Power System Planning and Design
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Power System Planning and Design Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Power System Planning and Design (subject code 2180903) as prescribed for Electrical Engineering · Semester 8 divides the course into 7 units, covering 60 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 (2180903)Unit 1 Transmission lines design
- Requirements of transmission lines
- selection of voltage for high-voltage transmission lines
- choice of conductors
- spacing of conductors
- specifications of transmission lines
- surge- impedance loading of transmission lines
- electrical design of transmission lines
- main considerations in the mechanical design of transmission lines
- sag-tension relation
- stringing of transmission lines
- towers Design of EHV transmission lines : transmission of electric power at extra- high voltage
- design considerations of EHV lines
- selection and spacing of conductors
- radio and television interference
- insulation co- ordination
Unit 2 Design of distribution systems
- Development of a distribution plan
- transmission and distribution systems
- types of distribution systems arrangements
- primary distribution design
- secondary distribution design
- distribution substations
- calculation of distributor sizes: voltage drops
- voltage regulation
- Lamp flicker[1]
Unit 3 Design of power system
- selection of sizes and location of generating stations
- selection and specifications of transmission lines
- sizes and location of substations
Unit 4 Power System Earthing
- tolerable limits of body currents
- soil resistivity
- earth resistance
- tolerable step and, actual step and touch voltage
- design of earthing grid
- concrete encased electrodes
- tower footing resistance
- measurement of earth resistance R, measurement of soil resistivity
- impulse behavior of earthing system.[2]
Unit 5 Insulation Co-ordination
- determination of line insulation
- B.I.L and insulation levels of sub-station equipment
- lightning arrester selection
- power system overvoltages
- tentative selection of arrestor voltage ratings
- selection of arrestor discharge currents
- arrestor discharge voltage
- establishment of impulse voltage level of equipment
- protective margin
- establishment of separation limits
- location of lightening arrestor[3]
Unit 6 Power system improvement
- methods of power system improvement
- power system improvement scheme
- determination of the voltage regulation and losses in a power system
- shifting of distribution transformer centre
- financial aspects of the power system improvement scheme[1]
Unit 7 Power system planning
- methods of power system planning
- forecasting load and energy requirements
- generation planning
- transmission system planning
- distribution system planning
- reliability of electrical power systems
- methods of measuring power system reliability[1] Note: It is suggested that based on the above syllabus
- visits for LT/HT Electrification and 220KV/ 400 KV substations should be carried out
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