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Theory syllabus
Unit Content Hrs
Transformer:
Commissioning steps, Foundation details, Transformer oil testing and filtering
1 procedure, Drying out, Testing of winding, Bushing, Auxiliaries and safety device, 08
Maintenance steps and schedule, Causes of troubles and failure[Ref: IS 026:Part_1-
10-Power Transformers: Methods of Test; IS 13956:1994- Testing Transformers]
Induction Motors:
Installation and commissioning of induction motor, Location of the motors ,
Foundation details ,Control apparatus, Fitting of windings, Drying out of induction
2 07
machines, Duty standard for cooling and protection, Various tests, Troubleshooting
and maintenance[Ref: IS 4029:2010-Guide for Testing Three Phase Induction
motors].
Synchronous Machines:
Commissioning steps, Physical inspection, Foundation details, Alignments, Cooling
3 and control gear, Drying out, Various Tests, Commissioning of DG sets, Drying out 07
procedure, Troubleshooting and maintenance[Ref:IS 7132:1973-Guide for Testing
Synchronous Machines].
DC Machine:
4 Commissioning steps for DC machines, Various tests, Drying out process, 05
Troubleshooting & maintenance [Ref: IS 9320:1979-Guide for Testing of Direct Current
(dc) Machines].
Substation Equipments:
Bus bar:Temperature rise test, Rated short time current test, HV test, Power
frequency voltagewithstand test, Impulse testing, Vibration test.
Earthing: Earth resistance measurement, Substation grid earthing, Soil resistivity
5 08
measurement.
Isolator Testing: Temperature resistance test, Short circuit test, Making and breaking
tests.
Lightning Arrester: Testing and commissioning of lightning arrestor.
Substation commissioning: Routine and preventive maintenance process
ofsubstation, Substation commissioning by thermograph.
Switchgear:
6 Commissioning steps, Testing of circuit breaker, Relay, CT, PT, Station battery, 05
Troubleshooting and maintenance of circuit breakers, Relay, CT, PT.
Transmission line & Cable:
7 Commissioning steps for transmission line and cable, Various tests, Fault location 05
technique for underground cables, Line charging, Loading and dropping.
Practical content
Practicals, assignments and tutorials are based on above syllabus.
Text Books
1 S. Rao, “Testing, Commissioning operation & Maintenance of Electrical Equipments”, Khanna
publications.
2 Tarlok Singh., “Installation, Commissioning, Maintenance of Electrical Equipment” S.K.
Kataria& Sons.
Reference Books
1 B.V.S. Rao, “Installation, Maintenance and testing vol. I & II ,”S. Chand & Co.
2 Paul Gill, “Electrical Power Equipment Maintenance and Testing”, CRC Press.
3 K.B. Bhatia, “Study of Electrical Appliances and Devices”, Khanna Publishers.
S.K. Sharotri, “Preventive Maintenance of Electrical Apparatus” Katson Publishing House
4
Ludhiana.
5 RCH Richardson, “The commissioning of Electrical Plant”, Chapman & Hall.
Philip Kiameh,” Electrical Equipment Handbook: Troubleshooting and Maintenance”,
6.
McGrawHill
Relevant Indian Standards (IS Code) and IEEE Standards for- Installation, maintenance and
7.
commissioning of electrical equipments/machines.
GANPAT UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
Programme Bachelor of Technology Branch/ Electrical Engineering
Spec.
Semester VII Version 1.0.0.0
Effective from Academic 2017-18 Effective for the batch Admitted July 2017
Year in
Subject code 2EE 702 Subject Name Power system protection & switchgear
Teaching scheme Examination scheme (Marks)
(Per Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.) Total CE SEE Total
week)
L TU P TW
Credit 3 0 1 0 4 Theory 40 60 100
Hours 3 0 2 0 5 Practical 30 20 50
Pre-requisites:
-
Learning Outcome:
On successful completion of the subject, students should be able to
Understand importance of protection of system and personnel.
