DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

Lession Plan
Sub:HVDC&FACTS Class: III-II
Branch: EEE A-yr:

No.of
S.No Date(s) Name of the Topic
classes
UNIT-I INTRODUCTION
1 comparison of AC and DC Transmission systems, Application of D.C. 2
Transmission
Types or DC links, Typical layout of a HVDC converter
2 station 2

HVDC converters, pulse number, Analysis of & phase Bridge

3 circuit with and without overlap 2

4 converter Bridge characteristics, equivalent circuits or Rectifier and inverter 2

configurations Twelve pulse converters.
UNIT -II CONVERTER AND HVDC SYSTEM CONTROL
5 Principles of DC links control, converter control characteristics 2

System control Hierarchy, Firing angle control, current and extinction Angle
6 2
control starting and stopping of DC link.
UNIT -III HARMONICS, FILTERS AND REACTIVE POWER
7 CONTROL 2
Introduction, generation of Harmonics

8 AC and DC Filters, Reactive power requirements at steady state 2

9 sources of Reactive power static Var systems. 2
UNIT -IV POWER FLOW ANALYSIS IN AC/DC SYSTEMS
10 Introduction, Modeling of DC/AC converters, controller equations 2
.
solutions of AD/DC load flow- simultaneous approach and sequential
11 2
approach
UNIT V FACTS CONCEPTS
12 Flow of power in AC parallel paths and Meshed systems 2

Basic types of FACTS controllers Brief description

13 2

14 Definitions of FACTS controllers 2

UNIT - VI STATIC SHUNT COMPENSATORS
Objectives of shunt compensation, Methods of controllable VAR
15 2
generation

16 Static VAR compensators 2

17 SVC and STATCOM, comparison. 2
UNIT - VII STATIC SERIES COMPENSATORS
18 Objectives of series compensation, 2

variable impedance type-thyristor switched series capacitors (TCSC)

19 2
switching converter type series compensators static series synchronous
20 compensator (SSSC) 2
21 power angle characteristics Basic operating control Schemes 2
UNIT - VIII COMBINED COMPENSATORS
22 Introduction, unified power flow controller (UPFC) 2

23 Basic operating principle 2

24 Independent real and reactive power flow controller. 2
25 control structure 2
Total no. of classes required 50