Course Structure for EE 455, Spring 2005

Course :                    Electrical Engineering 455 - Introduction to Energy Distribution Systems.

Instructor :               Dr. Jim McCalley, Coover Hall, Room 2210

Office Hours :          Tuesday 10-12, Thursday 4-5, or by appointment

E-mail & Phone :     jdm@iastate.edu, 294-4844 (Office), 233-0280 (Home), 294-8057 (Secretary)

Web:                          http://www.ee.iastate.edu/~jdm/ee455/ee455index.htm

Grader :                    Daniel Nack, drnack@iastate.edu

Course Goal:         To provide each student with ability to analyze, design, and operate distribution systems.

Course Pre- and Co-requisite: E E 303 (pre-req). EE 456 material is useful, although not essential.

Required Student Materials: The course notes will be available via the course web page. There are various texts that you may find useful, although they are not required. These texts are listed below. The ones marked with asterisks are library books and I have them. If you want any of the library books, please do NOT recall them but rather ask me and I will coordinate with you.

1.        T. Gonen, Electric Power Distribution System Engineering, McGraw-Hill, 1986.

2.        *A. J. Pansini, Electrical Distribution Engineering, McGraw-Hill, 1983.

3.        Lakervi, E.J.Holmes, Electricity Network Distribution Design, IEE(Lond.) series, 1989.

4.        H. Rustebakke, Electric Utility Systems and Practices, John Wiley & Sons, 1983.

5.        Westinghouse Electric Utility Ref. Book, Vol.3, Distribution Systems, 1965.

6.        W. McGuinness, B. Stein, and J. Reynolds, Mechanical and Electrical Equipment for Buildings, Sixth Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 1980.

7.       IEEE Recommended Practice for Electric Power Distribution for Industrial Plants, Wiley-Interscience, 1976.

8.       Electric Utility Engineering Reference Book, Vol. 3, Distribution Systems, Westinghouse, 1965.

9.       Distribution System Protection Manual, McGraw-Edison Power Systems.

10.    *T. Short, "Electric power distribution handbook," CRC Press, 2004.

11.    *W. Kersting, "Distribution system modeling and analysis," CRC Press, 2002.

12.    *S. Stewart, "Distribution switchgear," MPG Books, Bodmin UK, 2004.

13.    *A. Pansini, "Guide to Electrical Power Distribution Systems," 5th edition, Pennwell Publishing, 1996.

14.     *D. Patrick and S. Far1do, "Electrical Distribution Systems," Fairmont Press, Lilburn Ga., 1998.

15.    *J. Gers and E. Holmes, "Protection of Electricity Distribution Networks,"2nd edition, MPG Books, Bodmin UK.

Base Groups: You will be assigned to a base group consisting of 4 students. You will keep these base groups for the entire semester.  Some of your work will be done within your base groups, including some homework assignments and the project. If you have problems with your base group that you cannot solve, it is your responsibility to initiate and coordinate with me to help you solve it. Personality clashes are NOT problems that I will address.

Quizzes: There will be 3 “closed notes” quizzes and an “open note” final. Make-ups will be given only for extenuating circumstances, and arrangements MUST be made in advance of the regularly scheduled quiz. Quiz dates may deviate from the schedule. It is your responsibility to know quiz dates.

Assignments: Homework assignments will be made regularly. Solutions will be provided and posted on the website.

Class Attendance: You are strongly encouraged to attend class. Some material will be presented that is not in the notes placed on the Web. You are responsible for this material. In addition, a significant amount of learning will occur in class; you will learn less efficiently if you attempt to cover the material without the in-class instruction.

Class Preparation: Reading and studying the notes provided to you will be essential. A schedule of topics is given on the website. The notes will be posted to the website on the "schedule" page.  I will post the notes the day of the class, but I may not always get them there before class starts. Nonetheless, I suggest that you check the website as close to class time as possible. If you have a class immediately before this one, you may want to find a helpful classmate that is willing to bring you a copy of the class notes, if they are there.

Course grading policy:

Letter grades will be determined by the following guidelines:

Communication: Feel free to communicate with me in any way that is convenient to you (after class, during office hours, phone, e-mail), for questions about the course material or assignments. E-mail is an especially good way, but response time here is variable, typically ranging from a minute to about 24 hours, depending on the nature of your question and my schedule.