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