• Basic information
• Learning outcomes
• Contents
• Assessment
• Workload

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Discuss in detail the basic safety issues for low, medium and high voltage systems,

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. Define and manipulate advanced concepts of Electronics Engineering in a specialized way
   2. Interpret engineering problems, formulate appropriate techniques to solve them and find out creative solutions
   3. Acquire scientific knowledge and work independently
   4. Design and conduct research projects independently
   5. Find out new methods to improve his/her knowledge
   6. Support his/her ideas with various arguments and present them clearly to a range of audience, formally and informally through a variety of techniques
   7. Be aware of issues relating to the rights of other researchers and of research subjects e.g. confidentiality, attribution, copyright, ethics, malpractice, ownership of data

   Method of assessment

   1. Written exam
   2. Homework assignment
   3. Term paper
2. Learns fault analysis

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. Define and manipulate advanced concepts of Electronics Engineering in a specialized way
   2. Understand relevant research methodologies and techniques and their appropriate application within his/her research field
   3. Work effectively in multi-disciplinary research teams
   4. Develop an awareness of continuous learning in relation with modern technology
   5. Support his/her ideas with various arguments and present them clearly to a range of audience, formally and informally through a variety of techniques
   6. Understand relevant health and safety issues and demonstrate responsible working practices

   Method of assessment

   1. Oral exam
   2. Homework assignment
3. Designing a reliable earthing system.

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. Define and manipulate advanced concepts of Electronics Engineering in a specialized way
   2. Gain original, independent and critical thinking, and develop theoretical concepts and tools,
   3. Design and conduct research projects independently
   4. Find out new methods to improve his/her knowledge
   5. Write progress reports clearly on the basis of published documents, thesis, etc
   6. Understand relevant health and safety issues and demonstrate responsible working practices

   Method of assessment

   1. Written exam
   2. Homework assignment

Contents
Week 1:	Hazardous of Electricity & Electrical Safety Equipment
Week 2:	Safety Procedure and Methods
Week 3:	Transmission Line Modeling
Week 4:	Power System Grounding: Modeling Techniques
Week 5:	Soil characterization and measurements
Week 6:	Power System Fault Analysis-Symmetrical Components
Week 7:	Power System Fault Analysis-Phase Domain analysis
Week 8:	Mid term exam
Week 9:	Fault current distribution-In symmetrical Components
Week 10:	Fault current distribution-In Phase Domain
Week 11:	Power System Grounding: Design Procedure
Week 12:	Low Voltage Safety Synopsis
Week 13:	Medium and high Voltage Safety Synopsis
Week 14:	Regulatory and Legal Safety Requirement and Standards
Week 15*:	Human Factors in Electrical safety
Week 16*:	Safety Management and Organizational Structure
Textbooks and materials:	A.P. Sakis Meliopoulos, Power System Grounding and Transients, An Introduction, Marcel Dekker Inc., ISBN 0-8247-7908-8
Recommended readings:	John Cadick, Mary Capelli-Schellpfeffer, Dennis K. Neitzel, Electrical Safety Handbook, McGraw-Hill Professional, ISBN 0-07-012071-4, 2000 IEEE Std. 142- 1991, IEEE Recommended Practice for Grounding of Industrial and Commercial Power Systems (IEEE Green Book). ANSI/IEEE Std. 80-2000, IEEE Guide for Safety in AC Substation Grounding ANSI/IEEE Std. C62-92.2-1989, IEEE Guide for the Application of Neutral Grounding in Electrical Utility Systems: Part II- Grounding of Synchronous Generator Systems ANSI/IEEE Std. C62-92.5-19921, IEEE Guide for the Application of Neutral Grounding in Electrical Utility Systems Part V- Transmission Systems and Subtransmission Systems IEEE Std. 367-1996, IEEE Recommended Practice for Determining the Electric Power Substation Ground Potential Rise and Induced Voltage from a Power Fault. Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Analysis Techniques for Power Substation Grounding Systems Volume 1: Design Methodology and tests, EPRI Publication, Palo Alto, California, 1982. V. Manoilov, Fundamentals of Electrical Safety, MIR Publication Moscow, 1975.
	* Between 15th and 16th weeks is there a free week for students to prepare for final exam.

Assessment
Method of assessment	Week number	Weight (%)
Mid-terms:	8	30
Other in-term studies:	2,4,6,8	20
Project:		0
Homework:		0
Quiz:		0
Final exam:	16	50
	Total weight:	(%)

Workload
Activity	Duration (Hours per week)	Total number of weeks	Total hours in term
Courses (Face-to-face teaching):	3	14
Own studies outside class:	4	14
Practice, Recitation:	0	0
Homework:	5	6
Term project:	1	8
Term project presentation:	3	1
Quiz:	0	0
Own study for mid-term exam:	15	1
Mid-term:	3	1
Personal studies for final exam:	25	1
Final exam:	3	1
		Total workload:
		Total ECTS credits:	*
	* ECTS credit is calculated by dividing total workload by 25. (1 ECTS = 25 work hours)