Lahore University of Management Sciences
EE453: Power System Protection and Stability
Fall 2017-2018
Course Catalog Description
This course is intended to provide the basic theory, principles and practices of power system protection and stability. Techniques to analyze a
power system under various symmetrical and unsymmetrical fault conditions will be covered. Different relaying schemes for the overcurrent,
differential and distance protections will be discussed. The applications of these relays will be explored in the protection of transformers, bus-
bars, rotating electrical machines and transmission lines. Abnormal conditions and disturbances that may cause steady state and transient
stability issues in power systems will also be evaluated.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
This course is aimed to provide the students a detailed understanding of the
Techniques for symmetrical and unsymmetrical fault analysis.
Protective relaying schemes, fuses, circuit breakers and their co-ordination.
Techniques for steady state and transient stability analysis.
Course Details
Credit Hours 3+0
Core N
Elective Y
Open for Student Category All
Closed for Student Category None
Course Prerequisite(s)/Co-Requisite(s)
Pre-requisites: EE453: Electrical Power Systems
Co-requisites: None
Course Offering Details
Lecture(s) Nbr of Lec(s) Per Week 2 Duration 75 min Timings 17:00 - 18:15
each and Venue SBASSE 10-302
Recitation (per week) Nbr of Rec (s) Per x Duration x
Week
Lab (if any ) per week Nbr of Session(s) Per x Duration x
Week
Tutorial (per week) Nbr of Tut(s) Per x Duration x
Week
Instructor Dr Farhan Mahmood
Room No. 9-321A
Office Hours Friday (18:30 – 20:30)
Email farhan.mahmood@lums.edu.pk
Telephone +92-302-4666384
Secretary/TA Mr. Zaki Maqsood
TA Office Hours Tuesday and Thursday (11:30 - 13:30)
Course URL (if any)
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Assessed Course Learning Outcomes
EE453 The students should be able to:
CLO1: Analyze a power system under all possible fault scenarios and determine the appropriate ratings of circuit breakers to clear those
faults.
CLO2: Illustrate the fundamental principles of protective relaying and the impact of instrument transformers on protection system.
CLO3: Demonstrate the coordination of over-current and distance relays for the protection of distribution and transmission lines
respectively.
CLO4: Apply differential and percentage differential relays for the protection of transformers and bus bars.
CLO5: Analyze the major disturbances and stability issues related to the faulty and abnormal conditions in power systems.
Relation to EE Program Outcomes
EE-240 CLO Attainment checked
Related PLOs Levels of Learning Teaching Methods
CLOs in
CLO1 PLO2 Cog4 Instruction, Midterm, Final
Assignments
CLO2 PLO1 Cog3 Instruction, Midterm, Final
Assignments
CLO3 PLO2 Cog3 Instruction, Midterm, Final
Assignments
CLO4 PLO2 Cog3 Instruction, Final
Assignments
CLO5 PLO2 Cog4 Instruction, Final
Assignments
Grading Breakup and Policy
Class quizzes (4 - 6): 15%
Assignments (4 - 6): 15%
Tutorials: NA
Midterm exam: 30%
Final exam: 40%
Course Overview
Topic Related CLOs &
Week No. Book Chapter
Additional Remarks
Glover: Chapter 3 Overview
1-2 Stevenson: Chapter 1, 2 Overview of electric power systems, one line diagrams, per unit
CLO1
quantities and types of faults.
3-4 Glover: Chapter 7 Symmetrical Fault Analysis
Stevenson: Chapter 10 Balanced three phase faults, fault current calculations, short circuit
CLO1
capacity and selection of circuit breakers.
5-8 Glover: Chapter 8, 9 Unsymmetrical Fault Analysis
Stevenson: Chapter 11, Symmetrical components and sequence networks, positive, negative and
CLO1
12 zero sequence impedance circuits of power systems, unbalanced fault
analysis using symmetrical components.
