Unit 1 Introduction to Electrical drives Introduction, advantages of electrical drives, parts of electrical

drives, choice of electrical drives, status of dc and ac drives, dynamics of electrical drives,
fundamental torque equation, components of load torque, nature and classification of load
torques, speed-torque conventions and multi-quadrant operation, equivalent values of drive
parameters.
Unit 2 DC Drives Basic Concepts: Speed torque characteristics, starting, braking and speed control
techniques of shunt/separately excited dc motor (theory only). Rectifier controlled dc drives:
Types of rectifiers- review, fully controlled rectifier fed dc drives, half controlled rectifier fed
dc drives, multi-quadrant operation of rectifier-controlled dc drives. Chopper controlled dc
drives: Types of choppers – review, chopper- controlled dc drives – motoring and braking
operation, multi-quadrant operation of chopper-controlled dc drives.
Unit 3 AC Drives Basic Concepts: Speed-Torque characteristics of induction motors. Concept of
induction motor starting. Types of starters - star delta, auto transformer, reactor, part
winding, rotor resistance. Concept of induction motor braking. Methods of braking -
regenerative, plugging, dynamic braking (theory only) Speed control techniques: Rotor
resistance control, Stator voltage control, stator frequency control, V/f control. Static
converter control of induction motors: ac voltage regulator control, voltage source inverter
control, cyclo-converter control.
Unit 4 Introduction to Special Machine Drives & Synchronous motors Drive: Construction, operation
from fixed frequency supply –starting, speed-torque characteristics, pulling in, braking of
motor various special motors such as Synchronous Motor, BLDC, Switch Reluctance Motor,
PMSM. Variable speed Drives. Self-controlled synchronous motor drive employing load
commutated inverter. brushless dc motor controllers – rotor position measurement,
commutation logic, speed controller.
Unit-5 Stepper Motor Drives: Principle of operation of stepper motor, single stack variable reluctance
motors, speed torque characteristics, control of stepper motors, unipolar and bipolar drive
circuits Selection of motor power rating: Thermal model of motor for heating and cooling,
classes of motor duty, determination of motor rating. Selection of parts, control technique for
a given drive specification.
BOOKS/REFERENCE:
1. G.K Dubey, Fundamentals of Electrical Drives, Narosa publishing house Chennai, 2 Edition, 5th
reprint.
2. Mohamed A. El-Sharkawi, Fundamentals of Electric Drives, Thomson Learning, 2002
3. Dave Polka , Motors and Drives : A Practical Technology Guide, The Instrumentation, Systems
and Automation Society, 2000.
4. N.K De and P.K. Sen, Electrical Drives, PHI, 2007.
5. M.H.Rashid, ‘Power Electronics: Circuits, Devices and Applications’, Pearson Education, 3 rd
Edition.

4.3.6 SYLLABI OF PROGRAM CORE COURSES : VI SEMESTER

Course No. Title of the Course Credits Course Structure Pre-Requisite
EEEEC18 Power System Analysis 4 3L-0T-2P Power Transmission and
Distribution

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COURSE OUTCOMES:
CO1. To examine various components of an electric power system.
CO2. To illustrate power flow and fault analysis of power system.
CO3. To develop short circuit and power flow and conduct the power system stability.
CO4. To analyze power system models for load flow and short-circuit faults.
CO5. To evaluate the stability of power system using appropriate methods.

Unit No. Topics

Unit 1 Power System Components and Modeling: Synchronous machines, transformers,

transmission lines, one line diagram, impedance and reactance diagram, per unit system.
Unit 2 Load Flow Analysis: Introduction, nodal admittance matrix analysis (Y-bus), concept of
bus impedance matrix (Z-bus) and its building procedure, bus classifications,
development of load flow equations, load flow solution using Gauss-Siedel, and Newton-
Raphson, Jacobian Matrix, fast decoupled methods.

Unit 3 Faults and Short Circuit Analysis: Symmetrical three-phase fault analysis, use of Z-bus
in computation of short circuit currents, short circuit capacity at a bus, selection of
circuit breaker, use of current limiting reactors.
Significance of positive, negative and zero sequence components, sequence impedances
and sequence networks equations, unsymmetrical short circuit analysis - single line to
ground fault, line to line fault, double line to ground fault on power systems, faults with
fault impedance, open circuit faults.

Unit 4 Power System Stability: Swing equation, power angle equation, synchronizing power
coefficient, basic concepts of steady state, dynamic and transient stability, equal area
criterion, solution of the swing equation, multi-machine transient stability studies with
classical machine representation, methods for improving stability.

