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Power Engineering Research and Training at Waterloo

Power Engineering Research and Training at Waterloo. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Power & Energy Systems www.power.uwaterloo.ca. Power & Energy Systems. One of the largest Power Groups in Canada and North America

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Power Engineering Research and Training at Waterloo

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  1. Power Engineering Research and Trainingat Waterloo Department of Electrical & Computer EngineeringPower & Energy Systemswww.power.uwaterloo.ca

  2. Power & Energy Systems One of the largest Power Groups in Canada and North America Broad expertise covering practically all areas in power engineering research Established international reputation of faculty members and program Unique research facilities Outstanding students (multiple awards and scholarships) Various large grants/contracts with OCE, NSERC and industry Multiple international collaborations (e.g. US, Europe, Middle-East) and industrial partners (e.g. Hydro One, ABB, Energent)

  3. Members • Kankar Bhattacharya (Professor) • Ph.D. (IIT Delhi, India) • Expertise: • Power system operations, economics and planning • Electricity Markets • Operations, management • Ancillary services and congestion management • Pricing of real and reactive power • CDM/DR • DG • Smart Grid • PHEVs & EVs

  4. Members • Claudio Canizares (Professor) • Ph.D. (Wisconsin-Madison), P.Eng., Fellow IEEE • Associate Director of the Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy (WISE) • Hydro One Endowed Chair • Expertise: • Nonlinear systems theory (bifurcations, chaos) • Power systems stability and security • FACTS and HVDC systems • Electricity market operations • Multi-energy systems modeling and optimization, particularly hydrogen systems and storage • Demand side management • Renewables (wind/solar) system integration • Microgrid analysis, modeling, simulation and control • Smart Grid • PHEVs & EVs

  5. Members • Ehab El-Saadany (Professor) • Ph.D. (Waterloo), P.Eng. • Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) • Expertise: • Power Quality • Distribution system operation and control • Distributed Generation • Grid interfacing • Microgrid operation • Mechatronics • MEMS generator design • Smart Grid

  6. Members • Ramadan El-Shatshat (Lecturer) • Ph.D. (Waterloo), P.Eng. • Expertise: • Power quality improvement in deregulated environment • Power quality problems • monitoring and mitigation • Power electronic circuits and system design

  7. Members • Shesha Jayaram (Professor) • Ph.D. (Waterloo), P.Eng., Fellow IEEE • Expertise: • Insulation failure analysis, insulating materials • High voltage engineering applications • High voltage testing techniques • Pulse power applications • Biotechnology and nanotechnology applications of HV • EVs

  8. Members • Mehrdad Kazerani (Professor) • Ph.D. (McGill), P.Eng. • Expertise: • Power Electronics • Distributed Generation (wind, solar, micro-turbine, fuel cell) • Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS) • Static Frequency Changers (Matrix Converter, Cycloconverter) • Power Conditioning and Management in Vehicular Systems • Power Quality, Active Power Filter • Smart Grid • PHEVs & EVs

  9. Members • Magdy Salama (Professor) • Ph.D. (Waterloo), P.Eng., Fellow IEEE • University Research Chair • Expertise: • Distribution System Analysis and Automation • Asset Management • Power Quality • Wind and Solar Energy • Artificial Intelligent System • Smart Grid

  10. Research Areas • Distribution System Engineering • Distribution system planning • Distribution system automation (important part of smart grids) • Load management and forecasting • Distribution system operation • Distribution system reliability • Substation grounding design • Distributed generation • Smart Grid • PHEVs and EVs

  11. Research Areas • Power Quality (PQ) • Disturbance monitoring • Feature extraction • Detection, localization and classification of PQ disturbance • Passive and hybrid filters design • Disturbance mitigation • Distributed generation • Grid interfacing • Smart Grid

  12. Research Areas • Power Electronics • Modeling, control, and implementation of converters • Current-sourced converter-based FACTS devices • Photo-voltaic grid-connected inverters • Fuel-cell inverter (residential & transportation) • Microturbine-based distributed power generation • Static frequency changers (cycloconverters and matrix converters) • Power quality, active power filter • Smart Grid • PHEVs and EVs

