Introduction to Smart Grid

Introduction to Smart Grid: Evolution of Electric Grid, Concept of Smart Grid, Definitions, Need of Smart Grid, Functions of Smart Grid, Opportunities & Barriers of Smart Grid, Difference between conventional & smart grid, Concept of Resilient &Self-Healing Grid, Present development & International policies in Smart Grid. Case study of Smart Grid. CDM opportunities in Smart Grid.

Introduction to Smart Meters, Real Time Prizing, Smart Appliances, Automatic Meter Reading (AMR), Outage Management System (OMS), Plug in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV), Vehicle to Grid, Smart Sensors, Home & Building Automation.

Smart Substations, Substation Automation, Feeder Automation, Geographic Information System (GIS), Intelligent Electronic Devices (IED) & their application for monitoring & protection, Smart storage like Battery, SMES, Pumped Hydro, Compressed Air Energy Storage, Wide Area Measurement System (WAMS), Phase Measurement Unit (PMU), PMUs application to monitoring & control of power system.

Concept of microgrid, need & application of microgrid, formation of microgrid, Issues of interconnection, protection & control of microgrid, Plastic & Organic solar cells, thin film solar cells, Variable speed wind generators, fuel cells, microturbines, Captive power plants, Integration of renewable energy sources.

Power Quality & EMC in Smart Grid, Power Quality issues of Grid connected Renewable Energy Sources, Power Quality Conditioners for Smart Grid, Web based Power Quality monitoring