Power Quality
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The official GTU curriculum for Power Quality (subject code BE05024071) as prescribed for PE · Semester 5 divides the course into 7 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 (BE05024071)Unit 1 Introduction to Power Quality (6 hours)
- Definition of power quality
- susceptibility criteria
- Linear vs non-linear loads
- PE loads and their PQ impact
- Common disturbances overview: sags
- Responsibilities of utility and consumers
- Overview of PQ standards (IEEE-519
- IEC etc.)
Unit 2 Power Frequency Disturbances & Voltage Events
- Voltage sags
- Sources of disturbances (faults
- PE drives
- transformer energization)
- Mitigation using PE devices: DVR, UPS, AC voltage regulators
- ITI/CBEMA curves and equipment sensitivity
Unit 3 Electrical Transients
- Transient system modelling
- Impulsive & oscillatory transients
- Capacitor switching
- PE converter switching
- Converter switching transients and their influence on DC-link & EMI
Unit 4 Harmonics & Harmonic Analysis
- Harmonic sources: rectifiers
- EV chargers
- Individual & total distortion (THD
- resonance Effects on motors
- PE devices
- Passive filters (LC
- trap filters)
- Active filters (shunt/series APF, hybrid filters) – basic operational concepts
Unit 5 Grounding, Bonding & EMI/EMC
- Grounding systems
- ground loops
- Earthing in PE converters, UPS, inverters
- EMI from switching devices
- dv/dt and di/dt issues
- cable routing
- common-mode filters
Unit 6 Power Quality in Power Electronics Applications
- PQ issues in converters
- welding sets
- Reactive power issues in harmonic-rich PE systems
- Voltage support using STATCOM
- SVC (conceptual overview)
- PQ impact of distributed generation (PV inverters
- wind converters)
Unit 7 Power Quality Measurement & Monitoring
- PQ meters
- data loggers
- Measurement setups
- number of test points
- Practical interpretation of PQ waveforms
- Introduction to PQ audit & reporting
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