Course overview
This course will address power quality issues and condition monitoring techniques used in electrical and industrial systems. A brief overview of power systems and three-phase machines will be given, and the course will cover various issues under two major sections. Power Quality: Electromagnetic interference and interactions in energy systems, types of power quality issues, regulations, standards, prevention techniques, measurements and analysis and real-time tests. Condition Monitoring: importance, types and features of faults, test methods, sensors and measurement techniques, traditional and advanced diagnostic methods, case studies and real-time tests.
Course learning outcomes
- Describe and classify power quality issues in a power system and explain the importance of power quality
- Apply the concept of fault level to simple power systems to analyse fault conditions, voltage dips and harmonic voltages
- Explain the importance of Australian Standards and perform comparisons with the harmonic current and flicker limits given by the Standards
- Apply symmetrical component theory to analyse unbalanced steady-state operation of induction motors
- Explain the meaning of condition monitoring and its applications
- Explain general testing techniques, standards, limits and the advantages and disadvantages of commonly-used condition monitoring technologies
- Explain testing techniques for specific machine types, such as induction motors, synchronous motors and transformers
- Apply prognostics models and data acquisition and processing methods for condition monitoring
- Working in groups, develop practical skills in using voltage, current and flux sensors, processing signals to obtain frequency spectra and analysing the results for power quality and condition monitoring testing. Present results in a written report
Degree list
The following degrees include this course