RASHTRASANT TUKADOJI MAHARAJ NAGPUR UNIVERSITY, NAGPUR

B.TECH. (Electrical Engineering) (CBCS)

8th Semester Electrical Engineering (CBCS)
Syllabus of Electrical Safety & Standards.
Subject Code : BTCHEE801T
Teaching Scheme Examination Scheme
Theory-03Hours/Week Th (U)=70 M (I)=30 M
Duration of University Exam:- 3 Hours
COURSE OUTCOMES
Upon successful completion of the course, the student must be able to
Understand the Indian power sector organization and Electricity rules, electrical safety in
CO1 residential, commercial, agriculture, hazardous areas .
CO2 Outline the electrical safety during installation, testing and commissioning procedure.
Make use of specification of electrical plants and classification of safety equipment for
CO3 various hazardous locations.

CO4 Understand Safety Management & Standards in Electrical Systems.

SYLLABUS
Unit Contents Hours
No.
1 Introduction To Electrical Safety, Shocks And Their Prevention:
Terms and definitions, objectives of safety and security measures, Hazards associated with
electriccurrent and voltage, who is exposed, principles of electrical safety, Approaches to
prevent Accidents, scope of subject electrical safety. Primary and secondary electrical
shocks, possibilities of getting electrical shock and its severity, medical analysis of electric 8
shocks and its effects, shocks due to flash/ Spark over’s, prevention of shocks, safety
precautions against contact shocks, flash shocks, burns, residential buildings andshop.
2 Electrical Safety in Residential, Commercial and Agricultural Installations:
Wiring and fitting –Domestic appliances –water tap giving shock –shock from wet wall –fan
firing shock –multi-storied building –Temporary installations – Agricultural pump 7
installation –Do’s and Don’ts for safety in the use of domestic appliances.
3 Electrical Safety during Installation, Testing and Commissioning, Operation and
Maintenance: Preliminary preparations –safe sequence –risk ofplant and equipment –safety
documentation –field quality and safety -personal protective equipment –safety clearance
notice –safety precautions –safeguards for operators –safety. 7
4 Electrical Safety in Hazardous Areas:
Hazardous zones –class 0,1 and 2 – spark, flashovers and corona discharge and functional
6
requirements – Specifications of electrical plants, equipment’s for hazardous locations –
Classification of equipment enclosure for various hazardous gases and vapours –
classification of equipment/enclosure for hazardous locations.
5 Safety Management of Electrical Systems: 8
Principles of Safety Management, Management Safety Policy, Safety organization, safety
auditing, Motivation to managers, supervisors, employees.
Review of IE Rules and Acts ,their Significance: Objective and scope – ground
clearances and section clearances – standards on electrical safety - safe limits of current,
voltage –Rules regarding first aid and fire fighting facility. The Electricity Act, 2003,
 Learning Resources
Text Books:
1. Rao, S. and Saluja, H.L., “Electrical Safety, Fire Safety Engineering and Safety
Management”, Khanna Publishers, 1988.
2. Pradeep Chaturvedi, “Energy management policy, planning and utilization”, Concept
Publishing company, New Delhi, 1997
Reference Books:
1. Cooper.W.F, “Electrical safety Engineering”, Newnes-Butterworth Company, 1978.

2. John Codick, “Electrical safety hand book”, McGraw Hill Inc., New Delhi, 2000.

3. Nagrath, I.J. and Kothari, D.P., “Power System Engineering”, Tata McGraw Hill, 1998.

4. Wadhwa, C.L., “Electric Power Systems”, New Age International, 2004.

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B.TECH. (Electrical Engineering) (CBCS)
8th Semester Electrical Engineering (CBCS)
Syllabus Advance Professional Elective VI
POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DRIVES
Subject Code : BTCHEE802T
Teaching Scheme Examination Scheme
Theory-03Hours/Week Th (U)=70 M (I)=30 M
Duration of University Exam:- 3 Hours
COURSE OBJECTIVE
To study the dynamics of Electric drives along with stability.
1
2 To learn the various converters control methods used for DC drives.
To study advanced control topologies applicable for induction motor.
3
4 To learn the basics of Industrial drives used for special applications.

