Electrical Fault Analysis for Electrical Engineering

Throughout the course, we will learn about symmetrical and unsymmetrical power system faults with many solved examples.

You will learn in this course:

1. Meaning of a fault in the electrical system
2. Meaning of overloading in the electrical system
3. Types of faults in the electrical system
4. Classification of faults in the electrical system
5. Difference between symmetrical and unsymmetrical faults
6. Difference between earth and phase faults
7. Classification of faults according to time and number of phases
8. Equations and phasor diagram of a healthy system
9. Equations and phasor diagram of a three-phase fault
10. Equations and phasor diagram of a single line to ground fault
11. Equations and phasor diagram of a line to line fault
12. Equations and phasor diagram of a double line to ground fault
13. Effect of open-circuit fault on electrical power system
14. Current and voltage waveforms in case of an electrical fault
15. Representation of electrical components, reactance diagram, and per-unit system
16. The solution of several examples on per unit system
17. Different reactances in the electrical machine during fault
18. Thevenin method and steps of analyzing symmetrical faults
19. The solution of many examples on symmetrical faults
20. Conversion of the unbalanced system in symmetrical faults into balanced systems
21. Modeling different components for reactance diagram
22. Example on drawing the reactance diagram of +ve, -ve, and zero sequences
23. Equivalent circuits for different fault types
24. Solution of examples on unsymmetrical faults in the power system