Program : Power Engineering (PE)

Degree : MSc/MEng

Course Code : ACE 678

Course Name : Power Systems Communication and Control

Course Category : Elective Core Courses

Semester : Second Semester

Credit Hours : 3

Basic Concept of Transmission Systems: Principal circuits, Telecommunication in transmission networks. Power Line Carrier Communication (PLC): Schemes, Applications, Carrier communication, Carrier protective relaying, Carrier telemetering, local control and frequency control, Carrier supervisory control and SCADA, telecontrol systems technical data, method of data
transmission. Fibre Optics: Data transmission, Digital message system, Carrier protecting signalling, Radio communication, Audio and Video conferencing. Satellite Communication. Real time Computer Control of Power Systems: Energy management system (EMS), SCADA system, Distribution Automation and Control System (DAC), Control of Voltage and Reactive Power: Generation and absorption of reactive power, Relationship between voltage, Power and reactive power at a note, Methods of voltage control - Injection of reactive power, Tap-changing transformers, Combine use of tap-changing transformer and reactive power injection, Booster
transformer. Automatic Voltage Regulator (AVR): Load frequency control with generation rate constraints (GRCs), Speed governor dead-band and its effects on AGC.