ORGANIZER

Frede Blaabjerg, Professor, Aalborg University, Denmark
Postdoc. Saeed Peyghami, Aalborg University, Denmark

LECTURERS

Mahmoud Fotuhi-Firuzabad, Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology

ECTS: 4

DESCRIPTION:

Electric power utilities are facing new challenges and problems in the changing utility environment. The course is aimed at providing an in depth introduction to the range of probabilistic aspects used in the assessment of electric power system reliability. The basic principles of reliability evaluation along with their application, current practices and solution methods in generation, transmission and distribution systems will be discussed.

• Day 1: January 18, 2021, 08.30-16.00 - Mahmoud Fotuhi-Firuzabad
  • L0: Introduction to the course (Mahmud Fotuhi-Firuzabad) (1.5 h)
  • L1: Fundamental concepts of reliability Engineering (Mahmud Fotuhi-Firuzabad) (1,5 h)
  • L2: System components and their outage models (Mahmud Fotuhi-Firuzabad) (1,5 h)
  • L3: Techniques used in engineering system risk assessment (1.5 h)

• Day 2: January 19, 2021, 08.30-16.00 - Mahmoud Fotuhi-Firuzabad

  • L4: Techniques used in engineering system risk assessment(cont.) & Basic concepts of adequacy and security in electric power systems (1.5 h)
  • L5: Generating capacity reliability assessment (1.5 h)
  • L6: Generating capacity reliability assessment (cont.) (1.5 h)
  • L7: Reliability assessment of interconnected systems (1.5 h)

• Day 3: January 20, 2021, 08.30-16.00 - Mahmoud Fotuhi-Firuzabad

  • L8: Composite generation and transmission system reliability evaluation (1.5 h)
  • L9: Composite generation and transmission system reliability evaluation (Cont.) (1.5 h)
  • L10: Application of risk evaluation in transmission developing and operation planning (1.5 h)
  • L11: Distribution system reliability evaluation (1.5 h)
• Day 4: January 21, 2021, 08.30-16.00 - Mahmoud Fotuhi-Firuzabad
  • L12: Distribution system reliability evaluation (Cont.) & Substation and switching station reliability (1.5 h)
  • L13: Substation and switching station reliability (Cont.) (1.5 h)
  • L14: Reliability Data & Reliability cost/worth analysis (1.5 h)
  • L15: Power system reliability assessment including renewable sources (1.5 h) (If time allows)

Benefits of Participants:

• Understanding the fundamental of system reliability engineering
• Understanding the concepts of power system reliability
• Exposure to probabilistic technique applications to power system problems
• Exposure to reliability cost/worth problem and investigating the tradeoff between reliability and economics

Intended Audience:

• Utility personnel involved in system operation, planning and related activities
• Power engineers, graduate students and researchers in utilities and universities

Prerequisites:

Pre-reading the shared materials

FORM OF EVALUATION

The participants will be evaluated by exercises on the reliability of power systems.