poly 2nd Year 4th Sem (EEE) Generation, Transmission and Distribution of Electrical Power Syllabus

Generation, Transmission and Distribution of Electrical Power

Topics

1. Power Plant
2. Non Conventional Power Generation
3. Power Plant Economics
4. Constructional Features of Transmission & Distribution Line
5. Transmission System
6. Distribution System
7. Under Ground Cables

Detailed Contents

Power Plants:

1. Thermal Power Plant:- Plant layout and working of various elements, fuel handling combustion, combustion equipment, Steam generation and its temperature and pressure, environmental pollution due to dust and ash, method of dust collection, cooling of turbo-alternators.
2. Hyper-Electric Power Plants:- Plants layout and working of various elements, Hydrology and Hydrograph, flow duration curves, Types of hydrograph plants and their use, Water turbines, Automatic and remote control of power plants, Head water control and Penstocks, Pumped storage plant.
3. Nuclear Power Plants:- Plant layout and working of various elements. Fuels, Classification of nuclear power stations. Types of nuclear reactor, Coolants.
4. Other Plants:- Plant layout and working of various elements of gas turbine plant, open and closed cycle plants, Fuel and Fuel systems.

Unconventional Power Generation:

Types of non-conventional energy resources. Solar cell and solar power generation, Wind power generation, Role of unconventional power generation on rural social-economic growth.

Power Plant Economics:

Load estimation, Load curves, Load and diversity factors, Demand factor, Plant capacity and utilization factors. Cost of generation and influence of load and diversity factors, Tariff and various methods of calculation, Bill preparation. Causes and effect of low power factor methods for improving power factor.

Construction Features of Transmission and Distribution Lines:-

Construction features of transmission and distribution lines. Types of supports, Types of conductors, Types of insulators on a conductors, testing, operation and maintenance of distribution lines. Testing of insulators, Voltage distribution of string insulators, vibrations dampers, Basic idea of Sag calculation.

Transmission system:-

Short, medium and long transmission lines. Parameters of lines. Performance of short lines (Regulation, Efficiency, Vector diagram). Corona formation and its effects on performance of lines. Advantage of E.H.V. transmission. Concept of H.V.D.C. transmission and its salient feature. Kelvin's law its limitations and utility. Concepts of Grid and advantages.

Distribution System:-

Feeders, distributions and service mains, radial and ring main distributions, A.C. distributions fed from one end and both ends (Simple problems on feeders and distributions).

Underground Cables:-

H.T. and L.T. power cables construction, Cable joining, Laying of cables, Fault location, Murray loop test, Testing of cables, Comparison of underground cable with over head line.