ENEL480-26S1 (C) Semester One 2026

Electrical Power Systems

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 16 February 2026
End Date: Sunday, 21 June 2026
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 1 March 2026
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 10 May 2026

Description

This course is designed to build on Electric Power and Machines (ENEL382) by giving a more in-depth treatment of some areas (power-flow, fault analysis and protection) while covering in detail new areas such as reliability assessment, power quality, electromagnetic transients, harmonic analysis and substation earthing. New developments in electrical power systems are covered. In the process of teaching this course and by using a design assignment as a problem-based learning tool, students will learn how a large real power system will perform and how to engineer solutions to identified problems.

Prerequisites

Timetable 2026

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 09:00 - 10:00 Psychology - Sociology 252 Lecture Theatre
16 Feb - 29 Mar
20 Apr - 31 May
Lecture B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 10:00 - 11:00 Psychology - Sociology 252 Lecture Theatre
16 Feb - 29 Mar
20 Apr - 31 May
Lecture C
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 12:00 - 13:00 Psychology - Sociology 252 Lecture Theatre
16 Feb - 29 Mar
20 Apr - 31 May
Lab A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 12:00 - 15:00 Elec 209 CAE Lab
16 Feb - 29 Mar
20 Apr - 31 May

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Assignment 30%
Test 30%
Exam 40%

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Arrillaga, J; Computer modelling of electrical power systems ; Wiley, 1983.

Arrillaga, J. , Arnold, C. P; Computer analysis of power systems ; Wiley, 1990.

Arrillaga, J. , Watson, N. R; Computer modelling of electrical power systems ; 2nd ed; Wiley, 2001.

Arrillaga, J. , Watson, N. R., Chen, Shiun; Power system quality assessment ; John Wiley & Sons, 2000.

Billinton, Roy. , Allan, Ronald N; Reliability assessment of large electric power systems ; Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1988.

Billinton, Roy. , Allan, Ronald N; Reliability evaluation of power systems ; 2nd ed; Plenum Press, 1996.

Billinton, Roy. , Li, Wenyuan., SpringerLink (Online service); Reliability Assessment of Electric Power Systems Using Monte Carlo Methods ; Springer US : Imprint : Springer, 1994.

Elgerd, Olle Ingemar; Electric energy systems theory : an introduction ; 2nd ed; McGraw-Hill, 1982.

Glover J.D., Overbye T.J., Sarma M.S; Power System Analysis & Design ; 6th; Cengage Learning Inc, 2016.

Gross, C.A; Power System Analysis ; 2nd; John Wiley, 2015.

Kothari, D.P. and Nagrath, I.J; Modern Power System Analysis ; 4th; Tata McGraw-Hill, 2011.

Nasar, S. A; Electric energy systems ; Prentice Hall, 1996.

Saadat H; Power System Analysis ; 3rd; PSA Publishing, 2011.

Weedy, B. M; Electric power systems ; 5th ed; Wiley, 2012.

Wood A.J., Wollenberg, B.F. & Sheble G.B; Power Generation, Operation and Control ; 3rd; John Wiley, 2013.

Additional Course Outline Information

Mahi ā-Ākonga | Workload (expected distribution of student hours, note 15 points = 150 hours):

Contact Hours

Lectures: 36 hours
Tutorials: 18 hours
Workshops: 0 hours
Laboratories: 0 hours

Independent study

Review of lectures: 36 hours
Test and exam preparation: 30 hours
Assignments: 30 hours
Tutorial preparation: 0 hours
Laboratory calculations: 0 hours 0

Total 150

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,344.00

International fee $6,488.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Electrical and Computer Engineering .

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