EE8702 - Power System Operation and Control
[Link] Livingston,AP/EEE
[Link] Theresa Engineering College
Vagaikulam-Thoothukudi
What is power system?
It is a network which comprises Generation, transmission and
Distribution of electrical energy effectively to the consumer.
OBJECTIVES:
To impart knowledge on the following topics
Significance of power system operation and
control.
Real power-frequency interaction and design of
power-frequency controller.
Reactive power-voltage interaction and the
control actions to be implemented for
maintaining the voltage profile against varying
system load.
Economic operation of power system.
SCADA and its application for real time operation
and control of power systems
Syllabus
UNIT I PRELIMINARIES ON POWER SYSTEM OPERATION AND
CONTROL
Power scenario in Indian grid – National and Regional load dispatching
centers – requirements of good power system - necessity of voltage
and frequency regulation – real power vs frequency and reactive power
vs voltage control loops - system load variation, load curves and basic
concepts of load dispatching - load forecasting - Basics of speed
governing mechanisms and modeling - speed load characteristics -
regulation of two generators in parallel.
UNIT II REAL POWER - FREQUENCY CONTROL
Load Frequency Control (LFC) of single area system-static and dynamic
analysis of uncontrolled and controlled cases - LFC of two area system -
tie line modeling – block diagram representation of two area system -
static and dynamic analysis - tie line with frequency bias control – state
variability model - integration of economic dispatch control with LFC.
UNIT III REACTIVE POWER – VOLTAGE CONTROL
Generation and absorption of reactive power - basics of reactive power
control – Automatic Voltage Regulator (AVR) – brushless AC excitation system
– block diagram representation of AVR loop - static and dynamic analysis –
stability compensation – voltage drop in transmission line - methods of
reactive power injection - tap changing transformer, SVC (TCR + TSC) and
STATCOM for voltage control.
UNIT IV ECONOMIC OPERATION OF POWER SYSTEM
Statement of economic dispatch problem - input and output characteristics of
thermal plant - incremental cost curve - optimal operation of thermal units
without and with transmission losses (no derivation of transmission loss
coefficients) - base point and participation factors method - statement of unit
commitment (UC) problem - constraints on UC problem – solution of UC
problem using priority list – special aspects of short term and long term
hydrothermal problems.
UNIT V COMPUTER CONTROL OF POWER SYSTEMS
Need of computer control of power systems-concept of energy control centers
and functions – PMU - system monitoring, data acquisition and controls -
System hardware configurations - SCADA and EMS functions - state estimation
problem – measurements and errors - weighted least square estimation -
various operating states - state transition diagram.
Course Outcomes
Ability to understand the day-to-day operation of electric
power system.
Ability to analyze the control actions to be implemented on
the system to meet the minute-to-minute variation of system
demand
Ability to understand the significance of power system
operation and control.
Ability to understand the reactive power-voltage interaction.
Ability to acquire knowledge on real power-frequency
interaction.
Ability to design SCADA and its application for real time
operation