penetration of Photovoltaic Generation Study – Flagstaff Community Power -https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1171386

§  Smart Distribution switches

§  Demand Dispatch

 

 

 

 

 

Conferences:

·         HKICIAS2018-Slides

·         PowerTech2013 - Poster

·         ICCEP2013 - Slides

·         ICCEP2015 – Slides

·         PowerTech2015 - Poster