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15EE455E Smart Grid

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Co-requisite: NIL
Prerequisite: NIL
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Codes/Standards
Course Category E PROFESSIONAL ELECTIVE POWER SYSTEMS
Course designed by Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Approval 32 nd Academic Council Meeting , 2016

PURPOSE To equip the students with the fundamental knowledge on the smart grid.

INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES STUDENT OUTCOMES

At the end of the course, the student will be able to
1. Understand the challenging issues and architecture of smart grid a h j
2. Understand the communication and wide area monitoring in smart grid a h
3. Rudimentary energy management issues in smart grid a h j k
4. Acquire the knowledge in computational intelligence and security issues
a h j k
in smart grid
5. Know the role of Power electronics and energy storage in smart grid a h j

Contact C-D-
Session Description of Topic IOs Reference
hours I-O
UNIT I:SMART GRID ARCHITECTURE 8
1. Challenges in power grid 1 C 1 1,2,5
Advantages of building integrated and distributed power systems-
2. 1 C 1 1,2,5
concept of smart grid
3. Need for smart grid 1 C 1 1,2,5
4. Smart grid components and their limitations 1 C 1 1,2,5
5. Grid vision based on intelligent architecture 1 C 1 1,2,5
6. Whole sale energy market in smart grid 1 C 1 1,2,5
7. Stack holders roles and function 1 C 1 1,2,5
8. Approach to smart grid interoperability standards. 1 C 1 1,2,5
UNIT II: COMMUNICATIONS AND MEASUREMENTS 10
9. Latest wired and wireless technologies 1 C 2 1,2,5
Characteristics of smart grid communications technology and
10. 1 C 2 1,2,5
communication techniques
11. Switching techniques and communication channels 2 C,D 2 1,2,5
12. Wide area monitoring systems 1 C 2 1,2,5
13. Phasor measurement units 1 C 2 1,2,5
14. Key components of smart metering 1 C 2 1,2,5
15. Communication infrastructure and protocols for smart metering 1 C 2 1,2,5
16. Advanced metering infrastructure 1 C 2 1,2,5
17. Multi agent systems for smart grid implementation 1 C 2 1,2,5
UNIT III: PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS TOOLS 9
18. Load flow studies for smart grid 1 C 3 1,2
19. Extended formulations and algorithms 2 C,D 3 1,2
20. Security assessment in smart grid 2 C 3 1,2
21. Contingency studies for smart grid 1 C 3 1,2
22. Voltage stability in smart grid 2 C 3 1,2
23. Energy management in smart grid. 2 C 3 1,2
UNIT IV: COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS AND SECURITY 9
24. Introduction to computational tools 1 C 4 1,2,3
25. Optimization techniques and applications to smart grid 2 C,D 4 1,2,3
26. Evolutionary computation techniques and computational challenges 2 C,D 4 1,2,3
27. Network security: Encryption and decryption 2 C 4 1,2,3
28. Network and system attacks 1 C 4 1,2,3
29. Authentication and cyber security standards 1 C 4 1,2,3
UNIT V: RENEWABLE ENERGY AND STORAGE 9
30. Benefits of renewable generation 1 C 5 3,4
31. Importance of micro grid 1 C 5 3,4

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 Contact C-D-
Session Description of Topic IOs Reference
hours I-O
32. Demand response issues 2 C 5 3,4
33. PHEV technology 1 C 5 3,4
34. Energy storage technologies 2 C 5 3,4
35. Grid integration issues of renewable energy sources 2 C 5 3,4
Total contact hours 45

LEARNING RESOURCES
Sl.
REFERENCE BOOKS
No.
1. James Momoh, “Smart Grid – fundamentals of design and analysis”, John Wiley and Sons, 2012
2. Janaka Ekanayake, “Smart Grid-Technology and Applications”, John Wiley and Sons, 2012
3. Clark W. Gellings, “The Smart Grid- Enabling energy efficiency and demand response”, CRC press,
2009
4. Fereidoon P.Sioshansi, “Smart grid- integrating renewable, distributed and efficient energy”, Elsevier,
2012
5. Stuart Borlase,”Smart Grids, Infratructure, technology and solutions”, CRC press, 2013

Course nature Theory

Assessment Method (Weightage 100%)
Cycle test Surprise
Assessment tool Cycle test I Cycle Test III Quiz Total
In-semester II Test
Weightage 10% 15% 15% 5% 5% 50%
End semester examination Weightage : 50%

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