
ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS (PE - VI)
Course Objectives:
To distinguish between transmission and distribution systems
To understand design considerations of feeders
To compute voltage drop and power loss in feeders
To understand protection of distribution systems
To examine the power factor improvement and voltage control
Course Outcomes:
After completion of this course, the student able to
distinguish between transmission, and distribution line and design the feeders
compute power loss and voltage drop of the feeders
design protection of distribution systems
understand the importance of voltage control and power factor improvement

POWER QUALITY AND FACTS (PE - V)
Course Objectives:
Definition of power quality and different terms of power quality.
Study of voltage power quality issue – short and long interruption.
Detail study of characterization of voltage sag magnitude and three phase unbalanced voltage
sag.
Know the behaviour of power electronics loads; induction motors, synchronous motor etc by
the power quality issues.
Overview of mitigation of power quality issues by the VSI converters.
To understand the fundamentals of FACTS Controllers,
To know the importance of controllable parameters and types of FACTS controllers & their
benefits
To understand the objectives of Shunt and Series compensation
To Control STATCOM and SVC and their comparison and the regulation of STATCOM,
Functioning and control of GCSC, TSSC and TCSC
Course Outcomes:
After completion of this course, the student will be able to:
Know the severity of power quality problems in distribution system
Understand the concept of voltage sag transformation from up-stream (higher voltages) to
down-stream (lower voltage)
Concept of improving the power quality to sensitive load by various mitigating custom power
devices
Choose proper controller for the specific application based on system requirements
Understand various systems thoroughly and their requirements
Understand the control circuits of Shunt Controllers SVC & STATCOM for various functions viz.
Transient stability Enhancement, voltage instability prevention and power oscillation damping
Understand the Power and control circuits of Series Controllers GCSC, TSSC and TCSC