311310 (v.2) Power System Optimisation 401
| Area: | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering |
|---|---|
| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 5.0 |
| TUITION PATTERNS: | The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline. |
| Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Computer Laboratory: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Tutorial: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| UNIT REFERENCES, TEXTS, OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT DETAILS: | The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline. |
| Syllabus: | Introduction to electricity market (approximately 2 lectures) : market model; open access, grid connection system issues; energy trading; distributed generation, pricing, bids and clearance, need for forecasting; vertically verses horizontally integrated systems; distributed generation network reconfiguration & optimisation (approximately 1 lecture): review of transmission and distribution networks; evaluation of distribution loss; loss minimisation techniques; loss optimisation and network configuration; reliability modelling (approximately 3 lecture): markov models; load duration curve (Annually and weekly); generation capacity ontage; loss of load probability; expected energy not served; unit Commitment and Economic despatch (approximately 3 lectures): lagrange multiplier and gradient search techniques; incremental cost/heat rate; transmission loss modeling; dynamic programming approach to economic dispatch; forecasting model (approximately 3 lecture): Box-Jenkins and time series models; Artificial Intelligent model, Genetic Algorithms, Aritificial Neural Network; econometric and socio-economic models; applications to electricity demand forcasting (daily, weekly, monthly peak load); energy forecasting; substation loads. |
| Field of Education: | 031301 Electrical Engineering |
| Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Partially Online Internal | Area External | Central External | Fully Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Miri Sarawak Campus | Semester 1 | Y |
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