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Study Plan 2016


Course Code and Number

EPE 220

Course Name

Electric Circuits 1

Credit Hours

3

Pre-requisites

PHYS 102, MATH 205

Status

Required

Course Coordinator

Dr. Hussein M. Al-Masri

Course Description

Introduction to circuit variables, circuit elements and simple resistive circuits. Steady state techniques of the circuit including Nodal voltage method, mesh-current method, source transformation, Thevenin and Norton equivalents, maximum power and superposition. Introduction to inductance and capacitance. Transient analysis including natural and step responses of RL, RC and RLC circuits. Introduction to operational amplifiers and their applications.


Course Code and Number

EPE 222

Course Name

Electric Circuits 2

Credit Hours

3

Pre-requisites

EPE 220

Status

Required

Course Coordinator

Dr. Ahmed M Koran

Course Description

Introduction to sinusoidal steady state analysis of single-phase circuits including phasor diagrams. Sinusoidal steady-state power calculations including instantaneous power, active power, reactive power, complex power, and maximum power transfer theorem. Analysis of balanced three-phase circuits including three-phase power calculations. Analysis of series and parallel resonance circuits. Analysis of mutual inductance and transformers. Introduction of two-port networks.


Course Code and Number

EPE 223

Course Name

Electric Circuits Lab

Credit Hours

1

Pre-requisites

EPE 222

Status

Required

Course Coordinator

Dr. Ashraf Radaideh

Course Description

Measurement Device (Ammeters, Voltmeters, Oscilloscope), DC Circuit analysis (Ohm`s Law, KCL, KVL, Current division, voltage division, Series/Parallel Combinations of Resistors, Wheatstone Bridge, Thevenin’s and Norton`s Equivalent Circuits, Maximum Power Transfer), RLC components and their Frequency Dependence, Frequency Response of RL and RC Circuits, Phase Measurements Using the Oscilloscope, Series Sinusoidal Circuits, Parallel sinusoidal Circuits, Series-Parallel Sinusoidal circuits, Series-Parallel sinusoidal Circuits, Thevenin’s Theorem and Maximum Power Transfer, Resonant Circuits, Frequency response of filters (low-pass, high-pass, Band-pass).


Course Code and Number

EPE 240

Course Name

Engineering Materials

Credit Hours

2

Pre-requisites

EPE 222

Status

Required

Course Coordinator

Eng. Asm'a Hatmi

Course Description

Basic principles of electricity and magnetism. Metal Alloys. Ferrous Alloys. Non-Ferrous Alloys. Ceramics. Glasses and Polymers, structure, electrical application. Composites, particle reinforced and fiber-reinforced composites. Corrosion and degradation of materials. Properties of materials (electrical, dielectric, magnetic, optical, mechanical, thermal).                                                                                


Course Code and Number

EPE 320

Course Name

Automatic Control Systems

Credit Hours

3

Pre-requisites

EPE 222

Status

Required

Course Coordinator

Dr. Lina Alhmoud

Course Description

Introduction to linear control system, mathematical models of physical systems in time-domain, Laplace Transformation, mathematical models in frequency-domain, state space models, block diagrams and signal flow graphs, transfer functions, time and frequency response characteristics of second-order feedback control system, Routh-Hurwitz stability criterion of high-order control systems, Root locus method, PID controller design.


Course Code and Number

EPE 321

Course Name

Automatic Control Systems Lab

Credit Hours

1

Pre-requisites

EPE 320

Status

Required

Course Coordinator

Dr. Lina Alhmoud

Course Description

Time Invariant Systems (Transient and steady state analysis), Controller element properties, design of controllers using Root Locus method, design of controller using Ziegler-Nichols method, systems with dead time element, two position controller, sampled data system, speed control.


