Unit 1 Introduction

4 lecture hours

• Definition of power Quality
• power quality terminology
• power quality issues
• Susceptibility Criteria
• Responsibility of supplier and users of elect power
• Linear and nonlinear load and their effects

Unit 2 Power Frequency Disturbance

8 lecture hours

• Common power frequency disturbances
• voltage sags
• cures of low frequency disturbances
• voltage tolerance Electrical Transients: Transient system model
• Examples of models & response
• Types and causes of transients
• Examples of transient wave forms

Unit 3 Harmonics

6 lecture hours

• odd and even harmonics
• causes of harmonics
• Individual & total distortion
• Harmonics signatures
• Effect of harmonics
• Guidelines for harmonic voltage & current limitation
• Harmonic current mitigation

Unit 4 Grounding & Bonding

6 lecture hours

• National electric code grounding requirements
• Essentials of grounding system
• Ground electrodes
• Earth resistance tests
• Earth ground grid system
• Power Ground system
• Signal reference ground
• Signal reference ground methods
• Single and multi-point grounding
• Ground loops

Unit 5 Power Factor

3 lecture hours

• Active and Reactive power
• Displacement and true power factor
• power factor improvement
• voltage rise due to capacitance
• application of synchronous condensers and static VAR compensators

Unit 6 Electromagnetic Interference

6 lecture hours

• Electric and magnetic fields
• Electromagnetic interference terminology
• Power frequency fields
• High frequency interference
• EMI Mitigation
• Cable shielding to minimize EMI, Health concerns of EMI

Unit 7 Power Quality Measurement

6 lecture hours

• Power quality measurement devices
• power quality measurements
• Number of test locations
• Test duration
• Instrument set-up
• Instrument set up guidelines

Unit 8 Distributed Generation and Power Quality

• Resurgence of DG, DG technologies
• Interface to the utility system
• Power quality issues
• Operating conflicts
• 6 Subject Code: 3172423