Microgrid Training Crash Course

Microgrid Training Crash Course

Microgrid Training Crash Course Description

The microgrid training crash course is a three-day intensive crash course for individuals who need to brush up in the Microgrid area, Microgrid control, and energy management techniques in Microgrids. This crash course will not only teach you the basics of Microgrid operation, but also the main components of a Microgrid, control of power electronic devices in each renewable energy source in Microgrid, different control algorithms provided for Microgrids and Energy Management System (EMS) in Microgrids.

Microgrid training crash course covers the essential elements of current and future Microgrid technologies. It is the answer to your Microgrid knowledge need, from Photovoltaic (PV), Wind Farm, Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), Plug-in Electric Vehicle (PEV), Microgrid control, islanded mode operation, grid connected operation, energy management techniques, voltage source converters in Microgrids and more.

TONEX as a leader in teaching industry for more than 15 years is glad to offer this intensive crash course which begins with an overview of the Microgrid technology, the history behind, major components, main operating modes and a brief review of energy management necessity in Microgrids. We will then introduce the major components of a Microgrid including: wind farms and their relative control approaches, battery energy storage and its control capabilities, PV modules, application, operation and control methodology, and plug-in electric vehicle technology. Based on the needs, more components such as battery charge stations, dynamic loads, and transmission lines may be added.

TONEX Microgrid training crash course is an intensive learning experience that covers the essential elements of the Microgrid area. Crash courses are ideal for busy professionals who want to stay current in the modern power system field but have limited time to be learning new material.

Our instructors are experienced academia and industry professionals including technology leaders, project managers, technical authors, engineers, consultants, academic instructors, CTOs, and course developers.

Our interactive, accelerated learning process helps you to grasp the fundamentals of modern Microgrid systems. The Microgrid crash course provides participants with a solid understanding of Microgrids, technologies, and comprehensive exposure to Microgrid applications and solutions such as: Wind farm application, energy storage applications, coordinated control in Microgrids, Power Electronic advancements in Microgrids, Microgrid control strategy, Energy management techniques in Microgrids, and economic operation of Microgrids.

Audience

The Microgrid Training Crash Course is a 3-day course designed for:

• All individuals who need to understand the concept of Microgrids.
• Test engineers who need to learn the Microgrid operation principles
• Power traders to understand the Microgrid systems.
• Independent system operator personnel.
• Investors and contractors who plan to make investments in Microgrids and renewable energy industry.
• Professionals in other energy industries.
• Electric utility personnel who recently started career in Microgrids or having new job responsibilities related to Microgrids
• Technicians, operators, and maintenance personnel who are or will be working on Microgrid projects
• Managers, accountants, and executives of Microgrid industry.

Training Objectives

Upon completion of the Microgrid Training Crash Course, the attendees are able to:

• Understand the concept Microgrids and main components used in Microgrids
• Explain the operating principle of wind farms and different types of wind generation units
• Describe the operation of PV system with different control algorithms implemented
• Understand the battery energy storage system and its control methodology
• Recognize the power electronic devices in Microgrids and describe their operation
• Explain the coordinated control of Microgrid components
• Understand the concept of peak shaving, load shedding, energy shifting and PV smoothing in Microgrids
• Understand the energy management system in Microgrid and its application in different scales
• Tackle the problems related to Microgrid applications
• Understand the different operating modes of a Microgrid and be able to run the projects from the scratch up.

Training Outline

The Microgrid Training Crash Course consists of the following lessons, which can be revised and tailored to the client’s need:

Microgrid Technology

• What is the Microgrid?
• What are the main components of a Microgrid
• Renewable energy sources in Microgrid
• Effect of electric vehicles and energy storages
• Wind farms
• Solar panels
• Traditional power network
• Trends for microgrids
• Power electronic based devices
• Power consumption in microgrids
• Transformers in microgrids
• Different types of loads in microgrids
• DC and AC microgrids
• Advantages of microgrids
• Efficiency in microgrids
• Smaller size and cost benefits
• Grid connected microgrids
• Islanded mode operation of microgrids
• Typical structure of microgrids
• AC-DC hybrid microgrids
• Microgrid configurations
• Stability assessment of microgrids
• Microgrid protection

