Title:

Real-Life Observations of Power System Dynamic Phenomena: Some Interesting Aspects

Date:

Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at 12:00 noon.

Location:

Holiday Inn South, 1330 Pembina Highway, Winnipeg

Speaker:

Anil Kulkarni, Ph.D.

Abstract:

Classical power system dynamic phenomena like unstable swings, loss of synchronism and system frequency changes have been studied extensively in the past. The advent of synchronized wide-area measurement systems has made real-life observations of systemwide dynamics easily accessible to the power system community. While many of these observations are a “mere” confirmation of what has been known in theory, some do require more than a cursory examination.

In this talk, some interesting real-life observations will be presented and related issues will be discussed. These will include the following:

  • Propagation delay of Electro-mechanical Transients (distinct from the fast Electromagnetic propagation)
  • Occasional low amplitude sustained power swings (limit cycles?)
  • Cumulative system inertia calculations from generator tripping events.

This talk will also briefly describe some distinctive features of the Indian Power Grid in which these observations have been made.

Speaker Bio:

Anil Kulkarni, Ph.D., is a Professor at the Electrical Engineering Department, IIT
Bombay India, and is currently at the University of Manitoba as a Visiting Professor. He obtained his BE degree in Electrical Engineering with Honours from the University of Roorkee, India and his ME and PhD degrees in 1994 and 1998 respectively, from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

His broad areas of interest are in Power System Dynamics, HVDC and FACTS. Recently, he has focused on Frequency Scanning Analysis of Network-Controller interactions, SSR, Dynamic Phasors and Wide Area Measurement Systems. He has worked closely with the utilities in India on several projects, the PSS tuning exercise in the Eastern and Western regional grids in particular.

Cost and Registration:

  • Cash bar available at Noon.
  • Lunch served at 12:15 PM.
  • Meeting concluded at 1:30 PM.
  • Cost of the meal (payable at the door).

Early Registration (On or before December 9, 2011)

  • IEEE Members – $15.00
  • Non-Members – $19.00

Late Registration (After December 9, 2011)

  • IEEE Members – $17.00
  • Non-Members – $21.00

The IEEE PES Winnipeg Chapter must guarantee a minimum attendance to the hotel, so please take a moment to register early by RSVP to Jieping Shao by Friday Noon, December 9, 2011, in one of the following ways:

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