5 To study the traction drives using ac and dc motors with advanced control.

COURSE OUTCOMES
Upon successful completion of the course, the student must be able to
Understand dynamics of electric drives used in industry with steady state stability.
CO1
CO2 Apply the knowledge of various converters control methods used for DC drives.
Analyze control topologies used for induction motor applicable to various industrial Applications.
CO3
CO4 Execute the basics of Industrial drives used for special applications.
CO5 Attribute the traction drives using ac and dc motors with advanced control.

Unit1: Dynamics of electric drives:

Power Modulators, Block Diagram of electrical Drives, Four Quadrant Speed torque diagram, Hoist Drive,
Components of Load torque, Fundamental torque equation, Loads with Rotational and Translational Motion,
Numerical, Time and Energy loss in Transient operation, Control of Electric Drives, Modes of operation,
Speed transition. Steady state stability.
(08Hrs)
Unit2: D.C. Motor drives
Controlled rectifier fed D.C. drives, Single Phase and Three phase Fully Controlled rectifier control of D.C.
separately excited motor Derivation and Numerical for only Continuous Conduction, . Dual converter control
of D.C. separately excited motor, fractional hp motors, Chopper controlled dc drives of separately excited dc
motor.
(07Hrs)
Unit3:Induction motor drives
Stator voltage control, Voltage source and current source inverter control, Variable frequency control from
voltage source and current source ,Cycloconvertor control, Static Rotor resistance Control of Induction Motor,
Scherbius Drive, Krammers drive. (07Hrs)

Unit4: Special Industrial drives

Brushless dc motor(BLDC) drives, Stepper Motors, Switched Reluctance Motor, Solar and battery powered
drives, Energy Conservation in Electrical Drives. (07Hrs)

Unit5:Traction drives
Conventional dc and ac traction, dc traction with resistance control, Semiconductors converter controlled
Drives, 25KV AC traction using on-load transformer tap changer, 25KV AC traction using semiconductor
converter controlled dc motors, DC traction using semiconductor chopper controlled dc motors.
(07Hrs)
List of Books:
Text Book:
1. G. K. Dubey “Fundamentals of Electric drives” CRC Press.
2. B. K. Bose “Power Electronics and drives” Pearson.

Reference Books:
1. Vedam Subrahmanyam “Electric drives concepts and applications” McGraw-Hill, 1996.
2. R. Krishnan, Electrical motor Drives : Modeling, analysis and Control, 2001, Pearson.
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NAGPUR
B.TECH. (Electrical Engineering) (CBCS)
8th Semester Electrical Engineering (CBCS)
Syllabus Advance Professional Elective VI
ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
Subject Code : BTCHEE802T
Teaching Scheme Examination Scheme
Theory-03Hours/Week Th (U)=70 M (I)=30 M
Duration of University Exam:- 3 Hours

Sr No Course Objective
1 To know about practical electrical distribution system and its necessity in the real world
2 The conceptual knowledge on how to determine the performance of a distribution system
through its important parameters i.e voltage drops and power losses.
3 How to improve the voltage profiles and power factor of the system to better value using various
voltage control and compensation techniques.
Course Outcomes
After successful completion of this course the student will be able to:
CO1 Understand the general aspects of electrical distribution system
CO2 Design and analysis of distribution feeders and substations
CO3 Understand the need for protection and distribution automation.
CO4 Recognize the significance of voltage drop and power loss in the distribution system
CO5 Understand the need for controlling the PF, Voltage and Power and the equipment used for
mitigating them
Syllabus (Electrical Distribution System)
Content No. of
Hours
UNIT – I: INTRODUCTION & GENERAL CONCEPTS:
Introduction to distribution systems, Load modeling and characteristics. Coincidence factor,
contribution factor loss factor - Relationship between the load factor and loss factor.
06
Classification of loads: Residential, commercial, Agricultural and Industrial loads and their
characteristics.

UNIT II: DISTRIBUTION FEEDERS & SUBSTATIONS:

Design Considerations of Distribution Feeders: Radial and loop types of primary feeders, voltage
levels, feeder loading; basic design practice of the secondary distribution system.
07
SUBSTATIONS: Rating of distribution substation, service area within primary feeders. Benefits
derived through optimal location of substations. Layout of the Substation

UNIT – III: DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM ANALYSIS:

Voltage drop and power-loss calculations: Derivation for voltage drop and power loss in lines,
08
manual methods of solution for radial networks, three phase balanced primary lines.

