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Research Frontiers for the Smart Grid: University-Industry Partnership
Sponsor: Power Engineering Education (PEEC)
Chair: Mladen Kezunovic, Texas A&M University
Summary: New research is needed to reach the Smart grid goals. The complexity and resources required to make the transition to the Smart grid need innovative ways of doing research. This panel will explore the research areas and themes that have been pursued jointly by academia and industry thorough collaborative partnership. The research topics will span over the areas of the transmission, distribution, systems and markets. It will be illustrated how the selection of project themes involving university partnership and industry sponsorship can enhance the focus of the projects towards practical applications. - Mladen Kezunovic, Texas A&M University
- Mani Venkatasubramanian, Xunning Yue, Guoping Liu, Michael Sherwood, Qiang Zhang, Washington State University
- Thomas Overbye, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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NSF Career Awards: Experiences in Research & Education
Sponsor: Power Engineering Education (PEEC)
Chair: Dagmar Niebur, National Science Foundation
Summary: This panel highlights the education and research programs of five faculty members who have received the National Science Foundation CAREER Award in recent years. The panelists provide career advice to less experienced power faculty.
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Cyber-Physical System Security - Assessment
Sponsor: Power System Analysis, Computing & Economics (PSACE)
Chair: Manimaran Govindarasu, Iowa State University
Summary: The electric power grid, as of today, is a highly automated network. A variety of communication networks are interconnected to the electric grid for the purpose of sensing, monitoring, and control. The goal of this panel is to present and brainstorm the research challenges and opportunities in the emerging theme of cyber-physical systems aspect of cyber security of power systems, which encompasses attack/defense models, risk assessment methods, attack prevention, and real-time mitigation algorithms by capturing not only the vulnerabilities of the cyber-based control systems, but also the resulting impacts on the physical power system in terms of capacity loss and stability. This panel addresses an overview and vulnerability assessment.
- Bruce McMillin, Missouri University of Science and Technology
- Chen-Ching Liu, Chee Wooi Ten, University College Dublin; Manimaran Govindarasu, Iowa State University
- Jason Stamp, Annie McIntyre, Bryan Ricardson, Sandia National Laboratories
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Cascading Failures: Mitigation and Restoration
Sponsor: Power System Analysis, Computing & Economics (PSACE)
Chair: Pei Zhang, EPRI
Summary: The objective of this panel is to share new methods, technologies and tools in order to better understand, predict, prevent and restore from cascading failures. Topics include modeling and analysis, monitoring, operating practices, and new technologies.
- IEEE CAMS Task Force on Cascading Failures IEEE, IEEE; Zhenyu Huang, Battelle - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Koji Yamashita, CRIEPI; Juan Li, Iowa State University; Pei Zhang, EPRI; Chen-Ching Liu, National University of Ireland, Dublin
- Hongbin Sun, Boming Zhang, Ying Lu, Zhelong Pan, Wenchuan Wu, Tsinghua University
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Distribution System Trends - Analytical Methods
Sponsor: Power System Analysis, Computing & Economics (PSACE)
Chair: Tom McDermott, EnerNex Corporation
Summary: This panel covers test cases, modeling techniques, and new algorithms to further enable the analysis of smart grid applications.
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Cyber-Physical System Security - Methods
Sponsor: Power System Analysis, Computing & Economics (PSACE)
Chair: Manimaran Govindarasu, Iowa State University
Summary: The electric power grid, as of today, is a highly automated network. A variety of communication networks are interconnected to the electric grid for the purpose of sensing, monitoring, and control. The goal of this panel is to present and brainstorm the research challenges and opportunities in the emerging theme of cyber-physical systems aspect of cyber security of power systems, which encompasses attack/defense models, risk assessment methods, attack prevention, and real-time mitigation algorithms by capturing not only the vulnerabilities of the cyber-based control systems, but also the resulting impacts on the physical power system in terms of capacity loss and stability. This panel focuses on modeling and analysis.
- Mathias Ekstedt, Teodor Sommestad, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
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Distribution System Trends - Data Integration
Sponsor: Power System Analysis, Computing & Economics (PSACE)
Chair: Tom McDermott, EnerNex Corporation
Summary: This panel covers the integration of real-time distribution system analysis with geographic information systems (GIS), monitoring, and prediction.
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Deployment and Applications of Synchronized Phasor Measurements
Sponsor: Power System Dynamic Performance (PSDP)
Co-Chairs: Floyd Galvan, Entergy and Kjetil Uhlen, SINTEF
Summary: Several panels on phasor measurements were held in prior PES General Meetings and PSCE, with significant interests from the participants and audience. This panel session will focus on new developments in phasor data analysis and applications in real power systems not covered in prior panels. The aim is allow PES conference attendees to be kept informed of the latest activities in this fast moving technology development and application area.
