Course info

Description: Modern power electric based power systems (PEPS) are facing new challenges in terms of reliable planning and operation due to proliferation of power electronic converters. The course is aimed at providing an in-depth introduction to the reliability modeling, assessment and enhancement approaches in PEPS. The basic principles of reliability evaluation along with their application, current practices and solution methods in PEPS will be discussed. 

Benefits of Participants: 

• Understanding the fundamental of PEPS reliability engineering  
• Exposure to probabilistic technique applications to PEPS problems 
• Bridging the reliability concepts of power electronics and power systems    

Intended Audience: 

• Power engineers, graduate students and researchers in utilities and universities 

The course will mainly cover the following aspects:  

1. Fundamental concepts of reliability Engineering 
2. Structural reliability and stress strength analysis 
3. Introduction to converter reliability prediction 
4. Impacts of converter control on PEPS reliability 
5. Reliability modeling in PEPS 
6. Model-based design for reliability in PEPS 
7. Model-based maintenance scheduling in PPES 
8. Reliability enhancement in PEPS 
9. Challenges and opportunities 

0. Introduction to the reliability in PEPS (Saeed – 1.5h) 

1. Fundamental concepts of reliability Engineering (Saeed – 1.5h) 

2. Structural reliability and stress strength analysis (Saeed – 1.5h) 

3. Lab: reliability modelling in power converters using MATLAB (Saeed – 1.5h) 

June 27, 2023, 08.30-16.00  

4. Introduction to converter reliability prediction (Saeed – 1.5h) 

5. Availability modelling in PEPS with non-constant components (Saeed – 1.5h) 

6. Reliability modelling in PEPS (Saeed – 1.5h) 

7. Lab: reliability modelling in PEPS using MATLAB (Saeed – 1.5h) 

June 28, 2023, 08.30-16.00  

8. Impacts of converter control on PEPS reliability (Saeed – 1.5h) 

9. Model-based design for reliability in PEPS (Saeed – 1.5h) 

10. Model-based maintenance scheduling in PPES (Saeed – 1.5h) 

11. Lab: maintenance scheduling in PEPS using MATLAB (Saeed – 1.5h) 

Prerequisites: Pre-reading the shared materials 

Form of evaluation: The participants will be evaluated by two sets of exercises on the reliability of PEPS. 

Course literature:  

1. Slides of the course,  
2. Papers:    
   1. [1]S. Peyghami, F. Blaabjerg, and P. Palensky, “Incorporating Power Electronic Converters Reliability into Modern Power System Reliability Analysis,” IEEE J. Emerg. Sel. Top. Power Electron., vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 1668–1681, 2021. 
   2. [2]S. Peyghami and F. Blaabjerg, “Reliability / Cost-Based Power Routing InPower Electronic-Based Power Systems,” in IEEE ECCE, 2021, pp. 789–795.
   3. [3]F. Blaabjerg and S. Peyghami, “Reliability of Modern Power Electronic Based Power Systems,” in 2021 23rd European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE’21 ECCE Europe), 2021, p. P.1-P.10. 
   4. [4]S. Peyghami, F. Blaabjerg, J. R. Torres, and P. Palensky, “Maintenance Scheduling in Power Electronic Converters Considering Wear-out Failures,” in 2020 22nd European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE 2020 ECCE Europe, 2020, pp. 1–10. 
   5. [5]S. Peyghami, Z. Wang, and F. Blaabjerg, “A Guideline for Reliability Prediction in Power Electronic Converters,” IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 35, no. 10, pp. 10958–10968, 2020. 
   6. [6]S. Peyghami, P. Pakensky, F. Blaabjerg, P. Palensky, and F. Blaabjerg, “An Overview on the Reliability of Modern Power Electronic Based Power Systems,” IEEE Open J. Power Electron., vol. 1, pp. 34–50, Feb. 2020. 
   7. [7]S. Peyghami, P. Palensky, M. Fotuhi-Firuzabad, and F. Blaabjerg, “System-Level Design for Reliability and Maintenance Schedul- Ing in Modern Power Electronic-Based Power Systems,” IEEE Open Access J. Power Energy, vol. 7, pp. 414–429, 2020. 
   8. [8]S. Peyghami, M. Fotuhi-Firuzabad, and F. Blaabjerg, “Reliability Evaluation in Microgrids With Non-Exponential Failure Rates of Power Units,” IEEE Syst. J., vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 2861–2872, 2020.
   9. [9]S. Peyghami and F. Blaabjerg, “Availability Modeling in Power Converters Considering Components Aging,” IEEE Trans. Energy Convers., vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 1981–1984, 2020.
3. Books
   1. [1]H. S. Chung, H. Wang, F. Blaabjerg, and M. Pecht, “Reliability of Power Electronic Converter Systems,” First Edi. London: IET, 2016. 
   2. [2]L. Wenyuan, “Risk Assessment of Power Systems: Models, Methods, and Applications,” Second Edi. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, 2014.