ECE 557 - Fall 2025
Fault Tolerant Power Systems
Course Description
ECE 557, Fault Tolerant Power Systems, will take a close look at
power system security and the planning/operating techniques for making
power systems fault-tolerant. The first half of the course will cover
the classical static security analysis tools including DC power flow
based distribution factors and Fast-Decoupled AC power flow based 1P1Q
screening. In addition, students will learn about some of the computational
techniques that have enabled online processing of contingencies, e.g.,
sparse vector methods.
The second half of the course will cover optimal power flow, including
security-constrained optimal power flow. The final project will be a
full implementation of the AC power flow based SCOPF.
The lecture material will be augmented with hands-on experience in power
system security via simulation. The computations will be explained via
MATLAB routines. Students are expected to have a basic understanding of
MATLAB, as presented in the MathWorks tutorials online (see link on
ECE 557 home page). The computing assignments will be easiest to
implement in MATLAB, although other computing environments may be used.
Course Administrivia
- Instructor
- Dr. Alexander J. Flueck, SH 224 and IT 16C5-1 (south hall), 312-567-3625,
flueck@iit.edu
- Time/Place
- Tuesday/Thursday 1:50 pm - 3:05 pm, 16E4-1 Galvin Tower
- Office Hours
- Tue/Thu 3:05 - 4:05 pm, by appointment, IT 16E4-1
- Prerequisite
- ECE 419 or permission of instructor
- References
- W. D. Stevenson, Jr., Elements of Power System Analysis,
4th edition, 1982
A. R. Bergen, Power Systems Analysis, 1986
H. Saadat, Power System Analysis, 1999
A. J. Wood, B. F. Wollenberg, Power Generation, Operation, and
Control, 2nd edition, 1996
- Projects
- Computing projects can be done in the environment of your choice,
but MATLAB is highly recommended.
- Presentation
- Each student will present a paper in fault-tolerant power
systems.
The presentations will be peer-review graded.
- Midterm
- Administered in-class on Main Campus; closed-book; allowed one
8 1/2 x 11 handwritten sheet of notes.
- Final Project
- Due by Final Exam Date: ?:?? AM on ?day, Dec ?, 2025.
- Grading
- Project work (40%), presentation (10%), midterm (20%), final
project (30%)
Updated 19 Aug 2025