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ECE 661Power System Protection and Relaying

Units
0.50
Level
Graduate
Faculty
Engineering
Subject
Electrical and Computer Engineering

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 1 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

This course focuses on the protection of various components of a power system including transmission lines, rotating machinery, transformers, busbars, reactors, capacitors and distribution lines. The course will review the fundamental features of a reliable protection system and will discuss the major components of a protection system including current and voltage transformers, circuit breakers, and relays. Various protection strategies such as nonpilot overcurrent protection, nonpilot distance protection, pilot protection and differential protection will be discussed in this course.

Prerequisites

None listed.

Antirequisites

  • Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in:

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Fall 2026 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 001824813 / 24TTh 10:00–11:20
Sep 24 08:30–09:50
Oct 22 08:30–09:50
Nov 12 08:30–09:50

Check it elsewhere for Fall 2026

Calendar versions

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In 37 terms, Fall 2006 to Spring 2022