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Smart Grids

Course title: Smart Grids

Code: 3ФЕИТ09З012

Number of credits (ECTS): 6

Weekly number of classes: 3+2+0+0

Prerequisite for enrollment of the subject: None

Course Goals (acquired competencies): The course is developed to provide basic knowledge of the principles of  Smart Grids, their characteristics, operation and technical and economic impact to the power systems.

Total available number of classes: 180

Course Syllabus: Dispersed generation (DG) integration and problems of DG integration into distribution systems. Technical impacts of DG on the distribution systems. Smart Grids concept and definitions. Differences between distributed networks with high DG penetration and Smart Grids. Smart Grids development - technologies on transmission and distribution level. Role of DG and consumers in Smart Grids. Smart Grids control (centralized vs decentralized approach). Control hierarchy. Advanced control algorithms. Implementation of distribution management systems (DMS) and SCADA in Smart Grids. Smart Grids concepts: microgrids, virtual power plants, electric vehicles, Smart House.

Literature:

Required Literature

No.

Author

Title

Publisher

Year

1

N. Jenkins, R. Allan, P. Crossley, D. Kirschen, G. Strbac

Embedded Generation

The Institution of Engineering and Technology

2006

2

M. H. J. Bollen

The Smart Grid: Adapting the Power System to New Challenges

Morgan & Claypool Publishers

2011

3

S. Chowdhury, S.P. Chowdhury, P. Crossley

Microgrids and Active Distribution Networks

The Institution of Engineering and Technology

2009

Additional Literature

No.

Author

Title

Publisher

Year

1

M. S. Thomas, J. D. McDonald

Power System SCADA and Smart Grids

CRC Press

2015