Industrial/PhD Course: AC Microgrids
- Time
- Monday 18. June 2012 at 8:30 - Wednesday 20. June 2012 at 17:00
A microgrid can be defined as a part of the grid with elements of prime energy movers, power electronics converters, distributed energy storage systems and local loads, that can operate autonomously but also interacting with main grid. The functionalities expected for these small grids are: black start operation, frequency and voltage stability, active and reactive power flow control, active power filter capabilities, and storage energy management. This way, the energy can be generated and stored near the consumption points, increasing the reliability and reducing the losses produced by the large power lines.
The course starts giving some examples of microgrids in the world. The course participants not only will learn modeling, simulation and control of three-phase voltage source inverters operating in grid-connected mode and islanded mode, but also, how these power electronics converters are integrated in both AC and DC microgrids. Relevant concepts like frequency and voltage droop control as well as the virtual impedance concept are explained in detail. This course also introduces the study of the hierarchical control of microgrids for AC electrical distribution systems.
Prerequisites: Matlab/Simulink knowledge is recommended for the exercises.
Organizer: Professor Josep M. Guerrero, joz@et.aau.dk, Aalborg University
Lecturers: Professor Remus Teodorescu, Assistant Professor Tamas Kerekes, Professor Josep M. Guerrero, Assistant Professor Juan C. Vasquez
Prices
4000 DKK for PhD students/Academics outside of Denmark and 1500 DKK for PhD students in Denmark, who is not from AAU. 6.000 DKK for the Industry.
If you also take the course DC MicroGrids and SuperGrids in the spring, there will be a discount. The prices for both courses will then be 6000 DKK for PhD students/Academics outside of Denmark and 2000 DKK for PhD students in Denmark, who is not from AAU. 9.000 DKK for the Industry.
Further Information
Further information on the course may be found in this pamphlet, e.g. information on the lecturers and the course program: Industrial/PhD Course: AC Microgrids.
- Host
- Department of Energy Technology
- Address
- Pontoppidanstræde 101, 9220 Aalborg East, room 23
- More information
- http://www.et.aau.dk/phd/phd-courses/
