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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
EED 4016	POWER SYSTEM DISTRIBUTION AND PROTECTION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6

Offered By

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ERHAN DEMIROK

Offered to

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to understand operation and designing principles of electric power distribution systems and protection of distribution networks.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Ability to understand basic components and operation principles of electric distribution networks.
2	Ability to understand voltage drop and power loss calculations in distribution systems.
3	Ability to understand network faults and short circuit current calculations.
4	Ability to understand protection of electric distribution systems.
5	Ability to understand application of capacitor to distribution systems.
6	Ability to understand load modelling and characteristics in distribution systems.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Introduction and basic principles of distribution system planning and automation.
2	Load models and characteristics.
3	Transformers in distribution systems.
4	Primary and secondary distribution systems.
5	Voltage drop and power loss calculations.
6	Application of capacitor to distribution systems.
7	Symmetrical short circuit calculations and analysis.
8	Midterm Exam
9	Circuit breaker and fuse selection.
10	Symmetrical components and sequence networks.
11	Unsymmetrical faults calculations.
12	System protection components, current and voltage transformers.
13	Overcurrent relays, directional relays,
14	Impedance relays, differential relays.

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
1- Distribution System Modeling and Analysis, William H. Kersting, CRC pres, 2002.
2- Power System Analysis & Design, Fifth Edition, J. Duncan Glover, M.S. Sarma, Thomas J. Overbye, Cengage Learning, 2012.

Supplementary Book(s):
1- Electric Power Distribution Engineering, Turan Gonen, CRC Press, 2008.
2- Electric Distribution Systems, Abdelhay A. Sallam, O.P. Malik, IEEE and John Wiley & Sons, 2011.
3- Protection of Electricity Distribution Networks, Juan M. Gers, Edward J. Holmes, IEE Power and Energy Series, 2004.
4- Related journal papers.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
3	FIN	FINAL EXAM
4	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50

*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. Exam, Homework
2. Exam, Homework
3. Exam, Homework
4. Exam, Homework
5. Exam, Homework
6. Exam, Homework

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

erhan.demirok@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

1 hour/week

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	14	3	42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	14	2	28
Preparation for midterm exam	1	15	15
Preparation for final exam	1	18	18
Preparing assignments	14	3	42
Final	1	2	2
Midterm	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			149

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10	PO.11
LO.1			5	4	4	2	4	4		4	2
LO.2	5	5	4				4			4
LO.3	5	5	5				3			4
LO.4	5	5	5				3		4	5	4
LO.5	5	5	5				3		3	4	3
LO.6	5	5	5				3			4	4

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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