The class will take place every Friday of the second semester from 8:30am to 12:30am in Room 75 of the Montefiore Institute. Please check the website regularly to get all the information concerning the class (info for connecting to the class, assignments, etc).
Module 1: Distribution network expansion planning (DNEP)
Lecturer: Bertrand Cornélusse
Supporting material can be found on the eCampus page of the course
Lecture 1: Introduction, optimal power flow
- Lecture : Optimal Power Flow.
- Hands-on session: Implement AC OPF in python
Lecture 2: DNEP and a convex reformulation
- Lecture : Extension of OPF to consider investment in cables and substation, and reformulation as (mixed-integer) convex optimization problems.
- Hands-on session: Implement DNEP in python (basis for what you will apply to the energy challenge case)
Lecture 3: Presentation of students
During this class, students will have to present papers related to advances in distribution network expansion planning. Group of maximum three students for presenting one paper. Here are the papers, available for download through the university:
- Franco, John F., Marcos J. Rider, and Rubén Romero. “A mixed-integer quadratically-constrained programming model for the distribution system expansion planning.” International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems 62 (2014): 265-272.
- Muñoz-Delgado, Gregorio, Javier Contreras, and José M. Arroyo. “Joint expansion planning of distributed generation and distribution networks.” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems 30.5 (2014): 2579-2590.
- de Lima, Tayenne Dias, et al. “Modern distribution system expansion planning considering new market designs: Review and future directions.” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 202 (2024): 114709.
- Bailly, Geoffrey et al. “A one-leader multi-follower approach to distribution network development planning.” 2023 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe (ISGT EUROPE). IEEE, 2023.
Module 2: Planning and operation of distribution networks
Lecturers: Prof. Damien Ernst, Alizera Bahmanyar, David Vangulick.
Lecture 1: Using load-flows and state estimation for the planning and operation of distribution network (03-03-2023) – David Vangulick and Prof. Damien Ernst
In this class, we will review how load-flow and state-estimation tools are currently used for operating and managing distribution networks. Technical difficulties for using them will also be analyzed (need for pseudo-measurements, difficulties associated with the IT infrastructure, etc.). The class will also explain how to use Pandapower for running load-flows and state estimations. The class will end by describing an advanced operational planning scheme currently used in the Belgian electrical distribution industry.
Podcast of the lecture given in 2021
Lecture 2: Introduction to distribution networks. Modelling and tools for the planning and operation of distribution network (10-03-2023) – Alizara Bahmanyar and Prof. Damien Ernst.
Topics that will be addressed during this first class: (i) modelling of the electrical distribution network (ii) power flow analysis (iii) state estimation (iv) protections of distribution networks.
Podcast of the lecture given in 2021
Lecture 3: Advanced methods for operating and planning distribution networks (17-03-2023). Prof. Damien Ernst
During this class, students will have to present three papers related to the advanced analysis, operation, and planning of distribution networks. Group of maximum three students for presenting one paper. Here are the three default papers:
Phase Identification of Smart Meters by Clustering Voltage Measurements
Short-term active distribution network operation under uncertainty
New papers can be suggested by the students but have to be approved by Prof. Ernst before.
Module 3: Reliability management of bulk electric power systems
Lecturers: Louis Wehenkel and Efthymios Karangelos
The logistics for teaching will be chosen at a later stage, depending on the evolution of the general situation. Links to reading material and slides will be added below, for each lecture.
Lecture 1: The classical concept of operational power systems security (24-03-2023). Louis Wehenkel
- The notions of contingency and of power system response to contingencies
- The Dy Liacco state diagram for power system operation
- The N-1 reliability standard for power system operation
- The SCOPF formulation of the preventive vs corrective security control tradeoff
- Implications for operation planning, asset management, and system development activities
Further reading and background material https://dox.uliege.be/index.php/s/Y5Xa20HYw9udFUT
- Podcast part 1 (lifesize recording of the class given in 2021)
- Podcast part 2 (lifesize recording of the class given in 2021)
- Module3-1 (slides in pdf)
Lecture 2: Towards a consistent probabilistic risk management approach (31-03-2023). Efthymios Karangelos
- Motivation: what’s missing in the N-1 approach?
- Risk-based real-time operation: how to account for the (low) likelihood and potential impact of contingencies?
- Planning under uncertainty: how to tackle the daily randomness of renewable power generation?
- The need for resilience: what can go wrong will go wrong?
Lecture 3: Cyber-physical risk management of the bulk electric energy supply system (21-04-2023). LW & EK
Ahead in time, the students will be provided with a list of papers on cyber-physical security of electric power systems, and by groups of two students they will prepare a 15 minutes presentation of one of these papers (choice based on a first-come/first-served basis)
- Student presentations per group/paper: 15 minutes of presentation + 15 minutes of questions and answers for each paper
- Open discussions about current research challenges for cyber-physical risk management
Reference papers https://dox.uliege.be/index.php/s/rRzmzpSE2FPwKyN
Module 4: Sustainable organisation, integration, and migration
Lecturers: BC, DE, EK, LW
The last part of the course aims at getting the big picture by understanding how the overall system, coupling microgrids, distribution grids, and transmission grids, can function, be organised, and evolve so as to co-optimise competing targets, such as reliability, environmental acceptability, societal fairness, and economic attractiveness.
Lecture 1: Global grid and IT platforms (21-04-2023)
Part I: Planification for the EU electrical network. Lesson given by David Radu. Watch the video of the class he gave in 2021, focusing more on the Global Grid
Part II: Coordination between DSOs and TSOs, market platforms, congestion management and balancing. Lesson given by Damien Ernst.
Lecture 2: Organisational integration: who does what TSOs, DSOs, MOs, retailers… (30-04-2021)
Lecture 3: Research and development challenges (05-05-2023)
The students will have the opportunity to discuss with a group of experts from the industry & academia, who have kindly accepted to present their perspective on the modern challenges for electric power system security management. The invited experts (in alphabetical order) are:
- Mr. Jean-Yves Bourmaud, Rte, France.
- Dr. Balthazar Donon, University of Liege, Belgium & Rte, France.
- Mr. Ludovic Rigaux, FOD Economie, Belgium.
- Dr. Jonathan Sprooten, Elia, Belgium.
- Prof. Costas Vournas, National Technical University of Athens, Greece.
Link to the presentations: https://dox.uliege.be/index.php/s/xzz8l3cQfqVXVXu
Damien Ernst 