Introduction to Smart Grids

• Intelligent Distribution Grids
• Paradigm shifts: Digitalization & Sustainability 

Emerging technologies in distribution grids 

• Distributed Energy Resource (DER) 
• Battery Energy Storage (BES) technologies 
• Sector-coupling & EV/V2G
• Microgrids, Inverter-based Systems 
• Modelling and control of PV & BESS 

Distribution grid management & analysis 

• Distribution grid structure (Hamburg example)
• Distribution grid management and operation architecture and functions 
  • Fault Detection, Isolation & Restoration 
  • Self-Healing in distribution systems
  • Volt-Var Optimization 
  • Distribution Load Flow
• Demand Side Management & Demand Response 
• Lab exercise (Smart Grid Operation)

Computational intelligence and optimization techniques in Smart Grids 

• Computational challenges in Smart grid
• Heuristic & Analytic Optimization Methods 
• Intelligent Systems (Expert Systems, ML/AL) 
• Applications (optimal load flow, reactive capacitor placement)
• Lab exercise (optimization formulation) 

ICT Technologies for Smart Grids

• Advanced Metering Technologies: Smart Meters, RTU, PMU  
• Automation and Communication standards in Distribution grids
• Interoperability in Smart grids ( Smart Grid Architecture Model)
• Cyber security

Practical lesson-learned: Stromnetz Hamburg (SNH) perspective

• Definition of Smart Grid and its requirements from industry view 
• Grid digitalization - examples of industrial projects 
• Flexible load management 
• Electromobility & transportation sector integration

Study visits:

• Digital Substation in Harburg 
• Electric Bus charging station  
• Stromnetz Hamburg Control Center