  13. Research Areas • High-voltage Engineering • Insulating materials under HV stress • Polymeric insulation for outdoor applications. • Nano-insulating materials. • Inverter fed motor insulation designs. • Development of diagnostic tools for insulation failure analysis • Electrostatics applications to industrial processes, and development of power supplies • High-voltage testing techniques • EVs

  14. Research Areas • Power Systems • Stability and security analysis and improvements of power systems in a deregulated environment • Optimal and secure energy management, and load and electricity price forecasting in competitive electricity markets • Power system planning in a competitive environment • Simulation and analysis of energy systems with multiple energy carriers • Modeling, simulation, analysis and control of microgrids • Demand side management • Simulation, modeling and analysis of FACTS controllers and HVDC in power systems • Network/distributed and web-based programming applications in power systems • Smart Grid • PHEVs and EVs

  15. Research Areas • Electricity Markets • Operational issues in a competitive electricity market environment (e.g. reactive power markets) • Market design and auction mechanisms • Ancillary service management • Pricing models • Development of dispatch tools for demand-side power management (CDM/DR) including DG and price uncertainties • Probabilistic and stochastic OPF problems • Load and price forecasting • Smart Grid • PHEVs and EVs

  16. Resources • Power Quality Lab: Micro-controller circuit for driving PQ improvement equipment Digital Scope with storage/printing capabilities

  17. Resources • High Voltage Engineering Lab: FEM used in Electric Field Computation 800 kV 60 kJ Impulse Generator Use of thermal images in diagnosis

  18. Resources • Power Electronics Lab: Experimental Setup of a Current-Sourced Converter-Based STATCOM

  19. Resources • Electricity Markets Simulation and Optimization Laboratory (EMSOL): • Multi-processor servers • Wide variety of commercial and research software packages for power systems analysis and optimization, e.g.: • PSCAD/EMTDC • GAMS • AMPL • DSA PowerTools • PowerWorld • SCA • PSIM • ETAP • UWPFLOW (Waterloo) • PSAT (Waterloo)

  20. Under Graduate Program • UG courses: • ECE 361 Power Systems and Components • ECE 462 Electrical Distribution Systems • ECE 463 Design and Applications of Power Electronic Converters • ECE 464 High Voltage Engineering and Power System Protection • ECE 467 Power System Analysis, Operations and Markets • Hydro One $ 2,000 scholarships for students taking 4th year power engineering elective courses (4/course). • Two/year $ 8,000 (Hydro One) + $1,500 (UofW) co-op positions for undergraduate students to work in our power engineering research labs.

  21. Graduate Program • MEng program certificate on Sustainable Energy, which is the most popular of the options. • 50+ graduate students (mostly PhD), Post-docs, and research visitors. • Grad courses (Regular  offered every year): • ECE 661 HVDC and FACTS (R. El-Shatshat) • ECE 662 Power System Analysis and Control (C. Cañizares /R. El-Shatshat) [Regular] • ECE 663 Energy Processing (M. Kazerani) [Regular/MEng] • ECE 664 Power System Components and Modeling (C. Cañizares) • ECE 665 High Voltage Engineering Applications (S. Jayaram) • ECE 666 Power Systems Operation (K. Bhattacharya) [Regular] • ECE 667 Sustainable Distributed Generation (E. El-Saadany) • ECE 668 Distribution Systems Engineering (M. Salama) [Regular/MEng] • ECE 669 Dielectric Materials (S. Jayaram) • ECE 768 Power System Quality (E. El-Saadany)

  22. MEng Power Engineering • Levels (OCGS approved Nov.’05) : • Certificate of Competence: Awarded after successful completion of a course • Postgraduate Diploma: Awarded after successful completion of 6 courses • M.Eng.: Awarded after successful completion of 9 courses • Hydro One provided funds to get the program started and guarantee continuity • 70+ students registered, and approximately 25 MEng grads as of June’09 • On-line delivery

  23. MEng Power Engineering

  24. Hydro One MOU $ 1,500,000 endowment for Research Chair $ 160,000 for undergrad student scholarships $ 840,000 administered by WISE for research projects in smart grids, transmission and distribution systems, and policies and planning

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