EE364|2015

Power Electronics for Distributed

Generation and Renewable Energy
Systems
COURSE OUTLINE
1. SEMESTER/YEAR: 2, 2015
2. MODE OF DELIVERY: Face-to-Face
3. PRE-REQUISITES: EE321 and EE325
4. COURSE CO-ORDINATOR: Dr. F M Rabiul Islam
5. TEACHING TEAM:
Course Coordinator & Lecturer:
Dr. F. M. Rabiul. Islam
Lecturer in Power System
Room#:
Engineering
Wooden
Block
Ph. Extn: 31809
Email: fmrabiul.islam@usp.ac.fj
Consultation Hours:
Tues:4-5
pm,
Wed:
9-10am,
Thurs:10-11pm
Technician
Mr. Shaiyaz Khan
Technician (Electrical/Electronics)
Room#:
B-Block
Electrical
Engineering Lab
Ph. Extn.: 32862
Email: abdul.khan@usp.ac.fj

Lecturer & Tutor

Dr. F. M. Rabiul. Islam
Lecturer in Power System
Room#: Engineering Wooden
Block
Ph. Extn: 31809
Email:
fmrabiul.islam@usp.ac.fj

Lab Demonstrator
Mr. Amit Kumar
Teaching Assistant
Room#: ICT Engineering Lab
Extn: 35879
Email:
amit.a.kumar@usp.ac.fj

6. LECTURE TIMES & VENUE:

3 hours Lectures, 1hour tutorial, 1 x 3 hours Practical

Timeta
ble:
Session
Day
Time
Room

Lecture
1
MON
121pm
014025

Lab

2
WED
1-2pm

3
WED
2-3pm

014024

014024

1
2
TUE
WED
111-2pm
4pm
048-324

Tutorial
1
FRI
1011am
093003

2
FRI
2-3Pm
093202

7. EMERGENCY CONTACTS: Dr. Mansour Assaf, Deputy Head of School, Learning and
Teaching (mansour.assaf@usp.ac.fj)

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8. COURSE DESCRIPTION
9. This course introduces concepts on smaller electricity generation systems connected to grid or simply
distributed generation systems (DGS). The concept of DGS forms one of the components of the smart
grids where electricity generation, storage and consumption are communicated to have better control of
power production and flow. The decentralised feed-in system has its own technological challenges such
as noise to signal ration (SNR) control, load flow control and safety issues. Economic issues such as feedin tariffs also play a major role in development of DGS. This course explores technological developments
and challenges faced in DGS and well as economical models are explored for scalability of such systems
for profit making independent power producers (IPP). COURSE CONTENT

Main title of topic

Introduction to distributed generation system and smart
grids
a) The development of the electrical power
system
b) Value of distributed generation and network
pricing
c) SmartGrids
d) Reasons for distributed generation
e) The future development of distributed
generation
f) Business as usual future
g) Distributed generation and the distribution
system
h) Technical impacts of generation on the
distribution system
i) Network voltage changes
j) Increase in network fault levels
k) Power quality
l) Protection
m) Stability and fault ride through
FACTS power dispatch, modelling and control.
a)
b)
c)
d)

Transmission Interconnections
Opportunities for FACTS
Flow of Power in an AC System
Power Flow and Dynamic Stability
Considerations
of a Transmission Interconnection
e) Basic Types of FACTS Controllers
f) Relative Importance of Different Types of
Controllers
g) Brief Description and Definitions of FACTS
Controllers
1 Shunt Connected Controllers
2 Series Connected Controllers
3 Combined Shunt and Series Connected
Controllers
4 Other Controllers
h) HVDC Networks
Grid connected PV system
a) General Description
b) Photovoltaic System Configurations
c) Power Electronics Topologies
d) Generalized Power Electronics and Control
Grid connected Wind turbines

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a) General Description
b) Wind System Configurations
c) Power Electronics Topologies
d) Generalized Power Electronics and Control
Other power sources in Distribution network
a) Micro turbine
b) Fuel Cells
c) Battery Storage System
d) Flywheels
e) Plug-in Vehicle System Configurations
f) V2G Grid System
Grid-tie inverters and their performance
a) Smart networks
b) Microgrids
c) Benefits of integration
d) Performance Analysis
Robust control schemes and grid performance
a) Controller Design
b) Physical Interpretation of the Controller
c) Stability Analysis
d) Grid Performance Analysis
Harmonics, EMI and grid connection standards
a) Power Quality Issues
b) Degradation Mechanisms of Voltage Quality
c) Role of Inverter Output Impedance
d) Compensation of Negative-sequence
Currents, Reactive Power and Harmonic
Currents
e) Introduction to the grid connection
standards
Polyphase inverters and rectifiers.
a) Basic Analysis
b) Synchronization Unit Physical Interpretation
of the Controller
c) Control of the Rectifier Leg

