Smart grids technologies

Module 1: Modern monitoring of smart grids via phasor measurement units

Monday 17 February
Lecture from 9:15 to 12:00 in Room INR 219
Lecture 1.1 on Synchrophasor Fundamentals (prof. M. Paolone)

Friday 21 February
Lecture from 11:15 to 13:00 in Room INM 10
Lectures 1.2 and 1.3 on DFT, Aliasing, and Spectral Leakage (prof. M. Paolone)

TAs:  César García Veloso (cesar.garciaveloso@epfl.ch), Simone Rametti (simone.rametti@epfl.ch) 

Module 1: Modern monitoring of smart grids via phasor measurement units

Monday 24, February

Lab from 9:15 to 12:00 in Room INR 219
Lab 1.1 on DFT, Aliasing and Windowing

TAs:  César García Veloso (cesar.garciaveloso@epfl.ch), Simone Rametti (simone.rametti@epfl.ch)

Friday 28, February

Lecture from 11:15 to 13:00 in Room INM 10

Lecture 1.4 on the Interpolated DFT (IpDFT) (prof. M. Paolone)

Module 1: Modern monitoring of smart grids via phasor measurement units (continued)

Monday 3, March
Lab from 9:15 to 12:00 in Room INR 219
Lab 1.2  on IpDFT

TAs:  César García Veloso (cesar.garciaveloso@epfl.ch), Simone Rametti (simone.rametti@epfl.ch) 

Module 1: Modern monitoring of smart grids via phasor measurement units (continued)

Monday 10, March
Lab from 9:15 to 12:00 in Room ELD 040
Lab 1.3  on Time Synchronization

TAs:  César García Veloso (cesar.garciaveloso@epfl.ch), Simone Rametti (simone.rametti@epfl.ch) 

Module 2: Power grid calculus

Module topics:

• Admittance Matrix Calculus
  
• Per-unit Calculus

• Load-Flow

• State Estimation

Friday 14, March
Lecture from 11:15 to 13:00 in Room INM 10
Lecture 2.1. Admittance Matrix Calculus (prof. Mario Paolone)

Monday 17, March

Module 1 Quiz (graded) from 9:15 to 10:00 in Room INR 219

Module 2: Power grid calculus (continued)

Lecture from 10:15 to 12:00 in Room INR 219
Lecture 2.2. Per-Unit Calculus (prof. Mario Paolone)

Exercise on Per-Unit Calculus (TA: Vladimir Sovljanski)

Friday 21, March
Lab from 11:15 to 13:00 in Room INM 10
Lab 2.1 on Admittance Matrix Calculus

TAs: Vladimir Sovljanski (vladimir.sovljanski@epfl.ch) and Willem Lambrichts (willem.lambrichts@epfl.ch)

Monday 24, March

Module 2: Power grid calculus (continued)

Lecture from 9:15 to 12:00 in Room INR 219
Lecture 2.3. Numerical solution of the load flow problem formulated via the nodal analysis (prof. Mario Paolone)

Friday 28, March

Lecture from 11:15 to 13:00 in Room INM 010

Lecture 2.4. The load flow branch-flow model and the load-flow approximations (prof. Mario Paolone)

Module 2: Power grid calculus (continued)

Monday 31, March

Lab from 9:15 to 12:00 in Room INR 219

Lab 2.2 on Load-Flow

TAs: Vladimir Sovljanski (vladimir.sovljanski@epfl.ch) and Willem Lambrichts (willem.lambrichts@epfl.ch)

Friday 4, April

Lecture from 11:15 to 13:00 in Room INM 010

Lecture 2.5. State Estimation (prof. Mario Paolone)

Module 2: Power grid calculus (continued)

Monday 7, April

Lecture from 9:15 to 10:00 in Room INR 219

Lecture 2.5. State Estimation (continued) (prof. Mario Paolone)

Lab from 10:15 to 12:00 in Room INR 219

Lab 2.3 on State Estimation

TAs: Vladimir Sovljanski (vladimir.sovljanski@epfl.ch) and Willem Lambrichts (willem.lambrichts@epfl.ch)

Module 3: Forecasting

Friday 11, April

Lecture from 11:15 to 13:00 in Room INM 010

Lecture 3.1. Forecasting methods for power systems – General aspects (prof. Mario Paolone)

Module 3: Forecasting

Monday 14, April

Lecture from 9:15-12:00 in Room INR 219
Lecture 3.2 Forecasting methods for power systems – ARMA and ARIMA models (Prof. M. Paolone)

Friday 18, April

Free (Easter break)

Easter break

Monday 28, April

Module 3: Forecasting (continued)

Lab from 10:15 to 12:00 in Room INR 219

Lab 3.1 on forecasting in power systems.

TAs: Pål Forr Austnes (pal.austnes@epfl.ch)

Module 4: Optimal Power Flow

Friday 2, May

Lecture from 11:15 to 13:00 in Room INM 10

Lecture 4.1 on Optimal Power Flow (prof. Mario Paolone)

Monday 5,  May

Module 3 Quiz (graded) from 09:00 to 09:45 in Room INR 219

Module 4: Optimal Power Flow (continued)

Lecture from 10:15 to 12:00 in Room INR 219

Lecture 4.2 Optimal Power Flow approximations (prof. Mario Paolone)

Friday 9, May

Lecture from 11:15 to 13:00 in Room INM 10

Lecture 4.3 Locational marginal prices (prof. Mario Paolone)

Module 4: Optimal Power Flow (continued)

Monday 12,  May

Lab from 9:15 to 12:00 in Room INR 219

Lab 4.1 Optimal Power Flow (Deterministic)

TAs: Matthieu Jacobs (matthieu.jacobs@epfl.ch)

Friday 16, May

Lecture from 11:15 to 13:00 in Room INM 10

Lecture from 11:15 to 13:00 in Room INM 10

Module 4: Optimal Power Flow (continued)

Monday 19, May

Lab from 9:15 to 12:00 in Room INR 219

Lecture 4.5 Stochastic Optimal Power Flow problems (prof. Mario Paolone)

Lecture from 11:15 to 13:00 in Room INM 10

TAs: Matthieu Jacobs (matthieu.jacobs@epfl.ch)

Module 4: Optimal Power Flow (continued)

Monday 26,  May

Module 4 Quiz (graded) from 9:15 to 10:00 in Room INR 219

Invited lecture: Dr. Asja Derviskadic (Swissgrid) in Room INR 219