ELECTENG 703

Advanced Power Systems

Summary


Semester

Semester 2, 2018

Staff

Extra teaching assistants

Lecturers:
Nirmal Nair (NN-Course Director), Rm 903-348 (Newmarket), n.nair@auckland.ac.nz
Abhishek Ukil (AU) a.ukil@auckland.ac.nz
Guest Lecturer (GL)
Assignment Support
Mohammad Javad Sanjari (MJS) mj.sanjari@auckland.ac.nz
Graduate Teaching Assistants:
Duncan Maina and Sainbold Saranchimeg

Teaching schedule

Lecture hours and lab tutorials:
Out of available lecture slots some hours would be used for tutorials. Guest lecturers from power system industry professional have been arranged to give perspective of current challenges and issues faced in New Zealand electricity industry.

An optional protection relay laboratory will be conducted during teaching weeks 10 and 11 at the Power systems research lab in Newmarket. This lab is for demonstrating practical setting of protective relays carried out by the industry. Details about the booking will be announced closer to the date. An electricity market assignment is also part of the coursework assessment. Details will be provided during teaching week 2.

Contents


Calendar notes

Electricity markets: structure, pricing, optimisation, ancillary services; Power system protection practices; Distribution network development: Smart Grid, Demand Side participation; HVDC and FACT Devices Theory and Application; Renewable energy grid integration. Prerequisite: ELECTENG 411 or 731Restriction: ELECTENG 738

Further notes

Course outline
1. Renewable Energy Generation & Grid Integration (AU)
Overview of renewable energy; Renewable energy generation; Solar photovoltaic system; Maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithms; Wind energy conversion system; Doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) for wind energy; Grid integration of renewable energy; Buck/Boost converter; Control of wind turbine; Challenges in grid integration of renewable energy.
2. Power Electronics Applications in Power Systems (AU)
Overview of power electronics applications in power systems; High Voltage DC (HVDC) Transmission; Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS); Static VAR compensators, static synchronous compensators (STATCOMs), Distribution static synchronous compensators (D-STATCOMs), Load compensation & voltage control using D-STATCOM.
3. Power System Relaying Practices (NN, GL)
Protective CTs & PTs, Circuit breakers, Basic tripping circuit; Classification of relays based on technology, Operating principles & protective functions; AC generator & motor protection scheme; Transformer protection scheme; Line protection schemes; Co-ordination of protective schemes; Smart Grid challenges and opportunities for Protective Relaying to address Distributed Generation (DG) and Smart Grids.
4. Power Systems Modeling, Pricing and Optimization (NN, GL)
DC load flow models; Review of Linear Programming; Electricity Markets; Locational Marginal Pricing (LMP); New Zealand Electricity market & NZ Scheduling Pricing & Dispatch (SPD) model; Financial transmission Rights (FTR); Emerging Market Mechanisms for addressing Scarcity and Demand Side Participation; Mixed Ownership Model (MoM) for Generation.

Assessment


Coursework

Assessment:
Course work: 35% (Two tests 30%; Assignment 5%)
Final exam: 65%
Test 1 Wednesday, 22nd August; 5-6 pm (Teaching week 6)
Test 2 Tuesday, 9th October; 5-6 pm (Teaching week 11)
Assignment Tuesday, 16th October; 5 pm (Teaching week 12)

Exam rules

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Survey from previous years for this course has been consistent and good. In 2018, this course will work towards the same level if not better.

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