FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY - SOE

EE377/ECE477: Power Security and Reliability

Preliminary - Summer, 2015
This course focuses on Power System Protection and Relaying to allow the design of robust and reliable
power systems. After reviewing the need for protection of power system elements (motors, generators,
transformers, and transmission/distribution lines), the course: Explores developments in the creation of
smarter, more flexible protective systems based on advances in the computational power of digital
devices and the capabilities of communication systems that can be applied within the power grid,
Examines the regulations related to power system protection and how they impact the way protective
relaying systems are designed, applied, set, and monitored, Considers the evaluation of protective
systems during system disturbances and describes the tools available for analysis, Addresses the benefits
and problems associated with applying microprocessor-based devices in protection schemes' Contains an
expanded discussion of internal protection requirements at dispersed generation facilities. MatLab is
used to solve homework problems and do team design projects.
(Prerequisite: EE385/ECE495 or equivalent) Three Credits
Class location: TBD, Tuesday evenings from 6:00 to 10:00 pm.
Learning Objectives - TBD
Cognitive ABET
Learning Outcome
Level a-k
Fundamental principles of fuse and overcurrent protection and application to feeder and
1. Evaluation
motor protection.
Fundamental principles of distance relaying and application to transmission system
2. Knowledge
protection
Fundamental principles of differential protection and application to transformer, bus bar
3. Synthesis
and generator armature winding protection
4. Role of Current and Voltage transformers in power system protection Knowledge
5. Analysis

Grade distribution – TBD (Updated after each Exam)

BLACKBOARD
The Blackboard system along with our course web site will be used to manage this course. Students must submit their
assignments into Blackboard for archival and grading. All work is to be typed (including equations), drawings are to be
computer-base, not scanned, hand written work.
Text: Class Notes, Lecture Notes, Lecture Videos
References:
Electrical Machinery and Power System Fundamentals, Steven J.Chapman, McGraw Hill Education, 2002
Power Electronics: Converters, Apps. And Design, N. Mohan, T.M. Undeland, and W. P. Robbins, John Wiley
& Sons., 2003
Introduction to MatLab for Engineers and Scientists, Etter, Prentice-Hall, 1996, ISBN 0-13-519703-1
Prof. A.K. Sinha, IIT Kharagpur – A full set of Power System Lecture Videos
Required Software:
MatLab, Student Ed. (Fairfield Student Download Instructions) or
Octave (An Open Source MatLab Clone)
MatLab Tutorial by B. Aliane, Simulink Power Electronics tutorial
Grade allocation:
Exams (2) 50%
Quizzes/Participation 25%
Design Project 25%
Total 100%
Academic Dishonesty:
Students are sometimes unsure of what constitutes academic dishonesty. In all academic work, students are
expected to submit materials that are their own and are to include attribution for any ideas or language that
are not their own. Examples of dishonest conduct include, but are not limited to:
• Falsification of academic records or grades, including but not limited to any act of falsifying information on
an official academic document, grade report, class registration document or transcript.
• Cheating, such as copying examination answers from materials such as crib notes or another student’s
paper.
• Collusion, such as working with another person or persons when independent work is prescribed. .
• Inappropriate use of notes.
• Falsification or fabrication of an assigned project, data, results, or sources.
• Giving, receiving, offering, or soliciting information in examinations.
• Using previously prepared materials in examinations, tests, projects, or quizzes.
• Destruction or alteration of another student’s work.
• Submitting the same paper or report for assignments in more than one course without the prior written
permission of each instructor.
• Appropriating information, ideas, or the language of other people or writers and submitting it as one’s own
to satisfy the requirements of a course – commonly known as plagiarism.
Plagiarism constitutes theft and deceit. Assignments (compositions, term papers, computer programs,
etc. .) acquired either in part or in whole from commercial sources, publications, students, or other
sources and submitted as one’s own original work will be considered plagiarism.
• Unauthorized recording, sale, or use of lectures and other instructional materials.
In the event of such dishonesty, professors are to award a grade of zero for the project, paper, or
examination in question, and may record an F for the course itself. When appropriate, expulsion may
be recommended. . A notation of the event is made in the student’s file in the academic dean’s office.
The student will receive a copy.
CLASS EXPECTATIONS
I. TEACHER
Distribute and review the syllabus.
Clearly explain material.
Relate material to "real world" situations when possible.
Answer questions.
Be available to discuss problems.
Google Voice: (203) 513-9427
Email: jeffrey.denenberg@ieee.org or jdenenberg@fairfield.edu
Home Page: http://doctord.dyndns.org or http://doctord.webhop.net
Class Office Hours: 5:00-6:00 PM, Tuesdays before class in BNW301C
Or after class
Prepare and administer quizzes and grade fairly.
II. STUDENT
Be familiar with the prerequisite material
Ask questions and stay current.
Study the material described in the syllabus. Preferably before it is covered in class.
Obtain/review class notes if a class is missed. View lecture videos.
Be prepared for Quizzes.
Ask for help from me (I have office hours) and/or your fellow students.
III. DISABILITY
If you have a documented disability and wish to discuss academic accommodations, please contact:
David Ryan-Soderlund at Academic and Disability Support Services (203) 254-4000, x2615, or email
drsoderlund@mail.fairfield.edu, and notify the course instructor within the first two weeks of the semester.
Course Schedule:
Week Topic Lecture Notes Videos References
5/19 Module 1 : Fundamentals of Power System Protection
Lecture 1 : Introduction Lecture-1.pdf Introduction
Lecture 2 : Protection Paradigms - Apparatus Protection Lecture-2.pdf
Lecture 3 : Protection Paradigms - System Protection Lecture-3.pdf
Lecture 4 : Desirable Attributes of Protection Lecture-4.pdf

