SPRING SEMESTER 2024

INFORMATION SHEET AND COURSE TOPICS

 

CLASS TIMES:          Thursday 5:00-7:30 PM Room EC2410.

OFFICE HOURS:      TR 4:00-5:00 PM in EC-2441 or by special arrangements with Professor Mohammed. Smart Grid Testbed Laboratory in EC-3960

PREREQUISITE:      EEL-4214/15 or permission of instructor

CREDIT HOURS:      3 Hours

TEXT_BOOK AND NOTES and Software:

  1. Power Systems Generation, Operation and Control by Allan J. Wood, Bruce F. Wollenberg and Gerald B. Sheblé, 3rd edition, Wiley, 1996.
  2. Selected lecture notes and other demonstration material and examples will be made available as authored by Professor Mohammed.
  3. Software packages will be made available to students. Also, other downloadable programs and other pointers will be made available under the virtual office area.

Who Should Take This Course:

  • FIU Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate/Advanced Students
  • Graduate or Advanced Students at other Universities in Florida or out of State
  • Engineers and technical personnel in the Industry preparing for Engineering License
  • Engineers and technical staff who want to keep current and reach a deep understanding of Power System Operation, Generation, and Control concepts.
  • Electric Utility managers and supervisors looking for continued training.
  • Engineering contractors and consultants for familiarity with electric utility operation

Catalogue Data: EEL-6261 Power Systems engineering (3 credit hours).  Power systems operations topics include power flow, economic operations, environmental dispatch, demand and supply side management, security analysis, state estimation and s, fault studies, load flow, and online control. Practical applications and projects. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

Course topics:

  • Review of Power System equipment models, power flow
  • Characteristics of power generation units.
  • Economic dispatch of thermal units, loss inclusion, methods of solution… a deeper look
  • Environmental dispatch
  • Unit commitment, solution techniques, recent advances.
  • Generation with limited energy supply
  • Energy production cost models for fuel budgeting and planning
  • Control of generation and interchange evaluation
  • Power Systems Security Analysis
  • State Estimation.
  • Practical applications

ASSISTANCE: Please try to see Dr. Mohammed during his listed office hours If this proves impossible, a personal appointment should arranged by calling the above phone number or the ECE department secretary at phone number(305-348-2807).

ABSENCE:    Class attendance is very important and is considered in your overall performance in the course. Students are responsible for all material covered in that class.

IMPORTANT RULE: Students are encouraged to discuss the course topics with the professor and with each other. Any work submitted (Homework, Tests, projects, etc.) should be pledged and signed as the students’ work, and that there is no unauthorized help was obtained. Violators will be subject to academic misconduct, which might lead to dismissal from the university.

GRADING POLICY:

Your Grade will be calculated as follows:

Homework 10%
Mid-term 25%
Project/Case studies 25%
Final Exam 40%
  _______
Total 100%

 

TERM PROJECT:

A good practical experience will be gained during the semester through several assigned projects. The projects will involve the analysis and operation of an actual utility system. Presentations (oral and/or written) of the project results will be required. Software available for this class can be utilized for the projects.

Faculty

Professor Osama A. Mohammed, Ph.D, Fellow NAI, Fellow IEEE,
Distinguished Professor
Director, School of Electrical, Computer, and Enterprise Engineering (ECEE)
10555 W. Flagler Street, Room EC-2441
Florida International University
Miami, Florida 33174

Tel: +1 (305) 348-3040 (Office), Tel: +1 (305) 348-6194 (Lab)
E-mail: mohammed@fiu.edu
http://www.aln.fiu.edu/