Identify main components, types and features of protection scheme.
Understand the fundamentals of different protective devices.
Acquire skill to design specific protection schemes of require for each part of a power system.
Apply conventional and new generation relays for protection.
Theory syllabus
Unit Content Hrs
Switchgears:
1 Introduction to switchgear, Essential features, Switchgear equipments, Switchgear 03
accommodation, Short circuit, Faults in a power system.
Protective Devices:
Fuse, Characteristics of fuse Elements and materials, Important terms, Types of fuses,
Current carrying capacity of fuse element, Difference between isolator and circuit
breaker, Circuit Breakers, Arc phenomenon and arc extinction, Methods of arc
2 extinction, Arc voltage, Restriking voltage, Recovery voltage, Classification of CB, 08
Types of oil circuit breaker, Types of air blast circuit breaker,SF6 circuit breaker,
Vacuum circuit breakers, HVDC circuit breaker, Interruption of small inductive current
and capacitive current, Switchgear components, Problems of circuit interruption,
Resistance switching, Circuit breaker ratings, Testing of CB.
Different Relays, its Characteristics and Application:
Introduction, Requirements of protective relaying, Basic relays, Relay timing, Pick-up
current, Current setting, P.S.M., T.S.M., Calculation of relay operating time, Induction
3 08
type over current and directional power relay, Distance or Impedance relays, Time-
distance impedance relays, Differential relays, Current differential relays, Voltage
balance differential relay, Translay System, Types of protection.
Current Based Relaying Scheme For Transmission Line:
Over current protection, Instantaneous over current relay, Definite time over current
4 relay, Inverse definite minimum time overcurrent relay, Application of over current 07
relay, Setting rules for phase and ground relays, Scheme used in practice, Directional
protection.
Pilot Relaying:
Distance Protection: Fault distance measurement, Stepped distance characteristics,
5 08
Reach of distance relay, Selection of measuring unit, Current and Voltage connections,
Problems and remedies.
Transmission Line: Pilot protection system, Types of pilot communications, Carrier
current protection, Blocking and unblocking carrier aided distance scheme, Transfer
tripping carrier aided distance scheme.
Apparatus Protection Scheme:
Alternator protection, Differential protection, Balanced earth fault protection, Stator
6 inter-turn protection, Protective systems for transformers, Buchholz relay, Earth fault 07
or leakage protection, Circulating current scheme for transformer protection, Different
bus-bar protection scheme.
Digital Protection:
7 Digital relay, Merits and demerits, Block diagram, Digital over current relay, Digital 04
earth fault relay, Digital protection of transformer.
Practical content
Practicals, assignments and tutorials are based on above syllabus.
Text Books
1 V.K. Mehta and Rohit Mehta, “Principle of Power System”, S. Chand.
2 Badri Ram and D.N.Vishwakarma, “Power System Protection and Switchgear”,
TMHpublishing company.
Reference Books
1 Bhavesh Bhalja, R. P. Maheshwari and N. G. Chothani, “Protection and Switchgear”, Oxford
University Press, New Delhi, 1st edition, 2011.
2 B. Ravindranath and M. Chander, “Power System Protection and Switchgear”, New age
International.
3 Sunil S Rao, “Switchgear and Protection”, Khanna Publishers.
4 Bhuvnesh Oza, Nirmalkumar Nair, Rashesh Mehta and Vijay Makwana,” Power System
Protection And Switchgear”, Tata McGraw Hill Education Private Limited
5 Y. G. Paithankar, “Fundamentals of Power System Protection”, PHI Publication.
GANPAT UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING &TECHNOLOGY
Programme Bachelor of Technology Branch/Spec. Electrical Engineering
Semester VII Version 1.0.0.0
Effective from Academic Year 2016-17 Effective for the batch Admitted in July2017
Subject code 2EE703 Subject Name Power System Operation & Control
Teaching scheme Examination scheme(Marks)
(Per week) Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.) Total CE SEE Total
L TU P TW
Credit 3 0 1 0 4 Theory 40 60 100
Hours 3 0 2 0 5 Practical 30 20 50
Pre-requisites:
-
Learning Outcome:
On successful completion of the subject, students should be able to
Understand power flow and losses in different lines in power system and voltages at different
buses.
