ENEE13021 - Power System Analysis and Design

General Information

Unit Synopsis

On the satisfactory completion of this unit, you will be able to work both individually and in a team to model, analyse and investigate design and operation options for electrical power networks to meet community service requirements. You will be able to analyse the steady-state performance of power systems, perform both symmetrical and unsymmetrical fault calculations, and conduct stability analysis of power systems. You will be using the industry standard power system simulation software to simulate different scenarios in the power network. As such, you will articulate the process of updating and maintaining power network assets to meet most safety, reliability, and quality requirements for both the present and future.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 3
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
ENEE12015 Electrical Power Engineering. 

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2024

Term 2 - 2025 Profile
Bundaberg
Cairns
Gladstone
Mackay
Online
Rockhampton
Term 2 - 2026 Profile
Bundaberg
Cairns
Gladstone
Mackay
Online
Rockhampton

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Online Quiz(zes) 30%
2. Written Assessment 30%
3. Online Test 40%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 75.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 36.36% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

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Students appreciated that weekly lectures or tutorials were very engaging.
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Should continue this good practice for student success.
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Students appreciated lecturer's communication and support. Easy to talk to and always pleasant to deal with.
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Should continue this good practice as required for students support.
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This good practice was continued.
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Students mentioned that it would be great for step-by-step problems to be completed during the lecture.
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For students success, should provide more useful learning materials, step-by-step explanation of problems during lecture/ tutorial or workshop time.
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Updated course materials to provide more detailed explanations and examples. Enhanced problem-solving demonstrations during lectures and tutorials.
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Students appreciated the quality of teaching materials.
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This good practice should be continued for the student success.
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Students expected further clarifications on the feedback.
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More feedback should be provided on the assessments, such as an extra online session can be offered to provide more interactive feedback.
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Students expected more useful knowledge/skills of the unit.
Recommendation
Future versions of the unit could include more real-world case studies, industry examples, or practical experiences to show how the content is relevant to actual work. More clarifications on the practical benefits of the unit in their future careers should be provided.
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Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Calculate fault currents of power systems across various scenarios to select suitable protection schemes
  2. Solve power flow problems for power system planning and operation studies
  3. Analyze the balanced and unbalanced operation of power systems utilising suitable software packages
  4. Investigate power angle stability for both single and multi-machine power systems
  5. Work both collaboratively and autonomously to analyse and solve problems
  6. Communicate effectively using power systems terminology, symbols and diagrams to present design documents, solutions, and calculations.

The Learning Outcomes for this unit are linked with the Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standards for Professional Engineers in the areas of 1. Knowledge and Skill Base, 2. Engineering Application Ability and 3. Professional and Personal Attributes at the following levels:
Intermediate 1.5 Knowledge of engineering design practice and contextual factors impacting the engineering discipline. (LO: 1I 2I 3I 4I ) 1.6 Understanding of the scope, principles, norms, accountabilities and bounds of sustainable engineering practice in the specific discipline. (LO: 1I 2I 3I 4I ) 2.3 Application of systematic engineering synthesis and design processes. (LO: 3I 6I ) 3.3 Creative, innovative and pro-active demeanour. (LO: 3I )
Advanced 1.2 Conceptual understanding of the mathematics, numerical analysis, statistics, and computer and information sciences that underpin the engineering discipline. (LO: 1A 2I 3I 4A ) 1.3 In-depth understanding of specialist bodies of knowledge within the engineering discipline. (LO: 1A 2A 3A 4A 5A 6I ) 2.1 Application of established engineering methods to complex engineering problem solving. (LO: 1I 2A 3A 4I 5A ) 2.2 Fluent application of engineering techniques, tools and resources. (LO: 1I 2A 3A 4I ) 3.2 Effective oral and written communication in professional and lay domains. (LO: 5I 6A ) 3.4 Professional use and management of information. (LO: 1I 2I 3A 4I 5I ) 3.6 Effective team membership and team leadership. (LO: 3A 5A 6A )
Note: LO refers to the Learning Outcome number(s) that link to the competency and the levels: N – Introductory, I – Intermediate and A - Advanced.
Refer to the Engineering Undergraduate Course Moodle site for further information on the Engineers Australia's Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineers and course level mapping informationhttps://moodle.cqu.edu.au/course/view.php?id=1511
                               

 

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
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Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
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