Teaching power system protection with industry´s cooperation

Since 1988, the system relay engineer of Kansas Power & Light Gas Service has served as a guest lecturer for the course on fault analysis and protection of power systems at Kansas State University. He meets the class five times during the semester. Two of these visits are field trips. In the other three visits he discusses power systems protection from a practicing engineer´s point of view. He also discuss a practical design problem prepared for this class. The details of the course, the design project, and other activities are described. The benefits of such cooperation between university and industry are outlined. The main objectives of this course are to: make the students familiar with symmetrical components and fault analysis; make the students familiar with computer methods for fault analysis; make the students familiar with directional overcurrent, differential, distance, and pilot protection; impart practical knowledge on protection to the students; are prepare students for projection-related jobs in the utilities