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9-12 Horowitz: Chapter 1, 2 Introduction to Protective Relaying
Power system structural considerations and bus configurations, nature of
relaying and elements of power protection, operating principles and CLO2
types of relays, overview of electromechanical relays, solid state relays
and computer relays.
Horowitz: Chapter 3 System Transducers and Instrument Transformers
13-15 Working principles of current transformers (CT) and potential
transformers (PT), steady state and transient performance of CT and PT, CLO2
saturation of CT, special connections of CTs and PTs, coupled capacitor
voltage transformers (CCVT).
Horowitz: Chapter 4 Over-Current Protection of Transmission Lines
16-18 Instantaneous overcurrent relays, definite time-delay overcurrent relays,
CLO3
inverse time overcurrent relays, coordination and setting of overcurrent
relay, directional overcurrent relays.
Distance Protection of Transmission Lines
19-21 Horowitz: Chapter 5 Drawbacks of overcurrent protection, operational characteristics and R-X
Paithankar: Chapter 6 diagrams of simple impedance relay, reactance relay, and mho relay, CLO3
distance protection of a three-phase line, three-stepped distance
protection.
22-23 Transformer Protection
Types of faults on transformer, over current protection, percentage
Paithankar: Chapter 4 differential of transformer, magnetizing inrush current, inter-turn faults CLO4
Horowitz: Chapter 8 on transformers, incipient faults on transformers, Bucholz relay, volts per
hertz protection.
24 Busbar Protection
Paithankar: Chapter 5 Differential protection of busbars, stability ratio of high-impedance bus
CLO4
Horowitz: Chapter 8 bar differential scheme, protection of three-phase bus bar.
25-26 Circuit breakers and Fuses
V. K. Mehta: Chapter 19 Working principle of circuit breaker, arc phenomenon, current
and 20 interruption in AC circuit breakers, principle of arc extinction, methods of CLO2
arc extinction, classification of circuit breakers, types of fuses, fuse
element and its characteristics, current carrying capacity of fuse element.
27-29 Power System Stability
Glover: Chapter 11 Introduction to steady-state and transient stability problem, rotor
CLO5
dynamics and swing equation, power-angle equation , transient stability
analysis based on equal area criterion and its application.
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Textbook(s)/Supplementary Readings
Textbook:
1. Power System Relaying by Stanley H. Horowitz and Arun G. Phadke, John Wiley & Sons, 3rd Edition, 2008.
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2. Power System Analysis and Design by J. D. Glover, M. S. Sarma and T. J Overbye, 4 Edition, Thomson Learning, 2008.
Additional/Supplementary Reading:
3. Fundamentals of Power System Protection by Y.G. Paithankar and S.R. Bhide, Prentice Hall, 2010.
4. Principles of power system by Mehta, V. K., and Rohit Mehta. S. Chand, 1982.
5. Power System Analysis by J. J. Grainger and W. D. Stevenson, 2nd Edition, McGraw Hill, 2003.
Examination Detail
Yes/No: Yes
Combine Separate: Combine
Midterm
Duration: 90 minutes
Exam
Preferred Date: TBA
Exam Specifications: closed book, closed notes, calculators
Yes/No: Yes
Final Exam Combine Separate: Combine
Duration: 180 minutes
Exam Specifications: Specifications: closed book, closed notes, calculators
Complex Engineering Problem/Activity:
Included: No
Complex
Engineering
Nature and details of Complex Engineering Problem:
Problem
Details
Assessment in: Midterm/Final/Quiz/Assignment
Included: No
Complex
Engineering
Nature and details of Complex Engineering Activity:
Activity
Details
Assessment in: Midterm/Final/Quiz/Assignment
Rubric Based Assessment of CLO
Rubric used for CLOs:
Rubric Details
CLO-wise details of each rubric design per assessment module:
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Prepared and Revised by: Dr Farhan Mahmood
Revision Date: October 6, 2017
