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~~563 Advanced Computer Techniques
No. of hours per week: three hours
Prerequisites: EE467 Computer Communications
Instruction: lectures/laboratory
Assessment: assignment/computer laboratory
Subject aims
To introduce advanced computer engineering concepts and
techniques in the areas of computer software, hardware and
computer applications.
Subject description
Material presented in this subject reflects the current research
interests of computer systems engineering lecturers. Students
choose three units, examples of which include:
parallel computer systems
database systems
hardware description languages
comparative languages
image processing
compilation techniques
digital signal processing architectures
Each unit is allocated one hour per week. Availability of units
will depend on student demand and staff.
TextslReferences
IEEE and ACM transactions and magazines
Other references as advised by unit lecturers
~~576 Electronics
No. of hours per week: three hours
Prerequisites: EE476 Electronics
Instruction: lectures/tutorials/laboratory
Assessment: examination/assignment
Subject aims
To extend the principles learned in earlier years of
microcontroller power electronics and opto-electronics, with
applications in the power areas.
Subject description
Part A - Microcontrollers
The application of single chip microcontrollers to electrical
engineering. ND and DIA conversion. Data communications
and interfacing.
Part B - Power electronics
Protection of semiconductor devices. Current protection over
voltage protection high speed fuses. Series and parallel
operation. Design of base and gate driver circuits with
isolation.
TextsIReferences
Intel Embedded Controller Handbook. Santa Clara, Calif., Intel
Corporations, 1987
Krutz, R.L. Interfacing Techniques in Digital Design with Emphasis on
Microprocessors. New York, Wiley, 1988
Peatman, J.B. Design with Microcontrollen. New York, McGraw-Hill,
1988
Williams, B.W. Power Electronics. 2nd edn, Basingstoke, Macmillan,
1992
Halsall, F. Data Communications, Computer Networks and Open
Systems. 3rd edn, Wokingham, Addison-Wesley, 1992
~~597 Electrical Power Systems
No. of hours per week: five hours
Prerequisites: EE475 Electrical Power and
Machines
Instruction: lectures/tutorials/laboratory
Assessment: examinationfassignment
Subject aims
To introduce the principles of the major areas of modern
electrical power systems engineering, covering stability,
protection, circuit interruption and high voltage engineering.
Subject description
Power system stability and control: dynamic and transient
stability. Simplified models for the synchronous machine.
Cylindrical and salient rotors. Direct and quadrature axes
components. Transient stability. Rotor dynamics - the swing
equation. Pre-fault and post-fault network configurations.
Equal area criterion for stability. Dynamic stability. Linearisation
of system equations. State space representation.
Eigenanalysis. Automatic voltage regulator and governor
functions. Digital computer techniques.
Protection systems: definitions. Current transformers. Voltage
transformers. Overcurrent protection. Instantaneous and
inverse time. Distance protection. Directional features.
Transformer orotection. Windina and oil temoerature.
Dissolved ga; analysis. Motor
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protection.
Circuit interruption and circuit breakers: arc characteristics.
Vacuum arcs. principles of circuit interruption. Effects of
power factor. Inductive circuit interruption. Single and
double frequency transients. Short line faults. Capacitive
circuit interruption. Circuit breaker types. Standard
specifications. Circuit breaker testing.
Power systems analysis
Node elimination using matrix partitioning. Load flows: load
characteristics, uses of load flow studies. Gauss-Siedel and
Newton Raphson methods. Economic operation of a system.
Unsymmetrical faults: symmetrical components, and sequence
networks. High voltage insulation systems, principles of
insulation coordination.
References
Electricity Council. Power System Protection. 2nd edn, Stevenage,
U.K., Peregrinus, 1981
Flurscheim, C.H. Power Circuit Breaker Theory and Design. Stevenage,
Herts Peregrinus for the Institution of Electrical Engineers, 1975
Greenwood, A. Electrical Transients in Power Systems. New York,
Wiley-Interscience, 1971
Stevenson, W.D. Elements of Power System Analysis. 4th edn, New
York, McGraw-Hill, 1982