Electrical power systems are the backbone of modern society, enabling everything from digital infrastructure and transport electrification to renewable energy integration and smart cities. This module builds the analytical and practical foundations required to understand how electrical energy is generated, transmitted, distributed and utilised in both conventional and renewable-based power systems.
Students develop strong competence in AC circuit analysis using phasor methods, three-phase systems and complex power, forming the core toolkit used in industry. The module introduces magnetically coupled circuits and transformers, transient behaviour of electrical networks, and the steady-state modelling of synchronous and induction machines.
Moving from circuits to systems, students learn how transmission lines and interconnected networks are represented using two-port models and matrix methods. The per-unit system is introduced to enable efficient multi-voltage analysis, followed by an introduction to balanced and unbalanced fault studies using symmetrical components.
Renewable energy technologies, including wind and solar generation, are embedded throughout, providing context for the transition to low-carbon and smart grids.
This module provides essential preparation for advanced study in power system stability, protection, renewable integration and grid modernisation, and equips students with analytical skills highly valued across power engineering, energy, infrastructure and electrification industries.