Courses and trainings

Analyses of Electric Power Systems – basic course

• using PTI PSS/E
• using of PSA
• System modeling
  • generators
  • lines and cables
  • transformers
  • loads
  • HVDC devices
  • reactors and compensation
• Load Flow (methods)
• Network load and voltage profile
• Contingency analyses
• System schemes and graphical presentation

Analyses of Electric Power Systems – advanced course

• using PTI PSS/E
• using of PSA
• Maximal network transfer capabilities
• Frequency behavior (linear)
• Optimal power flow

Analyses of Electric Power Systems – voltage stability

• using PTI PSS/E
• static voltage stability analyses
• voltage stability “weakness” identification
• Maximal transfer capability
• PQ and PV curves analyses
• Reactive power compensation and control

Analyses of Electric Power Systems – fault and switching analyses

• using PTI PSS/E
• Modeling and setting of protection devices
• IEC standards
• ANSI standards
• Selection of equipment

Analyses of Electric Power Systems – dynamics - modeling

• using PTI PSS/E
• Modeling:
  • Generators
  • Excitation systems
  • Governors
  • Control systems
• Protection devices
  • distant relays
  • overcurrent relays
  • generator protection
  • underfrequency and over frequency relays

Analyses of Electric Power Systems – dynamic analyses

• using PTI PSS/E
• Events analyses
  • Contingencies
  • Faults
  • Switching
  • Sequences
  • Results analyses
• System Stability

Power system development planning

• Usage of WASP IV
• Determination of the optimal pattern of system expansion to meet the electricity requirements over a given period
• Dynamic programming method of optimization, to compare the costs of alternative system expansion plans
• The year-by-year generating capacity additions needed to satisfy the projected system electricity demand with a satisfactory level of reliability with due regard to the characteristics of existing and new generating units
  

Electricity market operation and LMPs

• Usage of GTMax
• Detailed simulation of the power systems operation within market environment
• Maximization of the net revenues while remaining within physical and institutional limitations of the power system
• Simulation of the dispatch of electric generating units and the economic trade of energy among generation companies using a network representation of the power grid
• Calculation of market prices for electricity sales/purchases in different regions
  

Congestion forecast and management

• using PTI PSS/E
• using of PSA

Electricity market mechanisms

• Usage of BETSEE
• Balancing market
• Cross border trade mechanisms
• Coordinated auctioning
• Allocation of Transmission capacities
  

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