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Power Quality

By Prof. Bhim Singh   |   IIT Delhi
Learners enrolled: 1019   |  Exam registration: 25
ABOUT THE COURSE:
This course is intended to provide tools to classify, quantify, and analyze the power quality problems and to provide practical engineering solutions to mitigate these problems. The objectives of this course are as follows.
• To understand the various power quality issues.
• To understand the concept of power and power factor in single-phase and three-phase systems supplying nonlinear loads. 
• To understand the conventional compensation techniques used for power factor correction and load voltage regulation. 
• To understand the active compensation techniques used for reactive power compensation, load balancing, power factor correction, and load voltage regulation. 
• To understand the active filter techniques used for harmonics elimination. 
• To understand the power quality improvement in SMPS, drive systems, and renewable energy systems.


INTENDED AUDIENCE : Primarily the graduate students working in the area of energy economics and energy policy domain. This course will also be useful for general audience
PREREQUISITES : Circuit and Networks, Basic Electrical Engineering, Power Electronics, Power System, and Linear Control System
INDUSTRY SUPPORT : ABB Group, Schneider Electric, General Electric (GE), Siemens, Captech, Electrical India
Summary
Course Status : Upcoming
Course Type : Core
Language for course content : English
Duration : 12 weeks
Category :
  • Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
  • Power Systems and Power Electronics
Credit Points : 3
Level : Undergraduate/Postgraduate
Start Date : 20 Jan 2025
End Date : 11 Apr 2025
Enrollment Ends : 27 Jan 2025
Exam Registration Ends : 14 Feb 2025
Exam Date : 26 Apr 2025 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.


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Course layout

Week 1 : Power quality: An Introduction
Week 2 : Power quality standards and monitoring
Week 3 : Passive Shunt and Series Compensation
Week 4 : Active Shunt Compensation: DSTATCOM
Week 5 :Active Series Compensation: DVR
Week 6 : Unified Power Quality Compensators
Week 7 : Loads That Cause Power Quality Problems
Week 8 : Passive Power Filters
Week 9 : Shunt Active Power Filters
Week 10 : Series Active Power Filters
Week 11 : Hybrid Active Power Filters
Week 12 : AC-DC Converters That Cause Power Quality Problems; Improved Power Quality Converters: AC-DC Converters; Improved Power Quality Converters; Power quality improvement in electrical system applications

