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Power Engineering
Research and Training
at Waterloo
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Power & Energy Systemswww.power.uwaterloo.ca
16-Dec-14 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)
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Members
♦Kankar Bhattacharya (Professor) – Ph.D. (IIT Delhi, India)– MEng Program Director– 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
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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
• Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV) • Smart Grid• PHEVs & EVs
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Members
♦ Ehab El-Saadany (Associate Professor)
– Ph.D. (Waterloo), P.Eng.
– Canada Research Chair (Tier 2)
– Expertise:• Power Quality
• Distribution system operation and control
• Distributed Generation– Grid interfacing
– Micro-grid operation
• Mechatronics– MEMS generator design
• Smart Grid
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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
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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
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Members
♦Mehrdad Kazerani (Associate 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
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Members
♦Magdy Salama (Professor)– Ph.D. (Waterloo), P.Eng., Fellow IEEE
– University Research Chair
– Expertise:• Distribution Systems Analysis
• Asset Management
• Power Quality
• Wind and Solar Energy
• Artificial Intelligent System
• Smart Grid
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
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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
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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
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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
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
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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
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Resources
♦Power Quality Lab:
Micro-controller circuit for driving
PQ improvement equipmentDigital Scope with storage/printing
capabilities
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800 kV 60 kJ Impulse Generator800 kV 60 kJ Impulse Generator
Resources
♦High Voltage Engineering Lab
FEM used in Electric Field ComputationFEM used in Electric Field Computation
Use of thermal images in diagnosisUse of thermal images in diagnosis
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Resources
♦Power Electronics Lab:
Experimental Setup of a Current-Sourced Converter-Based STATCOM
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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)
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Power Engineering Programs
♦ 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 has 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
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Power Engineering Programs
SOME COURSES TAUGHT COORDINATOR INSTRUCTOR
Power system analysis Claudio Canizares Claudio Canizares
Power system management & electricity markets
Kankar Bhattacharya Kankar Bhattacharya
Electromagnetic compatibility & power system quality
Ehab El-Saadany Ehab El-Saadany
High voltage engineering applications Shesha Jayaram Shesha Jayaram
Power Electronics Converters: Design and Applications
Mehrdad Kazerani Mehrdad Kazerani
Distribution System Engineering Magdy Salama Magdy Salama
Electric Machines and Motor Drives Mehrdad Kazerani Mehrdad Kazerani
Distributed Generation Ehab El-Saadany Ehab El-Saadany
Power System Protection Magdy Salama Tarlochan Sidhu (Western)
Operation & Control of Restructured Power Systems
Kankar Bhattacharya Kankar Bhattacharya
Dielectrics and electrical insulation Shesha Jayaram Ed Cherney (Adjunct)
FACTS: Models, Controls & Applications
Claudio Canizares Rajiv Varma (Western)
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Hydro One UG Support
♦ Eight/year $ 2,000 scholarships for students taking 4th year power engineering elective courses:– ECE 462 Electrical Distribution Systems (new)
– ECE 463 Design and Applications of Power Electronic Converters
– ECE 464 High Voltage Engineering and Power System Protection (new)
– ECE 467 Power System Analysis, Operations and Markets
♦ Two/year $ 8,000 (Hydro One) + $1,500 (UofW) co-op positions for undergraduate students to work in our power engineering research labs.
Graduate Program
♦ MEng program certificate on Sustainable Energy, which is one of the most popular ones with the students.
♦ 50+ graduate students (mostly PhD), Post-docs, and research visitors.
♦ Regularly offered grad courses:– ECE 662 Power Systems (R. El-Shatshat)
– ECE 663 Energy Processing (M. Kazerani)
– ECE 664 Power System Computer Applications (C. Cañizares)
– ECE 665 High Voltage Engineering Applications (S. Jayaram)
– ECE 667 Sustainable Distributed Generation (E. El-Saadany)
– ECE 669 Dielectric Materials (S. Jayaram)
– ECE 760 Power System Management & Electricity Markets (K. Bhattacharya)
– ECE 765 Distribution Systems Engineering (M. Salama)
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Hydro One Research and Grad Support
♦$ 1,500,000 endowment for Research
Chair
♦$ 500,000 endowment for grad student
scholarships
♦$ 500,000 administered by WISE for
research projects in smart grids,
transmission and distribution systems,
and policies and planning
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