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EX-601 · Power System‑II/Official Syllabus

Power System‑II (EX-601) - Official Syllabus

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Unit 1

General 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 2

DC 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 3

MW 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 4

Reactive 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 5

Power 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

Laboratory Experiments

  • Develop a MATLAB program to obtain the Y‑bus matrix for an N‑bus system.
  • Perform load‑flow solution for a 3‑bus system using Gauss–Seidel, Newton‑Raphson and FDLF methods up to three iterations.
  • Perform load‑flow solution for IEEE 6‑bus and 30‑bus systems in MATLAB using the Newton‑Raphson method.
  • Assess transient stability of a single‑machine system.
  • Investigate the effect of compensation on the voltage profile of an IEEE 6‑bus system.
  • Study any power‑system software tools (e.g., PSCAD, EDSA, Mi‑POWER, ETAP, etc.).

Reference Books

  • I.J. Nagrath & D.P. Kothari, *Modern Power System Analysis*, Tata McGraw‑Hill, 2nd edition.
  • C.L. Wadhwa, *Electrical Power Systems*, New Age International, 2nd edition, 1998.
  • T.J.E. Miller, *Reactive Power Control in Electric Systems*, John Wiley & Sons.
  • A. Chakrawarti, *Power System Analysis: Operation and Control*, PHI Learning, 3rd edition.
  • O.I. Elgerd, *Electric Energy Systems Theory*, TMH, New Delhi, 2nd edition, 1983.
  • P. Kundur, *Power System Stability and Control*, McGraw‑Hill, New York, 1993.
  • C.W. Taylor, *Power System Voltage Stability*, McGraw‑Hill, New York, 1993.
  • I.J. Nagrath & D.P. Kothari, *Power System Engineering*, Tata McGraw‑Hill, New Delhi, 1994.
  • B.M. Weedy, *Electric Power System*, John Wiley & Sons, 3rd edition.
  • P.S.R. Murthy, *Power System Operation and Control*, B.S. Publication.
  • A.J. Wood & B.F. Wollenberg, *Power Generation, Operation and Control*, John Wiley & Sons, 1984.
  • T.K. Nagsarkar & M.S. Sukhiza, *Power System Analysis*, Oxford University Press.
  • L.K. Kirchmayer, *Economic Operation of Power Systems*, Wiley Eastern Ltd.
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