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10.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

On successful completion of this course, students should be able to:

Learning
IPENZ Graduate
Associated Activities
Outcomes
Attributes
Analyse power WA1 (C)
Lecture
system under
Tutorial
WA5(C)
different
Labs
1
scenarios
using software
tools.
WA3(C)
Lecture
Design
microgrids
Tutorials
2
WA4 (C)
with renewable
Labs
WA7(C)
energy sources.
Field trip
WA11 (M)

Assessment
Practical tests

Project report
Presentation

11. TEXTBOOK AND COURSE MATERIALS

Text Books
1

Sira-Ramirez, H., and Silva-Ortigoza, R., (2006), London, Springer-Verlag.

ISBN: 978-1-84628-458-8 (Print) 978-1-84628-459-5 (Online)

Ryszard Strzelecki Grzegorz Benysek, Power Electronics in Smart Electrical

Energy Networks, Springe2008
ISBN 978-1-84800-317-0

Bollen, Math H., and Fainan Hassan. Integration of distributed

generation in the power system.. John wiley & sons, 2011.
ISBN 0470643374

Higorani, Narain G., and Laszlo Gyugyi. "Understanding FACTS

Devices." (2000). IEEE press
ISBN-13: 978-0780334557
ISBN-10: 0780334558

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Reference and Supplementary Texts

1
Editors: Kamalakannan, C., Suresh, L.P., Dash, S.S., Panigrahi, B.K. (Eds.)

Springe2015

ISBN 978-81-322-2119-7

Footnotes:
Lecture slides will contain abstracted or key concepts only
Lecture Handouts will be provided for some topics only.

12.

IMPORTANT DATES
Activity
Type
Labs (3
Practical
hours/week)
Lab Test
Practical
Test
Field Trip
Site visit
(included
and
within the lab
observatio
portfolio)
ns
Project
Theory and
Practical

Date
Weekly

Time
Lab session

TBA

Lab Session

TBA

Half day visit to

thermal generation
plant and
switchyard in SUVA.
Lab Sessions and
personal time
(homework)

Weeks 3 - 14

13. TUTORIALS
Attendance in tutorials is mandatory. Students can choose their tutorial sessions by
signing up on the course shell on Moodle. All tutorials start from the second week.

14. ASSESSMENT PORTFOLIO

TYPE

ASSESSMEN
COMMENTS
T
14.1 Continuous Assessment
Practical
20% (x2)
Each student will be involved in
Tests
software simulation work.
Two lab tests will be held.
Project
60%
3 students/team to undertake a
(30%
project.
presentation;
30% report)

LEARNING
OUTCOMES
1

1,2

14.3
PASSING THE UNIT
In order to be awarded a pass in this unit, students must:
Attend at least 75% of the labs.
Attend at least 60% of TUTORIALS!
Achieve an overall mark of at least 50% in the course.
Achieve at least 40% (20/50) in the final exam.
If you DO NOT comply with these criteria you are automatically deemed
to have failed the course although you will be allowed to attempt all
assessments.
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14.4

GRADE DISTRIBUTION

A+
85-100
15.

A
78-84

B+
71-77

B
64-70

C+
57-63

C
50-56

D
40-49

E
0-39

LABORATORY SESSIONS

15.1
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
As for any Lab in USP, our Engineering Labs & Workshops have various OHS
requirements such as proper closed footwear, neat unobtrusive clothing, and vigilance
is a an utmost due to some HIGH VOLTAGE LIVE WIRES being present in the labs. You
will be required to sign a Lab Safety Rules during the first lab when you will be briefed
by the Occupational, Health & Safety (OHS) officer in the School, Mr. Radesh Lal, the
Chief Technician or the senior technicians.
Should you fail to adhere to the rules stipulated in the OHS guidelines, you will be
asked to leave the lab immediately or may be permanently banned from the lab by
the Technician in charge.
15.2
LABORATORY WORK and HANDOUTS
Software labs will be conducted on either Matlab/Simulink (with SimPowerSystems
toolbox), PSCAD And HOMER Energy. Hardware labs will be carried based on the
design and requirements. Handouts will not be provided for Labs as this lab will set
capstone mark.
16. ONLINE HELP & e-Learning INFORMATION
16.1

