Description: This course deals with the stability and control of modern power systems with a high penetration of renewable energy sources. Power system is undergoing tremendous transformation as non-conventional renewable energy sources like wind and photovoltaic are introduced. While such renewable sources are very good for the sustainable harnessing of energy, they are altering the way power system was designed to operate. First of all they are inherently stochastic in nature due to their dependence upon local weather conditions and secondly they do not use the conventional large synchronous generators. Their power electronic converter interface decouples them from the grid frequency interaction with respect to inertial response and synchronizing power. Moreover, their dependency upon weather may lead to wide variations in power generation capability. At the same time, they might not contribute to the grid frequency stability; especially if they are on maximum power point tracking control. In the event of faults, they have limited power to contribute to the short circuit currents.

On the positive side, the advances in power electronic converter controls, imparts them fast controllability. So they can be controlled to inject reactive current and assist voltage voltage stability. They may also be controlled to provide emulated inertia and primary frequency regulation provided that they have some energy storage.
Key topics include:Review of concepts of power system stability
• Frequency and voltage stability with a high penetration of wind and PV power
• Control opportunities and limitations provided by the converter control in RES.
• The concepts would be demonstrated through the appropriate simulation tools like PSCAD and/or DigSILENT.
Prerequisites:
A basic knowledge of modern power system.
Link: http://www.et.aau.dk/phd/phd-courses/
Registration: https://phd.moodle.aau.dk/

Organizer: Assistant Professor Sanjay K Chaudhary, skc@et.aau.dk, Aalborg University

Lecturers: Associate Professor Florin Iov, fi@et.aau.dk, Aalborg University, Associate Professor Jayakrishnan Radhakrishna Pillai, jrp@et.aau.dk, Aalborg University and Assistant Professor Sanjay K Chaudhary, skc@et.aau.dk, Aalborg University

ECTS: 3

Time: 21 – 23 September 2015

Place: Aalborg University, Pontoppidanstræde

Zip code: 9220

City: Aalborg

Number of seats: 30

Deadline: 31 August, 2015