Northwest Workforce Training on Smart Grid > Graduate Courses > G3
Course Description
Goals
To introduce students to the basic operation characteristics of wind and solar systems as well as identifying challenges and solutions to their integration into power grids.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this course, you will be able to
- Understand the operation and characteristic of wind and solar systems.
- Understand the issues of integrating massive wind and solar systems into power grids.
Textbook
No specific textbook is required.
Suggested References
- Wind Energy Generation: Modeling and Control, Anaya-Lara, et. al, Wiley
- Electric Energy: An Introduction, M. A. El-Sharkawi, Third Edition, CRC Press, 2012
- IPCC Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation, Cambridge University Press.
Additional Material
1) Lecture material
Topics
- Wind Systems
- Types of Wind Systems
- Aerodynamics and Energy of Wind
- Statistics of Wind
- Modeling of Turbines
- Power Electronics for Wind Energy
- Induction Generator
- Synchronous Generator
- Wind Energy Penetration
- Wind Integration Problems
- Real power control
- Reactive power control
- Speed control and maximum production
- Stability
- Low Voltage Ride Through Problem
- Low Voltage Ride Methods
- Variability of production
- Solar Systems
- PV System Characteristics
- Integration Issues
- Land size
- MVP output variability
- Grid Connections
- Over voltage profiles
- Var support
- Fault Detection
- Protection
- Islanding
- Scheduling
- Congestion
- Smart Grid
- Concept
- Objectives
- Expected Benefits
- Existing and needed technologies
- Energy Storage
- Advanced Meters & Sensors
- Grid friendly Plug-in Hybrids
- Grid Friendly Loads and smart Houses
- Substation & Distribution Automation
- Communications
- Data Intensive Analysis
- Demand Response
- Power regulation
- Weather Prediction
- ...
Course Structure
The course is divided into modules
After each module, you are assigned a homework.
After finishing with all lectures, you can do the final exam
Computer Resources
Lecture material, homework and lab assignments are posted on the class web page
