Faculty : Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences

School : Electrical Power Engineering

Course Description :

Snubber circuit and the design consideration of it. SCR gate circuit protection techniques isolation techniques between the high-level power circuit and low-level gate circuit. Control of DC motors- Control of induction motors.

Faculty : Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences

School : Electrical Power Engineering

Course Description :

Operating constraints-Short-term load forecast- Load curve analysis-Economical load sharing between units and between stations- Tariffs-Incremental costs-Unit commitment and generator scheduling. Voltage and VAR control-Energy conservation.

Faculty : Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences

School : Electrical Power Engineering

Course Description :

Solar energy-Wind energy-Geothermal energy-storage and utilization of renewable energy-interfacing energy sources with grid.

Faculty : Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences

School : Electrical Power Engineering

Course Description :

Relevance of Power Quality and the cost of poor power quality -Disturbances on AC mains: Sags, Dips, and Swells - Transient over voltages – Low, medium and high frequency transients - Voltage and current harmonics -.Voltage flicker - Voltage regulation - Frequency variations – Power quality monitoring for high reliability systems including Web-based power quality monitoring – power quality mitigation devices - On-site surveys of power quality - A system approach to grounding - Measurement and mitigation techniques - IEEE, IEC Standards - Utility power quality standards.

Faculty : Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences

School : Electrical Power Engineering

Course Description :

Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)-Direct digital control DDC- Network based control of power systems-SCADA systems