Switchgear Protection and Power Systems

PART-I (Switchgear and Sub-Station Apparatus) *Introduction *High-voltage A.C. circuit-breakers *Fundamentals of fault clearing, switching phenomena and circuit-breaker rating *The arc-extinction *Air-break circuit-breaker *Air blast circuit-breaker *Routine, site/field testing of GIS *Minimum oil circuit breaker and bulk oil circuit-breaker *Vacuum interrupter and vacuum circuit-breaker *Testing of high voltage A.C. circuit-breaker *Short circuit testing of circuit-breakers *Insulation requirement and high voltage testing *Installation and maintenance *HRC fuses and their applications *Metal-enclosed switchgear, controlgear and contactor *Low-voltage controlgear and switchgear *HVDC circuit-breaker and metallic return transfer breaker (MRTB) *Electrical substations, equipment and bus-bar layouts *Neutral grounding (Neutral earthing) *Substation earthing system and equipment earthing PART-II (Fault Calculations) *Introduction to fault calculations *Symmetrical faults and current limiting reactors *Symmetrical components *Unsymmetrical faults on an Unloaded generator *Faults on power systems * Use of A.C. Network analyser and digital computer in fault calculations PART-III (Power System Protection) *Introduction to protective relaying *Electromagnetic relays *Overcurrent protection and earth fault protection *Differential Protection *Distance protection *Protection of transmission lines *Protection of induction motors *Protection of transformers *Protection of generators *Station bus-zone protection *Current transformers and their applications *Testing and maintenance of protective relays PART-IV (Static Relays and Static Protection Schemes) *Introduction to static and microprocessors-based integrated programmable protection, monitoring and control systems *Comparators and level detectors *Static overcurrent relays *Static differential protection of power transformers *Important assorted topics and static protection schemes *Modern protection system Part-V (Power System Analysis, Interconnection and Power System Control SCADA Systems) *Power system stability, auto-reclosing schemes, methods of analysis and improvement of transient stability *Load-frequency control, load shedding and static frequency relay *Voltage control and compensation of reactive power *Voltage stability of electrical network *HVDC transmission systems *EHV & ndash AC transmission systems and static var sources *Interconnected power systems *Operation and control of interconnected power systems, AGC and SCADA *Power system planning *Computer aided power system studies *Power system reliability studies *Renewable and conventional energy and power plants *Power flow calculations I & II *Applications of switchgear *Electrical safety *Appendix