Solve problems posing different problem models related to Economic Load Dispatch, Load
Frequency Control and reactive power control.
Model power-frequency dynamics and to design power-frequency controller.
Model reactive power-voltage interaction and the control actions to maintain the voltage profile.
Theorysyllabus
Hrs
Unit Content
Load Flow Studies:
Network model formulation, formation of Y bus, power flow problem, different types 11
1. of buses, Approximate power flow, Gauss Seidel method, Newton-Raphson method,
Decoupled power flow studies, Fast decoupled power flow studies, Comparison of
power flow methods.
Economic load dispatch and Unit Commitment :
Economic dispatch of thermal units and methods of solution, Transmission losses, B 11
2. matrix loss formula, Composite generation production cost function-solution by
gradient search techniques, Constraints in unit commitment, Spinning reserve,
Dynamic programming solution.
Automatic generation control :
Single area load frequency control, Speed governing system and characteristics, Multi 08
3. area load frequency control; Flat frequency, Flat tie-line load and tie-line load bias
control, Economic dispatch and AGC.
Control of Voltage and Reactive Power
Introduction, Generation and absorption of reactive power, Relation between voltage, 07
4. power and reactive power at a node, Single machine infinite bus systems, Methods of
voltage control.
Power System Stability:
Dynamics of a synchronous machine, Power angle equation, Node elimination 08
5.
technique, Simple system, Steady state stability, Transient stability, Equal area
criterion.
Practical content
Practicals, assignments and tutorials are based on above syllabus
Text Books
1 Nagrath& Kothari, “Power System Engineering”, TMH publishing Company Ltd.
2 C.L.Wadhwa, “Electrical Power Systems”, New Age International Publishers.
Reference Books
1. S. S. Vadhera, “Power System Analysis and Stability”, Khanna Publisher
2 Sivanagaraju, Sreenivasan, “Power System Operation and Control”, Pearson, 1st Ed.
3. W. D. Stevenson, “Element of Power System Analysis”, Mc Graw Hill.
5. A. J. Wood and B.F. Wollenberg, “Power Generation Operation and Control”, John Wiley &
Sons, ICN.
6. Abhijit Chakrabarti, Sunita Halder, „Power System Analysis Operation and Control‟, PHI
2nd Edition.
learning Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, Third Edition, 2010.
7. Kundur P., „Power System Stability and Control, Tata McGraw Hill Education Pvt. Ltd., New
Delhi, 10th reprint, 2010.
8. Hadi Saadat, „Power System Analysis‟, Tata McGraw Hill Education Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi,
21st reprint, 2010.
4. N.V.Ramana, “Power System Operation and Control,” Pearson, 2011.
GANPAT UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
Programme Bachelor of Technology Branch/Spec. Electrical Engineering
Semester VII Version 1.0.0.0
Effective from Academic 2017-18 Effective for the batch July 2017
Year Admitted in
Subject code 2EE705 Subject Name Advanced Power Electronics
Teaching scheme Examination scheme (Marks)
(Per Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.) Total CE SEE Total
week)
L TU P TW
Credit 3 0 1 0 4 Theory 40 60 100
Hours 3 0 2 0 5 Practical 30 20 50
Pre-requisites:
-
Learning Outcome:
On successful completion of the subject, students should be able to
Identify gate drive requirement for various semiconductor switching devices.
Analysis and design of dc-dc converters.
Learn different pulse width modulation techniques and their applications using simulations.
Understand basic operation voltage source and current source inverters.
Learn basic concepts of advanced converters for high power applications.
Theory syllabus
Unit Content Hrs
Gate Drive Circuits:
1 Introduction, Pulse transformer, Opto isolators, Different schemes for gate firing, 08
Zero crossing detection, Drive circuit for MOSFET, BJT, IGBT and Thyristor.
