BEE-401 ELECTRIC DRIVES

Course category : Program Core (PC)

Pre- requisites : Nil
Contact hours/week : Lecture: 3, Tutorial: 1,Practical: 2
Number of Credits : 5
Course Assessment : Continuous assessment through tutorials, assignments,
Methods quizzes, practical work, record, viva voce and two minor tests and
One Major Theory & Practical Examination.

Course Outcome : The student are expected to be able to demonstrate the

following knowledge, skills, and attitudes after completing this course
1. Knowledge of electric drive and its parts, significance of power modulator, electric motors,
sensing units, loads and control units in electric drives, advantages and classification of electric
drive, multi quadrant operation of the drive
2. Knowledge of dynamic behaviour of motor, thermal motor of drives, concept of braking &
energy loss.
3. Control of separately excited and dc series motor dc drive by single phase and three phase
converter, dual converter control of dc drive, applications and limitations of various control,
chopper control of dc series and servo motor.
4. Static control of dc motor by single phase, three phase and dual converters. chopper control of
dc series and servomotor, idea, and effect of supply harmonics
5. Static control of three phase induction motor by CSI, VSI and Cycloconverter. static voltage
and frequency control, static rotor resistance control and slip power recovery scheme, selection
of motor for particular application.
6. Constructional features, working and of switched reluctance and brush less motor, selection of
motor for particular services.

Topic Covered
UNIT I
Introduction to Electric Drives: 9
Electric Drives and its parts, advantages of electric drives, Classification of electric drives, Speed-
torque conventions and multi-quadrant operations, Constant torque and constant power operation.
Types of load torque components, nature and classification. Dynamics of motor-load combination;
Steady state stability of Electric Drive; Transient stability of electric Drive, Thermal model of motor
for heating and cooling, classes of motor duty, determination of motor power rating for continuous
duty, short time duty and intermittent duty. Load equalization

UNIT II
Braking of Electrical Machines: 9
Purpose and types of electric braking, braking of dc, three phase induction and synchronous motors,
Calculation of acceleration time and energy loss during starting of dc shunt and three phase induction
motors, methods of reducing energy loss during starting. Energy relations during braking, dynamics
during braking.

UNIT III
Power Electronics Control of DC Drives: 9
Single phase and three phase controlled converter fed separately excited dc motor drives (continuous
conduction only), dual converter fed separately excited dc motor drive, rectifier control of dc series

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motor. Supply harmonics, power factor and ripples in motor current, Chopper control of separately
excited dc motor and dc series motor.

UNIT IV
Power Electronics Control of AC Drives & Special Machine: 9
Static Voltage control scheme, static frequency control scheme (VSI, CSI, and cyclo – converter
based) static rotor resistance and slip power recovery control schemes. Self-controlled scheme of
synchronous motor drive, Switched Reluctance motor, Brushless dc motor. Selection of motor for
particular applications

List of Experiments
Note: - Minimum 10 experiments are to be performed
Hardware Based Experiments
1. To study speed control of separately excited dc motor by varying armature
2. Voltage using single-phase fully controlled bridge converter.
3. To study speed control of separately excited dc motor by varying armature
4. Voltage using single phase half-controlled bridge converter.
5. To study speed control of separately excited dc motor using single phase dual converter (Static
Ward-Leonard Control).
6. To study speed control of separately excited dc motor using MOSFET/IGBT chopper.
7. To study closed loop control of separately excited dc motor.
8. To study speed control of single-phase induction motor using single phase
9. ac voltage controller.
10. To study speed control of three phase induction motor using three phase ac voltage controller.
11. To study speed control of three phase induction motor using three phase current source
inverter
12. To study speed control of three phase induction motor using three phase voltage source
inverters
13. To study speed control of three phase slip ring induction motor using static rotor resistance
control using rectifier and chopper
14. To study speed control of three phase slip ring induction motor using static scherbius slip
power recovery control scheme
Simulation Based Experiments (using MATLAB or any other software)
15. To study starting transient response of separately excited dc motor
16. To study speed control of separately excited dc motor using single phase fully / half-controlled
bridge converter in discontinuous and continuous current modes.
17. To study speed control of separately excited dc motor using chopper control in motoring and
braking modes.
18. To study starting transient response of three phase induction motor
19. To study speed control of three phase induction motor using (a) constant/V/F control (b)
Constant Voltage and frequency control.

Textbooks:
1. G.K. Dubey, “Fundamentals of Electric Drives” Narosa publishing House.
2. S.K.Pillai, “A First Course on Electric Drives” New Age International.

Reference Books:
3. M.Chilkin, “Electric Drives”,Mir Publishers, Moscow.
4. Mohammed A. El-Sharkawi, “Fundamentals of Electric Drives”, Thomson Asia, Pvt. Ltd.
Singapore.

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5. N.K. De and Prashant K.Sen, “Electric Drives”, Prentice Hall of India Ltd.
6. V.Subrahmanyam, “Electric Drives: Concepts and Applications”, Tata McGraw Hill.

