ELE517:ELECTRICAL TRANSIENTS IN POWER SYSTEMS

L:3

T:0

P:0

Credits:3

Course Objectives:

To Study the generation of switching transients

To study the mechanism of lighting strokes and the production of lighting surges

To study the propagation, reflection and refraction of travelling waves.

Unit I
Travelling Wave Phenomenon : Lumped and distributed parameters, Wave
equation, Reflection and refraction of waves, Behaviour of Travelling waves at the line
terminations, Lattice diagrams, Attenuation and distortion
Unit II
Lightning & Switching OvervoltageS : Lightning, Physical Phenomenon of
Lightning, Interaction Between lightning & power sytem, Factors contributing to line
design, Switching, Short Line Fault, Energizing transients, Line Dropping , Load
Rejection, Voltage induced by fault, Very fast transient overvoltage
Unit III
Abnormal Switching Transients : Current chopping, Capacitance switching, Ferroresonance, Transformer magnetizing inrush currents, Re-striking phenomenon and its
effects on recovery voltage
Unit IV
Parameters and modelling of overhead lines : Review of line parameters for
simple configurations, Inductance and shunt capacitance, Bundle conductors,
Equivalent GMR and equivalent radius, Modal propagation in transmission lines,
Modes on multi-phase transposed transmission lines, a--0 transformation and
symmetrical components transformation, Transposition schemes
Unit V
Parameters of underground cables : Distinguishing features of underground
cables, Electrical parameters, Overhead lines versus underground cables, Series
impedance and shunt admittance of single-core self-contained cables, Impedance and
admittance matrices for three phase system, Formulas for cable parameters
Unit VI
Computation of power system transients : Digital computation of line
parameters, Salient features of mtline, Elimination of ground wires, principle of digital
computation of transients, Features and capabilities of EMTP, Steady state and time
step solution modules
Text Books:
1. Electrical Transients in Power Systems by Allan Greenwood, John Wiley & Sons,
2nd Edition, (1991)
References:
1. Power System Analysis and Design by Gupta.B.R, S Chand & Company Ltd., New
Delhi., 2nd Edition, (2008)

2. Transients in Power System by Harold P., John Wiley & Sons, USA, 1st Edition,
(1991)

3. Transient performance of electric power systems by Reinhold Ruder Berg, MIT

Press, 1st Edition, (1999)
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