e-Learning

All course materials that will be made available on Moodle, students are encouraged
to print out notes well before time and read through it at least once so that it makes
sense once lectures a delivered.
All information and material will be provided on Moodle share for EE321 in the
website: http://elearn.usp.ac.fj. You may login using your SOLS username and
password.
Students may either call in personally or seek help via email. Any student seeking
help relating to the course via email should include the following:
16.2 EMAIL HELP
From: <a valid student ID to be used> (Reason: When we send it to outside mail,
spammers can get hold of our address to send us junk mail and it is very time
involving to scan through all emails)
Subject: <EE364 xxxxxxx> (This is to ensure that mail filters in my mail client is
able to filter it to the EE364 course folder & I can give priority to your mail. Note we
receive almost 20+ USP related emails apart from student & personal emails!!)
Message Body: write concisely what you need to be clarified. Also include your
name at the end. It is a uncourteous gesture not to include the senders name.

17. ASSESSMENT POLICIES

Rationale
Assessment is an integral part of the learning/teaching process. It is a means by which
an individuals progress is measured.

Purposes
To meet the assessment requirements of the University of the South Pacific
To compare between an individuals performance and be able to use the results to
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compare between their past and present achievements

To provide an effective means of formative and summative evaluations
Guidelines
i) Students should be aware of their assessment requirements each semester. A
detailed outline would be distributed to all students at the beginning of the semester.
The outline will have:
The total number of assessments
The proposed dates/deadlines
The nature of the assessments short tests, assignments, etc
ii) Majority of assessment tasks are common every semester with incorporation of
essential innovations.

iii)

Special equivalent assessment to be carried out only on satisfactory reasons of absence,

which may include:

Major illnesses support by a medical certificate. The validity of the medical

certificate may be required.
Students attendance to an official business
Timetable clashes

iv)

If absence is not covered by an acceptable reason, a result of ZERO

will be recorded for that assessment.

Final examination is moderated by the School moderation committee. Upon

publishing the result, the course coordinator or lecturer are not involved in reassessment
(recount) process. It is handled centrally by the school as per Faculty regulations.
vii) Plagiarism, copying materials from other sources without proper referencing and
acknowledge of the source is a serious offence and will be dealt with severely. In
the Regulations Governing Academic Misconduct section of the USP
Handbook & Calendar plagiarism is defined as the copying of another persons
creative work and using it as ones own without explicitly giving credit to the
original creator. Work copied without acknowledgement from a book, from another
students work, from the internet or from any other source. If lecturer is satisfied
that plagiarism has occurred they will report the matter to the Head of School.
They can reduce marks appropriately. If the matter is seen as serious enough it
can be taken to the Student Disciplinary Committee by the Head of School.
viii)
Students may appeal the mark awarded for any piece if work and must do
so within a week of receiving the mark. The changes can only be done by the
course co-ordinator.
18. STUDENT RESPONSIBILITES
Students are expected to:

Print and READ the course notes from moodle shell well before the lecture is
scheduled to be delivered.
Attend all lecturers, tutorials and laboratory unless hampered by illness.
Carry out assignments individually unless otherwise stipulated within or by the
lecturer in the class.
Carry out any research required for laboratory and come prepared in the lab on
time with relevant literature to carry out experiments.
Maintain proper attire for the laboratory, clothing, shoes etc.
Facilitate the course coordinator with any proof that he/she was sick and unable to
attend classes or assessment at the earliest possible time to avoid getting a zero
mark for the missed assessment.
Report any damages to the equipment immediately to the technician and
laboratory demonstrator.
Be responsible for any damages of USP property due to negligence. (Negligence
will be assessed by the Chief Technician(s) and the Division Coordinator(s).

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Follow all guidelines stipulated in the Schools OHS regulations. (Guidelines will be
provided during the first lab session.

19.

