'Power System Stability' is a course offered in B. Tech. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering program at School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Unit 1
Introduction to power system stability problem - Basic concepts and definitions of rotor angle stability, voltage stability and voltage collapse - Mid term and long term stability - Classification of stability - Small signal stability - Fundamental concepts of stability of dynamic systems - Small signal stability of a single machine infinite bus system - Effects of excitation system.
Unit 2
Small signal stability of multi-machine systems - Characteristics of small signal stability problems - Transient stability - An elementary view of transient stability - Simulation of power system dynamic response – Performance of protective relaying - Case study
Unit 3
Sub synchronous oscillations – Introduction - Torsional interaction with power system - Voltage stability - Basic concepts - Voltage collapse - Prevention of voltage collapse - Mid term and long term stability - Nature of system response severe upsets - Case studies.
Methods of improving stability - Transient stability enhancement - Small signal stability enhancement.
- Prabha Kundur, ”Power system stability and control”, Tata McGraw Hill,2006
- K. R. Padiyar, ”Power system dynamics - stability and control”, B. S. Publications, 2008
- Peter W. Sauer and M. A. Pai, ”Power system dynamics and stability”, Pearson Education, 2003.
