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Power

ECE 2774: POWER SYSTEM ANALYSIS 2, (3 CREDITS), Steady state phenomena, matrix transformations, system parameters, system unbalances, digital methods, and numerical analysis techniques applied to load flow, state estimators, and fault studies in the large power systems. Prerequisite: ECE 1769 or permission of the instructor

ECE 2777: POWER SYSTEM TRANSIENTS 1, (3 CREDITS), Lumped parameter analysis, switching transients in AC/DC systems, arc modeling, damping, current suppression, traveling wave phenomena, line discontinuities, ferroresonance, transient recovery voltage. Prerequisite: ECE 1769 or permission of the instructor

ECE 2795: Special Topics: Power, (3 CREDITS) An MS level course in special topics of current interest in power.

ECE 3775: POWER SYSTEM STEADY STATE CONTROL, (3 CREDITS) Power system component modeling, automatic generation control, area and multiarea control, economic dispatch, optimal real and reactive power flow, hydrothermal coordination, unit commitment. Prerequisite: ECE 2774

ECE 3776: POWER SYSTEM CONTROL AND STABILITY, (3 CREDITS) The power system model for stability studies, response to disturbances, the behavior of machines, the effect of excitation, and mathematical techniques for stability studies. Prerequisite: ECE 3775

ECE 3778: POWER SYSTEMS TRANSIENTS 2, (3 CREDITS) Lightning phenomena, dynamic overvoltages, transient switching surges, transformer winding transients, insulation characteristics, insulation breakdown, field theory applications, line design concepts, insulation coordination. Prerequisite: ECE 2777

ECE 3795: ADVANCED TOPICS: POWER, (3 CREDITS) A Ph.D. level course in advanced topics of current interest in power.

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