Course Code and Number

EPE 350

Course Name

Transformers and DC Machines

Credit Hours

3

Pre-requisites

EPE 222

Status

Required

Course Coordinator

Dr. Ibrahim Altawil

Course Description

Introduction to energy conversion and magnetic circuits, transforms (single-phase, three-phase, auto-transformer) principle of operation, construction, equivalent circuits, regulation, industrial tests for parameters identifications. DC generators, separately excited, shunt, series, and compound constructions, applications, equivalent circuits and power flow, terminal characteristics, voltage control, and efficiency calculation. DC motors, separately excited, shunt, series, and compound constructions, applications, equivalent circuits and power flow, characteristics and speed control, starting methods and efficiency calculations.


Course Code and Number

EPE 352

Course Name

Power Electronics I

Credit Hours

3

Pre-requisites

ELE 240

Status

Required

Course Coordinator

Dr Ahmed M Koran

Course Description

Switching Concept, Power Semiconductor Devices, DC-DC converters (step up, step down, step up/down topologies, 2nd order and 4th order topologies and converter nonidealities), AC-DC rectifiers (half-wave, full-wave, single-phase, three-phase, uncontrolled and controlled topologies), and DC-AC inverters (half-bridge, full-bridge, single-phase, three-phase, square-wave and PWM operations).


Course Code and Number

EPE 353

Course Name

Power Electronics Lab

Credit Hours

1

Pre-requisites

EPE 352

Status

Required

Course Coordinator

Dr. Ahmed M Koan

Course Description

Single-phase uncontrolled half-wave and full-wave rectifiers with static passive loads. Single-phase half-controlled and full-controlled half-wave and full-wave rectifier. Three-phase uncontrolled and controlled bridge rectifier. Single pulse static and single-phase static converter. Step-down dc/dc converter. Step-up dc/dc converter. Step down/up dc/dc converter. Single-phase dc/ac bridge inverter. Simulation laboratory project.


Course Code and Number

EPE 360

Course Name

Power System Analysis I

Credit Hours

3

Pre-requisites

EPE 222

Status

Required

Course Coordinator

Dr. Hussein M. Al Masri

Course Description

Introduction to electrical quantities, active power, reactive power, complex power, apparent power, power factor correction and reactive power compensation. Balanced three-phase circuits representation in per-phase system. The per-unit system. Calculation of transmission line inductance for different configurations and topologies. Calculation of transmission line Capacitance of for different configurations and topologies. Transmission line models for the short, medium, and long lines.  Symmetrical components and unbalanced faults including; single line to ground fault, line-to-line fault, and double-line to ground fault.


Course Code and Number

EPE 441

Course Name

Measurements and Instrumentation Lab

Credit Hours

1

Pre-requisites

EPE 360

Status

Required

Course Coordinator

Asmaa Hawatmi

Course Description

The practical course provides the undergraduate student with the basic knowledge about the method of measurements of different electrical quantities in single phase and three phase circuits using the laboratory equipment’s. The experiments carried out in the laboratory includes, power and power factor measurement in single phase circuit, power and power factor measurement in three phase circuit, energy meter, power factor correction, capacitance and loss angle measurement for an insulation system, capacitance of a three-phase belted cable, transmission line parameters measurement, voltage drop measurement, grounding resistance measurement, measurement of breakdown in gas insulator.

 


Course Code and Number

EPE 452

Course Name

AC Machines

Credit Hours

3

Pre-requisites

EPE 350

Status

Required

Course Coordinator

Ayman Al-Quraan

Course Description

AC Machine Fundamentals: rotating magnetic field, induced voltage, induced torque, power flow and losses. Synchronous generators: construction, speed of rotation, equivalent circuit and phasor diagram, power and torque equations, estimation of synchronous generator circuit parameters, parallel operation of synchronous generators. Synchronous motors: motor starting, equivalent circuit, motor operation, and synchronous condenser. Induction motors: construction and concepts, equivalent circuit of an induction motor, power and torque equations, torque-speed characteristics, speed control of induction motors, determining circuit model parameters. Induction generator: construction, principles of operation, and equivalent circuit. Special motors: single-phase induction motors.