EXPECTED STUDENT WORKLOAD

TYPE

Tutorial
Participation
Tutorial
Preparation
Lecture
Participation
Laboratory
Participation
Laboratory
Preparation
Mid-Term Exam
Participation
Mid-Term Exam
Preparation.
Project
Participation

Hou
rs
13
26

Comments
Thirteen 1 hour tutorials

42

Students to spend 2 hours per week to complete given

tutorial exercises
Three lectures per week

39

Three hour lab session/week

6.5

Half an hour per lab/session

1.5

One 1.5 hour Mid-Term Exam

20

Students to spend at least 20 hours preparing for the

Mid-Term Exam.
A 0.5 hour project presentation session where
students present and also ask questions from others
presentation.
The student is expected to spend 4 hours per week for
10 weeks for doing research and writing up on the
project.
A three hour examination at the end of the semester

Project
Preparation

40

Final Exam
Participation
Final Exam
Preparation
TOTAL

3
40
232

The student is expected to spend about 40 hours

preparing for the final examination
Students spend 103.5 hours in participation and 48
hours for preparation

20. CLASSROOM RULES

To maintain a classroom environment that is conducive to optimal learning, please follow
these simple rules:

Arrive on time
Turn off your mobile phones (or keep them on silent mode)
Do not chat with your neighbors unnecessarily
Avoid any disruptive behaviour

21.

FSTE STUDENT LEARNING SUPPORT (SLS) SERVICES

FSTE Student Learning Specialists provide you with professional assistance for successful
study and help you develop as an independent active learner. Student Learning Support
services are provided at the Hub. The student support staff will:

respond to your email requests through fstetutorsupport@usp.ac.fj.

help you to adapt to the new environment and expectations of students at the
USP.
have one-to-one consultations with you to discuss any challenges that you may be
facing in your studies.

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connect you to mentors (study buddies) who will guide you and facilitate group
discussions with other students in your courses.
conduct special workshops to upskill and equip you for your assessments and
examinations.( e.g. Literature Review, Report Writing, Presentation Skills, etc.) NB
Check your student webmail for advertisements.
help you unpack and understand your assignments and tutorial questions.
assist you with English language and mathematics basic skills.
provide specific assistance for students with disability.
assist students who have left school for some years (mature students).
assist students who are not performing up to par.
ALL FSTE SLS SERVICES ARE FREE OF CHARGE

More details about the FSTE Student Learning Support can be found at:
Website: http://www.usp.ac.fj/index.php?id=10950
Moodle: FSTE Student Learning Support

AT-RISK STUDENTS

Extra Help (Remedial) Sessions are compulsory for students who have demonstrated
prior weak performance. Extra Help Sessions must be taken in addition to regular
tutorials, and a minimum attendance of 60% in these sessions is required to past the
course. Students who qualify for Extra Help Sessions will be notified by the Course
Coordinator prior to the 3rd week of the semester. The purpose of these sessions is to
provide students who have struggled in the past (C grade or less in prerequisite
courses) by providing additional contact with teaching staff to help them succeed in the
course. The type of extra help offered in these sessions is determined by the Course
Coordinator. Qualifying students will be identified by the Faculty. Based on student marks
at mid-semester, the Course Coordinator may require struggling students to attend Extra
Help Sessions during the second half of the semester. These sessions can include extra
tutorials, workshops, peer mentoring, etc.
22. WEEKLY SCHEDULE FOR SEMESTER 2, 2015
Week
No.
1

Lectur
e
No.
1
2
3
1
2
3
1
2
3
1
2
3
1

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TOPIC

Introduction to distributed generation

system and smart grids
Introduction to distributed generation
system and smart grids
Introduction to distributed generation
system and smart grids
FACTS power dispatch, modelling and
control.

Instruct
or
FRI
FRI
FRI
FRI
FRI
FRI
FRI
FRI
FRI
FRI
FRI
FRI
FRI
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2
3
1
2
3

FACTS power dispatch, modelling and

control.
FACTS power dispatch, modelling and
control.

MID SEMESTER TEST

Grid connected PV system
7
1
2
3
Grid connected Wind turbines
8
1
2
3
Other power sources in Distribution
9
1
network
2
3
Grid-tie inverters and their
10
1
performance
2
3
Robust control schemes and grid
11
1
performance
2
3
Robust control schemes and grid
12
1
performance
2
13

3
1
2

Harmonics, EMI and grid connection

standards

3
14

1
2
3

Polyphase inverters and rectifiers.

FRI
FRI
FRI
FRI
FRI

FRI
FRI
FRI
FRI
FRI
FRI
FRI
FRI
FRI
FRI
FRI
FRI
FRI
FRI
FRI
FRI
FRI
FRI
FRI
FRI
FRI
FRI
FRI

STUDY WEEK
EXAM WEEK 1
EXAM WEEK 2

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