DC-DC Switched Mode Converters :
Introduction, Buck converter, Boost converter, Buck-Boost converter,
2 08
CUKconverters, Control principles, Applications of DC-DC converters, SEPIC
converters
Pulse Width Modulation Techniques:
3 Introduction, Carrier-Based PWM, Sinusoidal PWM, Space vector modulation, 08
Hysteresis bandcontroller
Inverter Circuits:
Introduction to Voltage Source Inverter(VSI),Three phase bridge type Current Source
4 Inverter(CSI), Load commutated inverters(LCI) , Line commutated converter, Bridge 09
inverter, Features of LCI, Application of LCI, Current fed vs. voltage fed converters,
Three-phase series inverters.
Multilevel Converters:
Topologies for multi-level: Diode Clamped, Flying capacitor and Cascaded H-bridge
5 07
multilevel Converters configurations; Features and relative comparison of these
configurations applications
Multi pulse Converters:
Concept of multi pulse converters, Types of multi pulse converters, Different
6 05
transformer connections for multi pulse converters, Applications of multi pulse
converters.
Practical content
Practicals, assignments and tutorials are based on above syllabus.
Text Books
1 L. Umanand,”Power Electronics: Essentials & Applications”, John Wiley.
2 Singh. M. D., Khanchandani. K. B., "Power electronics", Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.Ltd.,
New Delhi
Reference Books
1. Bimbhra. P. S, "Power electronics", Khanna Publishers, New Delhi.
2. Bin Wu,”High power converters and AC drives”, IEEE Press, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
3. B.K.Bose,” Power Electronics And Motor Drives”, Prentice-Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
4. P.C.Sen, "Power Electronics", Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. Ltd., New Delhi
5. Ned Mohan, Tore M. Undel and and William P. Robbins, “Power Electronics Converters,
Applications, and Design”, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2nd Edition, 1995.
6. Rasid. M. H., " Power Electronics Circuits, Devices, and Applications”, Prentice-Hall of India
Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
GANPAT UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
Programme Bachelor of Technology Branch/Spec. Electrical Engineering
Semester VII Version 1.0.0.0
Effective from Academic 2017-18 Effective for the batch Admitted July 2017
Year in
Subject code 2EE706 Subject Name Advanced Microcontroller
Teaching scheme Examination scheme (Marks)
(Per Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.) Total CE SEE Total
week)
L TU P TW
Credit 3 0 1 0 4 Theory 40 60 100
Hours 3 0 2 0 5 Practical 30 20 50
Pre-requisites:
-
Learning Outcome:
On successful completion of the subject, students should be able to
Understand the generalized architecture of advanced microcontrollers
Interface to various external peripherals
Program an embedded system in assembly and c
Design, implement and test a single-processor embedded systems for real-time applications
Optimize embedded software for speed and size for industrial applications.
Theory syllabus
Unit Content Hrs
Serial Communication in Microcontrollers:
1 SPI communication protocol, I2C Communication protocol, Interfacing of 8051 with 07
SPI and I2C based devices likeADC, DAC, E2PROM and RTC (Real Time Clock).
Theory syllabus
Hrs
Unit Content
Basic Principles for Electric Machine Analysis:
1 Magnetically coupled circuits, Electromechanical energy conversion, Machine 04
windings andair gap MMF, Winding inductances and voltageequations.
Direct-Current Machines:
2 Introduction, Elementary direct-current machine, Basic types of direct-current 05
machines, Voltage and torque equations.
Reference Frame Theory:
Equations of transformation: Changes of variables, Stationary circuit variables
3 transformed to the arbitrary reference frame, Commonly used reference frames, 08
Transformation between reference frames, Transformation of balanced set, Balanced
steady state phasor relationships, Balanced steady state voltage equations, Variables
observed from various frames.
