Schedule
August 31, 2018
Faculty Hall, Indian Institute of Science
14.15 - 14.55 : "PMUs: A Way Forward to Grid Management in India " by Prof S. A. Soman
Abstract :
Operation of the modern power system in a safe, secure and stable manner is a challenge because of its complexity. Phasor Measurement Unit (PMU) based Wide Area Measurement System (WAMS) can facilitate overcoming this challenge by helping in monitoring the grid as well as initiating preventive/corrective control actions after an evolving disturbance is identified. In addition, measurements from PMUs can be utilized for many offline processes like capacitive voltage transformer (CVT) calibration, current transformer (CT) calibration, line parameter estimation etc.
A pilot project which involved sparse and dispersed PMUs in the Northern Region was initiated by Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) in the year 2009. Subsequently, Unified Real Time Dynamic State Measurement (URTDSM) project was proposed in the year 2012. URTDSM envisages the deployment of around 1700 PMUs and 60 Phasor Data Concentrators (PDCs) to help in the stable and reliable operation of the Indian power grid. A unique feature of the proposed architecture is that every line will be monitored by PMUs from both ends. This has facilitated the development of a whole basket of analytics which include monitoring, control and protection applications. In this talk, various PMU-based analytics developed by IIT Bombay as part of the URTDSM project are presented.
14.55-15.35 : "Power Engineering @ IISc" by Prof. L. Umanand
15.35-15.50 : Tea-break
15.50-16.30 : "Commercial Power Electronics Development in India " by Dr. Praveen Vijayaraghavan
Abstract :
Power electronics development has been happening in India since the late 80s. Here an attempt has been made to track the development and sales of Power Electronics based Equipment in India and the experiences of an Indian Company compared to the multinational players in this field.