Overall objectives:

1 - Introduce the concept of intelligent power system, its motivation and its structure
2 - Study the telecommunications support the integration of decentralized energy production systems: network infrastructure, technologies and communication protocols
3 - Cyber-security: addressing the issues related to the safety of traded information and data protection actors (consumers, producers, market agents, ...) in intelligent energy networks
4 - Analyze advanced systems energy measurement and communication infrastructure and associated protocols
5 - Studying the concept of efficient management of energy demand (demand side management) as well as the necessary incentives to moderation of energy demand from the consumer side
6 - Studying the basics of protection in power grid systems as the basis of the study of issues related to protection in distributed generation systems and the protection of the paradigm shift in smart energy networks
7 - Describe the process of automation of the distribution network: equipment, types of faults, voltage regulation through transformers taken to load regulation, the digital substation
8 - Study the proposed systems for the management of distribution network in the context of intelligent energy networks: information sources, extension of traditional analysis tools, some type applications and aspects related to the integration of distributed generation in the traditional distribution networks
9 - Describe the control procedure in large scale transmission subsystem based on the implementation of sensors and actuators that are interconnected by a suitable communication infrastructure, the distribution automation, the intelligent fault detection system, and some type applications
10 - Presenting scenarios type of power electronics application to the control of energy transit smart grid and efficient transport of energy over long distances: FACTS and HVDC
11 - Address advanced concepts of smart energy networks: the energy production of micro-networks; the central generation of virtual (virtual power plants); active management of distribution networks (ANM - Active Network Management)

Syllabus:

1 - Introduction to intelligent energy networks: definition and motivation; applications; point of view of governments and industry; regulation; the scenario in Portugal
2 - Networks and communication systems applied to smart energy networks: (i) communication infrastructure, the paradigm shift to the two-way communication; (ii) communication technologies: IEEE 802 series, mobile and wireless communication in Power Line; (iii) standards for the exchange of information between the communication networks and power grids: intelligent energy meters, Modbus 63, DNP3, IEC 61850; (iv) network architectures: open architecture for plug and play applications for residential, electric vehicles and microgeneration
3 - Information Security in smart energy networks: (i) encryption and decryption; (ii) authentication; (iii) digital signatures; (iv) the cyber-security standards: IEEE 1686: IEEE standard for substation intelligent electronic, devices (IEDs) cyber security capabilities, IEC 62351: Power systems management and associated information; (v) challenges to cyber security in smart energy networks; (vi) type attacks "modification of the charges" (load altering attacks); (vii) type attacks "false introduction of data on the network" (false injection date); (viii) defense mechanisms; (ix) challenges to maintaining privacy
4 - Advanced Energy Measurement Systems (Smart Meters): (i) smart metering of energy: concept, forms of energy pricing - evolution, block diagram and functional description of a smart energy meter; (ii) infrastructure and communication protocols associated interconnection to the electrical network of intelligent energy meters: home-area network, neighborhood area network, concentrator date, information management system: protocols
5 - Demand Management for Energy (DSI - Demand Side Integration): (i) Understanding load chart and forecast consumption (load forecasting); (ii) services provided from the ISD; (iii) energy production models based on renewable; (iv) supporting hardware to DSI: models of controllable loads; (v) implementation of the ISD: incentives for energy demand management and scheduling applications that consume energy, (vi) electric vehicles, its integration and its impact on power grid
6 - Introduction to protection systems: (i) notions of protection systems (ii) aspects of protection with distributed generation; (iii) protection against internal failures of distributed generators (iv) the impact of distributed generation in existing protection systems in the distribution network
7 - Automation of power distribution network: (e) equipment of 'smart' power substations: current and voltage transformers, intelligent electronic devices (IEDs), Bay controllers; remote terminal units (ITNs) (ii) failures of the distribution systems in intelligent energy networks: detection devices, isolation and restoration of faults, intelligent detection mechanism of damage (iii) regulating the voltage in the distribution network; (iv) digital power substation; (v) control and automation of power substation
8 - Distribution Network Management Systems in smart energy networks: (i) information sources and associated external systems: SCADA, information management systems associated with the consumer; (Ii) traditional modeling and analysis tools and extension to smart energy networks: model of the distribution system, the topology analysis, load forecasting, energy transit solution, estimation of short-circuit currents, states are allowed; (Iii) applications: supervision and management, integrated fault management and interrupt the supply of energy; (Iv) notions about issues related to distributed energy production: the impact of distributed generation in distribution subsystem of traditional energy networks, the level of voltage changes, increase in the number of failures and false alarms, influence on the provided power quality, aspects of the protection, stability, and a page fault ride through '
9 - Measurement and control large transmission subsystem scale smart energy networks: (i) sensor networks; (ii) communication infrastructure; (iii) electrical devices and intelligent electronic: protection of distributed systems, autonomous and in real time; (iv) Distribution Automation (distribution automation); (v) failure detection system and "self-healing" (self healing); (vi) synchronized phasor measurement units (Phasor Measurement Units - PMUs); (vii) monitoring systems, protection and wide area control (WAMPAC - Wide Area Monitoring, Protection and Control) based on synchronized phasor measurement; (viii) type applications; online transient stability controller, pole-slipping preventive controller, forms of information visualization in 2D and 3D
10 - Power electronics application to the control of energy transit smart energy networks: (i) FACTS - motivation and working principle: Application scenarios: Drifting for compensation, D-STATCOM (active filters and compensation for derivation with energy storage ), compensation of power factor with the STATCOM, the power line series compensation, phase shifter transformer controlled by thyristors, Universal controller (Unified power flow controller), power traffic control in interconnected Network (Interline power flow controller), (ii) HVDC: motivation and working principle
11 - Advanced aspects of Smart Energy Networks: (e) microgrids: definition and characteristics; challenges to the practical implementation of the concept of microrede, vision architecture type of a microrede, microrede control in interlaced mode and isolation; (ii) generation of virtual power plants (VPP - Virtual Power Plants): concept and motivation of a VPP, Virtual grids Energy Production, technical and commercial of VPPs; (iii) management of active power distribution network (ANM - Active Network Management): hierarchical control of an ANM, protection system, automatic control system (distributed), control area level (centralized), information system control center, IT architecture, automation systems

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Assesssment methods and criteria:

Classification Type: Quantitativa (0-20)

Evaluation Methodology:
Classrooms Solving exercises Individual research on a specific subject Presentation and discussion of the results in the class