Books and references

1. Bhim Singh, Ambrish Chandra and Kamal Al-Haddad, Power Quality: Problems and Mitigation Techniques, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., U.K, 2015 
2. J. Schaefer, “Rectifier Circuits, Theory and Design,” John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1965. 
3. T.J.E. Miller, Reactive Power Control in Electric Systems, John Wiley Sons, Toronto, 1982. 
4. R.M. Mathur, Static Compensators for Reactive Power Control, Contexts Publications, Winnipeg, Canada, 1984. 
5. G. Seguier, “Power Electronic Converters-AC/DC Conversion,” McGraw-Hill, 1986. 
6. IEEE Guide for Specification of High Voltage Direct Current Systems Part I-Steady State Performance, IEEE Std. 1030, 1987 
7. ABB Power Systems, “Harmonic Currents, Static VAR Systems,” Information NR500-015E, Sept. 1988. 
8. Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, “Active Filters: Technical Document, 2100/1100 Series,” 1989. 
9. D.c. Griffith, “Uninterruptible Power Supplies,” Marcel Dekker Inc, New York, 1989. 
10. J.W. Clark, “AC Power Conditioners-Design applications,” Academic Press, USA 1990. 
11. A.H. Kikuchi, “Active Power Filter,” Toshiba GTR Module (IGBT) Application Notes, 1992. 
12. IEEE Guide for Harmonic Control and reactive compensation of Static Power Converters, IEEE Std. 519-1992 
13. W.E. Kazibwe and M.H. Sendaula, “Electrical Power Quality Control Techniques,” Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1993. 
14. G. T. Heydt, Electric Power Quality, second edition, Stars in a Circle, West Lafayette, 1994. 
15. IEEE Recommended Practice for Monitoring Electric Power Quality, IEEE Std. 1159-1995 
16. D.A. Paice, Power Electronic Converter Harmonics-Multipulse Methods for Clean Power, IEEE Press, New York, 1996. 
17. J. Arrillaga, B.C. Smith, N.R. Wartson and A.R. Wood, “Power System Analysis,” John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 1997 
18. M. H. J. Bollen, Understanding Power Quality Problems: Voltage Sags and Interruptions, IEEE Press Series on Power Engineering, New York, 2000. 
19. J. Arrilaga, N R Wattson and S. Chen, Power System Quality Assessment, John Wiley & Sons, 2000. 
20. B. W. Kennedy, Power Quality Primer, McGraw Hill Professional, 2000. 
21. C. Sankaran, Power Quality, CRC Press, New York, 2001. 
22. J. Schlabbach, D. Blume and T. Stephanblome, Voltage Quality in Electrical Power Systems, IEE Press Series on Power Engineering and Energy, 2001.
23. Ghosh Arindam, Ledwich Gerard, Power Quality Enhancement Using Custom Power Devices, Kluwer academic Publishers, London, 2002. 
24. J.C. Das, Power System Analysis-Short Circuit Load Flow and Harmonics, Marcel Dekker Inc. New York, 2002. 
25. E. Acha, V.G. Agelidis, O. Anaya Lara, T.E.J. Miller, Power Electronics Control In Electrical System, Newnes, Woburn,2002. 
26. Jan de Kock, Kobus Strauss and Steve Mackay, Practical Power Distribution for Industry, Newnes, Burlington, 2004. 
27. Ali Emadi, Abdolhosein Nasiri and Stoyan B. Bekiarov, Uninterruptible Power Supplies And Active Filters, CRC Press, New York,2005. 
28. R. C. Dugan, M. F. McGranaghan and H. W. Beaty, Electric Power Systems Quality, 2nd Edition, McGraw Hill, New York, 2006. 
29. M. H. J. Bollen and Irene Gu, Signal Processing of Power Quality Disturbances, Wiley- IEEE Press, 2006. 
30. T. A. Short, Distribution Reliability And Power Quality, CRC Press, New York, 2006. 31. Francisco C. De La Rosa, Harmonics And Power Systems, CRC Press, New York, 2006. 
32. Hirofumi Akagi, Edson Hirokazu Watanabe and Mauricio Aredes, Instantaneous Power Theory and Applications to Power Conditioning, Willey Interscience, New Jersey,2007. 
33. Predrag Pejovi C, Three-Phase Diode Rectifiers with Low Harmonics Current Injection Methods, Springer Verlag, London, 2007. 
34. A. M. Munoz, Power Quality: Mitigation Technologies in a Distributed Environment, Springer-Verlag, London, 2007. 
35. Ewald F. Fuchs and Mohammad A. S. Mausoum, Power Quality in Power Systems and Electrical Machines, Elsevier Academic Press, London, 2008. 
36. K.R. Padiyar, FACTS Controllers in Power Transmission and Distribution, Ist edition, New Age International 2008. 
37. Angelo Baggini, Handbook on Power Quality, John Wiley & Sons, New Jersey, 2008. 
38. R.Sastry Vedam and Mulukutla S. Sarma, Power Quality VAR Compensation In Power Systems, CRC Press, New York, 2009. 
39. J. B. Dixit and Amit Yadav, Electrical Power Quality, University Science Press, New Delhi, 2010. 
40. S. Chattopadhyay, M. Mitra and S.Sengupta, Electric Power Quality, Springer Verlag, London, 2011. 
41. G. Benysek and M. Pasko (Editors), Power Theories for Improved Power Quality, Springer-Verlag London 2012.
42. Mohd. Hasan A, Wind Energy Systems: Solutions for Power Quality and Stabilization, CRC Press, New York, 2012 
43. Fang Lin Luo and Hong Ye, Renewable Energy Systems: Advanced Conversion Technologies and Applications, CRC Press, 2012. 
44. Fang Lin Luo and Hong Ye, Advanced DC/AC Inverters: Applications in Renewable Energy, CRC Press, 2013. 
45. Q.-C. Zhong and T. Hornik, Control of power inverters in renewable energy and smart grid integration, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., U.K, 2013.

Instructor bio

Prof. Bhim Singh

IIT Delhi
Professor Bhim Singh received his B.E. (Electrical) from the University of Roorkee, India, in 1977 and his M.Tech. (Power Apparatus & Systems) and Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India, in 1979 and 1983, respectively. In 1983, he joined the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Roorkee (Now IIT Roorkee), as a Lecturer. He became a Reader there in 1988. In December 1990, he joined the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Delhi, India, as an Assistant Professor, where he has become an Associate Professor in 1994 and a Professor in 1997. Prof. Singh has been ABB Chair Professor from September 2007 to August 2012. Prof. Singh has been CEA Chair Professor from September 2012 to August 2017. He has been Head of Department of Electrical Engineering at IIT Delhi from July 2014 to August 2016. Prof. Singh has been Dean, Academics at IIT Delhi from August 2016 to August 2019. He has been JC Bose Fellow of DST, Government of India from December 2015 to June 2021. He has been CEA Chair Professor from
January 2019 to June 2021. He is currently serving as a SERB National Science Chair and an Emeritus Professor at IIT Delhi since July 2021. Professor Singh has supervised 116 Ph.D. and 176 M.E.-M.Tech.-M.S.(R) Dissertations, published 2912 research papers (1161 Journals, and 1751 Conferences) and filed/granted 106 patents. Professor Singh has executed more than 90 sponsored and consultancy projects from industries around the world and Government agencies on various topics within the domain of Electrical Engineering. He has co-authored a text book on power quality: Power Quality Problems and Mitigation Techniques published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 2015. Professor Singh’s work has been cited by more than 51992 researchers. His areas of interest include Solar Photovoltaic Power Generation, Wind Energy Generation, Solar Water Pumping, Renewable Energy Based Charging Stations, Microgrids, Energy Efficient Appliances, Power Quality, Improved Power Quality Converters, Multipulse Converters, Electric Vehicles, Power Electronics, Electric Machines, Electric Drives, CAD of Electrical Machines. Prof. Singh is a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (FNAE), The Indian National Science Academy (FNA), The National Academy of Science, India (FNASc), The Indian Academy of Sciences, India (FASc), The World Academy of Sciences (FTWAS), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (FIEEE), the Institute of Engineering and Technology (FIET), Institution of Engineers (India) (FIE), and Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (FIETE) and a Life Member of the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), System Society of India (SSI), and National Institution of Quality and Reliability (NIQR).