Unit 5 Voltage Stability: Introduction, comparison of angle and voltage stability, reactive power flow and
voltage collapse, mathematical formulation of voltage stability problem, voltage stability analysis,
prevention of voltage collapse, methods to improve stability, trends and challenges.
Suggested Readings:

1. G. W. Stagg, and A. H. El-Abiad, “Computer Methods In Power System Analysis”, McGraw Hill
Kogakusha, 1968.
2. Abhijit Chakraborty, and Sunita Halder, “Power System Analysis, Operation and Control”, PHI, New
Delhi, 2011.
3. M. A. Pai, “Computer Techniques in Power System Analysis”, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 2006.
4. Carson W.Taylor, “Power System Voltage Stability”, McGraw-Hill, 1994.

Course No. Title of the Course Credit Course Structure Pre-Requisite

EEEEC19 Switchgear and 4 3L-0T-2P Power Systems, Power

Protection Transmission and
Distribution

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COURSE OUTCOMES:

CO1. To understand the various protective devices for power system

CO2. To apply the protection schemes to power system equipment
CO3. To analyze the need of protection schemes to power system equipment
CO4. To design the protection schemes to power system equipment
CO5. To evaluate various protection schemes for power system

Unit No. Topics

Unit 1 Protective Relays, CTs and PTs: Classification - electromechanical, static, and numerical
relays; construction, operating characteristic and their applications with limitations;
over and under current, directional, differential, distance and other types of relay;
constructions and characteristic of CTs and PTs, capacitance voltage transformer.

Unit 2 Protection of Generators and Motors: Differential Protection, protection of stator

windings against short circuit, turn-to-turn fault and ground fault, rotor earth fault
protection, protection against unbalanced loading, loss of excitation, loss of synchronism
and prime mover failure; protection of motors (induction and synchronous) and bus bars,
protection in smart grid.

Unit 3 Protection of Transformers: Protection against internal faults such as short circuit and
turn-to-turn fault using differential and overcurrent relays, protection for other abnormal
conditions.
Unit 4 Protection of Transmission lines: Over current protection, grading of over current relays,
distance protection, types of distance relays and their characteristics, carrier current
protection; protection against surges, surge diverters, surge absorbers, use of ground
wires on transmission lines, necessity of grounding system neutral and substation
equipment, methods of grounding.

Unit 5 Switchgear: Types and applications of fuse and MCB; physics of arcing phenomenon and
arc interruption, DC and AC circuit breaking, re-striking voltage and recovery voltage,
rate of rise of recovery voltage, resistance switching, current chopping, interruption of
capacitive current; circuit breakers and types – air-blast, air-break, oil, SF6 and vacuum
circuit breaker, comparison of different circuit breakers, ratings and selection of circuit
breakers.
Suggested Readings:
1. J. J. Grainger, and W.D. Stevenson, “Power System Analysis”, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2003.
2. Paul M. Anderson “Power System Protection” IEEE Press.
3. C L Wadhva, “Electrical Power System” Wiley Eastern Ltd., 3rd edition, 2000.
4. D.P. Kothari, and I.J. Nagrath “Modern Power System Analysis“, Tata McGraw-Hill, 4th Edition.

Course No. Title of the Course Credit Course Structure Pre-Requisite

EEEEC20 HVDC 4 3L-0T-2P Power Electronics, Power

Transmission and Distribution

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COURSE OUTCOMES :
CO1. To develop the knowledge of HVDC transmission vis-a-vis HVDC converters and about
rectifier and inverter control methods as well as starting and stopping of DC links.
CO2. To analyze different harmonics generated by the converters and their variation with the
change in firing angles.
CO3. To formulate harmonic models to develop filters along with the assessment of requirement
and type of protection for the filters.
CO4. To study and understand the nature of faults on both the AC and DC sides of the
converters and devise protection schemes for the same.
CO5. To review the existing HVDC systems along with MTDC systems and their controls
recognizing the need to follow the advancements in both the existing AC systems and
HVDC systems to determine the most economic coexistence of both.

Unit No. Topics

Unit 1 Introduction: HVDC Transmission Technology, comparison of AC and DC transmission,

limitation of HVDC transmission, planning for application considering modern trends.
Unit 2 Control of HVDC Converter and Systems: Necessity of control of a DC link, rectifier
control, compounding of rectifiers, power reversal of DC link, voltage dependent current
order limit (VDCOL) characteristics of the converter, inverter extinction angle control,
pulse phase control, starting and stopping of DC link, constant power control, control
scheme of HVDC converters, power flow with HVDC system.

