Electrical Power System

Semester: V
Teaching schedule Hours / Week
L P T

Examination scheme Final

Theory Duration Mark Practical Duration Mark

Internal Assessment
Theory Practical

Total Marks

Remarks

80

20

100

Course Objectives: To introduce and discuss the performance of electric Power system including generation, transmission and protection. 1. Fundamentals of Power systems 1.1 Single-phase transmission 1.2 Complex Power 1.3 Load characteristics 1.4 The per Unit system (4 hrs)

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Line constant calculations (6 hrs) 2.1 Magnetic flux density, Inductors and inductance 2.2 Magnetic field intensity due to a long current 2.3 Inductance of two-wire transmission line 2.4 Flux linkages of one conductor in a group of conductors 2.5 Inductance of 3- Unsymmetrically spaced transmission line. 2.6 Concept of geometric mean distance 2.7 Bundled conductors, skin and proximity effect. Capacitance of transmission lines (6 hrs) 3.1 Electric field of an infinite line of charge. 3.2 Potential difference between two points due to a line charge. 3.3 Two infinite lines of charge. 3.4 Capacitance of a 1- transmission line. 3.5 Capacitance of a 3- transmission line 3.6 Capacitance of a double circuit line 3.7 Effect of Earth on the capacitance of conductors Performance of lines 4.1 Representation of lines 4.2 Short transmission line 4.3 Medium and long length transmission lines. 4.4 ABCD constants. 4.5 Ferranti-effect 4.6 Corona effect and loss. Mechanical design of transmission lines. 5.1 The catenary curve. (5 hrs)

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(4 hrs)

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Sag tension calculations Supports at different levels Stringing chart Sag template Equivalent span (4 hrs)

Protective relays 6.1 Some definitions 6.2 Functional characteristics of a protective relay 6.3 Operating principle of relay 6.4 Feeder, distance, generation and transformer protection. 6.5 Fuses and HRC fuses Circuit Breakers 7.1 Arc in oil 7.2 Arc interruption theories 7.3 Current chopping 7.4 Types of circuit breakers

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(3 hrs)

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Power system stability (7 hrs) 8.1 The power flow 8.2 The swing equation 8.3 Steady state stability, equal area criterion 8.4 Critical clearing angle 8.5 Two finite machines 8.6 Point by point method 8.7 Factor affecting transient stability 8.8 Linearized equations and dynamic stability using eigenvalue method. Load flows 9.1 Bus classification 9.2 Nodal admittance matrix 9.3 Development of load flow equation and solution method 9.4 Line flow equations. (6 hrs)

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Text Books: 1. Electrical Power Systems by C.L. wadhwa Third edition, New age international (P) Ltd, Publishers References: 1) Power system analysis and Design by B.R. Gupta, S. Chand 2) W.D. Stevenson Elements of Power system analysis 4th edition Mc Graw Hill, New York, 1982.

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