Reactive Power Management and Stability

Two-day intensive ‘master-class’

When

Melbourne, 17 and 18 April 2008
Venue: The Quay West Suites, 26 Southgate Avenue Southbank, Melbourne

Sydney, 29 and 30 April 2008
Venue: Sydney Water, 115-123 Bathurst Street, Sydney Aquatorium Room

Cost

$1,100 (includes $100 GST) per person for API member companies
$1,650 (includes $150 GST) for non-members
Includes expert presentation, comprehensive reference notes, lunches & refreshments & attendance certificate

Reactive Power Management Presented By International Expert

Reactive power management is gaining importance as network systems become more heavily loaded. Capacitive support is effective to a point, but offers limited voltage control and may actually mask impending voltage collapse. Dynamic compensation overcomes those limitations, but at increased cost.

Furthermore, voltage control issues are arising on weaker subtransmission systems, due to a variety of factors that include proliferation of air-conditioning loads, and remote connection of wind generation and mining loads.

The course will establish a clear understanding of the basic concepts and issues underlying reactive power support and voltage control.

It will present methods for analysing static and dynamic voltage phenomena, and relate those methods to reactive power security margins.

The capabilities of various voltage control technologies will be explored, and a comparison of static versus dynamic reactive support provided.

The course will describe measures for correcting reactive power deficiencies following major disturbances. The impact of wind generation and large load fluctuations will be considered, along with methods for mitigating the associated voltage problems.

Course Outlines
Drivers for managing reactive power Major blackouts resulting from reactive power deficiencies Delayed voltage recovery due to motor stalling Basic concepts Maximum loading: P-V and Q-V relationships, reactive power limits Short-term versus long-term voltage behaviour Load response: static/dynamic load model composition, impact of airconditioning loads, parameter estimation and uncertainty Protection Role of protection in cascading failures Generator over-excitation limiters Distance protection Voltage control Generator voltage control and reactive capability limits Power-electronic devices: SVCs,Statcoms On-load tap changing transformers Capacitor/reactor switching Reactive power reserves: short and long term Reactive power compensation Relationship between voltage collapse and reactive power deficiency Static versus dynamic reactive support SVC behaviour under negative Q-V slope conditions Series compensation Industry practice, examples	Methods of analysis Modelling requirements for short and long-term phenomena Power flow analysis, continuation power flow Static modal analysis Dynamic analysis Optimal power flow: maximizing reactive reserves Commercial software packages Reactive power security margins Measures of proximity to voltage instability Voltage stability criteria Pre- and post-contingency assessment Industry practice, examples Corrective measures Undervoltage load shedding Generation rescheduling Wide-area control: secondary and tertiary voltage control Coordination of corrective measures Reactive power requirements for wind generation Generator types and their reactive power characteristics Connection to weak systems. Reactive power support and voltage control coordination Industry practice, examples

International Expert Presenter

Ian A Hiskens is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Wisconsin- Madison. He received the BEng (Elec) and BAppSc (Math) degrees from the Capricornia Institute of Advanced Education, Rockhampton, Australia in 1980 and 1983 respectively, and the PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Newcastle, Australia in 1991. From 1980 to 1992, he held various positions within the Queensland Electricity Supply Industry.

From 1992 to 1999, he was a Senior Lecturer at the University of Newcastle, Australia, and from 1999 to 2002 a Visiting Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He holds an Honorary Professorship at the University of Queensland. Professor Hiskens is active in various IEEE committees, and is an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, a Fellow of Engineers Australia, and a Chartered Professional Engineer in Australia.

Registration, Accommodation, and Further Information

Registration: goto the EEA website Click here: Engineering Education Australia (EEA)
Accommodation if required is the responsibility of participants.

Technical enquiries

If you have any enquires regarding the course content please email Australian Power Institute (API) Chief Executive, Mike Griffin, or the course presenter Ian Hiskens . To find out more about Ian Hiskens, please go to his website's homepage.