Unit 3 Harmonics and Filters: Generation of harmonics by converters, characteristics of

harmonics on DC side, characteristics of current harmonics, characteristic variation of
harmonic currents with variation of firing angle and overlap angle, effect of control mode
on harmonics, non-characteristic harmonic; harmonic model and equivalent circuit, use
of filter, filter configuration, design of band pass and high pass filter, protection of filters,
DC filters, power line communication and RI noise; voltage source converters, HDVC
schemes.

Unit 4 Fault and Protection Schemes in HVDC Systems: Nature and types of faults, faults on AC
side of the converter stations, converter faults, fault on DC side of the systems, HVDC
circuit breaking - protection against over currents and over voltages, protection of filter
units.
Unit 5 Multiterminal HVDC Systems: Types of multiterminal (MTDC) systems, parallel operation
aspect of MTDC, control of power in MTDC; multilevel DC systems, power upgrading and
conversion of AC lines into DC lines, parallel AC/DC systems.

Suggested Readings:
1. K. R. Padiyar, “HVDC power Transmission System”, New Age Publication, 1990.
2. Jos Arrillaga “High voltage direct current transmission”, IET Digital Library, 2nd Edition, 1998.
3. Kamakshaiah, Kamaraju,” HVDC Transmission”, McGraw-Hill Publication, 2011.
4. Chan-Ki Kim, Vijay K. Sood, Gil-Soo Jang, Seong-Joo Lim, and Seok-Jin Lee, "HVDC
Transmission: Power Conversion Applications in Power Systems", Wiley-IEEE Press, April 2009.

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4.4.3 SYLLABI OF DEPARTMENT ELECTIVES COURSES: VI SEMESTER
MINOR-1 (RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS)

Course No. Title of the Course Credit Course Structure Pre- Requisite
EEEEE20 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF 4 3L-1T-0P NIL
ENERGY SYSTEMS

CO 1 : To understand the impact of energy systems on environment.

CO 2 : To understand utilization of waste as an energy resource.
CO 3 : To examine the potential sources of pollution in power plants.
CO 4 : To analyze the potential sources of pollution due to vehicles and energy utilities.
CO 5 : To estimate globally recognized issues related to environment and energy system.
Unit No. Topics

UNIT I Impact of Energy Systems on Environment: Environmental degradation due to energy

production and utilization, Primary and Secondary pollution such as SOx, NOx, SPM in
air, thermal and water pollution, depletion of ozone layer, global warming, biological
damage due to environmental degradation. Sociological and Economical problems due
to Thermal and other energy projects. Physiological, ecological, and environmental and
health problems due to energy plants. Methods of Environmental Impact Assessment.
Unit 2 Pollution due to Thermal, Hydel and Nuclear Power Plants: Potential sources of
Pollution in thermal power plant, Air, water, land pollution due to estimation for
thermal power plant. Environmental pollution limits guidelines for thermal power plant
pollution control. Various pollution control equipments such as dust collector, bag
filter, electrostatic separator, working principle and selection criteria, designing the
pollution control system, methods and limitation. Water pollution in thermal power
plant, physical and chemical methods of pollution control, Land pollution effect of land
pollution, measurement of land pollution. Limitations and advantages of pollution
control systems. Hydrothermal plant environmental assessment, hydrothermal plant
and rehabilitation measures for hydrothermal plant. Nuclear power plants and
environmental pollution, pollution control measures.
Unit 3 Pollution due to Vehicles and Utilities: Pollution due to vehicles and utilities, Methods
to Control emission from Vehicle, Boilers, Furnaces etc, International Standards for
Quality of air and norms for exhaust gases. Effect of Hydroelectric power stations on
ecology and environment.
Unit 4 Industrial and Urban Waste & Waste Energy Recovery: Industrial waste, Waste and
effluent treatment, Waste as a source of energy: Industrial, domestic and solid waste as
a source of energy. Pollution control: Causes, process and exhaust gases and its
control, mechanism and devices for pollution control.
Unit 5 Global Environmental Concern: Global Environmental Issues, United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC), Protocol, Conference of Parties
(COP), Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Prototype Carbon Funds (PCF) Carbon
Credits and it’s trading, Benefits to developing countries, Building a CDM project.
SUGGESTED READINGS:
1) Management of Energy Environment Systems -W.K. Foell (John Wiley and Sons).
2) Energy Management and Control Systems -M.C. Macedo Jr. (John Wiley and Sons).
3) Environmental Impact Analysis Handbook -J.G. Rau, D.C. Wood (McGraw Hill).
4) Energy & Environment – J.M. Fowler, (McGrawHill)

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