Power Quality
Power Quality
22EEE34
POWER QUALITY ENGINEERING
(Program Elective-3)
Instruction 3L Hours per week
Duration of SEE 3 Hours
SEE 60 Marks
CIE 40 Marks
Credits 3
COURSE OUTCOMES: After the completion of this course, the student will be able to
1. Illustrate the basic concepts of power quality issues and power quality monitoring, standards and
measuring instruments.
2. Apply the mitigation techniques in real time power system to solve power quality issues.
3. Analyze voltage sags effect on three-phase AC- Adjustable speed drive (ASD), DC- Adjustable speed
drive (ASD) for industrial applications.
4. Identify the sources of harmonics and its mitigation techniques in industrial systems.
5. Discuss the protection devices for transient over voltages and solutions for Wiring and Grounding
problems
UNIT-I
Power Quality problems in distribution systems: Voltage Sag, Swells, Interruptions, and Wave-form
Distortions: harmonics, noise, notching, DC-offsets, fluctuations, flicker and its measurement. Tolerance of
Equipment: CBEMA curve, Power quality monitoring, standards and measuring instruments.
UNIT-II
Power quality mitigation techniques: Active shunt compensators, Classification of D-STATCOM, Principle
of Operation and Control of DSTATCOMs, Single-phase PQ theory, Single-phase DQ theory, Active series
compensators, Classification of Active Series Compensators, Principle of Operation and Control of Active
Series Compensators, Single-phase PQ theory, Single-phase DQ theory
UNIT-III
PQ Consideration in Industrial Power Systems: Adjustable speed drive (ASD) systems and applications,
Characterization of voltage sags experienced by three-phase AC-ASD, DC-ASD systems, Effects of momentary
voltage dips on the operation of induction and synchronous motors.
UNIT-IV
Harmonics: Sources of power system harmonics, Harmonic distortion, Harmonic Indices, Odd and Even Order
Harmonics, Causes of Voltage and Current Harmonics, Locating Harmonic sources, Effect of Harmonics on
Power System Devices, Mitigation of harmonics.
UNIT-V
Transient Over-voltages & Wiring and Grounding: Sources of Transient Overvoltage’s, Principles of
Overvoltage Protection Devices, Definitions, Reasons for Grounding and wiring, Typical Wiring and Grounding
Problems, Solutions to Wiring and Grounding Problems.
TEXT BOOKS:
1. C.Sankaran, ‘Power Quality’, CRC Press, 2001.
2. R. SastryVedam, M. Sarma, "Power Quality-Var Compensation in Power Systems ", CRC Press, 2009.
SUGGESTED READING:
1. Math H.J. Bollen, ‘Understanding Power Quality Problems’, IEEE Press, 2000.
2. Roger C. Dugan, Mark F. McGranaghan, Surya Santoso, H. Wayne Beaty, ‘Electrical Power Systems
Quality’, 3rd Edition,Tata McGraw-Hill, 2012.
NPTEL Courses:
S.No NPTEL Course Name Instructor Host Institute
1 Power Quality Prof. Bhim Singh IIT Delhi