UNIT –IV: PROTECTIVE DEVICES&AUTOMATION :

Objectives of distribution system protection, types of common faults and procedure for fault
calculations.
Protective Devices: Principle of operation of Fuses, Circuit Reclosures and line sectionalizes,
07
and circuit breakers.
Automation:-Introduction to Distribution Automation, Data acquisition system and
decentralized control, data acquisition and protection considerations of control panel.

UNIT – V: VOLTAGE CONTROL & POWER FACTOR IMPROVEMENT: Equipment

for voltage control, effect of series capacitors, line drop Compensation, effect of AVB/AVR,
Power factor control using different types of power capacitors, shunt and series Capacitors,
08
effect of shunt capacitors (Fixed and Switched), capacitor allocation- Economic Justification-
Procedure to determine the best capacitor location.
TEXT BOOK:
1. Electrical Power Distribution Systems, V.Kamaraju, TMH
2. Electrical Distribution Systems, Dr.S.Sivanagaraju, Dr.K.Shankar. Danapathi Rai Publications.
3. Electric Power Distribution A. S. Pabla Tata Mc Graw-Hill Publishing Company

REFERENCES:
1. Electrical Power Distribution System Engineering, TuranGonen, CRC Press.
2. Electrical Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution, SN Singh, PHI Publications.Electric
3. Electric Power Distribution Automation M. K. Khedkar& G. M. Dhole University Science Press
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B.TECH. (Electrical Engineering) (CBCS)
8th Semester Electrical Engineering (CBCS)
Syllabus of Professional Elective: VII

EHVAC-HVDC Transmission System

SubjectCode:BTCHEE803T
Teaching Scheme Examination Scheme
Theory-03Hours/Week Th (U)=70M(I)=30M
Duration of University Exam:-3Hours
Course Objective:
1 To Understand various aspects of Transmission systems
2 To study Electrostatic and Electromagnetic fields of EHV lines and corona in EHVAC lines
3 To study and understand different types HVDC systems
4 To study power flow controls for HVDC lines and design parameters of Harmonic filters
5 To study and understand HVDC circuit breakers and HVDC fault clearing, protective schemes

CourseOutcome:AfterSuccessfulCompletionofthiscoursestudentswillbeableto
CO1 Analyze power handling capacity of different EHVAC transmission lines
CO2 Knowledge of Electrostatic and electromagnetic fields and corona in EHVAC lines
CO3 Knowledge of different types HVDC systems
CO4 Analyze power flow control in HVDC lines & design parameters of harmonic filters
CO5 Design appropriate circuit breakers and protective schemes for different HVDC systems

Contents Hours

Unit1:
Power Handling capacities of EHV AC transmission lines, Voltage, gradients;
08
Electric field of point charge line-charge, Maxwell's potential coefficients,
Mangoldt formula.
Unit2:
Electrostatic of electrostatic field ,Corona types, critical disruptive voltages ;factor
affecting corona ,methods for reducing corona power loss, corona current wave
form charge voltage diagram audible noise and radio interference. 06
Unit3:
Comparison of EHVAC and HVDC systems ,Kinds of DC link, Earth Electrode
and earth-returns : Introduction &objectives ,location and configuration, Multi- 06
terminal HVDC system: Introduction, 2pole transmission, MTDC system with
series and paral1el connected converters.
Unit 4:-
Power flow control in HVDC system: Constant current. Constant voltage,
constant ignition and excitation angle control, control characteristics. Parallel
operation of AC and DC links (Synchronous and Asynchronous links).
Harmonic Filters: Types of Filter, Configuration of AC filters, design of AC 08
filters, single & double frequency tuned filters, Configuration of D.C. Harmonic
filters, Grouping of AC & DC filters, Reactive power compensation: Reactive
power requirements of HVDC convertors, effect of Delay angle and extinction
angle on reactive power.
Unit 5:
HVDC circuit breakers Introduction, construction, principle, switching energy
interruption of DC current application of MRTB, t yp e s of HVDC C.B.,
08
HVDC substation protection against short-circuit: fault Clearing, protective
zones, protection symbols, HVDC line pole protections(fault clearing and re-
energizing), HVDC sub-station protection against over voltage, difference
between Insulation coordination of AC and DC systems, surge-Arrestors
protection scheme .Insulation coordination and protection margin.