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FACTS/Power Electronics Applications to Improve Power System Dynamic Performance
Sponsor: Power System Dynamic Performance (PSDP)
Chair: John J. Paserba, Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc.
Summary: In the evolving utility environment, financial and market forces are demanding a more optimal and profitable operation of the power system. Now, more than ever, advanced technologies are paramount for the reliable and secure operation of power systems. To achieve both operational reliability and financial profitability, it has become clear that more efficient utilization and control of the existing transmission system infrastructure is required. Power electronics based equipment - including traditional equipment applied in new ways - has been termed Flexible AC Transmission Systems-FACTS - and can provide proven technical solutions to address these new operating challenges being presented today. FACTS technologies allow for improved transmission system operation with minimal infrastructure investment, environmental impact, and implementation time compared to the construction of new transmission lines. This Panel Session present and explores several recent successful applications of FACTS/Power Electronic Equipment and presents application and technology advancements for future implementation.
- 09PSCE0700: Historical Overview on Dynamic Reactive Power Compensation Solutions from the Begin of AC Power Transmission Towards Present Applications
Heinz Tyll, Frank Schettler, Siemens AG - Samit Shah, AREVA T&D
- Daniel Sullivan, Ron Pape, Joe Birsa, Mike Riggle, Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc.; Masatoshi Takeda, Hitoshi Teramoto, Yoshiyuki Kono, Koji Temma, Satoshi Yasuda, Mitsubishi Electric; Ken Wofford, Paul Attaway, Jerry Lawson, Georgia Transmission Corporation
- Ahmed Al-Mubarak, Saleh M. Bamsak, Saudi Electricity Company; Bjorn Thorvaldsson, Mikael Halonen, Rolf Grunbaum, ABB Power Systems
- Paul Marken, GE Energy; Dean LaForest, Vermont Electric Power Company; Rob D’Aquila, Dan Wallace, Erik Kronbeck, John Skliutas, GE Energy
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Co-optimizing Energy and Ancillary-Service Markets: Lessons Learned
Sponsor: Power System Operations (PSO)
Chair: Khai Le, PCI
Summary: By early 2009, roughly 60% of the US capacity will operate in RTO markets. This panel session will discuss why some RTOs in the US (MISO, CAISO, ERCOT, ISO New England, and NYISO) are starting to use co-optimization to simultaneously clear energy and ancillary-service markets. The panel will address the following issues:
• How do ancillary-service markets operate?
• Why do RTOs implement co-optimization to clear energy and ancillary-service markets?
• Does co-optimization produce a schedule that minimizes the total production costs for the RTO?
• Does co-optimization produce a schedule that maximizes revenues and profits for market participants?
• Does co-optimization produce expected prices for ancillary services? Any problems with price reversal?
• How do RTOs deploy resources for regulation and contingency reserves?
• Who pays for the cost of providing ancillary services?
• Can traders forecast day-ahead and real-time prices for ancillary services?
• How do RTOs handle price scarcity?
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Real-Time Stability Assessment in Modern Power System Control Centers
Sponsor: Power System Operations (PSO)
Chair: Savu C. Savulescu, ECIQS
Summary: In the aftermath of the wave of blackouts that affected US, UK and mainland Europe utilities in recent years, new operating policies started to require Transmission System Operators, Independent System Operators and Reliability Coordinators to compute stability limits “for the current and next-day operations processes to foresee whether the transmission loading progresses or is projected to progress beyond the operating reliability limit”. This is far from being a trivial exercise: How to define and quantify the concept of “stability limit” in the first place? Are stability limits computable in real-time? And, if the distance to instability can be quantified and computed in real-time, should it be monitored in an EMS/SCADA center rather than relying on off-line operating guidelines?This panel presentation will discuss these and other background questions that are meant to set the stage for the subsequent development.
- Stephen Boroczky, Ellis Gentle, NEMMCO
- Damien Ernst, Louis Wehenkel, Mania Pavella, University of Liège
- Edwin Lerch, Olaf Ruhle, Siemens AG; Dusko Vickovic, The ISO of BiH
- Savu Savulescu, Energy Consulting International, Inc.
- Loris Arnold, CEATI Consultant; Janos Hajagos, National Grid
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Demand Response at ISO’s under Smart Grid
Sponsor: Power System Operations (PSO)
Chair: Farrouk Rahimi, OATI
Summary: Demand Response (DR) is an integral part of the SmartGrid/Green Power paradigm. The so-called “Negawatts” provided by Demand Response are often considered as cleanest type of Energy. Large-scale advanced metering projects have been initiated, to in part, enable broad-based demand response capabilities. This combined with rapid growth of distributed energy and storage resources, e.g., solar PV and plug-in hybrids pose considerable market, operational, and technical challenges that need to be addressed in order to make such system-wide implementations of DR a reality.
