Distributed Generation and Power Quality

Description

Introduction to Energy Network Interfacing - Distributed generation, distributed storage, and microgrid - Static Synchronous Generator - Impacts of Distributed generation on electrical grids - Power quality standards, definitions, and characterizations - Fundamentals of Harmonics: Causes, indices, system response characteristics, and effects on different components - Devices for Controlling Harmonic Distortion and Notch filter design - Analysis of electric Power Quality: Unbalance, Voltage Sag, Swell, and Flicker - Instantaneous real and imaginary power theory - Shunt and series compensation of various power quality events - Unified power quality conditioner - Hybrid filters - Power quality monitoring - Wiring and Grounding.

Program

Bachelor Degree in Electrical and Control Engineering (160)

Objectives

• • Introduce students to the concepts of distributed generation, distributed storage, and microgrid.‎ • Recognize the different power quality events and their causes, characterization, and remedy. • Enrich the student knowledge with the basic concepts of power quality and its related standards. • Introduce the basic principles of series and shunt compensation for power networks. • Train the student to design power filters .