Symmetrical Induction Machines:
Voltage and torque equations in machine variables, Equations of transformation for 12
4 rotor circuits, Voltage and torque equations in arbitrary reference frame variables,
Analysis of steady state operation: State-space model of induction machine in „d-q‟
variables, Free acceleration characteristics, Dynamic performance during sudden
changes in load torque and during a 3 phase fault at the machine terminals.
Synchronous Machines:
Voltage and torque equations in machine variables, Stator voltage equations in
5 arbitrary reference frame variables, Voltage equations in rotor reference frame 08
Variables: Park‟s equations, Torque equations in substitute variables, Analysis of
steady state operation, Dynamic performance during a sudden changes in input torque
and during a three phase fault at the machine terminals.
Computer Simulation of Electric Machines:
6 Simulation of symmetrical induction machines, synchronous machines and DC 05
machines, Thermal model of induction machine, Induction machine dynamics during
starting, braking and reversing.
Linearized Machine Equations:
7 Introduction, Linearization of induction and synchronous machine equations. 03
Practical content
Practicals, assignments and tutorials are based on above syllabus
Text Books
1 Paul C. Krause, Oleg Wasynczuk and Scott D. Sudhoff, “Analysis of Electric Machinery and
Drive Systems”, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2nd Edition, 2006.
2 P S Bimbhra,”Generalized theory of electrical machines”, 5th edition, Khanna Publishers
Delhi.
Reference Books
1 R Krishnan “Electrical Motor Drives, Modeling, Analysis, and Control”, Pearson Education.
2 J. Meisel, “Principles of Electromechanical Energy Conversion” McGraw Hill, 1966.
3 C.V. Jones, “Unified Theory of Electrical Machines” Butterworths Publishers.
GANPAT UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
Programme Bachelor of Technology Branch/Spec. Electrical Engineering
Semester VII Version 1.0.0.0
Effective from Academic Year 2017-18 Effective for the batch Admitted in July 2017
Subject code 2EE 709 Subject Name Electrical Machine Design
Teaching scheme Examination scheme (Marks)
(Per week) Lecture (DT) Practical(Lab) Total CE SEE Total
L TU P TW
Credit 3 0 1 0 4 Theory 40 60 100
Hours 3 0 2 0 5 Practical 30 20 50
Pre-requisites:
-
Learning Outcome:
On successful completion of the subject, students should be able to
Understand the calculation and rating of various types of electricalmachines.
Understand the concept of design of electrical machines.
Able to design the various electrical machines as per requirements.
Theory syllabus
Unit Content Hrs
General Aspects:
Insulating materials, Classifications, Heating of electrical machines, Cooling of transformer
1 05
and rotating machines, Electrical and magnetic loading, Output coefficient, Factors
affecting size of machines, Selection of Bav& ac, Duty cycle and equivalent ratings.
Three Phase Transformer:
Different types of windings, Methods for cooling, Different positions of tapping, Output
equation, Window space factor, Stacking factor, Selection of Bav and ac, Window ,Yoke
and overall core dimension calculations, Design of HV and LV windings, Estimation of
2 13
operating characteristics, Primary and secondary winding resistance, Leakage reactance
calculation, No load current calculations, Temperature rise, Design of tank with tubes,
Design for optimum cost and minimum loss, Variation of output and losses in transformer
with linear dimensions, Dry transformer, High frequency transformer.
DC Machine:
Output equation, MMF calculation, Selection of number of poles, Core length, Armature
diameter, Carter‟s fringing curves, Length of air gap, Design of armature winding, Design
3 10
of armature core, D.C. winding pole and interpole design, Design of field winding, Effects
of armature reaction and minimization, Design of commutator and brushes, Performance
calculation and design consideration for large machines and HV machines.
Induction Machines:
Output equation, Main dimensions, Choice of specific electric and magnetic loadings,
4 Design of stator & rotor windings, Stator & rotor slots and air-gap of slip ring and squirrel 10
cage motor, Calculation of rotor bar and end ring currents in cage rotor, Calculation of
equivalent circuit parameters and prediction of magnetizing current based on design data.
