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A5260 - PQ Course Pack
A5260 - PQ Course Pack
A5260 - PQ Course Pack
COURSE OVERVIEW:
The course addresses various issues related to power quality in power systems. This course
explains the concepts of transients, flickers, voltage sag, Voltage swell, limits for voltage sag and
power quality monitoring.
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
The objective of this course is to understand the aspects of power quality in distribution system
and various indices to estimate the power quality.
Bloom’s Level
CO# Remember Understand Apply Analyze Evaluate Create
(L1) (L2) (L3) (L4) (L5) (L6)
A5260.1
A5260.2
A5260.3
A5260.4
A5260.5
CO#/
PO1
PO2
PO3
PO4
PO5
PO6
PO7
PO8
PO9
PO1
PO1
PO1
PSO
PSO
0
2
POs
A5260.1 3
A5260.2 3
A5260.3 3
A5260.4 3
A5260.5 3
COURSE ASSESSMENT
Component
S. Duration Total
Component Wise Weightage Marks
No. in Hours Marks
Marks
1 Theory: Test-1 1.5 40
Continuou
2 Theory: Test-2 1.5 40
s Internal
Alternate 100 30% 30
Evaluation
3 - 20
(CIE) Assessment*
4 Practical Exam - -
* Assignment, Quiz, Group learning activities, Class test, MOOCs /SWAYAM/NPTEL and etc.
COURSE CONTENT
THEORY
Contents
MODULE-I
INTRODUCTION: Importance of power quality, terms and definitions of power quality as per IEEE std.
such as transients, short and long duration voltage variations, interruptions, short and long voltage
fluctuations, imbalance, flickers and transient. Symptoms of poor power quality: definitions and
terminology of grounding, purpose of groundings, good grounding practices and problems due to
poor grounding.
MODULE-II
FLICKERS AND TRANSIENT VOLTAGES: RMS Voltage variations in power system and voltage
regulation per unit system, complex power. Principle of voltage regulation, basic power flow and
voltage drop, various devices used for voltage regulation and impact of reactive power management.
Various causes of voltage flicker and their effects, Short term and long term flickers.
MODULE-III
VOLTAGE SAG, SWELLS AND INTERRUPTIONS: Definitions of voltage sag and interruptions, Voltage
sags versus interruptions. Economic impact of voltage sag, Major causes and consequences of
voltage sags, Voltage sag characteristics, Voltage sag assessment. Influence of fault location and fault
LIMITS AND MEASURES FOR VOLTAGE SAG: Assessment of Equipment sensitivity to voltage sags and
analysis, voltage sag indices, mitigation measures for voltage sags, such as UPS, DVR, SMEs, CVT etc.
MODULE-IV
WAVEFORM DISTORTION: Definition of harmonics, inter-harmonics, sub-harmonics. Causes and
effect of harmonics, voltage versus current distortion. Harmonic indices and analysis.
MODULE-V
POWER QUALITY MONITORING: Need of power quality monitoring and approaches followed in
power quality monitoring. Power quality monitoring objectives and requirements. Initial site survey.
Power quality instrumentation. Selection of power quality monitors, selection of monitoring location
and period.
Text Books:
1. M. H. J. Bollen (2000), Understanding Power Quality Problems, voltage sag and interruptions, 1st
Edition, IEEE Press, New Delhi.
2. Roger. C. Dugan, Mark. F. McGranagham, Surya Santoso, H. Wayne Beaty (2008), Electrical Power
Systems Quality, 2nd Edition, Tata McGraw Hill Publications, New Delhi.
Reference Books:
1. J. Arrillaga, M. R. Watson, S. Chan (2007), Power system quality assessment, 1st Edition, John Wiley
and sons, New Delhi.
SWAYAM/NPTEL/MOOCs:
1. https://nptel.ac.in/courses/108/106/108106025/
2. https://studypowerquality.com/course/introduction-to-power-quality/
3. https://www.avotraining.com/courses/electrical-training-courses/electrical-maintenance-training/
power-quality-harmonics
4. https://pdhonline.com/courses/e290/e290_new.htm
5. https://www.electricityforum.com/electrical-training/power-quality-training
Self-Learning Exercises:
SESSON PLAN:
Lecture # Topics to be covered COs
1. Power Quality Course description CO1
2. Importance of power quality CO1
Terms and definitions of power quality as per IEEE std. such as CO1
3.
transients
4. Short and long duration voltage variations CO1
25. Influence of fault location and fault level on voltage sag CO3
29. Mitigation measures for voltage sags such as UPS, DVR CO3
30. Mitigation measures for voltage sags such as SMEs, CVT etc CO3
Question Bank
Define power quality? Explain the reasons for increased concern in CO1 I
4.
power quality
Explain the various types of power quality disturbances and impacts CO1 II
5.
of power quality
Explain for the following related with Power quality. CO1 II
(i)Voltage imbalance
6. (ii) Under voltage
(iii)Over voltage
(iv)Frequency variation
7. Define waveform distortion? Explain the waveform distortion categories CO1 I
11. What is the need of low pass filter in transient protection? CO2 I
What are transient over voltages? Explain the different types of transient CO2 II
13.
over voltages
14. Explain the problems associated with Ferro resonance. CO2 II
15. Outline the important concerns for capacitor bank switching? CO2 II
20. Identify the parameters depend upon voltage sag? CO3 III
CO3 II
21. Outline the sources of sags and interruption?
22. Explain in detail about the sag performance evaluation indices? CO3 II
Identify the need of estimating sag performance? Explain the different CO3 III
23.
methods of estimating voltage sag performance.
Explain the following causes of sags. CO3 II
(i)Voltage sag due to motor sag
24.
(ii)Voltage sag due to single line to ground fault.
(iii)Voltage sag due to transformer energizing.
What are the different voltage sag mitigation techniques? Explain in CO3 I
25.
details?
Explain the system adapted to estimate the severity of the sag occurred CO3 II
26. due to various sources.
27. Interpret about estimating the cost of voltage sag events. CO3 II
D] Harmonics (31-40)
Define true power factor? What is the reason for existence of harmonic CO4 I
29.
distortion?
30. Compare linear loads and non-linear loads? CO4 IV
35. Outline the two indices used in Power system? Explain about it briefly. CO4 II
36. Classify the harmonic sources and explain briefly about it. CO4 IV
Explain the steps involved in power quality monitoring. What are the CO5 II
41.
information from monitoring site surveys
42. Compare the harmonic analyzer and disturbance analyzer. CO5 IV
Make use of block diagram, explain the advanced power quality CO5 III
44.
monitoring systems.
Make use of block diagram, explain the functional structure of expert CO5 III
45. systems.
Explain in detail about the instruments used for analyzing non sinusoidal CO5 II
46.
voltage and currents.