10EE847 Electrical Power Quality syllabus for EE


Part A
Unit-1 Introduction 8 hours

Introduction, Power quality-voltage quality, power quality evaluation procedures term and definitions: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, motor starting sags.


Unit-3 & 4 TRANSIENT 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 8 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 6 hours

Introduction, benchmark process, power quality contract, power quality state estimation, including power quality in distribution planning.

Unit-7 DISTRIBUTED GENERATION AND QUALITY 6 hours

DG technologies, interface to utility system, power quality issues, interconnection standards.

Unit-8 POWER QUALITY MONITORING 8 hours

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

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