Course Code and Number

EPE 453

Course Name

Electrical Machines Laboratory

Credit Hours

1

Pre-requisites

EPE 452

Status

Required

Course Coordinator

Dr. Yasser Anagreh

Course Description

Lab experiments covers, identification of single-phase transformers, and three-Phase Transformers.  Covers all DC Generator types, Series, Shunt, and Compound Generators. Also, the lab covers all DC Motors types, Series, Shunt, and Compound DC Motors. The lab further conducts various testing on synchronous generator such as, No-load test, parallel operation. Finally, experiments on synchronous motors and Induction motors are performed.


Course Code and Number

EPE 460

Course Name

Power System Analysis II

Credit Hours

3

Pre-requisites

EPE 360

Status

Required

Course Coordinator

Ashraf Radiadeh

Course Description

Power (load) Flow analysis (bus admittance matrices, Gauss-Seidel method, Newton-Raphson method, Decoupled and fast decoupled methods, dc load flow method, tap-changing transformers), Economic (Optimal) Dispatch of Generators with and without including the losses, introduction to faults, the bus impedance matrices building algorithm, balanced fault analysis.


Course Code and Number

EPE 461

Course Name

Computers Applications in Power System Lab

Credit Hours

1

Pre-requisites

EPE 460

Status

Required

Course Coordinator

Dr. Lina Alhmoud

Course Description

Using computer packages in the following areas, visualization of power systems, power system modeling, power factor correction, reactive power, power flow studies, contingency analysis, economic dispatch calculations and analysis.


Course Code and Number

EPE 462

Course Name

Power System Protection

Credit Hours

3

Pre-requisites

EPE 460

Status

Required

Course Coordinator

Abedalgany Athamneh

Course Description

The objective of this course to study power system faults, and the application of relays in power system protection. The course covers the basic elements of power system protection schemes including instrument transformers, relays, and circuits breakers. Introduction to various protection schemes including, Overcurrent, differential, distance protection, protection of transformers, bus-bars, generators, motors, transmission lines, distribution feeders, digital Protection, and microprocessor-based relaying. Finally, computer simulations for some protection schemes.


Course Code and Number

EPE 463

Course Name

Power System Protection Lab

Credit Hours

1

Pre-requisites

EPE 462

Status

Required

Course Coordinator

Ayman Al-Quraan

Course Description

The required test of the instrument transformers, current transformer (CT) and voltage transformer (VT)  are given; polarity test, ratio test, isolation test and continuity test. The characteristics of  different types of over current and earth fault relays (Electromechanical and static relays). The feeder protection relay which is used to protect the underground cables based on pilot principle is connected and tested. Characteristics of the transformer percentage biased differential relay and its use in protecting the power transformer is also tested to check the operation in different conditions. Sensitive Earth Fault Relay (MCSU01) which is used to protect the network from the high resistance fault is given in this lab. The characteristics of definite time and inverse time overvoltage relays is checked for MVTU12 AND MVTD12 relays, respectively. Finally, the instantaneous over current and earth fault relay and their applications of increasing the security of the electrical network is given in this lab.


Course Code and Number

EPE 470

Course Name

High Voltage Engineering I

Credit Hours

3

Pre-requisites

EPE 350, EPE 360

Status

Required

Course Coordinator

Mohammad Al Zoubi

Course Description

The course provides the undergraduate students with the basic knowledge about the high voltage engineering concepts including estimation of electrical field stress, partial discharge in dielectrics and stress control in high voltage apparatus. Further, the course illustrates the electrical breakdown phenomenon and its mechanism for the main dielectric materials used in power systems such solids, liquids, gases and composite dielectrics. The course covers the exact and approximate field calculations including computer simulation techniques.


