EE 332 Intro to Electric Power Engineering

1996-97 Catalog Data: 3 credits

Introduction to the principles, concepts, and analysis of the major components of an electric power system. Material includes basic electromechanics, transformers, ac and dc machines, transmission lines, and system analysis. Corequisites: EE 332L, EE 313, EE 315.

Textbooks:

Electric Machinery Fundamentals, S. J. Chapman, McGraw-Hill, 1985.

Reference:

None.

Coordinator:

S. J. Ranade, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Goals:

To introduce students to the areas of electromechanical energy conversion and electric power systems, and to give them a basic understanding of the analysis, design and application of electromechanical devices and power-system components.

Prerequisites by Topic:
  1. Circuit analysis.
  2. Basic mechanics and static electromagnetic field theory (e.g., from a physics course) .
Topics:
  1. Course introduction; steady-state ac review (1 class).
  2. Three-phase circuits, balanced and unbalanced (3 classes).
  3. Magnetic circuits and transformers (8 classes).
  4. Commutator machines (5 classes).
  5. Synchronous machines (6 classes).
  6. Induction machines (7 classes).
  7. Introduction to power system engineering (1 class).
  8. Transmission line constants and calculations (3 classes).
  9. Power flow analysis (2 classes).
  10. Short-circuit study, balanced and unbalanced (4 classes).
  11. Power-system stability (3 classes).
  12. Four one-hour tests.
Computer Usage:

See EE 332L(accompanying laboratory)

ABET Category Content:

Engineering science: 3 credits or 100%

Prepared by:

S. J. Ranade
Date: March 13, 1994
Maintained by eeoffice@nmsu.edu Last update 12-12-96
sistors and field effect transistors.
  • Thevenin and Norton equivalent circuits.
  • Laplace transforms and circuit analysis techniques (corequisite).
  • Bode plots and frequency analysis techniques.
    • Topics:
    1. Differential amplifiers, constant current sources, current mirrors, level shifters, and internal structure of operational amplifier circuits.
    2. Ideal operational amplifier, basic configurations, limitations of practical operational amplifiers.
    3. Frequency response and transfer functions of single and multiple stage amplifier circuits.
    4. Amplifier types and feedback theory and circuits.
    5. Oscillator theory and oscillator circuits.
    Computer Usage:

     

    Some homework assignments require the usage of the popular circuit simulation program SPICE. See accompanying laboratory.

     

    ABET Category Content:

     

    Engineering Science: 2 credits or 67%
    Engineering Design: 1 credit or 33%

     

    First Prepared by:

     

    Steven Omick
    Date: February 25, 1994

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