Course Day Three: Wednesday 3 December

Module 9
Modern Loads and Modern Sources

  • Modern generation sources such as photovoltaics (PVs), wind turbines, microturbines, fuel cells, etc.
  • Current developments associated with modern loads such as electronics and plugged-in electric vehicles.
  • Developments in utility level energy storage technologies.
  • Power electronics interfaces for renewable energy sources, modern loads and energy storage systems.
  • The concepts of microgrids.

Module 10
Power Systems Operation and Substations

  • The various operating states of a power system.
  • Fundamentals of transmission and distribution lines, reactive power compensation.
  • Utility-level power electronics including FACTS and HVDC technologies.
  • Traditional protection concepts.
  • Traditional SCADA concepts.
  • Automation – sectionalisers and reclosers.
  • Electricity internetworking.
  • Systems – protection, control, measurement and monitoring.
  • Configuration management.

Module 11
Informatics for Distribution Systems

  • Power quality issues and distribution networks.
  • Power quality monitoring and diagnostics techniques.
  • Power quality solutions.
  • Advanced technologies and phase measurement techniques for transmission and distribution networks.
  • Industrial standards and power quality.

Module 12
Australian Smart Grid Smart City Case Study

  • The potential for smart metering in Australia and the Smart Grid Smart City (SGSC) experience.
  • SGSC experiences of constraints and challenges establishing smart metering.
  • The underlying business requirements of metering.
  • Communications needs for a smart grid.
  • Telecommunications technologies and options available in building a smart grid solution.
  • What approaches were taken in the SGSC and why?

 

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