2019-02: Advanced controls for power systems with high penetration of renewables
June 17-19, 2019

Organizer

Ecole Centrale de Nantes, Nantes, France.

Organizers and pedagogical team

Prof. Bogdan MARINESCU
Laurence LOUATRON. Executive Education Responsible
Audrey MORILLON. Executive Education Project manager
Emilie IVARS. Executive Education Assistant

Description of the course

The general objective of the training is to give a "system view" (i.e., model-based analysis and control) of the massive integration of renewables into modern power systems, to the trainees.

Skills and output of the course

To explain modern and future power systems with high penetration of renewable require complex dynamic models.
To discover how dynamics essential to power oscillations can be extracted from an overall model into a small-size control model.
To fulfill high performance renewable grid connection specifications, advanced control methods which take into account uncertainties of the models will be explained.

Profile of expected attendees
The fields of applications are: power grids, renewable generators control and connection to the grid, power electronics control in general (for example, for grids, microgrids, stand alone and embedded systems).

Program

Time	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3
9:00-10:30		Robustness (B. Marinescu, Centrale Nantes)	Robust design of damping controllers (B. Marinescu)
10:30-11:00		Coffee	Coffee
11:00-12:30		Model reduction (B. Marinescu)/Identification (L. Rouco, IIT Madrid)	Control of wind generators connected to weak grids (E. Saiz, Siemens Gamesa)
12:30-14:00		Lunch	Lunch
14:00-15:30	Introduction (F. Xavier, RTE)	Modal analysis (L. Rouco)	Modeling and Control of Wind Turbines (H. Schulte, HTW Berlin)
15:30-16:00	Coffee	Coffee	Coffee
16:00-17:30	Modeling (B. Marinescu)	Eigenvalue sensitivity approach to damping controller tuning (L. Rouco)	Wind Power Plants and Wind Farm Integration (H. Schulte)

Contents of the course

Control model for robust control: how to capture the dynamics of interest into a small-size model? How to account for the neglected dynamics? Advanced damping control which takes into account the uncertainty quantified into a good control model
Identification of power system components. Models, tests, parameter estimation, examples of identification of excitation and speed-governing systems
Modal Analysis: Eigenvalues, eigenvectors, modal controllability and observability factors, residues, participation factors, eigenvalue sensitivities, single machine and multimachine system examples
Eigenvalue sensitivity approach to damping controller tuning: Two step approach (phase compensation and gain calculation), single step approach (dynamic gains approach), single machine and multimachine system examples
Modelling and Control of Wind turbines (WTs): Reduced modelling of WTs for control design, Control objectives and assessment criteria (Power and rotor speed fluctuation, mechanical loads, fault diagnoses, fault tolerance), Base-line control design in the frequency domain, Advanced wind turbine control using LMI Approach, Controller validation with FAST.

Pedagogical and technical means

From the engineering point of view, concrete grid situations of ENSTO-E will be treated.
From the pedagogical point of view, simple example will be worked-out by the trainees.

Speakers

Florent Xavier: Head of the Group "Integration of New Technologies" inside RTE's R&D Direction.
Bogdan Marinescu: Professor and Head of the chair "Analysis and control of power grids" in Ecole Centrale Nantes and LS2N laboratory.
Luis Rouco Rodríguez: Professor of Electrical Engineering in the School of Engineering of Universidad Pontificia Comillas.
Elena Sáiz Marin: Technological Development section of Siemens Gamesa.
Horst Schulte: Full Professor at the University of Applied Sciences HTW Berlin.

Venue

Ecole Centrale de Nantes, 1 Rue de la Noë, 44300 Nantes, France.

Registration Fees

The registration fees (for 2,5 days), including lectures attendance, documentation, coffee breaks and lunches follow:

Members of the EES-UETP: 306.25 EUR
Members of the EES-UETP (industrial members, of a large size : > 250 employees) : 625 EUR
University non-members of the EES-UETP (small companies, up to 50 employees, or individuals) : 750 EUR
Industry non-members of the EES-UETP: 1250 EUR

Registration

For registration, send an email to executive-education@ec-nantes.fr with email subject EES UETP.
Further information
More information on https://bit.ly/ECN_EES_UETP
A brochure including additional information is available here.

2019-02: Advanced controls for power systems with high penetration of renewables June 17-19, 2019