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Instructor Information

Instructor: Hugo N. Villegas Pico, Harpole-Pentair Assistant Professor

Email: hvillega@iastate.edu

Phone: +1 515 294 4889

Office: 1124 Coover Hall, Ames, IA 50011, USA 

About the Instructor: https://www.ece.iastate.edu/~hvillega/  

Course Description

  • Objective: Implement and analyze a notional inverter-based power system in the EMT domain. The system will include grid-forming power converters, step-up transformers, transmission lines, and loads.
  • Short course name: EMT Modeling and Simulation for Power Systems
  • EMT simulation platform: PSCAD V5
  • PSCAD free edition: https://www.pscad.com/software/pscad/free-edition
  • Course format: on-line
  • Department: Electric Power Research Center/ECpE/Iowa State University
  • Current semester and year: Fall 2023

  • Short Course Topics:

    Topics Mode Dates/Times
    Present needs of electromagnetic transient (EMT) simulations on-line

    Aug. 11/02:00--02:30pm

    Central Time
    EMT implementation of a power inverter (converter) on-line

    Aug. 11/02:30--04:00pm

    Central Time
    EMT implementation of grid-forming controls with fault-ride through capability on-line

    Aug. 18/02:00--04:00pm

    Central Time
    EMT implementation of high-voltage power transformers on-line

    Aug. 25/02:00--03:00pm

    Central Time
    EMT implementation of high-voltage ac transmission lines on-line

    Aug. 25/03:00--04:00pm

    Central Time
    EMT simulation and analysis of 100% inverter-based systems on-line

    Sep. 08/02:00--04:00pm

    Central Time
    Discussion of NERC Reliability Guideline: Electromagnetic transient modeling for bulk power systems on-line

    Sep. 15/02:00--04:00pm

    Central Time

     

    Acknowledgements

   This short course is based upon work funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Basic Energy Sciences under award No. DE-SC0021410 to Iowa State University. The views expressed in this course do not necessarily represent the views of the U.S. DOE or the U.S. Government.

 

Course Summary:

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