EPOW.6840

Economics of the operation of power systems. Control of hydro and thermal generating units. Aspects of interconnected operation. Transmission losses and techniques for optimum economic generation. Hydro-thermal coordination problems. Fuel management of nuclear reactors.

Prerequisites:

EPOW.6820-Power System Analysis, EPOW.6810-Power Engineering Analysis(Corequisite)

Offered:

Spring term annually

Credit Hours:

3 credit hours

Coordinator:

A.J. Wood, Adjunct Professor of Electric Power Engineering

Textbook:

"Power Generation Operation and Control", A.J. Wood and B.F. Wollenberg, January 1984, John Wiley & Sons.

References:

None

Goals:

Familiarization of the students with the details and characteristics of power generation systems and their control. Computer solutions of power system scheduling problems require students to become familiar with optimization techniques applied to real situations.

Topics:

Characteristics of power generation units economic dispatch of thermal units and solution methods, transmission losses, unit commitment problem and solution, limited fuel, energy supply and hydro-thermal coordination, probabilistic production cost methods, power system control, capacity and energy interchange, system security and power system state estimation.

Computer Usage:

Homework assignments require computer solution. PC-based software introduced for economic dispatch, linear programming, unit commitment, dynamic programming, etc.

Laboratory Projects:

None

ABET Category Content:

Engineering Science: 2 credits or 67%

Engineering Design: 1 credits or 33%