5/26 Module 2 : Current and Voltage Transformers

Lecture 5 : Introduction to CT Lecture-5.pdf
Lecture 6 : CT Tutorial Lecture-6.pdf
Lecture 7 : CT Saturation and DC Offset Current Lecture-7.pdf
Lecture 8 : Introduction to VT Lecture-8.pdf
Lecture 9 : VT Tutorial Lecture-9.pdf

Not Module 3 : Sequence Components and Fault Analysis

covered (Selected topics from ECE496: Power Fault Analysis)
in this Lecture 10 : Sequence Components Lecture-10.pdf
course Lecture 11 : Sequence Components (Tutorial) Lecture-11.pdf
Lecture 12 : Sequence Modeling of Power Apparatus Lecture-12.pdf
Lecture 13 : Sequence Modeling (Tutorial) Lecture-13.pdf

6/2 Module 4 : Overcurrent Protection

Lecture 14 : Fuse Protection Lecture-14.pdf
Lecture 15 : Fundamentals of Overcurrent Protection Lecture-15.pdf
Lecture 16 : PSM Setting and Phase Relay Coordination (Tutorial) Lecture-16.pdf
Lecture 17 : Earth Fault Protection using Overcurrent Relays Lecture-17.pdf

6/9 Module 5 : Directional Overcurrent Protection

Lecture 18 : Directional Overcurrent Relaying Lecture-18.pdf
Lecture 19 : Directional Overcurrent Relay Coordination (Tutorial) Lecture-19.pdf
Lecture 20 : Directional Overcurrent Relay Coordination in Multi-loop Systems Lecture-20.pdf

6/16 Module 6 : Distance Protection

Lecture 21 : Introduction to Distance Relaying Lecture-21.pdf
Lecture 22 : Setting of Distance Relays Lecture-22.pdf
Lecture 23 : Pilot Protection with Distance Relays Lecture-23.pdf

6/23 Module 7 : Out of Step Protection

Lecture 24 : Power Swings and Distance Relaying Lecture-24.pdf
Lecture 25 : Analysis of Power Swings in a Multi – Machine System Lecture-25.pdf
Lecture 26 : Power Swing Detection, Blocking and Out-of-Step Relays Lecture-26.pdf
 6/30 Module 8 : Numerical Relaying I : Fundamentals
Lecture 27 : An Introduction Lecture-27.pdf
Lecture 28 : Sampling Theorem Lecture-28.pdf
Lecture 29 : Least Square Method for Estimation of Phasors - I Lecture-29.pdf
Lecture 30 : Least Square Method for Estimation of Phasors - II Lecture-30.pdf
Lecture 31 : Fourier Algorithms Lecture-31.pdf

7/7 Module 9 : Numerical Relaying II : DSP Perspective

Lecture 32 : Fourier Analysis Lecture-32.pdf
Lecture 33 : Discrete Fourier Transform Lecture-33.pdf
Lecture 34 : Properties of Discrete Fourier Transform Lecture-34.pdf

7/14 Module 9 : Numerical Relaying II : DSP Perspective (continued)

Lecture 35 : Computation of Phasor from Discrete Fourier Transform Lecture-35.pdf
Lecture 36 : Fast Fourier Transform Lecture-36.pdf
Lecture 37 : Estimation of System Frequency Lecture-37.pdf

7/21 Module 10 : Differential Protection of Bus, Transformer and Generator

Lecture 38 : Bus Protection Lecture-38.pdf
Lecture 39 : Transformer Protection Lecture-39.pdf
Lecture 40 : Generator Protection Lecture-40.pdf

7/28

8/4
* Topic not covered in the following exam
** Computer Simulation HW