Power Systems Analysis

What you'll learn

• Describe the structure and operation of interconnected power systems, including voltage levels, frequency control, reliability criteria and load characteristics
• Represent multi-voltage systems in per unit, change bases, and model transformers including off-nominal taps and three-winding units
• Model synchronous generators with internal voltage and reactances, apply power-angle relations, interpret capability curves and compare them with inverter-based resources
• Calculate transmission line parameters and apply short, medium and long line models, surge impedance loading, power-angle relations and compensation
• Explain the link between reactive power and voltage, select reactive compensation and tap-changer controls, and assess voltage stability with PV and QV curves
• Formulate and solve load flow problems with the bus admittance matrix, Newton-Raphson, fast decoupled and DC methods, and perform contingency analysis
• Perform economic dispatch with limits and losses, explain unit commitment and optimal power flow, and calculate locational marginal prices under congestion
• Apply the swing equation, equal-area criterion and numerical simulation to transient stability, and analyze small-signal oscillations and their damping
• Calculate symmetrical and unbalanced fault currents using the bus impedance matrix and symmetrical components, and apply the results to grounding and equipment ratings
• Build sequence networks with transformer connections and phase shifts, compute unbalanced fault currents and voltages throughout a network, and assess grounding and overvoltages
• Analyze inertial response, governor droop, AGC with area control error, reserves, low-inertia operation and underfrequency load shedding
• Apply resource adequacy, planning standards and interconnection requirements, and carry out a system study for connecting a new resource