EEE Semester - VII 243

ELECTRICAL POWER QUALITY

(Professional Elective – V)

Course Code: 15EE1140 L T P C

3 0 0 3
Pre-requisites:
Network Analysis-I, Power Electronics
Course Outcomes:
At the end of the Course, the Student will be able to:
CO 1 Define different power quality issues and disturbances.
CO 2 Analyze electrical transient system model and give examples
of different types.
CO 3 Describe various grounding and bonding methods.
CO 4 Describe causes and mitigation of harmonics.
CO 5 Measure and solve different power quality problems and
describe various custom power devices.
UNIT-I (10 Lectures)
INTRODUCTION AND POWER FREQUENCY DISTURBANCE:
Introduction, power quality issues, remedial measures, power quality
vs equipment immunity, power quality concerns, power quality
standards, power quality monitoring, common power frequency
disturbances, source of steady state disturbances, the effect of steady
state disturbance on loads, techniques to reduce disturbances.
UNIT-II (10 Lectures)
ELECTRICAL TRANSIENTS:
Introduction, Transient System Model, Examples of Transient Models
and Their Response, Power System Transient Model, Types and
Causes of Transients, Examples of Transient Waveforms.
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UNIT-III (10 Lectures)

SHORT INTERRUPTIONS:
Introduction, Terminology, Origin of Short Interruptions, Monitoring
of Short Interruptions, Influence on Equipment.
VOLTAGE SAGS-CHARCTERIZATION:
Introduction, Voltage Sag Magnitude, Voltage Sag Duration.
UNIT-IV (10 Lectures)
HARMONICS:
Definition of Harmonics, harmonic number (h) , odd and even order
harmonics, harmonic phase rotation and phase angle relationship,
causes of voltage and current harmonics, individual and total harmonic
distortion, harmonic signatures, effect of harmonics on power system
devices, guidelines for harmonic voltage and current limitation,
harmonic current mitigation.
UNIT-V (10 Lectures)
MEASURING AND SOLVING POWER QUALITY PROBLEMS AND
CUSTOM POWER DEVICES:
Introduction, power quality measurement devices,power quality
measurements, number of test locations, test duration, instrument
setup and guidelines.
Dynamic Voltage Restorer (DVR), D-STATCOM, Unified Power
Quality Conditioner (UPQC), Unified Power Quality Conditioner
based on current source convert topology, principles, configuration
and types of Uninterruptable Power Supplies (UPS).
TEXT BOOKS:
1. C.Sankaran, “Power Quality”, First Indian reprint, CRC press,
2009. (Unit 1,2, 4 & 5)
2. Math H.J. Bollen, “Understanding Power Quality Problems:
Voltage Sags and Interruptions”, IEEE Press, 2001.
(Unit-3)

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REFERENCES:
1. J.B Dixit, Amit Yadav, “Electric Power Quality”, 1st Edition,
Laxmi Publications Pvt. Ltd 2010.
2. Roger Dugan, Surya Santoso, Mark F. McGranaghan, H.
Beaty, ”Electrical Power Systems Quality”, McGraw-Hill
Professional Publishing, 2nd Edition, November 2002.
3. J. Arrillaga, N. R. Watson, S. Chen, “Power System Quality
Assessment”, John Wiley & Sons, 2000.

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