This document provides information about the course "Power Transmission and Distribution". The course is worth 4 credits and includes both lectures and practical sessions. The course objectives are to introduce students to power transmission systems, distribution systems, transmission system modeling and analysis, design of overhead lines and underground cables, and phenomena like surges and traveling waves. The course is divided into 5 units that cover topics like transmission and distribution system components, performance modeling of transmission lines, overhead lines and underground cables, surge performance and protection, and traveling waves. Suggested readings are also provided.
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This document provides information about the course "Power Transmission and Distribution". The course is worth 4 credits and includes both lectures and practical sessions. The course objectives are to introduce students to power transmission systems, distribution systems, transmission system modeling and analysis, design of overhead lines and underground cables, and phenomena like surges and traveling waves. The course is divided into 5 units that cover topics like transmission and distribution system components, performance modeling of transmission lines, overhead lines and underground cables, surge performance and protection, and traveling waves. Suggested readings are also provided.
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Course Title of the Course Credit Course Structure Pre-
No. Requisite
EEEEC16 Power Transmission and 4 L-T-P: 3-0-2 Power
Distribution Systems
Course Objectives (CO):
1. To get introduced with the basics of power transmission systems 2. To be familiar with the distribution systems 3. To analyze performance of transmission systems through modeling 4. To know design and physical construction of overhead lines and underground cables 5. To be aware of phenomena of surges and travelling waves in high voltage transmission systems
COURSE CONTENT: Lecture
(in Hrs.)
UNIT I Introduction to Transmission and Distribution Systems: 10
Structure of a power system, indoor and outdoor substations, equipment for substations, general layout, auxiliary supply; radial, ring mains, sub-transmission, primary and secondary distribution systems; comparison of various types of ac and dc systems; calculation of line resistance (skin and proximity effect), inductance and capacitance of single-phase and three-phase, single circuit and double circuit transmission lines, distribution system components.
UNIT II Performance of Transmission Lines: Models of short, medium 10
and long transmission lines including A, B, C, D constants; Ferranti effect, regulation and efficiency, tuned power lines, power flow through a transmission line, power circle diagrams, and transmission loss; transposition of conductors, surge impedance loading, formation of corona, critical voltage, methods of reduction – bundle conductor, effect online performance and interference.
UNIT III Overhead Lines and Underground Cables: Overhead line 8
supports (towers), conductors, insulating materials and insulators - voltage distribution over suspension insulator string, equalizer ring, string efficiency, testing of insulators; conductor sag-tension calculations, effects of wind and ice loading, vibration dampers. Types of LV and HV underground cables and insulation – solid, liquid, gaseous, dielectric stress, dielectric loss, heating of cables, grading of cables, measuring insulation resistance, and capacitances of single-phase and three-phase cables, charging current in a cable and rating, failure due to tree formation. UNIT IV Surge Performance and Protection: Switching surges, origin 6 and mechanism of lightening strokes, direct and induced strokes, protection from surges - lightning arrestors (rod gap, horn gap, multi-gap and expulsion type) and surge diverters, evaluation of surge impedance, energy and power associated with a surge.
UNIT V Travelling Waves: Theory of traveling waves, wave equation, 6
role of characteristic impedance of a line, incident and reflected waves, transmission and refraction of waves, Bewley Lattice Diagram, velocity of traveling waves, behavior of traveling waves for different terminations - inductor, capacitor, open-end, short- end, cable while approaching substation and over the junction of dissimilar lines, attenuation of traveling waves. SUGGESTED READINGS: 1. Hadi Saddat, “Electric power systems”, Tata McGraw Hill. 2014. 2. Abhijit Chakraborty, and Sunita halder, “Power System Analysis, Operation and Control”, PHI, New Delhi, 2011. 3. W. H. Stevension, “Elements of Power System Analysis”, McGraw Hill, 1982. 4. C. L. Wadhava, “Electrical Power Systems”, New Age International, 2004.