Short Course on

Energy Management System Functions

TAMU: A. Abur, G. Huang
Industry: Two Instructors to be named

Introduction

Power system monitoring
Power system control
Power system economics
Security assessment

Network Equations

Network modeling
Solution of network equations

State Estimation

Weighted Least Squares (WLS) estimation
Network observability
Bad Data processing
Use of ampere measurements
Robust estimators
Parameter estimation
Topology errors

Security Analysis

Basic concepts
Contingency ranking
Numerical issues

Economic Dispatch and Price Based Dispatch

Basic concepts
Production cost curving
Minimization formulations
Classical economic dispatch
Price based dispatch

Automatic Generation Control

Fundamental principles
Load mismatch estimation
Price based AGC
Coupling with economic dispatch

Optimal Power Flow

Problem formulation
Its application to economic dispatch
Its application to pricing.

Transient Stability Analysis

Modelling issues
Equilibrium points
Two area criteria for simple systems
Two area criteria for big systems
Stability margins
Stabilizing controls
Real time control issues

Voltage Stability and Margin

Modelling issues
Loading levels and voltage stability
Simple systems for insights
Voltage collapse in large systems
Voltage stability margins