Power System Transients and Overvoltages (PS810)
Programme:
M.Tech (P&ES)
Semester:
First
Category:
Elective Courses (Ele)
Credits (L-T-P):
03 (3-0-0)
Content:
Transients in power systems, Overvoltages, current chopping, capacitor switching, 3-phase capacitor bank switching, traveling waves, Bewley’s lattice diagram, attenuation, distortion of waves, two-conductor system, multi-conductor system, Computation of transients. Transients in transformers: initial voltage distribution, winding oscillations. Protection form surges: ZnO arrestors. Insulation coordination principles and applications.
References:
1. Allan Greenwood, Electrical Transients in Power Systems, Wiley Interscience.
2. Relevant IS Codes.
Department:
Electrical and Electronics Engineering