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Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology B.E. - Electrical and Electronics Engineering Part Time SEEA3003 Power System Operation and Control Syllabus

SATHYABAMA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

SEEA3003 POWER SYSTEM OPERATION AND CONTROL
L T P Credits Total Marks
3 0 0 3 100

UNIT 1 INTRODUCTION TO POWER SYSTEM OPERATION AND CONTROL 9 Hrs.
Power scenario in Indian grid – National and Regional load dispatching centers – requirements of good power system -
necessity of voltage and frequency regulation - system load variation, Load Characteristics and load curves - Reserve
Requirements - Overview of system operation: Load Forecasting, Unit Commitment, Load Dispatching. Overview of system
control: Governor Control, LFC, EDC, AVR, System Voltage Control, Security control.

UNIT 2 UNIT COMMITMENT AND ECONOMIC LOAD DISPATCH 9 Hrs.
Statement of unit commitment (UC) problem-constraints in UC: Spinning Reserve, Thermal unit Constraints, Hydro
Constraints, Fuel Constraints and other Constraints - UC solution methods: Priority -List Methods, Forward Dynamic
Programming Approach. Economic Load Dispatch: Incremental Cost Curves – optimal operation of thermal units with and
without transmission losses – Loss Coefficient – Coordination Equation.

UNIT 3 COMPUTER CONTROL OF POWER SYSTEMS 9 Hrs.
Energy control system: Function-monitoring, Data Acquisition and Control, System Hardware Configuration- SCADA and
EMS Function: Network Topology Determination, Steady State Estimate, Security Analysis and Control. Various operating
states: normal, Alert, emergency: Extremely Emergency and Restorative- State Transition Diagram Showing Various State
Transition and Control Strategies.

UNIT 4 REAL POWER - FREQUENCY CONTROL 9 Hrs.
Fundamentals of Speed Governing Mechanism and Modeling – Regulation of Alternators - Fundamentals of automatic
generation control - Implementation of AGC - Under Frequency Load Shedding. Load Frequency Control (LFC) of single
area system-static and dynamic analysis (uncontrolled case).

UNIT 5 REACTIVE POWER AND VOLTAGE CONTROL 9 Hrs.
Production and Absorption of Reactive Power - Methods of Voltage Control - shunt Reactors, Shunt Capacitors, Series
Capacitors, Synchronous Condensers, Static VAR Systems-Principles of Transmission System Compensation – Modelling
of Reactive Compensation Devices - Application of Tap-Changing Transformers to Transmission Systems - Distribution
System Voltage Regulation - Modelling of Transformer ULTC Control System.
Max. 45 Hrs.

COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, student will be able to
CO1 - Ability to understand the day-to-day operation of electric power system.
CO2 - Analyses of Unit Commitment and Economic Dispatch Problem.
CO3 - Ability to design SCADA application for real time operation, modelling of various state transition and control
strategies.
CO4 - Predetermine the Fundamentals of Speed Governing and control of generating unit power output and Implement
AGC and Load Shedding.
CO5 - Ability to understand and analyze power system operation, stability, control and protection and Modelling of
Reactive compensation device.
CO6 - Ability to understand the applications of Tap Changing Transformer.

TEXT / REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Allen J. Wood, Bruce F. Wollenberg, Gerald B. Sheble, “Power generation, operation and control”, John Wiley & sons,
Inc, 3rd Edition, 2013.
2. Olle.I.Elgerd, “Electric Energy Systems theory” – An Introduction, Tata Mc Graw Hill Publishing Company Ltd,
NewDelhi, 2nd Edition, 2004.
3. D. P. Kothari and I. J. Nagrath, “Modern power system analysis”, 4th Edition, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company
Limited, New Delhi, 2011.
4. Leonard L.Grigsby, “The Electric Power Engineering Handbook”, CRC Press, 3rd Edition, 2012.

END SEMESTER EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER PATTERN
Max. Marks: 100 Exam Duration: 3 Hrs.
PART A: 10 Questions of 2 marks each-No choice 20 Marks
PART B: 2 Questions from each unit with internal choice; each carrying 16 marks 80 Marks