1 Session IV – Designing Attractive Engineering Curricula UWIG/NREL INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY WORKSHOP POWER ENGINEERING NEEDS FOR THE WIND INDUSTRY May 7-8, 2008, Broomfield, CO By: Ned Mohan University of Minnesota ([email protected]) A Forward-Looking Electric Energy Systems Curriculum SOLDOTNA -40/+70 Mvar 115kV DAVES CREEK -10/+25 Mvar 115kV WAPA FARGO -45/+22 Mvar 14kV MAINE EL. POWER CHESTER -140/+425 Mvar 345kV NIAGARA MOHAWK LEEDS -300/+270 Mvar 345kV JERSEY CENTRAL ATLANTIC CITY -130/+260 Mvar 230kV CONECTIV CARDIFF -100/+150 Mvar 230kV CONECTIV INDIAN RIVER -100/+200 Mvar 230kV CONECTIV NELSON -100/+150 Mvar 138kV AM. EL. POWER BEAVER CREEK -125/+125 Mvar 138kV VIRGINIA POWER COLINGTON -30/+78 Mvar 115kV VELCO Essex STATCOM Georgia Power North Dublin GORDON EVANS 0/+300 Mvar 138kV KANSAS GAS & EL. MURRAY GILL 25/+200 Mvar 138kV LANL LOS ALAMOS -50/+100 Mvar 115kV LADWP Adelanto BONNEVILLE POWER MAPLE VALLEY -300/+300 Mvar 230kV SDG&E Talega STATCOM BONNEVILLE POWER KEELER -300/+300 Mvar 230kV AEP West Eagle Pass STATCOM Back-to-Back 2 x +/-36 MVA Austin Energy Holly STATCOM +/-95 MVAr PG&E Potrero -100/+240 230 kV NYSEG Fraser -300/+325 (Upgrade) 345kV PG&E Newark -100/+240 Mvar 230kV NSP FORBES -110/+150 Mvar (Cont.) -615/+460 MVAr (10 Sec.) 500kV LADWP Marketplace Tri-State G&T Clapham Retrofit Northeast Utilities Glenbrook STATCOM XCEL Lake Yankton Solar Flywheels for Storage Fuel Cells Hybrid Hybrid Wind CFL SOLDOTNA -40/+70 Mvar 115kV DAVES CREEK -10/+25 Mvar 115kV WAPA FARGO -45/+22 Mvar 14kV MAINE EL. POWER CHESTER -140/+425 Mvar 345kV NIAGARA MOHAWK LEEDS -300/+270 Mvar 345kV JERSEY CENTRAL ATLANTIC CITY -130/+260 Mvar 230kV CONECTIV CARDIFF -100/+150 Mvar 230kV CONECTIV INDIAN RIVER -100/+200 Mvar 230kV CONECTIV NELSON -100/+150 Mvar 138kV AM. EL. POWER BEAVER CREEK -125/+125 Mvar 138kV VIRGINIA POWER COLINGTON -30/+78 Mvar 115kV VELCO Essex STATCOM Georgia Power North Dublin GORDON EVANS 0/+300 Mvar 138kV KANSAS GAS & EL. MURRAY GILL 25/+200 Mvar 138kV LANL LOS ALAMOS -50/+100 Mvar 115kV LADWP Adelanto BONNEVILLE POWER MAPLE VALLEY -300/+300 Mvar 230kV SDG&E Talega STATCOM BONNEVILLE POWER KEELER -300/+300 Mvar 230kV AEP West Eagle Pass STATCOM Back-to-Back 2 x +/-36 MVA Austin Energy Holly STATCOM +/-95 MVAr PG&E Potrero -100/+240 230 kV NYSEG Fraser -300/+325 (Upgrade) 345kV PG&E Newark -100/+240 Mvar 230kV NSP FORBES -110/+150 Mvar (Cont.) -615/+460 MVAr (10 Sec.) 500kV LADWP Marketplace Tri-State G&T Clapham Retrofit Northeast Utilities Glenbrook STATCOM XCEL Lake Yankton Solar Flywheels for Storage Fuel Cells Role of Power Electronics Hybrid Hybrid Wind CFL
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Session IV – Designing Attractive Engineering CurriculaUWIG/NREL INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY WORKSHOP
POWER ENGINEERING NEEDS FOR THE WIND INDUSTRYMay 7-8, 2008, Broomfield, CO
Northw est-North Interconnection(YinNan - TianJing)3000 M W , 2010
NW PG
NCPG
NEPG
C CPG ECPG
North Shaanxi-Shandong3000 M W , 2011
Guizhou-G uangdong II3000 MW , 2007
SCPG
Three Gorges-Beijing(North) 3000 MW , 2009
Xiangjiaba - Jiangsu3500 M W , 2012
Xiangjiaba - Jiangxi2700 M W , 2013
Xiluodu - Hubei2700 MW , 2015
Xiluodu - Shanghai3500 M W , 2014
