POWER SYSTEM OPERATIONS AND CONTROL
Comprehensive overview of integrated modern power system operations, including optimal power flow, unit commitment, security analysis, state estimation, and automatic generation control. Contemporary mathematical and optimization-based formulations for grid management. Emphasis on modeling, analyzing, and operating power systems under realistic physical, operational, and security constraints. Coordinated operation and control routines that emulate real-world integrated system environments.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: E C E 427 or graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe various aspects of bulk power systems operations and their integration Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Formulate core power system operation problems using contemporary mathematical and optimization-based models Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Analyze power system operating conditions under physical, operational, and security constraints, and interpret results in terms of system reliability and efficiency Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Implement computational algorithms for power system operation and control tasks using appropriate programming tools Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Collaborate effectively to develop an integrated power system operation and control solution, and communicate technical results clearly Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Critically analyze advanced formulations of power system operation problems through designated graduate-level problems Audience: Graduate 7. Evaluate and synthesize recent research literature on power system operations Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe various aspects of bulk power systems operations and their integration Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Formulate core power system operation problems using contemporary mathematical and optimization-based models Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Analyze power system operating conditions under physical, operational, and security constraints, and interpret results in terms of system reliability and efficiency Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Implement computational algorithms for power system operation and control tasks using appropriate programming tools Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Collaborate effectively to develop an integrated power system operation and control solution, and communicate technical results clearly Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Critically analyze advanced formulations of power system operation problems through designated graduate-level problems Audience: Graduate 7. Evaluate and synthesize recent research literature on power system operations Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027