Northwest Workforce Training on Smart Grid
Undergraduate Courses
U1: Power engineering fundamentals I (UW)
Review of A. C. three phase systems
Transformers, single-phase and three-phase
Per-unit method
Induction machines (motor and generator, wind generators)
Synchronous generators
Transmission lines
Introduction to power flow
U2: Power engineering fundamentals II (WSU)
Power flow methods
Economic generation dispatch
Steady-state stability fundamentals
Transient stability fundamentals
Introduction to power system operation and control
U3: Renewable energy generation (UW)
Fundamentals of electric power generation
Wind power systems
Solar power systems
Storage systems
Fuel-cells
Geothermal, tidal and wave power systems
U4: Power electronics for the smart grid (UW)
Electronic devices used in high power applications
Basic power electronic circuits (rectifiers, inverters, frequency converters, etc)
Application in the control of induction machines, motor and generator
Application in the control of voltage and power flow (SVC, UPFC)
High voltage DC transmission
U5: Digital systems for the smart grid (WSU)
Introduction to Smart Grid
Sending measurements from sensors to control center
Intelligent devices (IED) used in power system monitoring, protection and control
Data acquisition, data processing, databases and middleware
Digital communications
Cybersecurity
SCADA, smart grid control centers
Smart grid operation and control
U6: Smart Grid Protection and Control (WSU)
Introduction to protection of smart grid
Sensor and actuators for protection system
Protective relays
Fault analysis
Protection of transmission lines and feeders
Protection of generators (Including clean energy sources)
Protection of loads
Digital protection (including wide area measurement based protection)
