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Course Catalog 2012-2013
SET-6446 Flexible Transmission Systems, 5 cr |
Additional information
Suitable for postgraduate studies
Will not be lectured year 2012-2013
Person responsible
Enrique Acha
Requirements
To attend the lectures, to pass the one final exam and to submit all the assignments
Learning outcomes
Student having taken the course are expected to have a solid understanding of the FACTS and HVDC technology; the way modern power electronics valves, converter topologies and control is benefitting the transmission part of the high-voltage, high-power electrical grid; the way in which power system application tools are modified to assess the FACTS technology in network-wide studies and the scope that the FACTS technology has in improving the security of transmission with higher through-puts and with minimum investment
Content
| Content | Core content | Complementary knowledge | Specialist knowledge |
| 1. | Week 1: An overview of the FACTS and HVDC transmission philosophies. A review of the main FACTS and HVDC installations in the world | ||
| 2. | Week 2: Power transmission equipment with conventional thyristor valves (SVC and TCSC) and HVDC links | ||
| 3. | Week 3: FACTS equipment with IGBT valves (STATCOM, UPFC, VSC-HVDC) | ||
| 4. | Week 4: Modelling of selected FACTS equipment in power flows; assessing the impact of FACTS equipment in network-wide applications, using power flows | ||
| 5. | Week 5: Modelling of HVDC transmission systems in power flows; assessing the impact of HVDC equipment in network-wide applications, using power flows | ||
| 6. | Week 6: Optimal Power Flows (OPF) using Newton'’s method; representation of selected FACTS and VSC-HVDC equipment in OPF; Assessing the impact of FACTS and VSC-HVDC equipment in network-wide applications, using OPF | ||
| 7. | Week 7: Electromagnetic transients in power systems: representation of FACTS and HVDC equipment in electromagnetic transient programs and test cases using PSCAD/EMTDC |
Evaluation criteria for the course
Continuous assessment comprising four elements: (i) to write an essay in a suitable FACTS-related topic (ii) to prepare and deliver the researched topic (iii) to carry out a case study involving a FACTS-based solution in a network expansion planning or an operational problem in a utility-level power system
Assessment scale:
Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course
Study material
| Type | Name | Author | ISBN | URL | Edition, availability, ... | Examination material | Language |
| Book | FACTS: Modelling and simulation in power systems | E. Acha, C.R. Fuerte-Esquivel, H. Ambriz-Perez and C. Angeles-Camacho | 0470852712 | John Wiley & Sons, $133.23; | English | ||
| Lecture slides | Enrique Acha | English |
Prerequisites
| Course | Mandatory/Advisable | Description |
| SET-6316 Electric Power Systems | Mandatory |
Prerequisite relations (Requires logging in to POP)
Correspondence of content
| Course | Corresponds course | Description |
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