Training course overview
This highly interactive course incorporates real-life case studies and exercises, engaging participants in small group discussions and workshops. You'll gain comprehensive knowledge of generator dynamics and the concepts of stability in power system operations. Discover how electricity is generated from AC current supplies and the necessary steps to deliver this power reliably to customers. This training covers simplified generator models commonly used in dynamic stability studies. You will learn about modern control approaches for maintaining voltage and frequency within established limits, including primary and secondary frequency control (droop control) in synchronous generators. The course will also explore power-angle stability and voltage stability to enhance reliable operations during load changes, as well as alternatives for load restoration using tap changer transformers.
Additionally, the course addresses transmission-level concepts, introducing power flow analysis as a tool for determining operating points within the power system. Various power flow formulation approaches, including DC and AC power flow, will be discussed, along with methods for solving power flow equations such as Gauss-Seidel, Newton-Raphson, and fast decoupled methods.
Key Topics:
- Power generation characteristics and economic dispatch methods
- Optimization techniques with constraints, including dynamic programming
- Unit commitment problems and solution strategies
- Generation scheduling with limited energy supplies
- Automatic generation control and power interchange
- Power system security techniques and optimal power flow applications