A small electrical power system taken from the course lecture notes. (Image courtesy of Professor James Kirtley.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. James L. Kirtley Jr.
MIT Course Number
6.691
As Taught In
Spring 2006
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This course comprises of a seminar on planning and operation of modern electric power systems. Content varies with current interests of instructor and class; emphasis on engineering aspects, but economic issues may be examined too. Core topics include: overview of power system structure and operation; representation of components, including transmission lines, transformers, generating plants, loads; power flow analysis, dynamics and control of multimachine systems, steady-state and transient stability, system protection; economic dispatch; mobile and isolated power systems; computation and simulation.