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Upcoming Lecture (exact date in May 2005 will be posted when available)

Power Systems Operation and Control:

Challenges and Future Directions

This presentation will discuss the future state of power systems’ operations and control based on a number of assumptions, and will provide an analysis of the direction that this area might take over the next 25 years.  The main premise will be minimization of operating margins or maximum utilization of existing transmission assets with heavy reliance on traditional as well as new control equipment with increased system security and reliability.  Issues related to development of techniques and requirements for fully coordinated, high-bandwidth, and robust controls for power systems will be discussed and some methodologies will be suggested.  Proceeding toward this ultimate goal, System-wide Automatic Voltage Control (SAVC) and System-wide Automatic Power Control (SAPC) and the integrated System-wide Automatic Control (SAC) concepts will be introduced for coordination of injection (shunt) and routing (series) controllers for both real and reactive power.  The application of Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS) controllers as well as GPS-synchronized instrumentation and measurement techniques to enable more advanced control capabilities will be presented.

Speaker

Behruz (Bruce) Fardanesh received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Sharif (formerly Arya-Mehr) University of Technology in Tehran, Iran in 1979. He also received his M.S. and Doctor of Engineering degrees both in Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla and Cleveland State University in 1981 and 1985, respectively. Since 1985 he has been teaching at Manhattan College where he holds the rank of Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering.  He is currently affiliated with the New York Power Authority in his capacity as a Senior Research Engineering consultant where his interests include power systems dynamics, operation, and control.

Plan to attend this important and informative presentation – 1 CEH credit will be awarded

Date: May 2005. Watch next month’s Monitor for the exact date and directions.

Time: Pre-meeting reception with refreshments 6:30-7:30PM

           Meeting: 7:30 PM

Place: Manhattan College

Additional information: 718-862-7153; parking available.