This panel session is targeted to cover a multi-lateral view of Demand Response under the SmartGrid paradigm with a view to ISO/RTO markets. The panelists are selected so as to span across the industry including ISO/RTOs, Utilities, Aggregators, Retail Service Providers, System Designers, and System Integrators. - Elizabeth Reid, Spence Gerber, Parviz Adib, APX
- Arthur Vos, Comverge, Inc.
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High Performance Computing Applications in Power Systems
Sponsor: Power System Operations (PSO)
Co-Chairs: Joseph (Zeb) Tate, University of Toronto and Zhenyu (Henry) Huang, Pacific Northwest Labs
Summary: The computer industry’s shift from single-core, serial processing to multiple-core, parallel processing requires a fundamental change in how programs are designed and written, particularly for applications which are computationally constrained. At the same time, there is a need to improve both the detail and sophistication of power system planning and operations in order to improve system reliability and efficiency. This panel will focus on the intersection of these two trends. In particular, we will discuss the state-of-the-art techniques that are being developed and implemented to leverage the computational power of high-performance parallel processors. In addition, we will look at which applications within power systems would be well-suited to these new architectures, and, on the other hand, which applications will require new solution techniques and algorithms to be developed in order to keep up with the direction that high performance computing is headed.
- Siddhartha Khaitan, Iowa State University; Chuan Fu, chuanfu@iastate.edu; James McCalley, Iowa State University
- Chika Nwankpa, Jeremy Johnson, Prawat Nagvajara, Timothy Chagnon, Petya Vachranukunkiet, Drexel University
- Kevin Schneider, Zhenyu Huang, Bo Yang, Matt Hauer, Y. Nieplocha, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Boming Zhang, Chuanlin Zhao, Wenchuan Wu, Tsinghua University
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Enterprise Integration of Demand Response and Meter Data
Sponsor: Power System Operations (PSO)
Chair: Ali Vojdani, UISOL
Summary: Learn from experts with real-life experience in Demand Response Management (DRM) and Meter Data Management (MDM) the technical issues that need to be addressed to successfully implement and integrate these computer applications within the enterprise and seamlessly communicate with all stakeholders.
- Ali Vojdani, Utility Integration Solutions, Inc.
- Peter Langbein, PJM Interconnection, LLC
- H. Johnson, California ISO
- Jim Jones, Great River Energy
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CIM Status Update
Sponsor: Power System Operations (PSO)
Chair: Ed Dobrowolski, NERC
Summary: The CIM model, processes, and related tooling have evolved considerably in recent years. This panel session will be an opportunity to share some of the recent advances in terms of standards, processes, and understanding of how to effectively utilize the information model. Tooling advances have been considerable in the course of the last year, with the emergence of several open source or free tools made available from both universities and commercial businesses. The CIM source model is now available in a much more accessible UML tool. Commercial interests, recent projects, tooling, and standards advances appear to be at a tipping point in terms of widespread usage of the CIM model and related standards. The session chair is the 2008 CIM Model Manager for the CIM Users Group and has firsthand observations.
- Terrence Saxton, Xtensible Solutions
- Kendall Demaree, AREVA T&D Inc.
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Network Solutions Using FACTS
Sponsor: Transmission & Distribution (TD)
Chair: Brian Johnson, University of Idaho
Summary: FACTS Controllers are power electronic-based circuit configurations applied in ac transmission systems. The term represents flexible ac transmission systems, flexible implying controllability of voltage and/or current. Shunt configurations can provide voltage/reactive power control, series configurations can provide current/power flow control. Combined series/shunt configurations can provide all of the above. This session introduces fundamental concepts of FACTS controllers but not by a deluge of complicated circuits. Rather, the limitations and controllability of ac systems will be presented along with the basic FACTS attributes and configurations along with computer simulations of power systems with FACTS controllers will demonstrate their performance followed by a planners perspective on the implementation of several existing projects. The presentations are tutorial in nature and do not presume familiarity with power electronics. It is intended that these sessions will provide the background material that enables attendees to proceed comfortably to the more technically advanced presentations in this conference.
- Rajiv Varma, The University of Western Ontario
- Heinz Tyll, Frank Schettler, Siemens AG
- John Paserba, Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc.
- Michael Henderson, ISO New England
- Michael Henderson, David Bertagnolli, ISO New England; Donald Ramey, consultant
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2009 IEEE PES Power Systems Conference and Exposition (PSCE)
