Grid Stability

Catalog description

Recent Bulk Electric System disturbances are reviewed, and relevant stability issues that arose are studied via dynamic power system simulations. A disturbance could be as minor as a frequency deviation resulting from the sudden loss of generation or system separation, or as severe as a wide area blackout. Topics include frequency and angular stability, voltage stability, protection system impacts on stability, and frequency and voltage regulation techniques. There is no required textbook. Course material is taken from bulk electric system events–blackouts, separations, frequency excursions, etc.–and the EPRI Power System Dynamics Tutorial. The reading is supplemented with technical assignments that reinforce concepts introduced in the event reports.