Power System‑II (PS)
EX-601-
Unit 1General Problems in Modern Power Systems
Problems associated with modern interconnected power systems · Deregulation and power‑systems restructuring · Distributed generation and congestion issues · Available transfer capacities · Pricing of energy and transmission services
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Unit 2DC Machine‑II and Power‑Flow Studies
DC machine – II · $\text{Static power‑flow equations}$ and solution methods · Gauss–Seidel method for load flow · Newton‑Raphson method for load flow · Fast Decoupled Load‑Flow (FDLF) method · Comparison of Gauss–Seidel, Newton‑Raphson and FDLF methods · Economic operation of power systems – economic dispatch · Emission dispatch and line loss minimisation · Incremental transmission loss (ITL) calculation · Economic dispatch using Lagrangian multiplier method
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Unit 3MW Frequency Control and AGC
Fundamentals of speed governing for MW frequency control · Modelling of speed‑control mechanisms · Primary Automatic Load‑Frequency Control (ALFC) · Closing of ALFC · Static and dynamic response to primary ALFC · Speed‑control characteristics · Fundamentals of Automatic Generation Control (AGC) · AGC in isolated and interconnected power systems · Modelling of the tie‑line · Static and dynamic response of a two‑area system · Economic dispatch control related to frequency regulation
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Unit 4Reactive Power & Voltage Control
Reactive power and voltage control fundamentals · Protection and absorption of reactive power · Methods of voltage control – static VAR systems · Types and applications of static VAR devices · Characteristics of excitation systems · DC, AC and static excitation systems · General block‑diagram representation of voltage regulators
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Unit 5Power System Stability
Power‑system stability – steady‑state, dynamic and transient stability · Swing equation and equal‑area criterion · Solution of swing equation using step‑by‑step method, modified Euler’s method and Runge‑Kutta method · Methods of improving transient stability