Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Graduate Courses

ECE 521 Fault-Tolerant Computer Design
ECE 522 VLSI Circuit Testing
ECE 523 Low Power VLSI Design
ECE 524 Synthesis & Verification of Digital
               Circuits
ECE 525 Physical Design Automation
ECE 526 Network Processing Systems
               Design
ECE 527 Switching Circuit Theory
ECE 528 Advanced Computer Architecture
ECE 529 Analog-to-Digital Conversion &
               Related Devices
ECE 531 Mixed-Signal VLSI Design
ECE 532 Optimization Aspects of Computer
               Architecture
ECE 540 CMOS Radio-Frequency
                Integrated Circuit Disigner II
ECE 542 Optical Information Processing
ECE 543 Analog VLSI
ECE 545 Advanced Semiconductor Devices
ECE 546 Gaseous Electronics
ECE 547 Solid-State Theory of Electronic
               Materials
ECE 548 Advanced Electronic Devices
ECE 549 Fiber Optic Communications
ECE 551 Probability & Random Processes
ECE 552 Detection Theory
ECE 553 Data Communication Networks
ECE 554 Spread Spectrum Communication
ECE 555 Information Theory
ECE 556 Digital Communications
ECE 558 Digital Image Processing I
ECE 563 Estimation Theory & Filtering
ECE 564 Optimal Control
ECE 565 Nonlinear Systems Analysis
ECE 566 Adaptive Control
ECE 568 Pattern Classification
ECE 571 Wireless & Personal
               Communication Systems
ECE 572 Neural Networks
ECE 573 Fields & Waves II
ECE 574 Nonlinear Optics
ECE 576 Numerical Electromagnetics
ECE 577 Antennas II
ECE 578 Digital Image Processing II
ECE 579 Microwave Engineering II
ECE 580 Seminar
ECE 582 HVDC Transmission
ECE 583 Advanced Applications of Power
               Electronic Systems
ECE 584 Linear & Non-Linear Networks
ECE 586 Power Systems Analysis II
ECE 587 Power Systems Operation &
               Control
ECE 588 Advanced Electrical Network
               Theory
ECE 589 Planning & Automation of Electric
               Power Distribution System
ECE 592 Special Investigation in Elect &
               Computer Engineering
ECE 593 Advanced Topics in Elect &
               Computer Engineering
ECE 599 Master of Science Thesis
ECE 600 Doctoral Dissertation
ECE 601 Continuing Enrollment

ECE 582 HVDC Transmission

Development of HVDC technology. Static power conversion. Harmonic elimination. Control of HVDC systems. Interaction between AC and DC systems. Fault development and protection. HVDC systems based on the voltage sourced inverter.

Credit Hours: 3 (2 Lecture, 1 Project)

Prerequisites: ECE 487

Course Coordinator: C.J. Hatziadoniu

Textbooks:

“High Voltage Direct Current Transmission”, J. Arrillaga, IET, 1998, ISBN: 0852969414.

References:

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery.

Goals:

To introduce graduate students to the basic and the state of the art technology of HVDC transmission.
To present the design methods of HVDC links and the associated control systems.
To introduce the current research directions in the area of HVDC transmission.

Projects:

Study of the commutation overlap using Simulink modeling.
AC filter design; use Simulink to verify the outcome.
Control system design for an HVDC link; linearized system representation; constant current and constant voltage converter control;. Simulink representation of the complete system.

Computer Tools: Matlab, Simulink

Last Review: Spring Semester 2004