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Control, modeling, and markets for the grid of the future<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Objectives<\/h5>\n

The student will be able to explain how to manage supply and demand in a power system through advanced control techniques, and to design and analyze innovative policy, regulation, and business models in order to implement the next-generation grid architectures.<\/p>\n

topics<\/h5>\n
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  • Electricity dynamics, demand and supply, industry structure, and renewable energy today.<\/li>\n
  • Fundamentals of energy and electric power \u2013 a survey of traditional and new energy resources<\/li>\n
  • Power markets\u2014today and tomorrow<\/li>\n
  • Control on many time-scales \u2013 from reserve management to second by second regulation<\/li>\n
  • Demand dispatch and virtual energy storage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
\"Course\"<\/a>The course was launched at UF in the spring of 2014, and has evolved rapidly since then.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Syllabus<\/h2>\n

Link to official 2022 UF document<\/a><\/h5>\n
From 2019 offering:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Date<\/th>\n#<\/th>\nTopic<\/th>\nNotes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
8\/<\/td>\n1<\/td>\nMotivation<\/td>\nSee the first part of MacKay\u2019s book (references below)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8\/<\/td>\n2<\/td>\nControllable Generation<\/td>\nWWS Chapter 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8\/<\/td>\n3<\/td>\nConvex Optimization<\/td>\nWWS Appendix 3A, lecture notes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9\/<\/td>\n4<\/td>\nDispatch and Optimization<\/td>\nBegin Chapter 3 of WWS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a09\/<\/td>\n5<\/td>\nDispatch and Optimization<\/td>\nChapter 3 of WWS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9\/<\/td>\n6<\/td>\nDispatch and\u00a0Transmission<\/td>\nChapter 3 of WWS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9\/<\/td>\n7<\/td>\nDispatch and Markets<\/td>\nAdvanced reading (not required)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9\/<\/td>\n8<\/td>\nDispatch and Markets<\/td>\nMarginal cost pricing \u2013 lecture notes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9\/<\/td>\n9<\/td>\nLMPs<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\nUnit Commitment<\/td>\nChapter 4 of WWS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9\/<\/td>\n10<\/td>\nDynamic Markets<\/td>\nReferences in lecture slides<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9\/<\/td>\n11<\/td>\nAC Power Flow<\/td>\nText covers Newton-Raphson method<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9\/<\/td>\n12<\/td>\nReserves<\/td>\nWWS Section 4.1 (especially 4.1.3)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10\/<\/td>\n13<\/td>\nReserves & Intro to Control<\/td>\nBegin Chapter 10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10\/<\/td>\n14<\/td>\nGrid Dynamics and Control Overview<\/td>\nWWS\u00a0Chapter 10, and your course notes on PI control
\nCrash Course Here<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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10\/<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10\/<\/td>\n15<\/td>\nPrimary control: Droop<\/td>\nWWS Chapter 10\u00a0(lecture on blackboard)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10\/<\/td>\n16<\/td>\nHistory by Bob Moye, and Grid Model<\/td>\nWWS Section\u00a010.7 (lecture on blackboard)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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11\/<\/td>\n17<\/td>\nClassical Control in 20 mins & AGC<\/td>\nWWS Section 10.7. Alternate design here<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11\/<\/td>\n<\/td>\nMidterm I<\/td>\nInfo regarding course project<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11\/<\/td>\n18<\/td>\nSecondary Control & AGC<\/td>\nFrequency Regulation Basics and Trends<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11\/<\/td>\n19<\/td>\nStorage<\/td>\nOperating Reserves & Wind Power Integration<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11\/<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNo lecture<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11\/<\/td>\n20<\/td>\nFERC Orders & Demand Response<\/td>\nSee 2016 commentary on ERCOT markets<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11\/<\/td>\n21<\/td>\nDemand Dispatch Introduction<\/td>\nSee 2016 Berkeley Lecture<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 other refs in slides<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11\/<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nand 2011 Demand Dispatch NETL Report<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11\/<\/td>\n<\/td>\nHoliday<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11\/<\/td>\n22<\/td>\nDemand Dispatch: HVAC<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12\/<\/td>\n23<\/td>\nDemand Dispatch:\u00a0Advanced topics<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12\/<\/td>\n<\/td>\nFarewell<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12\/<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nExam this eve!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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12\/<\/td>\n<\/td>\nGraduate Student Presentations<\/td>\nStarting at 9:00am<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Recommended Reading<\/h2>\n

Textbooks<\/h5>\n