3. Sen P. C., “Thyristor DC Drives”, John Wiley and Sons.

1991
4. Dubey G. K., “Power Semiconductor Controlled Drives”, Prentice 1989
Hall International Edition.
5. Murphy J. M. D. and Turnbull F. G., “Power Electronics Control of 1990
AC Motors”, Peragmon Press.
6. Bose B. K., “Power Electronics and Variable Frequency Drives”, 2001
IEEE Press, Standard Publisher Distributors.

1. Subject Code: EL-314 Course Title: Power Electronic Applications to

Power Systems

2. Contact Hours : L: 3 T: 0/1 P: 2/0

3. Examination Duration (Hrs.) : Theory: 3 Practical: 0

4. Relative Weight : CWS:15/25 PRS:25/0 MTE:20/25 ETE:40/50 PRE:0

5. Credits : 4

6. Semester : VI

7. Subject Area : DEC

8. Pre-requisite : EL-301, EL-303

9. Objective : To familiarize the students with the development

of HVDC and FACTS technology, the concept of
power quality and its improvement.

10. Details of Course:

Unit Contents Contact
No. Hours
1. DC Power Transmission Technology: Introduction, comparison of 8
AC and DC transmission, application of DC transmission, description
of DC transmission system, planning for HVDC transmission, modern
trends in DC transmission. Analysis of HVDC converter: pulse number,
choice of converter configuration, simplified analysis of Graetz circuit,
analysis with and without ignition delay, commutation overlap.

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 2. HVDC System Control: General principles of DC link control, converter
control characteristics, combined rectifier and inverter characteristics, 6
alternative inverter control modes, mode stabilization, system control
hierarchy, harmonics and filters.
3. Overview Of Power Quality: Classification of power quality issues, 6
characterization of electric power quality, power acceptability curves,
power quality problems, poor load power factor, nonlinear and
unbalanced loads, transients, voltage sags and swells, over voltages
and under voltages, outage, harmonic distortion, voltage notching,
flicker, electrical noise, power quality indices, distortion index, IEEE
guidelines and recommended practices
4. Power Quality Improvement: Instantaneous reactive power theory, 6
synchronous reference frame theory, instantaneous real and reactive
powers, instantaneous symmetrical components, load compensation
using DSTATCOM, configuration and control, introduction to dynamic
voltage restorer and unified power quality conditioner.
5. Compensation with FACTS Controllers: Reactive power control 16
in power systems, transmission system compensation, static series
and shunt compensations. Thyristor Controlled FACTS Controllers:
TCR, SVC and TCSC. Concept of voltage sourced converters,
multi-level and PWM converters. Voltage sourced converter based
FACTS Controllers: STATCOM, SSSC, UPFC and IPFC. Objectives
of shunt compensation, methods of controllable VAR generation,
SVC and STATCOM characteristics, comparison between SVC
and STATCOM, applications. Objectives of series compensation,
principles of TCSC and SSSC, basic operating principles of UPFC
and IPFC
Total 42

11. Suggested Books:

S. No. Name of Authors /Books / Publishers Year of
Publication/
Reprint
1. K.R.Padiyar, “HVDC Power Transmission System”, NewAge 2011
Publishers,2011
2. Arindam Ghosh and Gerard Ledwich, “Power Quality Enhancement 2009
Using Custom Power Devices”, Penguin Books Ltd.

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