Power Engineering

Research and Training

at Waterloo

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Power & Energy Systemswww.power.uwaterloo.ca

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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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