Milwaukee School of Engineering
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department
Course Number: EE 355
Course Title: Electrical Power Distribution Systems III
Lecture Hours: 3 Laboratory Hours: 2 Credits: 4
Textbook: Electrical Systems in Buildings, by S. David Hughes
| Week | Day | Topic | Reading | Homework |
| 1 | 1 | Service Entrance Design | Handouts | |
| 2 | Overhead versus Underground | Handouts | ||
| 3 | Guest Speaker - Overhead Cranes | |||
| 2 | 1 | Transformer Selection | Handouts | |
| 2 | Riser Diagrams | Handouts | ||
| 3 | Secondary Unit Substations | Chapter 15 | Set 1 Due | |
| 3 | 1 | Types of circuit arrangements | Section 15.1 | |
| 2 | Primary Section | Section 15.2 | ||
| 3 | Transformer Section | Section 15.3 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Low-Voltage Section | Section 15.4 | |
| 2 | Location of Unit Substations | Section 15.6 | Set 2 Due | |
| 3 | Easter Recess | |||
| 5 | 1 | Midterm Exam | ||
| 2 | Lightning! | |||
| 3 | Current Limiting/Dual Element Fuses | Chapter 7 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Coordinating Fuses | Section 7.7 | |
| 2 | Coordination of Circuit Breakers | Section 8.6 | ||
| 3 | Combination Fused Circuit Breakers | Section 8.7 | Set 3 Due | |
| 7 | 1 | Current Limiting Circuit Breakers | Section 8.9 | |
| 2 | Medium Voltage Switchgear | Handouts | ||
| 3 | Medium-Voltage Fuses | Section 7.8 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Medium-Voltage Circuit Breakers | Section 8.10 | |
| 2 | Instrument Transformers | Section 9.1 | ||
| 3 | Protective Relays | Section 9.4 | Set 4 Due | |
| 9 | 1 | Fault Calculations and System Coordination | Chapter 16 | |
| 2 | Selection and Coordination of Protection | Section 16.4 | ||
| 3 | Design of an Electrical System | Section 16.5 | ||
| 10 | 1 | Motor Starters and Motor-Control Centers | Chapter 14 | |
| 2 | Medium-Voltage Starters | Section 14.6 | ||
| 3 | Power Factor Correction | Handouts | Set 5 Due |
Notes:
- You are expected to attend every class session, and your final grade will be reduced one-half letter grade for each unexcused absence beyond the third unexcused absence.
- Late assignments will be marked down 10% for each day late, up to a maximum of 50%.
- You may bring one sheet of 8.5" by 11" paper, with any formulas or other helpful information, to each examination.
| Basis for Final Grade | Points |
| Lab Assignments/Project | 50 |
| Homework | 100 |
| Midterm Exam | 100 |
| Comprehensive Final Exam | 150 |
| Total | 400 |
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