18EE744 Smart Grid syllabus for EE

Introduction:

Introduction to smart grid, electricity network, local energy networks, electric transportation, low carbon central generation, attributes of the smart grid.

Smart Grid to Evolve a Perfect Power System:

Introduction, overview of the perfect power system configurations, device level power system, building integrated power systems, distributed power systems, fully integrated power system.

DC Distribution and Smart Grid:

AC Vs. DC sources, benefits of and drives of DC power delivery systems, powering equipment and appliances with DC, data centers and information technology loads, potential future work and research Intelligrid Architecture for the Smart Grid: Introduction, launching intelligrid, intelligrid today, smart grid vision based on the intelligrid architecture.

Dynamic Energy Systems Concept:

Smart energy efficient end use devices, smart distributed energy resources, advanced whole building control systems, integrated communications architecture, energy management, role of technology in demand response, current limitations to dynamic energy management, distributed energy resources, overview of a dynamic energy management, key characteristics of smart devices, key characteristics of advanced whole building control systems, key characteristics of dynamic energy management system.

Efficient Electric End Use Technology Alternatives:

Existing technologies ,lighting, space conditioning, indoor air quality, domestic water heating, hyper efficient appliances, ductless residential heat pumps and air conditioners, variable refrigerant flow air conditioning, heat pump water heating, hyper efficient residential appliances, data center energy efficiency, LED street and area lighting, industrial motors and drives, equipment retrofit and replacement, process heating, cogeneration, thermal energy storage, industrial energy management programs, manufacturing process, electro -technologies, residential, commercial and industrial sectors

Demand side planning:

Introduction, Selecting Alternatives, Issues Critical to the Demand-side Issues Critical to the Demand-side, The Utility Planning Process, Demand-side Activities, Alternatives that Are Most Beneficial.

Demand-Side Evaluation:

Levels of Analysis. General Information Requirements, Context, Transferability, Data Requirement, Cost/Benefit Analysis, Program Interaction.

Course Outcomes:

At the end of the course the student will be able to:

• Explain the concept of Smart grid enables the ElectricNet and need of smart grid.
• Outline the benefits and drivers of DC Power delivery system.
• Summarize the Intelligrid Architecture for the smart grid.
• Explain the Efficient Electric End-use Technology Alternatives.
• Discuss Demand side planning and Evaluation.

Question paper pattern:

• The question paper will have ten full questions carrying equal marks.
• Each full question will be for 20 marks.
• There will be two full questions (with a maximum of four sub- questions) from each module.
• Each full question will have sub- question covering all the topics under a module.
• The students will have to answer five full questions, selecting one full question from each module.

Textbook

1 The Smart Grid, Enabling Energy Efficiency and Demand Side Response Clark W Gellings CRC Press, 3 rd Edition, 2013

Reference Books

1 Smart Grid :Technology and Applications Janaka Ekanayake et al Wiley 2012

2 Smart Grid :Fundamentals of Design and Analysis James Momoh Wiley IEEE Press 2012