Class Syllabus

We will cover how to think about power system dynamics, from various models to current challenges. We will develop a rigorous way of looking at system dynamics and explain what measures are taken and what control schemes are implemented to maintain the stability of power systems. We will get to a point where we can read and understand advanced methods as described in recent papers published in the scientific literature. For more information, see syllabus.

This is the main website for this class. The Canvas Site is only used to post grades.

Class: WF, 10:30-noon, MGH 058.
Instructor: Baosen Zhang, zhangbao@uw.edu, Office: ECE M310

Office Hours:

  1. My office hours: Fridays 3 to 4pm, ECE M310
  2. You’re welcome to schedule other times by emailing me.

Note:

  1. I will try to respond to emails within 24 hours. Please write EE552 in the subject.
  2. Please refer to the official UW website for the most up to date COVID guidelines. There is no additional requirements for this class other than the official UW ones.
  3. ou will need to do computer simulations for some homework problems. You may use whatever language you are comfortable with, e.g. Matlab, Python, R, C++, Julia,… As long as you can do the homework questions.

References:

There are no required textbooks for this class. Some references that maybe helpful are:

  1. '’Power System Dynamics – Stability and Control’’, J Machowski, Z Lubosny, J W Bialek, J R Bumby, Third Edition, Wiley 2020 (A standard textbook)
  2. '’Power System Stability and Control’’, Prabha Kundur, McGraw Hill, 1994 (The classical book on this subject)
  3. '’Power System Dynamics and Stability’’, Peter W Sauer and M A Pai, Prentice Hall, 1998 (A more mathematical treatment of the subject)
  4. '’Voltage Stability of Electric Power Systems’’, T Van Cutsem, C Vournas,, Kluwer, 1998 (A detailed book on voltage stability)

Schedule of Classes:

  1. Introduction to power systems operations and stability
  2. Linear systems slides, invariant setsslides
  3. Lyapunov stability, slides 1, slides 2
  4. Lyapunov stability, power system models slides, slide 2
  5. Power system small signal stability slides, transient stability slides
  6. Voltage stability, slides, DistFlow equations, slides
  7. Optimal control, slides, slide 2
  8. Power electronic control, slides, chaotic behavior, more information at [Nonlinear Phenomena in Power Electronics]https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/book/5263135;
  9. Buck converter control, slides

Structure:

  1. Power system dynamics is complex and involves too many mathematical derivations and is thus not easily understood. More importantly, because of the integration of renewables, many ideas and techniques are changing in real-time. Just listening to a lecture is not going to be that useful. Instead, we will take an active approach to learning.
  2. There will be biweekly homework assignments.
  3. During class, some students would be randomly picked to present their solutions on the board. A random number generator would be used, but since the class is not that big, each person will be picked fairly often.
  4. Some homework questions will be hard, and you’re not expected to have solved it perfectly. You will be graded on whether you have made a solid attempt at solving the problem, and whether your presentation helped other students understand the concepts better.

Grade Distribution:

Homework 40%, project 40% and participation 20%

Homework Assignments:

  1. Homework 1, due Oct 13th, 11:59pm. Submit at Canvas. Solution
  2. Homework 2, due Oct 27th, 11:59pm. Submit at Canvas. Solution
  3. Homework 3, due Nov 17th, 11:59pm. Submit at Canvas. Solution

Project:

Submit at CANVAS. One submission per group (any member can submit).