Alternators:
Output equation, Salient pole and turbo alternators, Main dimensions, Choice of specific
5 electric and magnetic loadings, Choice of speed and number of poles, Design of armature 07
conductors, Slots and winding, Design of air-gap, field system and damper winding,
Prediction of open circuit characteristics and regulation based on design data.
Practical content
Practicals, assignments and tutorials are based on above syllabus.
Text Books
1 A. K. Sawhney, “ A course in electrical machine Design”,DhanpatRai& sons
2 Gray A, “Electrical Machine Design”, Macgraw Hill publications.
Reference Books
1 S. K. Sen,“Electrical Machine Design”, Oxford Publications.
2 V. N. Mittle, “ Electrical Machine Design”, TMH publications
GANPAT UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING &TECHNOLOGY
Programme Bachelor of Technology Branch/Sp Electrical Engineering
Semester VII ec.
Version 1.0.0.0
Effective from Academic 2017-18 Effective for the batch Admitted in July2017
Year
Subject code 2EE710 Subject Name Power System Practice & Design
Teaching scheme Examination scheme(Marks)
(Per week) Lecture(D Practical(Lab. Total CE SEE Total
T)
L TU ) P TW
Credit 3 0 1 0 4 Theory 40 60 100
Hours 3 0 2 0 5 Practical 30 20 50
Pre-requisites:
-
Learning Outcome:
On successful completion of the subject, students should be able to
Understand the electrical and mechanical design and performance of transmission line.
Calculate the efficiency and other parameters by creating circle diagrams of transmission line.
Understand the different criteria for the design of distribution system.
Understand the location of protective devices and their uses in the substation.
DesignEHV transmission line and substation.
Theory syllabus
Hrs
Unit Content
Design of Transmission line:
Electrical Design: Selection of voltage level and choice of conductors, Conductor 08
1. spacing, Surge Impedance Loading.
Mechanical Design: Loading on conductors, Span, Sag and tension clearance,
Stringing, Location of tower, Earth wires, Tower footing resistance.
Design of Distribution System:
Selection of feeders using Kelvin‟s law, Design of cables, Design of primary and 07
2. secondary distribution, HV distribution design concept, Load balancing
distribution substation, Calculation of distributor size, Calculation of voltage
drops and size of distributor in ring system, Voltage regulation and lamp flicker.
Substation Design:
3. Layout, sizes and locations of sub stations, Substation equipments ratings and 05
operation from design view point
Design of Power Station:
4. Introduction, Selection of sizes and location of generating stations, 05
interconnection and its advantages.
Insulation Coordination and Location of Lightning Arrestor :
Definitions, Insulation-co-ordination curves, Determination of line insulation, 07
5. Basic Insulation Level, Insulation levels of substation equipments, Lightning
arrestor selection and location, Arrestor discharge voltage and current, Protective
margin.
Design of EHV Transmission lines:
Design Considerations, Conductor selection and spacing, Corona and radio 07
6. interference, Shunt and series compensation, Tuned power lines, Insulation
coordination and types of towers.
Quality Improvement of Distribution Systems:
Methods of power system improvement and scheme, Determination of voltage 06
7. regulation and losses in a power system, Shifting of distribution transformer
centre, Financial aspects of improvement scheme.
Practical content
Practicals, assignments and tutorials are based on above syllabus
Text Books
1 M. V. Deshpande, “Electrical Power System Design”, TMH publishing Company.
2 Soni, Gupta and Bhatnagar,”A Course in Electrical Power”, Dhanpat Rai.
Reference Books
1 B. R. Gupta, “Power System Analysis and Design”, S. Chand.
2 A. S. Pabla, “Electrical Power System Planning”, TMH publishing Company.
3 Satnam and Gupta, “Substation Design and Equipments”, Dhanpat
Rai.Gupta,“Substation Design and Equipments”, Dhanpat Rai.