Text Books
Title of Name ofAuthor/s Edition& Publisher
ook
EHVAC and HVDC Transmission Sunil S. Rao Khanna publications
Engineering and practice.
Electrical Power Systems C.L.Wadhwa 2nd Edition New Age
International
Reference Books
HVAC Transmission Rakosh Das Begamudre New Age International
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B.TECH. (Electrical Engineering) (CBCS)
Syllabus of Professional Elective-VII: Power Quality

8th Semester Electrical Engineering (CBCS)

Subject Code : BTCHEE803T
Course Outcomes:
After the study of this course, the students will be able to:
CO1: Explain importance of Power Quality and good grounding practices.
CO2: Describe the causes of flickers and transient over voltages and suggest corrective measures.
CO3: Discuss the causes and consequences of voltage sags and suggest mitigation techniques
CO4: Discuss the causes and effects of harmonics and suggest harmonic reduction techniques.
CO5: Explain the need, objectives and approaches of power quality monitoring and assessment.

Unit 1: Introduction 8 Hours

Importance of power quality, terms, and definitions of power quality as per IEEE std. 1159. such as
transients, short and long duration voltage variations, interruptions, short and long voltage
fluctuations, imbalance, flickers and transients. Symptoms of poor power quality. Definitions and
terminology of grounding. Purpose of groundings. Problems due to poor grounding and good
grounding practices.

Unit 2: Flickers and Transient Voltages 6 Hours

RMS voltage variations in power system and voltage regulation per unit system, complex power.
Principles of voltage regulation. Various devices used for voltage regulation and impact of reactive
power management. Various causes of voltage flicker and their effects. Various means to reduce
flickers. Transient over voltages & their sources, impulsive transients, switching transients, Effects &
Control of transient voltages.

Unit 3: Voltage Sag, Swells and Interruptions 6 Hours

Definitions of voltage sag and interruptions. Economic impact of voltage sag. Major causes and
consequences of voltage sags. Voltage sag characteristics. Voltage sag assessment. Influence of fault
location and fault level on voltage sag. Areas of vulnerability. Assessment of equipment sensitivity to
voltage sags. Mitigation measures for voltage sags, such as UPS, DVR, SMEs, CVT etc.

Unit 4: Waveform Distortion 8 Hours

Definition of harmonics, inter-harmonics, sub-harmonics. Causes and effect of harmonics. Voltage
versus current distortion. Harmonic indices. A.C. quantities under non-sinusoidal conditions.
Harmonics series and parallel resonances. Consequences of harmonic resonance. Principles for
controlling harmonics. Reducing harmonic currents in loads. K-rated transformer. Computer tools for
harmonic analysis. Locating sources of harmonics. Harmonic filtering, passive and active filters.
IEEE Harmonic standard519-1992.

Unit 5: Power Quality Monitoring 8 Hours

Need of power quality monitoring and assessment, Power quality monitoring objectives and
requirements. Initial site survey. Power quality Instrumentation. Selection of power quality monitors,
selection of monitoring location and period. System wide and discrete power quality monitoring.
Setting thresholds on monitors, data collection and analysis. Selection of transducers. Harmonic
monitoring, Transient monitoring, event recording and flicker monitoring, Power quality indices and
standards.
Text Books
Title of Book Name of Author/s Edition & Publisher
Understanding power quality problems, M. H. IEEE press, 2000, series on
voltage sag and interruptions J. Bollen power engineering
Electrical power system quality R.C. Dugan, M.F. 2nd, McGraw Hill Pub.
McGranghan, S. Santoso,
H. Wayne Beaty
Reference Books
Power system quality assessment J. Arrillaga, M.R. John Wiley and sons
Watson, S. Chan
Electric power quality G. J. Heydt
Power system harmonics: Computer EnriquesAcha, Manuel John wiley and sons ltd
modeling and analysis Madrigal
Power System Harmonics J. Arrillaga& N. Watson
IEEE std 519-1992/ IEEE std 1159 IEEE
recommended practices and
requirements for harmonics control in
electrical power system