Economic Operations and Control of Power Systems

By Prof. Gururaj Mirle Vishwanath, Prof .Narayana Prasad Padhy | IIT Kanpur, MNIT Jaipur (On-lien from IIT Roorkee)

Learners enrolled: 1351 | Exam registration: 440

ABOUT THE COURSE:

The primary objective of this course is to analyze efficient and optimum operation of electric power generation system and to provide an overview about the control techniques adopted to ensure the economic operation of a power system. This course also introduces optimization methods and their application in practical power system operation problems. In this course, modern control system solution methods are employed for power generation system problems. This course provides application of modern numerical techniques and analytical methods for dealing with and solving operation-related problems in electric power systems. In addition, it further discusses some real-time practical power system problems and their solutions.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: Research Scholars, Industry Professionals, Faculty Members

PREREQUISITES: BE/B.Tech in Electrical Engineering

INDUSTRY SUPPORT: DISCOMs, TRANSCO, Power Grid, POSOCO, NHPC, NTPC, CPRI, Private sector: ABB, Schneider, Siemens, etc.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Elective
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering Power Systems and Power Electronics
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Undergraduate/Postgraduate
Start Date :	22 Jul 2024
End Date :	11 Oct 2024
Enrollment Ends :	05 Aug 2024
Exam Registration Ends :	16 Aug 2024
Exam Date :	02 Nov 2024 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1:

Module 1 : Introduction- NPP

Module 2 : Evolution of Indian Power System- NPP

Module 3 : Control in Power Systems- NPP

Module 4 : Optimization Preliminaries-I- NPP

Module 5 : Optimization Preliminaries-II- NPP

Week 2:

Module 1 : Dynamic Programming-GMV

Module 2 : Economic Dispatch of Thermal Units- GMV

Module 3 : Economic Dispatch using Numerical Methods-I-GMV

Module 4 : Economic Dispatch using Numerical Methods- II-GM

Module 5 : Economic Dispatch using Numerical Methods- III-GMV

Week 3:

Module 1 : Power Flow Problem on DC Network-NPP

Module 2 : Formulation of AC Power Flow-NPP

Module 3 : Decoupled Power Flow-NPP

Module 4 : Calculation of Transmission Losses-I-NPP

Module 5 : Calculation of Transmission- Losses-II-NPP

Week 4:

Module 1 : Economic Dispatch using Dynamic Programming-GMV

Module 2 : Unit Commitment- I-GMV

Module 3 : Unit Commitment- II-GMV

Module 4 : Unit Commitment using Dynamic Programming: GMV

Module 5 : Unit Commitment using Lagrange Relaxation - I-GMV

Week 5:

Module 1 : Unit Commitment using Lagrange Relaxation - II-GMV

Module 2 : Hydrothermal Scheduling- I-GMV

Module 3 : Hydrothermal Scheduling- II-GMV

Module 4 : Hydrothermal Scheduling- III-GMV

Module 5 : Transmission System Effects - GMV

Week 6:

Module 1 : Production Cost Model- Introduction 1-NPP

Module 2 : Production Cost Model- Introduction 2- NPP

Module 3 : Economic Scheduling with Unreserved Load Method-NPP

Module 4 : Expected Cost Method-NPP

Module 5 : Discussion of Practical Problems- NPP

Week 7:

Module 1 : Power and Energy Interchange: Introduction; NPP

Module 2 : Multiple Utility Interchange Transactions; NPP

Module 3 : Power Pools: NPP

Module 4 : Transmission Effects and Issues: NPP

Module 5 : Discussion of Practical Problems- : NPP

Week 8:

Module 1 : Real-Time Case Study on Reactive Power Dispatch- I: GMV

Module 2 : Real-Time Case Study on Reactive Power Dispatch II: GMV

Module 3 : Real-Time Case Study on Reactive Power Dispatch III: GMV

Module 4 : Power System Security-I: GMV

Module 5 : Power System Security-II: GMV

Week 9:

Module 1 : Power System Security-III: GMV

Module 2 : Optimal Power Flow I: GMV

Module 3 : Optimal Power Flow II: GMV

Module 4 : State Estimation I: GMV

Module 5 : State Estimation II: GMV

Week 10:

Module 1 : State Estimation III-: GMV

Module 2 : State Estimation IV: GMV

Module 3 : State Estimation V: GMV

Module 4 : State Estimation VI: GMV

Module 5 : State Estimation VII: GMV

Week 11:

Module 1 : Control of Generation I: GMV

Module 2 : Control of Generation II: GMV

Module 3 : Short-Term Demand Forecasting - GMV

Module 4 : Pumped Storage & Gravity Storage: GMV

Module 5 : Energy Storage: GMV

Week 12:

Module 1 : Advanced Distribution System Management I: GMV

Module 2 : Advanced Distribution System Management II: GMV

Module 3 : Advanced Distribution System Management III: GMV

Module 4 : EV Opportunities, Challenges and Impact in Indian PowerSector I:GMV

Module 5 : EV Opportunities, Challenges and Impact in Indian Power Sector II: GMV

Books and references

1) Power Generation Operation and Control, by Allen J. Wood, Bruce F. Wollenberg.

2) Power System Stability and Control by P Kundur.

Instructor bio

Prof. Gururaj Mirle Vishwanath

IIT Kanpur

Prof.Gururaj Mirle Vishwanath is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Kanpur. He received his Ph.D in the area of power system from IIT Roorkee and M.Tech (R) in Power and Energy Systems from NITK Surathkal. His area of interests includes development of Renewable penetration challenges to the grid, EV integration Challenges to Power Systems, Machine learning application to power systems. He is PI of two projects where one is relevant to the EV and second relevant to the Robotics and he is Co-PI in the Indo-US collaborative UI-ASSIST Project. He is also the recipient of POSOCO Power System Award under Doctoral thesis category for the year 2021, AWSAR Award 2021 for popular science story under PDF category. He has in total 13 IEEE International Publications including 4 IEEE Transactions. He is serving as a reviewer in the IEEE Transactions of Power Systems, Smart Grid, Sustainable Energy, Industry Applications, IEEE PES General Meeting etc. He is also the member of IEEE, Vice-Chairman of IEEE PES Student Chapter from UP section and Member of Switching Working Group (WG), IEEE PES Transmission Subcommittee.

Prof .Narayana Prasad Padhy

MNIT Jaipur (On-lien from IIT Roorkee)

Prof.Narayana Prasad Padhy (SM’09) received the Ph.D. degree in power systems engineering from Anna University, Chennai, India, in 1997. He is working as Professor (HAG) with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, Roorkee, India. He is currently the Director of the Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT), Jaipur, India and the mentor director of the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Kota. Earlier he has served as Dean of Academic Affairs, Institute, NEEPCO, 92 Batch and Ravi Mohan Mangal Institute Chair Professors at IIT Roorkee. He is the National lead of many national and international projects such as DSIDES, ID-EDGe, and HEAPD. He is also part of other international projects, namely Indo-US UI-ASSIST and Indo UK ZED-I. He has published more than 200 research articles in reputed international journals and conference proceedings. His research interests include power system analysis, demand side management, energy market, network pricing, ac–dc smart grid, and application of machine learning techniques in power systems. Dr. Padhy is also a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineers (INAE), Fellow Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, India, Fellow Institution of Engineering and Technology and Fellow of Institution of Engineers and India. He was the recipient of the IEEE PES Outstanding Engineers Award 2018, Boyscast Fellowship and the Humboldt Experienced research Fellowship in the year 2005 and 2009, respectively.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 02 November 2024 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
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CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

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