Course Code and Number

EPE  556

Course Name

Electric Drive Systems

Credit Hours

3

Pre-requisites

EPE 452 , EPE 352, and EPE 320

Status

Required

Course Coordinator

Dr Ahmed M Koran

Course Description

Introduction to the fundamentals and basic principles of electric motor drive systems. Selecting the proper electric motor and power electronics circuit for different applications based on torque-speed characteristics of electric motor and mechanical load. Modeling and designing phase-controlled and chopper-controlled dc motor drives and the associated control system for industrial applications. Introduction to single-phase and three-phase dc/ac inverters including square-wave and pulse-width-moduation operation . Three-phase induction motor drives including variable voltage, variable frequency, voltage/frequency , rotor voltage injection, and slip-energy recovery schemes. Electricdrives for brushless dc motors and switch reluctane motors.


Course Code and Number

EPE 560

Course Name

Power Distribution Systems

Credit Hours

3

Pre-requisites

EPE 360

Status

Required

Course Coordinator

Mohammad Alzoubi

Course Description

Electric power distribution is one of important courses in power engineering program. Its function is to receive power at one or more supply points and to deliver it to the individual loads and electrically operated devices. Therefore, this course should present a full range of topics with the goal of providing students with a fundamental understanding of distribution systems. This course will cover the basic requirements of distribution systems, types of distribution systems, planning and combining engineering and economics. This course will also discuss voltage drop considerations, capacitors and power factors. The course will cover also earthing system, earthing protection, power quality, and UPS systems. The course will include integration of renewable energy systems into distribution networks and finally the main codes and standards applied for distribution systems.


Course Code and Number

EPE 562

Course Name

Power system stability and control

Credit Hours

3

Pre-requisites

EPE 360

Status

Elective

Course Coordinator

Abedalgany Athamneh

Course Description

The course provides the undergraduate student with the basic knowledge and analytical techniques used for power system stability of voltage, frequency, steady state stability, and transient stability. The Dynamics of the synchronous generator is analyzed and the model of synchronous machine is introduced using swing equation. Load frequency control LFC and Voltage Control AVR schemes in the power plants. Analysis of transient stability using Equal area criterion. capability curve of the machine.


Course Code and Number

EPE 566

Course Name

Power system design

Credit Hours

3

Pre-requisites

EPE 360

Status

Elective

Course Coordinator

Asm'a Hatmi

Course Description

Analyzing power distribution systems, Overhead lines Components in transmission systems, mechanical designs of overhead lines and sag calculations, electrical designs of overhead lines, Transformer’s sizing, Circuit breaker types and selection, conductor sizing according to international standards. Design of earthing systems. Insulators design in transmission systems, conductors’ types and characteristics. Substation’s design, and busbars types and configurations.

 


Course Code and Number

EPE 568

Course Name

Power system Quality

Credit Hours

3

Pre-requisites

EPE 460

Status

Required

Course Coordinator

Dr. Ibrahim Altawil

Course Description

Transients: impulsive and oscillatory. Long-duration voltage variations: over voltage, under voltage, and sustained interruptions. Short-duration voltage variations: interruptions, sags (dips), and swells. Voltage imbalance, Voltage fluctuation, Power frequency variations, Wiring and grounding, Wave distortion: dc offset, notching, noise inter-harmonics, and harmonics. Harmonic distortion, harmonic distortion indices, power and power factor, effects of harmonic distortional Mitigation of harmonics. Sources of harmonics and modeling, Computer tools for harmonic analysis, Monitoring power Quality, Solution to power quality problems. Standards and regulations/ Study Cases.


Course Code and Number

EPE 580

Course Name

Power Stations and Renewable Energy Resources

Credit Hours

3 Theory

Pre-requisites

EPE 452

Status

Required

Course Coordinator

Dr. Lina Alhmoud

Course Description

Introduction to power stations according to fuel. Modern thermal power plant. Diesel Power Plant. Gas turbine engine. Renewable energy such as PV solar system, wind energy, hydropower plants, biomass and waste energy. Tidal and water waves energy, hydrogen and fuel cell.