Syllabus
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Course Code: EI-PE-102 Course Name: Program Elective-II - (iv) HVDC Transmission System |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Direct Current (DC) power transmission technology: Introduction, comparison of Alternating Current (AC) and Direct Current (DC) transmission, application of DC transmission, application of DC transmission, description of DC transmission system, Configurations, planning for High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) transmission, modern trends in DC transmission. Introduction to Device: Thyristor valve, valve tests, recent trends. | |
| 2 | Analysis of High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) converters: Pulse number, choice of converter configuration, simplified analysis of Graetz circuit, converter bridge characteristics, and characteristics of a twelve-pulse converter, detailed analysis of converters with and without overlap. | |
| 3 | Converter and HVDC system control: General, principles of DC link control, converter control characteristics, system control hierarchy, firing angle control, current and extinction angle control, starting and stopping of DC link, power control, higher level controllers, telecommunication requirements. Converter faults and protection: Introduction, converter faults, protection against over-currents, over-voltages in a converter station, surge arresters, protection against over-voltages. | |
| 4 | Smoothing reactor and DC line: Introduction, smoothing reactors, DC line, transient over voltages in DC line, protection of DC line, DC breakers, Mono-polar operation, effects of proximity of AC and DC transmission lines. | |
