Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Odisha, Electrical & Electronics Engineering Semester 6, Power System Operation and Control Syllabus

Power System Operation and Control

Module I: Review of the structure of a Power System and its components
Per unit calculations. Analysis of Power Flows: Formation of Bus Admittance Matrix. Real and reactive power balance equations at a node. Load and Generator Specifications. Application of numerical methods for solution of nonlinear algebraic equations – Gauss Seidel, Coupled and Decoupled Newton-Raphson methods for the solution of the power flow equations. Regulating Transformers.

Module II: Economic Operation and Management of Power System
Basic Pricing Principles: Generator Cost Curves, Utility Functions, Economic Operation with and without Transmission losses, Transmission loss coefficient, Economic Dispatch, Unit Commitment, Function of Load Dispatch Centres. Demand side-management.

Module III: Control of Frequency and Voltage
Turbines and Speed-Governors, Frequency dependence of loads, Droop Control and Power Sharing. Automatic Generation Control. Generation and absorption of reactive power by various components of a Power System. Excitation System Control in synchronous generators, Automatic Voltage Regulators, ALFC of Single and Two Area Systems.

Module IV: Power System Stability
The Stability Problem, Rotor Dynamics and the Swing Equation, The Power-Angle Equation, Synchronizing Power Coefficients, Equal- Area Criterion for Stability, Multi-
machine Stability Studies: Classical Representation, Step-By-Step Solution of the Swing Curve, Factors Affecting Transient Stability.