Course Introduction for Electric Power Systems
The material for this course is copyrighted by the author and is stored
in password protected areas of this web site. You need to obtain a logon
name and password from bobalden.com by following the registration process
and making payment. You are licenced to make only one copy of the material
which is to be for your own personal use.
There are five blocks of work (please see the course description for more
details):
- introduction (3 lectures, 1 problem set),
- transmission (7 lectures, 3 problem sets),
- power flow and control (6 lects, 2 problem sets),
- economic operation (4 lectures, 1 problem set),
- fault studies (4 lectures, 2 problem sets),
It is generally advisable to follow the sequence shown as the skills
and knowledge base build step-by-step. Problem sets, computer program
assignments, and (ideally) field trips, complement the lecture notes.
You may wish to buy or borrow the recommended course text book - to
complement and supplement these notes.
What You Should Do
BEFORE YOU START STUDYING
- Attempt to enter the instructor's notes section of this web site
by entering your username and password. If you are denied access,
contact me via e-mail (providing your full name, user name, and
password).
- Review the entire site, to become familiar with the layout and
sequence, exploring any of the home page links that interest you.
- Confirm that you have a "recent" version of Adobe Reader (version
3 or later) or download one - using the supplied link to the
Adobe web site.
- View and Print the I2 file (Intro to Power Systems)
(to check that you can view and print PDF files)