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Eeguc: Unit I Power Generation

This document discusses several topics related to electrical power systems including: 1. It covers 5 units on power generation methods, economic aspects of generation, illumination, industrial heating and welding, and electric traction. 2. It also covers 5 units on flexible AC transmission systems (FACTS) including the concepts, static VAR compensator, thyristor controlled series capacitor, emerging FACTS controllers, and coordination of FACTS controllers. 3. Finally, it discusses 5 units on power quality covering introductions, voltage sags and interruptions, overvoltages, harmonics, and power quality monitoring.

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Eeguc: Unit I Power Generation

This document discusses several topics related to electrical power systems including: 1. It covers 5 units on power generation methods, economic aspects of generation, illumination, industrial heating and welding, and electric traction. 2. It also covers 5 units on flexible AC transmission systems (FACTS) including the concepts, static VAR compensator, thyristor controlled series capacitor, emerging FACTS controllers, and coordination of FACTS controllers. 3. Finally, it discusses 5 units on power quality covering introductions, voltage sags and interruptions, overvoltages, harmonics, and power quality monitoring.

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EEGUC

UNIT I POWER GENERATION Review of conventional methods thermal, hydro and nuclear based power generation. Non-conventional methods of power generation fuel cells - tidal waves wind geothermal solar - bio-mass - municipal waste. Cogeneration. Effect of distributed generation on power system operation. UNIT II ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF GENERATION Economic aspects of power generation load and load duration curves number and size of units cost of electrical energy tariff. Economics of power factor improvement power capacitors power quality. Importance of electrical energy conservation methods energy efficient equipments. Introduction to energy auditing. UNIT III ILLUMINATION Importance of lighting properties of good lighting scheme laws of illumination photometry - types of lamps lighting calculations basic design of illumination schemes for residential, commercial, street lighting, and sports ground energy efficiency lamps. UNIT IV INDUSTRIAL HEATING AND WELDING Role electric heating for industrial applications resistance heating induction heating dielectric heating - electric arc furnaces. Brief introduction to electric welding welding generator, welding transformer and the characteristics. UNIT V ELECTRIC TRACTION Merits of electric traction requirements of electric traction system supply systems mechanics of train movement traction motors and control braking recent trends in electric traction.

FACTS
UNIT I INTRODUCTION The concept of flexible AC transmission - reactive power control in electrical power transmission lines uncompensated transmission line series and shunt compensation. Overview of FACTS devices - Static Var Compensator (SVC) Thyristor Switched Series capacitor (TCSC) Unified Power Flow controller (UPFC) - Integrated Power Flow Controller (IPFC). UNIT II STATIC VAR COMPENSATOR (SVC) AND APPLICATIONS Voltage control by SVC advantages of slope in dynamic characteristics influence of SVC on system voltage. Applications - enhancement of transient stability steady state power transfer enhancement of power system damping prevention of voltage instability. UNIT III THYRISTOR CONTROLLED SERIES CAPACITOR(TCSC)AND APPLICATIONS Operation of the TCSC - different modes of operation modeling of TCSC variable reactance model modeling for stability studies. Applications improvement of the system stability limit enhancement of system damping voltage collapse prevention. UNIT IV EMERGING FACTS CONTROLLERS Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM) operating principle V-I characteristics Unified Power Flow Controller (UPFC) Principle of operation modes of operation applications modeling of UPFC for power flow studies. UNIT V CO-ORDINATION OF FACTS CONTROLLERS FACTs Controller interactions SVCSVC interaction - co-ordination of multiple controllers using linear control techniques Quantitative treatment of control coordination.

Power QUALITY
UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO POWER QUALITY Terms and definitions: Overloading - under voltage - over voltage. Concepts of transients - short duration variations such as interruption - long duration variation such as sustained interruption. Sags and swells - voltage sag - voltage swell voltage imbalance - voltage fluctuation - power frequency variations. International standards of power quality. Computer Business Equipment Manufacturers Associations (CBEMA) curve. UNIT II VOLTAGE SAGS AND INTERRUPTIONS Sources of sags and interruptions - estimating voltage sag performance. Thevenins equivalent source - analysis and calculation of various faulted condition. Voltage sag due to induction motor starting. Estimation of the sag severity - mitigation of voltage sags, active series compensators. Static transfer switches and fast transfer switches. UNIT III OVERVOLTAGES Sources of over voltages - Capacitor switching lightning - ferro resonance. Mitigation of voltage swells - surge arresters - low pass filters - power conditioners. Lightning protection shielding - line arresters - protection of transformers and cables. An introduction to computer analysis tools for transients, PSCAD and EMTP. UNIT IV HARMONICS Harmonic sources from commercial and industrial loads, locating harmonic sources. Power system response characteristics - Harmonics Vs transients. Effect of harmonics - harmonic distortion - voltage and current distortion - harmonic indices inter harmonics resonance. Harmonic distortion evaluation - devices for controlling harmonic distortion - passive and active filters. IEEE and IEC standards. UNIT V POWER QUALITY MONITORING Monitoring considerations - monitoring and diagnostic techniques for various powerquality problems - modeling of power quality (harmonics and voltage sag) problems bymathematical simulation tools - power line disturbance analyzer Quality measurement equipment - harmonic / spectrum analyzer - flicker meters isturbance analyzer. Applications of expert systems for power quality monitoring.

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