Photovoltaic (PV) in Microgrids

• High photovoltaic (PV) penetration and utility distribution systems
• Main components of a PV system
• PV module or solar arrays
• Inverter
• Back-up generator
• DC/AC loads
• Different types of PV modules
• PV strings
• Standalone PV system
• Grid connected PV system
• Hybrid PV system
• Installation and operation principals of PV systems
• PV system control
• Maximum power point tracking
• Proportional resonance controller
• Pulse width modulation unit
• Current controller
• Phase locked loop in PV systems
• Voltage current characteristics of PV modules
• Power curves for PV system
• Incremental conductance control
• Perturb and observe control in PV system

Wind Farms In Microgrids

• Grid integration of wind farms
• Fundamentals of wind power
• Efficiency in extracting the wind power
• Power curves in wind turbines
• Different types of wind turbines
• Doubly fed induction generators (DFIG)
• Permanent magnet based wind farms
• Main components of a wind farms
• Wind generator
• Wind turbine
• Tower
• Drive train
• Electronics and control
• Control of wind farms
• Control of drivetrain speed
• Blade regulation control
• Stalling and pitch angle control
• Active and reactive power control in DFIGs
• Wind forecasting
• Future technology developments of wind farms
• Cost of wind energy

Battery Energy Storage Systems In Microgrids

• Emerging needs for energy storages
• Effect of energy storages in utility, customers and generations
• Classifications of energy storage systems
• Energy storage applications in current Microgrids
• Capacitors
• Superconducting magnetic energy storage
• Reactive support and voltage control
• Black start capability of energy storages
• Congestion management by energy storages in Microgrids
• Demand management
• Detailed models of energy storage systems
• Different sizes of energy storage system for Microgrid applications
• Grid operational support by energy storages
• Power quality and reliability improvements by energy storages
• Discharging principles
• Control of energy storage systems
• Droop control
• Active and reactive power control in energy storages
• State of charge (SOC) control
• Droop control of active and reactive power
• Droop control of voltage and frequency
• Secondary control design for energy storage

Coordinated Control of Renewable Energy Sources in Microgrids

• Coordinated control of PV and Battery
• Energy shifting capability
• Demand response events by PV and Battery
• Load peak shaving
• Load shedding
• PV smoothing by energy storage
• Coordinated control of PV, wind farms and batteries
• Reactive power support by batteries
• Fault ride through of wind farms by batteries
• Frequency regulation of wind farms by batteries

Power Electronic Devices in Microgrids

• Power electronic based equipments in microgrids
• Power electronic converters
• Power electronic switches
• Classification of power electronic converters implemented in Microgrids
• Voltage source converters in Microgrids
• Multilevel voltage source converters
• Pulse width modulation techniques
• Distributed loads in Microgrids
• Voltage source converters in wind farms
• Voltage source converters in PV
• Voltage source converters in battery energy storage
• Voltage source converters in electric vehicles
• Voltage source converters in car chargers

Energy management in Micro grids

• What is energy management system (EMS)
• Monitoring devices in EMS
• Concept of optimality in dispatch
• Importance of reliability and efficiency in Microgrid EMS
• Policies in Microgrid EMS
• Load dispatch in EMS
• DG scheduling in EMS
• Major vendors of EMS
• Micro-grid EMS components
• Micro-gas turbines in Micro-grid EMS
• Wind turbines in micro-grid EMS
• Photovoltaic in EMS
• Diesel generators role in EMS
• Fuel cell effect in EMS
• Battery energy storages and Microgrid EMS
• Cell tower energy management
• Grid-scale energy storage management

Energy Management Architecture And Control In Microgrids

• Centralized EMS in Microgrids
• Distribution network operator in Microgrids (DNO)
• Aggregator and communication bus
• Market operator in Microgrids (MO)
• Microgrid central controller (MGCC)
• Local controllers (LC)
• Operation principle for different operators in Microgrid EMS
• Real-time data in centralized EMS
• Two-way communication
• Advantages and disadvantages of centralized EMS
• Decentralized EMS for Microgrids
• Communication network in decentralized control
• Decision making process in decentralized EMS
• Importance of local controllers in decentralized EMS
• Communicating with neighbors
• Limiting the data transfer between neighbors in decentralized EMS
• Advantages and disadvantages of decentralized EMS
• Examples of decentralized EMS in Microgrids
• Human-machine interface (HMI)
• Network topology in Microgrid EMS
• Analysis of received data from Microgrid
• Optimal energy scheduling
• Effect of optimization in Microgrid EMS
• History and input data in Microgrid EMS
• Short term EMS
• Long term EMS
• Electricity market in EMS

Microgrid Training Crash Course