JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Pre-requisites

None

Course Objectives:

• To group various aspects of the smart grid,
• To defend smart grid design to meet the needs of a utility
• To select issues and challenges that remain to be solved
• To analyze basics of electricity, electricity generation, economics of supply and demand, and the various aspects of electricity market operations in both regulated and deregulated environment.

Course Outcomes

At the end of the course the student will be able to:

• Understand the features of small grid in the context of Indian grid.
• Understand the role of automation in transmission and distribution.
• Apply evolutionary algorithms for smart grid.
• Understand operation and maintenance of PMUs, PDCs, WAMs, and voltage and frequency control in micro grid

UNIT - I

Introduction to Smart Grid: What is Smart Grid? Working definitions of Smart Grid and Associated Concepts –Smart grid Functions-Traditional Power Grid and Smart Grid –New Technologies for Smart Grid – Advantages –Indian Smart Grid –Key Challenges for Smart Grid.

UNIT - II

Smart Grid Architecture: Components and Architecture of Smart Grid Design –Review of the proposed architectures for Smart Grid. The fundamental components of Smart Grid designs – Transmission Automation – Distribution Automation –Renewable Integration

UNIT - III

Tools and Techniques for Smart Grid: Computational Techniques –Static and Dynamic Optimization Techniques –Computational Intelligence Techniques –Evolutionary Algorithms –Artificial Intelligence techniques.

UNIT - IV

Distribution Generation Technologies: Introduction to Renewable Energy Technologies –Micro grids –Storage Technologies –Electric Vehicles and plug –in hybrids –Environmental impact and Climate Change –Economic Issues. Communication Technologies and Smart Grid: Introduction to Communication Technology – Synchro-Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs) –Wide Area Measurement Systems (WAMS).

UNIT - V

Control of Smart Power Grid System: Load Frequency Control (LFC) in Micro Grid System –Voltage Control in Micro Grid System – Reactive Power Control in Smart Grid. Case Studies and Test beds for the Smart Grids.

TEXT BOOKS:

• 1. Stuart Borlase, Smart Grids, Infrastructure, Technology and Solutions, CRC Press, 2013
• 2. Gil Masters, Renewable and Efficient Electric Power System, Wiley-IEEE Press, 2004.

REFERENCE BOOKS:

• 1. A.G. Phadke and J.S. Thorp, “Synchronized Phasor Measurements and their Applications”, Springer Edition, 2010.
• 2. T. Ackermann, Wind Power in Power Systems, Hoboken, NJ, USA, John Wiley, 2005.