MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Spring 2003 Catalogue Supplement

6.979 Introduction to Electric Power Systems (H)

L MW12:30-2, Room 4-231
Prof. James Kirtley, Room 10-098, 3-2357
Prereq.: 6.002, 6.003
3-0-9

Meets with 6.061. This subject has additional homework exercises and a project to be carried out in parallel with the subject over a substantial fraction of the term. Fundamentals of energy-handling electric circuits and electromechanical apparatus. Modeling of magnetic field devices and description of their behavior using appropriate models. Simplification of problems using transformation techniques. Power electric circuits, magnetic circuits, lumped parameter electromechanics, and elements of linear and rotating electric machinery. Modeling of synchronous, in duction, and dc machinery.