Northwest Workforce Training on Smart Grid > Graduate Courses > G7

Course Description

Goals

To introduce students to

  1. The power electronics converters and inverters used in high power applications;
  2. The applications of power electronics in the smart grid; and
  3. The analysis, modeling, and control methods employed for power electronics in the smart grid.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, you will be able to

  1. Determine the type of compensation needed for a specific application
  2. Analyze FACTS devices by developing a steady-state and transient model
  3. Choose the most appropriate compensation type for a given scenario
  4. Differentiate different power electronics switches

Textbook

  1. Yazdani and R. Iravani, Voltage-Sourced Converters in Power System, IEEE Press, 2010
  2. N. Hingorani and L. Gyugyi, Understanding FACTS, IEEE Press, 2000

Additional Material

  1. Lecture material
  2. Articles assigned throughout the course

Course Prerequisites by Topic

  1. A basic understanding of operation of switches, e.g., diode, thyristors, and IGBTs.
  2. Power system analysis: real and reactive power, power flow, VAr compensation.
  3. An undergraduate power electronics course would be very helpful, but is not required.

Topics

  1. Review of steady-state power flow and power electronics
  2. Power system analysis
  3. Applications of converters for compensation of transmission systems, e.g., shunt, series, phase, and hybrid compensation, such as switched capacitor, TCSC, TSSC, SSSC, STATCOM, UPFC, IPFC, SVC, and TCR.
  4. High-voltage direct current (HVDC) systems
  5. Wind power systems
  6. Power system dynamics and analysis: reference frames
  7. Converter dynamic model and control
  8. Smart grid, distributed energy resource (DER) units, and microgrids

Course Structure

Computer Resources

Lecture material and homework assignments are posted on the class web page.

Grading

50% on the homework
50% on the final exam

 

 
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