Guest Seminar – April 6 10-11am Simrall 104
April 5, 2022
Please join us April 6th from 10-11 am in Simrall 104 for a guest seminar.
Grid Vital Signs and Power Systems Dynamics
Vahid Madani, Ph.D., Fellow IEEE
Abstract – The Electric power industry continues to transform at an accelerating rate. Demand for bundled load is on decline which directly affects the supply side. Cascading failures present severe threats to power grid reliability and security.
The importance of modern electricity grid for sustainable delivery of reliable, communicative, and high-quality electricity is paramount.
- Balancing energy sources to efficiency operate the grid, system dynamics and Operations, rotating blackouts, minimizing exposure to cascading events and need for oscillatory stability management are amongst key operational objectives.
- Characteristics and behavior of the system are changing. Renewable energy source (RES) intermittency has introduced challenges in dispatching mix impacting load forecasting, voltage spikes, frequency excursions, and cyclic operation of thermal plants.
- Forced oscillation and impact on maintaining reliable power systems operations is important. Forced oscillations are the response of power systems to a periodic disturbance. Depending on their frequencies, forced oscillations may be observed across a wide-area.
- The need for timing precision, new protection, automation, and operational solutions have become vital.
This seminar will cover energy and technology transformation, practical examples of dynamic operating system encounters in hybrid systems, share some operational experiences during COVID-19 pandemic around the world, and grid management, as well as wide-area forced oscillations and near-resonance forced oscillations and system impact with some real-time examples.
Vahid Madani, Ph.D., PE, PMP, Fellow IEEE – is Executive Engineer at GridTology, LLC., an international advising corporation and training institution in advanced power systems applications, grid modernization, and deployment of emerging technology in generation, transmission, and distribution.
Madani’s experience spans across system planning, operation, protection and control engineering and is recognized for his expert support in grid modernization and deployment of emerging technology including Wide-area systems and RAS (Remedial Action Scheme).
Dr. Madani has held many roles including Chair of the IEEE PES Fellows Committee, and Chair of the PES Awards and Recognition. His industry leadership roles include Regional Reliability at the Western Electricity, advisor to the National Science Foundation for smart grid Research Grants, Chair of the Standards for Synchrophasor systems at NERC, advisor to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on wide-area systems and on portfolio of energy programs, and the US National Executive Committee Board for Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) a US Spaced-Based Program.
Madani’s publications and transactions are frequently cited. He has co-authored text books and reference handbooks, is a Fellow of IEEE, IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, a board-certified Electrical Engineer in California, and holds multiple US and International patents.
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Mississippi State University consists of 27 faculty members (including 6 endowed professors), 7 professional staff, and over 700 undergraduate and graduate students with approximately 100 being at the Ph.D. level. With research expenditure of the department in excess of $11.94 million, the department houses the largest High Voltage Laboratory among North American universities. For more detailed information on the department, please visit our website www.ece.msstate.edu.