POWER QUALITY AND CONDITIONING MEPS-203

POWER QUALITY AND CONDITIONING MEPS-203

UNIT 1

Understanding Power quality,types of power quality disturbances,power quality indices, Causes and effects of power quality disturbances

UNIT 2

Causes and effects of harmonics:converter configuration and their contribution to supply harmonics,other sources of harmonics

UNIT 3

Radio interference:supply standards,elimination / suppression of harmonics,classical solutions & their drawbacks,passive input filters,design of harmonic filters,Improved power quality converter topologies,(single & three phase), transformer connections,Elimination / suppression of harmonics using active power filters – topologies,and their control methods, PWM converter as a voltage source active filter, current source active filter,

UNIT 4

Active wave shaping of input line current:constant frequency control, constant tolerance band control,variable tolerance band control,discontinuous current control,Electromagnetic interference(EMI),EMI generation,EMI standards,and elimination.
 
REFERENCE BOOKS: 

• Power Quality – by R.C. Duggan

• Power system harmonics – by A.J. Arrillga

• Power electronic converter harmonics – by Derek A. Paice

• Power Electronics –Mohan,Undeland,Robbins