BEE-402 POWER SYSTEM OPERATION AND CONTROL

Course category : Program Core (PC)

Pre- requisites : Nil
Contact hours/week : Lecture : 3, Tutorial :1 , Practical :0
Number of Credits : 4
Course Assessment : Continuous assessment through tutorials, assignments,
Methods quizzes, and two minor tests and One Major Theory Examination.
Course Outcome : The student are expected to be able to demonstrate the
following knowledge, skills and attitudes after completing this course
1. Ability an understanding of Energy control centre, analysis of real time control of power
system parameters, learn about SCADA system
2. Ability to solve load dispatch problems with computer aided techniques for economy load
dispatch.
3. Ability to analysis of real & reactive power control, load frequency control & Interconnected
power systems
4. Ability to analysis of automatic excitation control systems and explore static and dynamic
responses of system.
5. Explain methods to regulate the power for optimum power system stability.
6. Ability to explain the importance of FACTS devices & their controllers.

Topic Covered
UNIT-I
Introduction: 9
Overview of power system operation, Energy control centre and real time computer control, SCADA
system, power system operation and control in India, system security, voltage stability, role of
information technology in energy control system, contingency analysis, system states and transient
diagrams

UNIT II
Economic Operation: 9
Energy demand, demand factor, load factor, diversity factor, types of loads, Economic operation of
power system and unit commitment, Input-output characteristics of power plants, Economy loading
with and without transmission losses, Penalty factor, computerized approach for economy load
dispatch.

UNIT III
Load Frequency Control: 9
Role of system frequency in real power control, Concept of load frequency control, control area
concept, single area and multi area load frequency control scheme, steady state and dynamic response,
Automatic load frequency control for interconnected power systems, Automatic load dispatching

UNIT IV

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Voltage and Reactive Power control: 9
Schematic diagram and block diagram representation, automatic excitation control systems, static and
dynamic response, low power factor causes, improvement in power factor, concept of real and
reactive power, Shunt compensation, series compensation, Flexible AC Transmission Systems:
Concept and objectives of FACTS controllers, Working & Characteristics of different FACTS
Controllers.

Textbooks:
1. D.P. Kothari & I.J. Nagrath, “Modern Power System Analysis” Tata McGraw Hill, 3rd Edition.
2. P.S.R. Murty, “Operation and control in Power Systems” B.S. Publications.
3. N. G. Hingorani & L. Gyugyi, “Understanding FACTs” Concepts and Technology of Flexible
AC Transmission Systems”
4. J. Wood & B.F. Wollenburg, “Power Generation, Operation and Control “John Wiley Sons.

Reference Books:
5. O.I. Elgerd, “Electric Energy System Theory” Tata McGraw Hill.
6. P. Kundur, “Power System Stability and Control McGraw Hill.
7. M.H. Rashid, “Power Electronics: Circuits, devices and Applications” Prentice Hall of India,3rd
Edition.
8.T. K. Nagsarkar & M.S.Sukhiza,’ Power System Analysis’ Oxford University Press.

BEE-403 POWER QUALITY

Course category : Program Core (PC)

Pre- requisites : Nil
Contact hours/week : Lecture : 3, Tutorial :0 , Practical :0
Number of Credits : 3
Course Assessment : Continuous assessment through assignments,
Methods quizzes, and two minor tests and One Major Theory Examination.
Course Outcome : The student are expected to be able to demonstrate the
following knowledge, skills and attitudes after completing this course
1. Acquire the knowledge of different terms and definitions of power quality.
2. Gains knowledge on causes and effects of voltage sags and its mitigations.
3. Understand power quality monitoring and classification techniques.
4. Gains knowledge on power system transients and harmonics with their effects and
mitigation techniques.
5. Know about various power quality measuring, analyzing and testing devices.
6. Get introductory knowledge of custom power devices for further knowledge enhancement

Topic Covered
UNIT I
Introduction to Power Quality: 9
Terms and definitions of transients, Long Duration Voltage Variations: under Voltage, Under Voltage
and Sustained Interruptions; Short Duration Voltage Variations: interruption, Sag, Swell; Voltage
Imbalance; Notching D C offset, waveform distortion; voltage fluctuation; power frequency
variations.

UNIT II
Voltage Sag: 9

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Sources of voltage sag: motor starting, arc furnace, fault clearing etc; estimating voltage sag
performance and principle of its protection; solutions at end user level- Isolation Transformer,
Voltage Regulator, Static UPS, Rotary UPS, Active Series Compensator.

UNIT III
Electrical Transients: 9
Sources of Transient Over voltages- Atmospheric and switching transients- motor starting transients,
pf correction capacitor switching transients, ups switching transients, neutral voltage swing etc;
devices for over voltage protection.
Harmonics: Causes of harmonics; current and voltage harmonics: measurement of harmonics; effects
of harmonics on – Transformers, AC Motors, Capacitor Banks, Cables, and Protection Devices,
Energy Metering, Communication Lines etc. harmonic mitigation techniques.

