Kumar Nunna - Teaching

Teaching (2019-20)

Fall Semester - 2019

MECE 725: Smart Grids and Energy Systems (Year 2, PG Elective) (Year 1, PhD Elective)

This is an advanced course which focuses on the state of the art developments in power systems and smart grids. The topics to be taught in course will give the students a great competency and in-depth knowledge to contribute to the future of the local power industry and to make it globally competitive. In specific, the course covers the topics such as power system planning and operation, power markets and their integration into the system operation, active distribution network management, Power system automation and control, distributed generation and microgrids, transactive energy systems, machine learning applications in power system, multi-area and tie-line control problems, automatic generation control, frequency-droop control, and power system stability, Availability Based Tariff (ABT) and Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI).

Software Platforms Used: OpenDSS, GridLAb-D, Power World Simulator , ETAP and MATPOWER

EEE 452: Power System Protection (Year 4, UG Elective)

This course introduces students to the fundamentals of power systems protection and relaying. It discusses the types of faults and the calculation of fault current using symmetrical components methods; electromagnetic relay principles; relaying transducers - voltage and current transformers; transmission line protection - over current, directional, distance, out-of-step protection; primary and backup protection zones, discrimination of relay time and current settings, types of circuit breakers and their types, isolators and lighting arresters.

Special topics: Protection challenges in active distribution networks and Micro-grid protection schemes

Spring Semester 2020

EEE 485: Power System Operation and Control (Year 4, UG Elective)

This course aims at introducing the concepts of power system stability, load-frequency control, optimal power flow techniques, power system state estimation, interchange of power and energy, power pools and auction mechanisms, modern power markets, and load forecasting techniques.

Special topics: Microgrids, load-frequency control in microgrids, power system deregulation, and electricty markets

EEE 484 : Electric Power Generation (Year 4, UG Elective)

This course aims at introducing the fundamentals of power generation technologies and systems along with their economic aspects and feasibility studies. In specific, after going through this course, the students will get a thorough knowledge on thermal, hydro, gas and nuclear power plant operation and management, economics of power generation systems, co-generation and tri-generation technologies, Automatic Generation Control (AGC), Economic Dispatch etc.

Special Topics: Distributed Generation and Active Distribution System Management

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