NPTEL Syllabus

Power Electronic Applications in Power Systems - Web course

COURSE OUTLINE Usual application areas of power electronics include power supplies and motor drives. Availability of high power electronic switches has enabled deployment of power electronics for improved operation of the ac transmission and distribution networks. This course primarily serves to highlight the requirements of modern transmission and distribution systems and specific power electronic solutions to realize them. Transmission system behaviour is analyzed in great detail in the basic and advanced courses on power systems. This course begins with a recapitulation of the principal results of this analysis as well as an introduction to the concept of power quality. The desirable features of a compensator is mentioned to develop a designer's perspective. Subsequently, the power electronic solutions are sequentially introduced in increasing order of complexity and compensation capability. For each solution, the circuit schematic and basic operation is detailed. The compensation capability and limitation are logically stated. Steady-state and dynamic equations- wherever applicable- are included to provide a logical basis for a designer to evaluate the performance of each such solution in the power network. Contents: Review of transmission lines, radial & symmetrical lines, shunt & series compensation; FACTS & Power Quality; SVC: TCR, FC-TCR, TSC-TCR variants; STATCOM: circuit, operation & control, active filters, hybrid active filters; TCSC: circuit, operation & control, critical modes; DVR: circuit, operation, control modes; UPFC: circuit, operation, steady-state behaviour and dynamic control, advantage over previous compensators; IPFC: circuit, steady-state behaviour and control, advantage over UPFC.

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Pre-requisites: 1. Power Electronics (Advanced). 2. Power Systems I. Additional Reading: 1. Erwin Kreyszig, Advanced Engineering Mathematics, McGraw Hill. 2. John J D'Azzo & Constantine H Houpis, Linear Control Systems Analysis & Design, McGraw Hill. 3. T. J. E Miller, Reactive Power Control in Electric Systems, John Wiley & Sons. 4. N. Mohan, T. M. Undeland & W. P. Robbbins, Power Electronics, John Wiley.

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Coordinators: Dr. P. Sensarma Department of Electrical EngineeringIIT Kanpur

Review of transmission lines; surge impedance loading; voltage profile along radial and symmetrical lines, effect of load, Ferranti effect; role of reactive power compensators; series, shunt and unified compensation; effect on power flow and voltage profile; FACTS; Requirements of distribution systems, power quality (PQ) problems and classification, numerical indices of PQ.

09

The Static Var Compensator (SVC); TCR, FC-TCR and TSC-TCR variants: circuits, characteristics; transmission line compensation capability; dynamic model.

04

The Static Compensator (STATCOM): circuit and steadystate characteristic; effect on transmission line compensation; advantages over SVC; the D-STATCOM

08

and its use in power quality compensation; reactive power compensator; control; active filtering for harmonic compensation; hybrid active filters.

The Thyristor Controlled Series Compensator (TCSC); circuit and steady-state characteristic; effect on transmission line compensation; critical aspects of operation; the NGH damper.

05

The Dynamic Voltage Restorer (DVR); circuit and steadystate characteristic; effect on transmission line compensation; advantages over TCSC; DVR for power quality compensation; modes of control.

06

The Unified Power Flow Compensator (UPFC); circuit and steady-state characteristic; effect on transmission line compensation; advantages over all the previous compensators; usage for power quality compensation; critical aspects of control.

06

The Interline Power Flow Controller (IPFC); circuit and steady-state characteristic; effect on transmission line compensation; advantages over the UPFC. Total

02

40

References: 1. N. G. Hingorani & Lazslo Gyugi, Understanding FACTS, IEEE Press. 2. K. R. Padiyar, FACTS Controllers in Power Transmission and Distribution, New Age International (P) Ltd. Publishers. 3. Arindam Ghosh & Gerard Ledwich, Power Quality Enhancement Using Custom Power Devices, Kluwer Academic Publishers.
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