Reliability of Power Electronic based Power Systems (PEPS) (2024)
Doctoral School of Engineering and Science at Aalborg University
Organizers: Saeed Peyghami, Assistant Professor, Aalborg University
Lecturers: Saeed Peyghami, Assistant Professor, Aalborg University
ECTS: 3
Date/Time: 27 - 29 May 2024: 3-day lecture
Deadline: 06 May 2024
Max no. of participants: 30
Place: AAU Energy, Pontoppidanstraede 101 room 1.015, Aalborg, Denmark
Description: Modern power electric based power systems (PEPS) are facing new challenges in terms of reliable planning and operation due to proliferation of power electronic converters. The course is aimed at providing an in-depth introduction to the reliability modeling, assessment, and enhancement approaches in PEPS. The basic principles of reliability evaluation along with their application, current practices and solution methods in PEPS will be discussed.
Benefits of Participants:
- Understanding the fundamental of PEPS reliability engineering
- Exposure to probabilistic technique applications to PEPS problems
- Bridging the reliability concepts of power electronics and power systems
Intended Audience:
- Power engineers, graduate students and researchers in utilities and universities
The course will mainly cover the following aspects:
1. Fundamental concepts of reliability Engineering
2. Structural reliability and stress strength analysis
3. Introduction to converter reliability prediction
4. Impacts of converter control on PEPS reliability
5. Reliability modeling in PEPS
6. Model-based design for reliability in PEPS
7. Model-based maintenance scheduling in PPES
8. Reliability enhancement in PEPS
9. Challenges and opportunities
Course schedule:
- First day, 08.30-16.00
L0 Introduction to the reliability in PEPS (Saeed – 1.5h)
L1 Fundamental concepts of reliability Engineering (Saeed – 1.5h)
L2 Structural reliability and stress strength analysis (Saeed – 1.5h)
L3 Lab: reliability modelling in power converters using MATLAB (Saeed – 1.5h)
- Second day, 08.30-16.00
L4 Introduction to converter reliability prediction (Saeed – 1.5h)
L5 Availability modelling in PEPS with non-constant components (Saeed – 1.5h)
L6 Reliability modelling in PEPS (Saeed – 1.5h)
L7 Lab: reliability modelling in PEPS using MATLAB (Saeed – 1.5h)
- Third day, 08.30-16.00
L8 Impacts of converter control on PEPS reliability (Saeed – 1.5h)
L9 Model-based design for reliability in PEPS (Saeed – 1.5h)
L10 Model-based maintenance scheduling in PPES (Saeed – 1.5h)
L11 Lab: maintenance scheduling in PEPS using MATLAB (Saeed – 1.5h)
Prerequisites: Pre-reading the shared materials
Form of evaluation: The participants will be evaluated by two sets of exercises on the reliability of PEPS.