GANPAT UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
Programme Bachelor of Technology Branch/Sp Electrical Engineering
Semester VII ec.
Version 1.0.0.0
Effective from Academic 2017-18 Effective for the batch Admitted in July2017
Year
Subject code 2EE711 Subject Name HVDC & FACTS
Teaching scheme Examination scheme(Marks)
Practical
(Per week) Lecture(DT) Total CE SEE Total
(Lab.)
L TU P TW
Credit 3 0 0 0 3 Theory 40 60 100
Hours 3 0 0 0 3 Practical 0 0 0
Pre-requisites:
-
Learning Outcome:
On successful completion of the subject, students should be able to
Understand various types of FACTS (Flexible AC Transmission Systems) devices and their
applications.
Understand the role of reactive power in power system performance.
Investigate and suggest solution for various power quality issues.
Identify, formulate, and solve real network problems with series and shunt FACTS controllers.
Familiar with recent trend in FACTS controllers and coordination of FACTS controllers.
Theory syllabus
Hrs
Unit Content
DC Power Transmission Technology:
Introduction-comparison of AC and DC transmission-application of DC transmission
1 description of DC transmission system-planning for HVDC transmission-modern 05
trends in DC transmission, Different configuration of HVDC scheme.
Analysis of HVDC Converters:
Pulse number-choice of converter configuration-simplified analysis of Graetz circuit
2 08
converter bridge characteristics –characteristics of a twelve pulse converter, Different
faults occurred in converter, Protection against overvoltage, over current.
HVDC System Control:
3 General principles of DC link control-converter control characteristics –system control
hierarchy – firing angle control-current and extinction angle control-starting and
stopping of DC link – power control-higher level controllers telecommunication 08
requirements. Harmonics and Filters: Introduction-generation of harmonics-design of
AC filters-DC filters-carrier frequency and RI noise
FACTS - Introduction:
Fundamentals of EHVAC power transmission, Concept of flexible AC transmission,
4 Overview of FACTS devices. 06
Reactive Power Control in Transmission Systems:
5 Reactive power, Uncompensated transmission line: load compensation, system
compensation, Lossless distributed parameter line: symmetrical lines, Mid-point 08
conditions of a symmetrical line, Passive compensation: Shunt compensation, Series
compensation, Effect on power transfer capacity.
Reactive Power Compensation:
6 Static Synchronous Compensator(STATCOM):operating principle , V-I 10
characteristics, Compensation by STATCOM and SSSC, Synchronous condenser,
Saturated reactor, Thyristor-controlled reactor (TCR), Thyristor controlled transformer
(TCT), Fixed capacitor-Thyristor controlled reactor (FC-TCR), Thyristor switched
capacitor (TSC), Thyristor-switched capacitor-Thyristor controlled reactor (TSC-
TCR).
Text Books
1 S. Kamakshaiah & V. Kamaraju, “HVDC Transmission”, Tata McGraw hill education
2 Barain G. Hingorani, “Understanding Facts”, IEEE Press, New York
Reference Books
1. K.R.Padiyar, “FACTS controllers in power transmission and Distribution‟ New Age
international Publishers 1st edition -2007.
2. Mohan Mathur, Rajiv. K. Varma, “Thyristor – Based FACTS Controllers forElectrical
Transmission Systems”, IEEE press and John Wiley & Sons.
3. Kimbark E.X., “Direct Current Transmission”, Wiley Interscience, New York
4. A.T.John, Y.H.Song, “Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS)”, IEEE Series
5. Yong Hua Sung and Allan T. John (ed), “Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS)”, The
Institution ofElectrical Engineering, London
6. X.P. Zhang, C. Rehtanz and B. Pal, “Flexible AC Transmission Systems: Modeling and
Control”, Birkhauser, 2006.
7. A. Chakraborty, D.P. Kothary, A.K. Mukhopadhyay, “The Performance, Operation and
Control of EHV “,Wheeler Pub.