COURSE CODE: ELE 401
COURSE TITLE: Electric Power Principles
NUMBER OF UNITS: 3 Units
COURSE DURATION: Three hours per week
COURSE DETAILS:
Course Coordinator: Dr. ADEJUMOBI, Isaiah Adediji B.Eng., M.Eng., Ph.D
E-mail: engradejumobi@yahoo.com
Office Location: Elect/Elect. Engineering Building
Other Lecturers: Nil
COURSE SYNOPSIS:
Power sources.Principles and methods of energy conversion employing steam, gas, water, nuclear, wind and magneto hydrodynamic generation.Design and organization of power stations.Sitting of power station.Power station auxiliaries.Components of power generating system. Prime mover systems, generators, characteristics, equivalent circuits, control and operation.Voltage regulation.Economics of power generation. Supply system, transmission and distribution systems, rated voltages and frequency. Substations; types, switch-gear and bus bar structures.