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REACTIVE POWER CONTROL & MANAGEMENT

(PROFESSIONAL ELECTIVE –VI )

IV Year II Semester
Course Code Category Hours / Week Credits Maximum Marks

L T P C CIE SEE Total


A5EE48 PEC
3 0 0 3 30 70 100

Course Objectives:

1.Learn the necessity of reactive power compensation


2.Study and describe load compensation
3.Describevarious types of reactive power compensation in transmission systems
4.Learnreactive power coordination system
5.To characterize distribution side and utility side reactive power management.

Course Outcomes:

Upon the completion of the subject, the student will be able to

1.Distinguish the importance of load compensation in symmetrical as well as un symmetrical loads


2.Observe and apply various compensation methods in transmission lines
3.Construct model for reactive power coordination
4.Determine demand side reactive power management & user side reactive power management based
upon the dynamic characteristics of load and supply.

SYLLABUS

UNIT-I:

Load Compensation:

Objectives and specifications – reactive power characteristics – inductive and capacitive approximate biasing – Load
compensator as a voltage regulator – phase balancing and power factor correction of unsymmetrical loads- examples.

UNIT-II:

Steady – State Reactive Power Compensation in Transmission System:

Uncompensated line – types of compensation – Passive shunt and series and dynamic shunt compensation –
examples Transient state reactive power compensation in transmission systems: Characteristic time periods – passive
shunt compensation – static compensations- series capacitor compensation – compensation using synchronous
condensers – examples

UNIT-III:

Reactive Power Coordination:

Objective – Mathematical modeling – Operation planning – transmission benefits – Basic concepts of quality of power
supply – disturbances- steady –state variations – effects of under voltages – frequency –Harmonics, radio frequency
and electromagnetic interferences

UNIT-IV:

Demand Side Management:

Load patterns – basic methods load shaping – power tariffs- KVAR based tariffs penalties for voltage flickers and
Harmonic voltage levels Distribution side Reactive power Management:: System losses –loss reduction methods –
examples – Reactive power planning – objectives – Economics Planning capacitor placement – retrofitting of capacitor
banks
UNIT-V:

User Side Reactive Power Management:KVAR requirements for domestic appliances – Purpose of using capacitors
– selection of capacitors – deciding factors – types of available capacitor, characteristics and Limitations Reactive
power management in electric traction systems and are furnaces: Typical layout of traction systems – reactive power
control requirements – distribution transformers- Electric arc furnaces – basic operations- furnaces transformer –filter
requirements – remedial measures –power factor of an arc furnace

TEXT BOOKS:

 Reactive power control in Electric power systems by T.J.E. Miller, John Wiley and sons, 1982.
 Reactive power Management by D. M. Tagare, Tata McGraw Hill, 2004.

REFERENCES:

 Wolfgang Hofmann, Jurgen Schlabbach, Wolfgang Just “Reactive Power Compensation: A Practical Guide,
April, 2012, Wiely publication.

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