Nuochadu - Guangdong3000 M W , 2016
Xiluodu - Zhejiang3500 MW , 2016
Xiluodu - Hunan2700 MW , 2016
Jingping – East China3500 M W , 2015
(The year m eans project in operation)
APPLICATION
Power Programs are Stagnating
Urgency:Serious workforce shortfalls predicted
Crisis in Undergraduate Education
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Wind Generation: Example of an Integrated System
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Power ElectronicsConverters
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Low-VoltageRide-Through
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- Design an Integrated Curriculum thatBenefits StudentsIndependent of the Severity of the Workforce ShortagesEmphasizes Renewables/Storage, Reliable Delivery, Efficient End-Use
• Increase Quality and QuantityOur Response:
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Complementary Courses:
- Analog/Digital Control
- DSPs, FPGAs- Programming
Languages- Heat Transfer- Thermo
Our Integrated Curriculum –Only 3 Courses
Core Courses
Power Electronics
Electric Drives
Power Systems
Core Courses
Power Electronics
Electric Drives
Power Systems
Students are Broadly Trained; They can work in any field of EE.
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Designing these courses:What should students learn?Top-DownUseful to all students – even those not interested in Power & Energy
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Advantages of Our Approach: • Broader range of topics with more in-
depth coverage in each course (!)
• Students broadly trained
• Springboard to Graduate Education & PhD Research
• Domestic Graduate Students (?)
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Increasing Student Enrollments –Fall 2007 Enrollments at the University
of Minnesota• Power Systems: 78• Power Electronics: 81• Electric Drives: 103
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Textbooks:UNDERGRADUATE:
GRADUATE:
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Power Systems Lab:
MATLAB/SimulinkPowerWorldPSC
Softwar
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MTDC
Power Electronics Lab:Power Electronics Lab:
Electric Drives Lab:
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2008 Annual WorkshopNapa, CA Feb 7-9, 2008
(Nearly 150 participants; 35 ECE Dept Heads)
2009 Annual WorkshopNapa, CA Feb 12-15, 2009
New: Discuss Entry-Level Graduate Courses
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Next Weeklong Summer Training Workshop: (sponsored by ONR-EPRI-AEP)• Northern Arizona
University (NAU)
• July 6-11, 2008
• In collaboration with Prof. Allison Kipple of NAU
• At 7,000 feet in Flagstaff, AZ
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Goal of ONR Grant Supported by EPRI & AEP:Affect Curricular Change in at least 175 Schools Nationwide
– Adapted so far in various combinations at >50 schools
Parallel International Effort
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Good Education Leads to Research Ideas:1. Open-Ended AC Drives with Matrix Converters
U of M Innovation Grant Award: $50,000ONR Award No: N000140710463 $527,262
2. Matrix Converters Based Power Electronics Transformers with Advanced FeaturesONR Award No: N000140710968, $395,578