Power System Protection (ELEC4302)
Information valid for Semester 2, 2024
Course level
Undergraduate
Faculty
Engineering, Architecture & Information Technology
School
Elec Engineering, Comp Science
Units
2
Duration
One Semester
Attendance mode
In Person
Class hours
Lecture 2 Hours/ Week
Tutorial 2 Hours/ Week
Practical 2 Hours/ Ad Hoc
Information technology session 2 Hours/ Ad Hoc
Practicals occur over three weeks and Information technology sessions occur over five weeks during the semester
Incompatible
ELEC4301 or ELEC7304 or ELEC7311
Prerequisite
ELEC3300 or ELEC3310
Recommended prerequisite
ELEC4300 or ELEC4310
Assessment methods
Tutorial/Assignment, laboratory experiment, mid-semester and final examination.
Course enquiries
ELEC4302@eecs.uq.edu.au
Study Abroad
This course is pre-approved for Study Abroad and Exchange students.
Current course offerings
| Course offerings | Location | Mode | Course Profile |
| Semester 2, 2025 (28/07/2025 - 22/11/2025) | St Lucia | In Person | Profile unavailable |
Please Note: Course profiles marked as not available may still be in development.
Course description
This course will focus on design of transmission and distribution protection schemes. This will include fundamentals on protection, relay design and protection schemes for transmission lines, transformers and bus. Additionally the course will focus on settings of feeder and transformer protection schemes, and selection of current and voltage instrument transformers for those protection schemes. The issues surrounding power quality and how these affect power systems will be also addressed. This will include measurement and modelling techniques to identify power quality problems and mitigating techniques. Impact of electrical overstress on the design and operation of power systems and electronic equipment will be discussed and protection systems will be built to "eliminate" equipment malfunction and damage due to electrical overstress.
