25369: Special Topics in Power
Course Name: Special Topics in Power
Course Number: 25369
Prerequisite(s): -
Co-requisite(s): -
Units: 3
Level: Postgraduate
Last Revision: Summer 2023

Description: 
[Inverter-Based Resources Technologies:] This course aims to acquaint students with the operation principles, modeling, analysis, and control of inverter-based resources such as wind-turbine generators, solar photovoltaic systems, and energy storage systems, as well as to examine the grid-connection issues associated with them.
 
Syllabus:
  • Introduction:
    • Introduction to modern power systems
    • Introduction to power electronic concepts
    • Power converter topologies for grid interface of inverter-based resources
    • Space phasors and two-dimensional frames
  • Voltage-Source Converter (VSC) Systems and Their Classification:
    • Operation principles of VSC systems
    • Modeling and control of VSC systems
    • VSC systems control classification
      • Grid-following VSC systems
      • Controlled-frequency VSC systems
      • Grid-forming VSC systems
      • Variable-frequency VSC systems
    • Per-unit values for VSC systems
  • Grid Synchronization:
    • Grid synchronization in single-phase power converters
    • Grid synchronization in three-phase power converters
    • PLL-based grid synchronization techniques
    • PLL-less grid synchronization techniques
  • Energy Storage Systems:
    • Energy storage technologies
      • Battery-based energy storage systems
      • Non-battery-based energy storage systems (pumped hydroelectric, compressed air, hydrogen-based, flywheel, superconducting magnetic, supercapacitor)
    • Applications in electric power systems
    • Modeling and control
  • Solar Photovoltaic Systems:
    • Solar photovoltaic cells, modules, and arrays
    • Maximum power point tracking techniques and charge controllers
    • Modeling and control of standalone PV systems
    • Modeling and control of grid-connected PV systems
  • Wind Turbine Generator Systems:
    • Wind turbines characteristics
    • Wind turbine generator (WTG) technologies
    • Detailed representation, dynamic modeling, and control of Type 3 WTGs
    • Detailed representation, dynamic modeling, and control of Type 4 WTGs
  • Grid Connection Requirements:
    • Frequency/Active power requirements
    • Voltage/reactive power requirements
    • Power system stabilizer function

References:
  • Yazdani, Amirnaser, and Reza Iravani, Voltage-Sourced Converters in Power Systems: Modeling, Control, and Applications, John Wiley & Sons, 2010
  • Vittal, Vijay, Ayyanar, Raja, Grid Integration and Dynamic Impact of Wind Energy, Springer New York, 2012
  • Jamil, Majid, M. Rizwan, and Dwarkadas Pralhaddas Kothari, Grid Integration of Solar Photovoltaic Systems, CRC Press, 2017
  • Díaz-González, Francisco, Andreas Sumper, and Oriol Gomis-Bellmunt, Energy Storage in Power Systems, John Wiley & Sons, 2016
  • Teodorescu, Remus, Marco Liserre, and Pedro Rodriguez, Grid Converters for Photovoltaic and Wind Power Systems, John Wiley & Sons, 2011
  • Machowski, Jan, Zbigniew Lubosny, Janusz W. Bialek, and James R. Bumby, Power System Dynamics: Stability and Control, John Wiley & Sons, 2020
  • Wu, Bin, Yongqiang Lang, Navid Zargari, and Samir Kouro, Power Conversion and Control of Wind Energy Systems, John Wiley & Sons, 2011
  • Abad, Gonzalo, Jesus Lopez, Miguel Rodriguez, Luis Marroyo, and Grzegorz Iwanski, Doubly Fed Induction Machine: Modeling and Control for Wind Energy Generation, John Wiley & Sons, 2011
  • Eremia, Mircea, and Mohammad Shahidehpour, eds., Handbook of Electrical Power System Dynamics: Modeling, Stability, and Control, John Wiley & Sons, 2013

 
Last Update: 2024-10-12