06EE845 Electrical Power Quality syllabus for EE


Part A
Unit-1 Introduction, Power quality-voltage quality, power quality evaluation procedures Term and Definitions 8 hours

general classes of power quality problems, Transients, long duration voltage variation, short duration voltage variations, voltage imbalance, waveform distortion, power quality terms.

Unit-2 Voltage sags and interruptions 6 hours

Sources of sags and interruptions, estimating voltage sag performance, fundamental principles of protection, monitoring sags.


Unit-3 & 4 Transients over voltages 10 hours

Sources of transient over voltages, principles of over voltages protection, utility capacitor switching transients, Fundamentals of harmonics: Harmonic distortion, voltage versus transients, harmonic indexes, harmonic sources from commercial loads, harmonic sources from Industrial loads, effects of harmonic distortion, intraharmonics

Part B
Unit-5 Applied harmonics 10 hours

Harmonic distortion evaluations, principles for controlling harmonics, harmonic studies, devices for controlling harmonic distortion, harmonic filters, standards of harmonics

Unit-6 Power quality benchmark 10 hours

introduction, benchmark process, power quality contract, power quality state estimation, including power quality in distribution planning, Interface to utility system, power quality issues, interconnection standards

Unit-7 & 8 Power quality monitoring 8 hours

Monitoring considerations, power quality measurement equipments, assement of power quality measurement data, application of intelligent systems, power quality monitoring standards.

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