HVDC and FACTS 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 hvdc and facts is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION 9 Reactive power control in electrical power transmission lines-load & system compensation, Uncompensated transmission line-shunt and series compensation. Need for HVDC Transmission, Comparison between AC & DC Transmission, , Types of HVDC transmission System.
Unit II
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Unit III
VOLTAGE SOURCE CONVERTER BASED FACTS CONTROLLERS 9 Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM)-Principle of operation-V-I Characteristics. Applications: Steady state power transfer-enhancement of transient stability-prevention of voltage instability. SSSC-operation of SSSC VI characteristics, Enhancement in Power transfer capability -, UPSC – Operation Principle Applications.
Unit IV
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Unit V
VSC BASED HVDC TRANSMISSION 9 Basic 2 level IGBT inverter operation- 4 Quadrant operation- phase angle control- dq control- Control of power flow in VSC based HVDC Transmission, Topologies of MTDC system.
Skill Development Activities
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Course Outcomes:
After completion the above subject, students will be able to understand
- To Identify and understand the problems in AC transmission systems and understand the need for Flexible AC transmission systems and HVDC Transmission
- To understand the operation and control of SVC and TCSC and its applications to enhance the stability and damping.
- To Analyze basic operation and control of voltage source converter based FACTS controllers
- To demonstrate basic operation and control of Line Commutated HVDC Transmission
- To explain the d-q control based operation of VSC based HVDC Transmission
Text Books:
- R.Mohan Mathur, Rajiv K.Varma /Thyristor-Based Facts Controllers for Electrical Transmission Systems, IEEE press andJohnWiley&Sons,Inc,2002.
- Narain G.Hingorani, Understanding FACTS-Concepts and Technology of Flexible AC Transmission Systems, Standard Publishers Distributors,Delhi-110006,2011.
Reference Books:
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