Professor Singh is the recipient of International Kalpana Chawla Solar Award 2020, hosted by International Solar Alliance for his outstanding contributions in the fields of solar energy particularly for working towards developing solutions in the Solar Energy Sector to help create a sustainable and low-carbon world for generations to come. He is also recipient of INAE Outstanding Teacher Award 2020, IEEE IAS Outstanding Educator/Mentor Award 2020, Eminent Engineer Award-2020 from The Institution of Engineers (India), Delhi State Centre, Academic Excellence Award – National Power System Conference 2018, Inaugural IIT Delhi Faculty Life Time Achievement Award-2018, “Faculty Research Award as a Most Outstanding Researcher” in the field of Engineering-2018, IEEE PES Nari Hingorani Custom Power Award-2017, USA, Shri Om Prakash Bhasin Award-2014 in field of Engineering including Energy & Aerospace, Khosla National Research Award of IIT Roorkee in the year 2013, PES Delhi Chapter Outstanding Engineer Award for the year 2006 and 18th Bimal K Bose Award of IETE in the field of Power Electronics in year 2001. Professor Singh has been General Chair of 2006 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy. Systems (PEDES’2006), General Co-Chair of 2010 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and. Energy Systems (PEDES’2010), 2015 IEEE International Conference (INDICON’2015), 2016 IEEE International Conference (ICPS’2016), IEEE International Conference (IEEE-ICPECA’2019), Honorary Chair of IEEE International Conference (SeFeT 2021), IEEE International Conference (SeFeT 2022), IEEE IAS GlobConHT 2023 and Patron of IEEE International Conferences IEEE-IICPE-2018, IEEE PIICON-2018, IEEE PIICON-2020, IEEE PIICON-2022, IEEE IAS GlobConPT 2022. Prof. Singh has been Chair, PES-IAS Delhi Chapter for 2005-2010, (PES-IAS Delhi Chapter won Outstanding Chapter Award-2005 Large and High-Performance Chapter Award Every Year). Prof. Singh has been Chair, PELS-IES Delhi Chapter 2007-2010 and Founder Chair, PELS-IES Delhi Chapter. He has been Chair of IEEE Delhi Section for 2012- 2014. Professor Singh has been Distinguished Lecturer (DL) of IEEE PES in Distinguish Lecturer Program w.e.f. 2005 for a decade. Professor Singh has been Chairman, BOG (Board of Governors), Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, from 3rd July 2018 for 3 Years. Professor Singh has been Non- official Independent Director, NTPC Limited, from 17th July 2018 for 3 Years. Professor Singh has been Chairman, All India GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering)-2006 and Organizing Chairman, All India JAM-2006 (Joint Admission Test to M. Sc. in IIT System)-2006. Professor Singh has been Chairman of Indian Delegation on Smart Grid for Indo-UK workshop in UK in June 2012 for framing the policy of this joint research program. Professor Singh is an Expert Member of PAC of SERB-DST India for awarding research projects since 2012 and steering committee member of second and third phases of National Power Electronics Mission of MEITY (NAMPET). Professor Singh has chaired more than hundred sessions in international and national conferences and delivered more than three hundred invited lectures, seminars, talks and keynote addresses including several memorial lectures. Professor Singh is a Faculty Mentor of Following Successful Start-Ups: M/S Quanteon Private-Limited, M/S HyperX Energy Private-Limited, M/S Intellicon Technologies Private-Limited, M/S Tadpole Projects Private-Limited, M/S Tsuyo Manufacturing Private-Limited.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: April 26, 2025 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

Please note that assignments encompass all types (including quizzes, programming tasks, and essay submissions) available in the specific week.

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Madras .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

- NPTEL team


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