ECE 662 - Fall 2016

ECE 662 - Power System Analysis and Control

Instructor

Claudio A. Cañizares
Office: EIT-4168 (Wednesdays 4:00-5:00 PM)
Phone: (519) 888-4567 extention 35355
e-mail: ccanizares@uwaterloo.ca
URL: www.power.uwaterloo.ca

Teaching assistant(TA)

Behnam Tamimi
Office: EIT-4151
Phone: (519) 888-4567 extension 38036
e-mail: btamimi@uwaterloo.ca
Office hours: To be announced.

Lectures

Room EIT 3151; Thursdays 2:30-5:20 PM, with an approximately 20 minute break at approximately 3:50 PM. Makeup online lectures due to research and conference trips on these days:

  • Thursday September 15 2:30-5:20 PM → Monday September 19 2:00-5:00 PM on LEARN.
  • Thursday September 22 2:30-5:20 PM → Wednesday September 28 2:00-5:00 PM on LEARN.
  • Thurs.dayOctober 20 2:30-5:20 PM → Wednesday October 19 2:00-5:00 PM on LEARN.

Objectives

  • Understand the basic definitions and concepts associated with short circuit, power flow and stability analysis.
  • Discuss in detail techniques and tools for power system analysis, with a practical perspective.

Course Content

Detailed description
Number of weeks Topics Sub-topics
1 Review Basic power system elements and models: generators; transmission systems; loads.
1 Power Flow Analysis
  • System model.
  • Equations.
  • Solution techniques: Newton-Raphson; fast decoupled.
1 Short Circuit Analysis
  • System model.
  • Faults: 3-phase; single-phase-to-ground; two-phase; two-phase-to-ground.
  • Matrix analysis.
1 Basic stability concepts
  • Nonlinear systems: Ordinary Differential Equations (ODE), Differential Algebraic Equations (DAE).
  • Equilibrium points: Definition; linearization; eigen analysis.
  • Stability regions.
3 Voltage Stability and Control
  • Definitions.
  • Voltage collapse:
    • Basic concepts.
    • Tools: Continuation power flows; direct methods; indices.
    • Control and protection: Compensation; secondary voltage regulation; under-voltage relays.
    • Practical applications: Transmission congestion; a real blackout analysis.
  • Voltage regulation:
    • Basic concepts.
    • Practical applications: A real blackout analysis.
2 Small-perturbation Stability and Control
  • Definitions and basic concepts.
  • Tools: Eigenvalue analysis.
  • Control and protection: PSSS; FACTS.
  • Practical applications: A real blackout analysis.
2 Transient Stability and Control
  • Definitions and basic concepts.
  • Tools: time domain simulations; direct methods (energy functions and equal area criterion).
  • Practical applications: A real blackout analysis.
1 Frequency Stability and Control
  • Definitions and basic concepts.
  • Control and protection: primary and secondary frequency regulation; automatic generation control (AGC); under-frequency relays.
  • Practical applications: A real blackout analysis.

Recommended Text

A. Gómez-Expósito, A. J. Conejo and C. A. Cañizares, Editors, Electric Energy Systems: Analysis and Operation, CRC Press, July 2008, ISBN 0849373654.

Other References

  1. A. R. Bergen and V. Vittal, Power systems analysis, Second Edition, Prentice-Hall, 2000.
  2. J. Arrillaga and C. P. Arnold, Computer analysis of power systems, John Wiley, 1990.
  3. P. Kundur, Power System Stability and Control, McGraw-Hill, 1994, ISBN 0-07-035958-X.
  4. P. M. Anderson and A. A. Fouad, Power system control and stability, IEEE Press, 1994.
  5. C. A. Cañizares, Editor, “Voltage stability assessment: concepts, practices and tools,” IEEE-PES Power System Stability Subcommittee Special Publication, SP101PSS, May 2003.
  6. Journal papers and technical reports (available on-line).
  7. Course notes available at course website.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of power systems and modeling is required. Some familiarity with MATLAB is desirable but not required.

Marking

Two projects are 25% of the final mark.
The midterm exam is 25% of the final mark.
The final exam is 50% of the final mark.

The midterm exam is a take home, individual test based on problems presented and discussed during lectures regarding the various topics discussed in class. Some problems might require the use of MATLAB and PSAT.

The dates and times of the midterm and final exams are still to be determined.

Projects

  1. Short circuit analysis of the IEEE 14-bus test system using MATLAB.
  2. Stability analysis of the IEEE 14-bus test system using PSAT.

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