Introduction To Power System Analysis
 

What you'll learn
Understand why phasors beat trigonometry for AC analysis - and why angle notation is the industry standard method of representing power system quantities
Understand Impedance (resistance and reactance), including the physical mechanisms in the power system giving rise to complex power
Understand the concept of Complex Power - Real, Reactive and Apparent Power
Understand and apply the concepts of Power Factor and Complex Power flow to analyse power systems
Understand voltage regulation
Requirements
Basic mathematics
Description
This course has been developed based on my experience teaching university level power for over a decade. I have learned that students are more likely to understand key concepts when the lectures and examples are animation rich. To this end, I have developed a Power systems analysis course which covers the fundamentals you need to know to kick start your career in the power industry, but the approach is very different to the traditional "death by powerpoint" approach. Here, you will learn:1) RMS and the use of Phasors/angle notation. Why are these the industry standard? Visual examples will help you build a firm understanding of these important concepts. 2) The physical mechanisms responsible for real and reactive power, and how this is linked to resistance, inductance and capacitance. This provides necessary intuition so the mathematics has its proper context.3) How to solve power systems for current, real, reactive and apparent power4) The importance of Power Factor5) How to analyse mixed power systems, with resistance, capacitance and inductance.Many of the lectures and examples are underpinned by a unique animation engine which is capable of simulating and visualising changes to the system. This powerful approach brings the concepts to life and helps to explain topics which are far trickier to grasp using static slides or a purely mathematical approach. When you finish each section, test your understanding with a challenging quiz and support your thinking with the provided Matlab livescript code, designed to complement the worked examples.
This course is intended for anyone who wants to learn the fundamentals of power system analysis, including undergraduate students or practicing electrical engineers.
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