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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