Spring 2016 textbook list
The Spring 2016 ECE textbook list is available online for students.
Current Prerequisites & Course Offering
For current prerequisites for a particular course, and to view course offerings for a particular semester, see the Virginia Tech Course Timetables.
ECE 3304 Introduction to Power Systems (3C)
Basic concepts of AC systems, single-phase and three-phase networks, electric power generation, transformers, transmission lines, electric machinery and the use of power.
Electric power and energy are cornerstones of modern industrial societies. This course provides the basis of how electric power is produced, distributed and utilized in an efficient manner. The students need this background in all branches of electrical engineering.
Required for all EE majors; Technical elective for CPE majors. Typically offered: Fall, Spring, Summer I. Program Area: Power.
Prerequisites: C- or better in 3004.
Elementary network theory, as taught in ECE 2004, is essential for the development of the power network theory in this course. There are no co-requisites for this course.
Department Syllabus Information:Major Measurable Learning Objectives:
- apply the basic principles of circuit analysis to AC networks
- apply phasor representation to solve AC networks
- solve the network and evaluate performance of single-phase and three-phase networks
- determine the equivalent circuit of single- and three-phase transformers
- apply the principles of electric machines and their control,
- apply AC circuit analysis techniques to transmission lines and interconnected power networks.
|Single-Phase Circuits and Power Calculations||10%|
|Three-Phase Circuits and Power Calculations||10%|
|Power Delivery Systems