UNIT IV
Measurement and Solving of Power Quality Problems: 9
Power quality measurement devices- Harmonic Analyzer, Transient Disturbance Analyzer, wiring
and grounding tester, Flicker Meter, Oscilloscope, multimeter etc.
Introduction to Custom Power Devices-Network Reconfiguration devices; Load compensation and
voltage regulation using DSTATCOM; protecting sensitive loads using DVR; Unified power Quality
Conditioner.

Textbooks:
1. Roger C Dugan, McGrahan, Santoso&Beaty, “Electrical Power System Quality” McGraw
Hill
2. Arinthom Ghosh& Gerard Ledwich, “Power Quality Enhancement Using Custom Power
Devices” Kluwer Academic Publishers
3. C. Sankaran, “Power Quality” CRC Press.
4. Bhim Singh, Ambrish Chandra, and Kamal Al-Haddad, “Power Quality: Problems and
Mitigation Techniques,” Wiley.

BEE-426 MODERN CONTROL SYSTEM

Course category : Program Elective (PE3)
Pre- requisites : Nil
Contact hours/week : Lecture : 3, Tutorial :1 , Practical :0
Number of Credits : 4
Course Assessment : Continuous assessment through tutorials, assignments,
Methods quizzes, and two minor tests and One Major Theory Examination.

Course Outcome : The student are expected to be able to demonstrate the

following knowledge, skills and attitudes after completing this course
1. Understand the concept of control system design.
2. Understand the concepts of state-space analysis and construct state space models of dynamic
systems.
3. Explain basic control concepts such as controllability, observability, poles and zeros, stability
4. Design state observers, pole placement controller and full-state control systems.

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Course Code: Signaling and Automatic Train Protection System for Railways
IEC-403
Course category : IE
Pre-requisite : NIL
Subject
Contact : Lecture:3, Tutorial:1, Practical: 0
hours/week
Number of : 4
Credits
Course : Continuous assessment through tutorials, attendance, home
Assessment assignments, quizzes, two minor test and one major theory
methods examination.
Course Objectives : This course provides the fundamental concepts of railway signalling
principles, components and systems with its history, focus on safety,
efficiency and the advancements over time.
Course Outcomes : The students are expected to be able to demonstrate the following
knowledge, skills and attitudes after completing this course.

1. Able to understand railway signalling evolution, basic elements, train spacing, block
control, interlocking systems, and principles for safe train operations.
2. Able to understand KAVACH system features, subsystems, data flow, train length,
loco operation, speed profiles, movement authority, and interlocking connectivity.
3. Able to understand RFID technology in KAVACH.
4. Able to understand communication techniques in KAVACH.
5. Able to understand NMS, hardware requirements, and KAVACH communication via
E1 interface.
6. Able to understand remote interface unit requirements, seamless station handover, and
handling MA, SSP, TSR, and signal aspects.
Topics Covered
UNIT-I 9
Evolution of railway signalling system, Basic Signalling Elements: Movable track elements,
lineside signals, track clear detection, Train Spacing and Block Systems: Theory of Traub
separation, train control principles, block control principles, Interlocking Principles:
Interlocking routes, internal logic of interlocking systems, generations of interlocking systems,
handling interlocking failures.
UNIT-II 9
Automatic train protection (ATP) systems: Overview of automatic train protection,
Classification of ATP systems. KAVACH: Features, system and subsystems, KAVACH
requirements and implementation, data flow, train length assessment, operation model in loco
KAVACH, speed profiles, movement authority, sub systems of KAVACH, track side
subsystems, onboard subsystem. Break interface unit, connectivity of stationary KAVACH unit
with interlocking
UNIT-III 9
RFID Technology: Introduction, components of RFID system, RFID Tag, RFID Tag in
KAVACH, KAVACH control table, check RFID, turnout. Communication system for
KAVACH: KAVACH towers, selection of tower, design engineering, connectivity for towers,
WPC/SACFA clearance process., Fiber classification , standard & constructional features,
multiple access techniques, radio modem requirements,
Communication techniques in KAVACH: radio communication, KAVACH multiple access
schemes & radio communication protocol, GSM and GPRS communication, key management
system server

UNIT-IV 9
Networking monitoring system(NMS): introduction, NMS hardware requirements, stationary
KAVACH to NMS & stationary KAVACH to stationary KAVACH communication on E1
interface, loco KAVACH to NMS communication on GSM interface, feature of NMS, NMS
operation, remote NMS. Remote interface unit: introduction, railway electrification area,
requirements, non-railway electrification area, handling over to next station, seamlessly,
handling of MA, SSP, TSR and signal aspect.
Text and Reference Book
1. L. K Mansukhani, C K Prasad and Y R Babu, “KAVACH Cab Signalling and Automatic
Train Protection System for Digital Railways”, BS Publication, 2023.
2. Pachl J. Railway signalling principles. Technische Universität Braunschweig. 2020 Jun 16:1-
83.