Substation Engineering and Automation detailed syllabus for Electrical & Electronics Engineering (EEE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the EEE students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Electrical & Electronics Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit EEE 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-I scheme and its subjects refer to EEE Professional Elective-I syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of substation engineering and automation is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
SUBSTATION DESIGN DEVELOPMENT 9 Substation Introduction and Classifications, Different bus bar switching schemes for Substation. Standards and Practices, Factors Influencing Substation Design – Altitude, Ambient Temperature, Earthquake and seismic zones, pollution and corrosion etc., Testing of Electrical Equipment, Concept and development of Single Line Diagram. Requirement of substation calculation.
Unit II
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Unit III
PROTECTION AND SUBSTATION AUTOMATION 9 Power System protection, Overcurrent and Earth Fault protection and coordination. Distribution Feeder Protection, Transformer – Unit/Main Protection, Familiarization of NUMERICAL Relays, distance/differential protection for transmission line. Substation Automation: Evolution of Substation Automation, Communication System Fundamentals-Protocol fundamental and choosing the right protocol. Substation integration and automation functional architecture, Substation signal list – DI, DO, AI, AO- Bay Control Unit (BCU), Remote Terminal Unit RTU.
Unit IV
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Unit V
INTERFACE ENGINEERING 9 Civil & Structural Engineering – Familiarization of site development plan, equipment supports structures, foundation for equipment, familiarization of control building and substation building, infrastructure development, Mechanical System- Fire Detection, Alarm System and Fire Suppression System for transformer, Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning (HVAC) for Substation.
Skill Development Activities
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Course Outcomes:
On successful completion of the course student will be able to:
- Understand the key deciding factors involved in substation design and operation
- Know about the sizing and selection of equipment which forms part of substation
- Know about composite layout design aspects of the substation with different services and the challenges including statutory clearances.
- Understand about Interdisciplinary aspects involved in substation design
- Understand different protection and control scheme involved in substation design
- Know about substation automation system and different communication protocol involved for efficient operation of a substation
Reference Books:
- McDonald John D, Electric Power Substations Engineering, CRC Press, 3rd Edition, 2012
- Partap Singh Satnam, P.V. Gupta, Sub-station Design and Equipment, Dhanpat Rai Publications, 1st Edition, 2013
- Sunil S. Rao, Switchgear Protection and Power Systems (Theory, Practice & Solved Problems), Khanna Publications, 14th Edition, 2019 .
- Electrical substation and engineering & practice by S.Rao, 3rd Edition, Khanna Publishers 2015
- Manual on Substation by Central Board of irrigation and Power (CBIP) Publication No 342., 2006.
- Substation automation system Design and implementation by Evelio Padilla by Wiley Publications, 1st Edition, 2015 November.
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Electrical & Electronics Engineering 5th Sem, visit EEE 5th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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