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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
EED 4016	POWER SYSTEM DISTRIBUTION AND PROTECTION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6

Offered By

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR TOLGA SÜRGEVIL

Offered to

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to introduce the following topics:
1. Fundamentals of distribution systems
2. overhead and underground distribution
3. voltage regulation
4. capacitor application
5. short-circuit protection relays

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	An ability to use knowledge of distribution system schemes and operation
2	An ability to use the knowledge of distribution system equipment
3	An ability to use the knowledge of protection equipment
4	An ability to model and analyze an overhead/underground distribution system
5	An ability to design a distribution protection scheme with proper coordination of protective devices

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

EED 3012 - ENERGY CONVERSION II

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Introduction to distribution systems, primary distribution configurations, distribution equipment, distribution substations, subtransmission systems, distribution substation layout, radial feeders
2	Nature of loads, individual customer load, distribution transformer loading, feeder load, voltage-drop calculations
3	Line and cable characteristics, Overhead lines: typical constructions, conductor data, Underground distribution: applications, cables, cable insulation, calculation of line resistance and inductance, use of conductor data tables
4	Series impedance and of overhead and underground lines, Carson s equations, sequence impedances
5	Shunt admittance of overhead and underground lines, sequence admittance
6	Approximate methods for voltage drop and power loss.
7	Midterm Exam
8	Voltage regulation, regulation techniques, voltage regulators, load tap changing transformers,
9	capacitor applications: voltage support, reducing line losses, switched banks, reactive power compensation
10	Three-phase transformer models, load models
11	Distribution feeder analysis, power-flow analysis, short circuit studies
12	Short circuit protection: basics of distribution protection, protection equipment
13	Zones of protection, transducers, logical design of relays, fuse coordination, coordinating devices
14	Primary and backup protection, protection of lines, protection of power transformers

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Distribution System Modeling and Analysis, W.H. Kersting, CRC Press, 2002.
Electric Power Distribution Handbook, T.A. Short, CRC Pres, 2004
Supplementary Book(s):
Elements of Power System Analysis, W.D. Stevenson ,McGraw-Hill, New York,1982
Power System Analysis, J.J. Grainger, W.D. Stevenson, McGraw-Hill, 1994
Schaum s Outline of Electrical Power Systems, S.A. Nasar, McGraw-Hill, 1989
J.D.Glover, M.S.Sarma, Power System Analysis and Design, Brooks/Cole, 2002
Electric Power Distribution Equipment and Systems,T.A. Short, Taylor and Francis, 2006
References:
Power System Protection, The Institution of Electrical Engineers, London, 1995
Guide to Electrical Power Distribution Systems, A.J. Pansini, CRC Press, 2005
Electric Energy Systems, A. Gomez-Exposito, A.J. Conejo, C. Canizares, CRC Press, 2009
A.J.Pansini, Electrical Distribution Engineering, CRC Press, 2007
Other course materials:

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
3	FIN	FINAL EXAM
4	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE0.35+ASG 0.15+FIN * 0.50
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE0.35+ASG 0.15+RST * 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Exam, Homework/Presentation

Assessment Criteria

1. Exam, Homework
2. Exam, Homework
3. Exam, Homework
4. Exam, Homework
5. Exam, Homework

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

tolga.surgevil@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours