This power system protection and switchgear course are to be prepared to serve as an introductory course for power system protection and switchgear for undergraduate and postgraduate students of various technical universities. It aims to give a comprehensive up-to-date presentation of the role of the protection safety system, switchgear, and its advances in the modern power system. It begins with a state-of-the-art survey of theories and methods of protection and switchgear. In continuation, it provides a theoretical summary along with examples of real-life engineering applications to a variety of technical problems. In this point of view, the said course bridges the gap between theoretical advances, experimental validations, and practical engineering in real life.

COURSE LAYOUT:

Week 1: Fundamentals of Protective Relaying

Week 2: Current based Relaying Scheme

Week 3: Protection of Transmission Lines using Distance Relays

Week 4: Carrier Aided Schemes for Transmission Lines and Auto-reclosing and Synchronizing

Week 5: Protection of Generators, Transformers, Induction Motors, and Busbars

Week 6: Protection against Transients and Surges along with System Response to Severe Upsets

Week 7: Arc Interruption Theory in Circuit Breaker, Types of Circuit Breakers and their Testing

Week 8: Testing, Commissioning, and Maintenance of Relays

INTENDED AUDIENCE: Electrical Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering