Course Power

Systems Operation and Control

Title
Course ELNG 414- 3 Credit Hour
Code
Instructor Mr. Isaac Otchere
Contact Email: isaac.otchere@uenr.edu.gh Tel: 0208379328
Info
Course This course deals with modern power system operation and control problems and solution techniques.
Description Topics covered include: Hierarchical Structure of The Electric Power Network, Economic dispatch of
thermal power generation units, Unit commitment, Load frequency control, Interchange of Power and
Energy, Optimal Power Flow, and Controllability of Electric Power Systems.

Pre- ELNG 309: Power System Generation, Transmission and Distribution. ELNG 218: Synchronous
requisites Machines ELNG 419: Power System Analysis.
Course Upon successful completion of this course students would be able to:
Objectives • Understand the hierarchical structure of the electric power system
(Learning • Explain the basic underlying principles adopted in power systems operation and control.
Outcomes • Apply mathematical optimization methods to power systems operating problems.
of the • Have better insight into measures for cost-effective, optimum operation of power systems.
Course) • Solve problems of power system operation using optimal power flow.
• Understand the correlation between regulation of system frequency and control of real/active
power
• Understand the correlation between voltage regulation and reactive power flows and control.
• Understand the effect of voltage regulators on rotor angle damping.
• Explain the controllability of electric power systems: The influence of controllability and the
possible solution of the control problem. Control of equilibrium points. Static optimization.
• Understand basic principle for Automatic generation control (AGC) and Control Criteria.
• Perform basic Power System Modeling: Generators, load, Prime-Mover, Governor, Tie-Line
Model and Control- Control Scheme for Two Area plan

Course Lectures, tutorials, Field Trip(s), Seminars, group work, and assignments
Delivery
Week No. Lecture Course Assessment
1 Hierarchical Structure of the Electric Power Network
• Introduction to the Electric Power System Network
• The Generation, Transmission and Distribution System
2 • Demand Variation
• Reliability and the Spinning Reserves
• Load Characterization
3 Economic dispatch of thermal power generation units
• Power generation characteristics.
• Economic dispatch and the general economic dispatch problem. Assignment
4 • Thermal unit economic dispatch solution methods. / Quiz
• Optimization with constraints.
• Transmission system effects: transmission losses and effects on scheduling.
5 Unit Commitment
• Constrains in unit commitment
• Spinning reserve Assignment
• Thermal unit commitment / Quiz
• Unit commitment solution method
6 Load frequency control:
• Automatic Load frequency control (ALFC).
• Power System Modeling: generators, turbines, regulators. Mid-
7 • Control Schemes (Single Area and Two Area) Semester
• Automatic generation control. exams 1
8 • Transmission Line Power and it Control
• Voltage and Frequency dependency on Load
9 Voltage and Reactive Power control:
• Automatic Load frequency control (ALFC).
• Control of Line Voltage Profile
10 • Control of Reactive Line Power Flows Assignment
• Voltage Control In Interconnection System / Quiz
• Voltage Drop In Interconnection System
11 • Voltage Regulation at Alternator Terminal
• Power Factor Correction – Reactive Power Control

12 Optimal Power Flow

• The Load Flow Analysis- Maintaining Optimum Power Routing
• Solution of the optimal power flow Assignment
13
• Security-constrained optimal power flow / Quiz
• Bus incremental costs
14 Controllability of Power Systems Mid-
• Automatic Control of Power System Semester
• Quality of Power Supply exams 2
• The Role of Load Control Centre
• Role of Power System Operator
15-16 Revision

Out-of-class Homework: Four/ Five homework assignments, each due at the end of the week
assignments following its assignment date.
Course Project
A theoretical and numerical simulation project assigned for Optimal Power Flow,
Load Frequency Control. Each task due two weeks following assignment date.
Course Grading:
Attendance, Assignment and Quiz: 30%**
Mid Semester Exams (2): 20% **
End of Semester Exams: 50% **
Total= 100 % . ** Subject to change!

Selected Reading Materials

• Allen J. Wood and , Bruce F. Wollenberg, and Gerald B. Sheblé “Power Generation, Operation, and Control”,
Wiley-Interscience; 3rd edition, John Wiley and Sons, 2013 ISBN-10: 0471790559 ISBN-13: 978-0471790556
• Gómez-Expósito, Antonio, Antonio J. Conejo, and Claudio Cañizares, eds. Electric Energy
Systems: analysis and operation. CRC Press, 2008.
• Power System Analysis, Third Edition. By Hadi Saadat
• Das D. Electrical Power Systems, ISBN8122418856, 9788122418859

Isaac OTCHERE