Interconnected Power System
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Interconnected Power System Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Interconnected Power System (subject code 2170901) as prescribed for Electrical Engineering · Semester 7 divides the course into 6 units, covering 47 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2170901)Unit 1 Introduction
- Concept of Interconnection
- Hierarchical Grid arrangements
- Cascade Tripping
- Load dispatch centre
- Power Generation Scenario in Gujarat and India
Unit 2 Power system matrices
- Brief explanation of Graph theory
- Primitive Network
- Ybus formation methods
- Singular transformation method
- Direct method
- Removal of elements
- Algorithm for formation of Zbus matrix addition of branch and link
Unit 3 Load flow studies
- Static Load Flow Equations
- Bus Classifications
- Approximate method
- Gauss-Seidel Method
- Newton Raphson Method
- Fast Decoupled Load Flow Method
- Comparison of different methods
Unit 4 Economic operation of power systems
- Generator operating cost
- Economic operation of generators within thermal plant
- Optimal operation by co-ordination equation
- Penalty factor
- Derivation of transmission loss formula (Kron’s method)
- Unit commitment problem solution by dynamic programming
Unit 5 Frequency and voltage control methods
- Speed governing mechanism
- Mathematical modeling
- Adjustment of Governor characteristics
- Single area control
- Flat frequency control
- Selective frequency control
- Tie line load bias control
- Methods of voltage control
Unit 6 Power system stability
- Mechanics of angular motion
- The swing Education
- transfer reactance
- power relations
- Steady state stability
- Synchronizing power coefficient
- Analysis of steady state stability
- steady state stability with automatic voltage regulators
- concept of shunt fault
- transfer reactance during fault
- reduction of power system to one machine connected to infinite bus, Transient stability
- simplified transient generator model
- The equal area stability criterion
- solution of swing equation