1 Week Course: Transients, Surges and Faults in Power Systems
A Week Long Professional Development course on Transients, Surges and
Faults in Power Systems
Learn how to compute common electromagnetic transients in transmission and distribution systems. This
course not only introduces the physical principles of electromagnetic transients, but gives the chance to
calculate hands-on transients using the Alternative Transients Program (ATP), the industry’s most widely
used Electromagnetic Transients Program (EMTP). Intended for power engineers who plan and operate
transmission and distribution systems, and useful to engineers who work in the electrical transportation
industry, the course uncovers the effects of planned and unplanned switching operations, lightning, shortcircuits, and other transients.
FACULTY
Francisco de León, Ph.D.
Power engineering expert Francisco de León is
an internationally recognized authority on
electromagnetic design and modeling of
electrical machines, analysis of power systems,
cable ampacity, and nonlinear and unbalanced
power circuits. Prof. de León teaches in the
Learn how to compute, analyze, reduce and prevent large transient over-voltages and overcurrents caused by internal switching operations and lightning. You will come away with an
appreciation of the principles of insulation design of electrical equipment. A great number of
application examples will be offered in class, as assignments and as projects.
This course provides a refresher of basic concepts of electric circuits and its elements. It includes the
classification and importance of electromagnetic transients in power systems. Learn about switching
transients in simple electrical circuits as well as analytical and numerical solutions of differential equations.
Explore transients in three-phase circuits, transmission lines, transformers, machines, inductors,
capacitors, and etc. Be introduced to the modeling of power apparatus and system components as well as
protection against, and reduction of, the effects of electrical transient—over-voltages and over-currents.
Case studies are presented throughout.
Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering at NYU-Poly and performs
Textbook Electrical Transients in Power Systems, by Allan Greenwood (Wiley, 1991).
research in several Consolidated Edison-
Software Access to the royalty-free ATP will be provided to those who complete a licensing
agreement with the Canadian/American EMTP User Group at http://www.emtp.org/.
funded projects. Prof. de León received his
master’s and undergraduate degrees in
Electrical Engineering from the National
Polytechnic Institute (IPN) in Mexico where
he eventually joined as faculty. He earned
his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto.
Laptops Students are invited to bring laptops to class to work examples. Note, however, that
the course is about transients and not about the use of ATP. The EMTP Theory book and the
ATP Draw Users Guide will be provided as pdf files.
Pre-requisite Knowledge of electric circuits and the solution of ordinary differential equations.
How it Works
Graduate Credits: 3
Not-for-Credit: Certificate and CEUs
Transients, Surges and Faults in Power Systems (EL 6633) starts on a Wednesday and continues in class
until Friday. Over the weekend students will be given an opportunity to review material, complete assignments,
and study for the mid-term exam given on Monday.. The course continues through the week, with classroom
lectures and activities, concluding on Tuesday. If you are taking the course for credit, your mini-project is due on
the week after and your final exam is held on that same day.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
If you take this course for 3 graduate credits—
Contact: Jay VanDerwerken
Managing Director, Business
Development
Enterprise Learning
Email: jvanderw@poly.edu
Phone: 718-260-3611
Short, one hour, open-book mid-term exam, testing knowledge of concepts covered in the
first three days of class. The exam covers Chapters 1, 3, 4, 5 and 12 of the textbook and
represents 25% of the grade.
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Brooklyn, NY 11201
Assignments and class examples, representing 25% of the grade, must be submitted in on
th
the 4 meeting day of class. While most examples will be drawn from the first three days,
students will need to add parametric variations, observations and conclusions. This work will
be very helpful for the preparation of the mid-term exam.
Mini-project, with a deeper analysis than an assignment, a transient phenomenon of your
choice, must be submitted the week following the end of class. It represents another 25% of
the grade.
2-hour final open-book exam, representing the final 25% of the grade, and based on the
material of the entire course, will be held on the day the mini-project is due.
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