Power Quality
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The official GTU curriculum for Power Quality (subject code 2740704) as prescribed for EE · Semester 4 divides the course into 6 units, covering 35 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 (2740704)Unit 1 Introduction
- Definition of Power Quality
- Power Quality Terminologies
- Various Power Quality Issues
- Susceptibility Criterion
- Power Quality Standards: IEEE 519-1992 and IEC 61000-series standards
Unit 2 Power Frequency Disturbances & Electrical Transients
- Common power frequency disturbances: Voltage Sag, swell and flicker
- solutions for low-frequency disturbances
- Voltage tolerance criteria
- Transient system model
- Transient system model and their responses
- Power System Transient model
- Types and causes of transients
Unit 3 Harmonics
- Harmonic number
- Odd and Even Harmonics
- Harmonic Phase Rotation and Phase Angle relationship
- Cause of Voltage and Current Harmonics
- Individual and Total Harmonic Distortion
Unit 4 Grounding and Bonding
- Shock and fire hazards
- Essentials of Grounded Systems
- Ground Electrodes – ground rods
- rings & plates
- signal reference ground methods
- Earth resistance tests
- Earth & Power ground systems
- Single point and multipoint grounding
- ground loops
- Isolated ground
- electrochemical reactions due to ground grids
Unit 5 Power quality issues – power factor & Electromagnetic Interference
- Power factor- causes of low power factor
- effects and improvement techniques
- Electromagnetic Interference – terminology
- issues and mitigation techniques
Unit 6 Power Quality Monitoring
- Monitoring Considerations
- Historical Perspective of Power Quality Measuring Instruments
- Power Quality Measurement Equipment
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