Importance of Electrical Power Systems Education

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1 Importance of Electrical Power Systems Education NSF Workshop on Electric Energy Education Texas A&M University, Doha, Qatar Prof. Saifur Rahman Director, Virginia Tech Advanced Research Inst., USA Vice President IEEE Power & Energy Society 1 2 1

attrition in five years Age Results 15% are < 33 58% are 33-52 27% are > 52 Median age is 45 Average age has declined 2006: 45.7 2007: 45.

2 Electric Power & Energy Community Needs and Priorities Educational needs at the undergraduate and graduate levels and life-long learning Academic practices in the recent past Industry needs in the changing environment 3 CEWD 2008 Survey: Pipeline Results Significant (~45%) attrition in five years Age Results 15% are < 33 58% are % are > 52 Median age is 45 Average age has declined 2006: : 45.3 Hiring appears to be occurring 2006 Data 2007 Data Source: Center for Energy Workforce Development -- Gaps in the Energy Workforce Pipeline 2008 Survey 2

3 Power & Energy Industry Two-thirds of PES membership is from industry Strong tradition of industry-sponsored academic research in the US, Europe, Japan and China Close working relationship between academia and practicing engineers 5 Electric Power System of the Future Electricity supply mix away from fossil fuels with expanded development of wind, solar, biomass, geothermal, nuclear and energy from the oceans Expanded focus on energy efficiency Greater application of IT and communication technologies Smart Grid 6 3

Evolving Nature of the Electric Power System 7 Electric Power & Communication Infrastructures 1.Power Infrastructure Data network Users Central Generating Station Step-Up Transformer 2.

4 Evolving Nature of the Electric Power System 7 Electric Power & Communication Infrastructures 1.Power Infrastructure Data network Users Central Generating Station Step-Up Transformer 2. Information Infrastructure Control Center Distribution Substation Gas Turbine Receiving Station Distribution Substation Recip Engine Microturbine Distribution Substation Photo voltaics Residential Data Concentrator Recip Engine Fuel cell Commercial Cogeneration Batteries Flywheel Residential Industrial Commercial Source: EPRI 8 4

5 Smart Grid Source: Altalink, Alberta, Canada Engineering Needed to Accomplish This Task Alternate energy systems and associated power electronics will be essential Needs expertise in communication, signal processing, controls, computing in addition to power systems 10 5

6 Core Functions of IEEE PES Develop standards (eg, IEEE 1547). Provide education to develop the workforce for the future. Provide a mechanism to publish new developments. Education and research aspects for alternative energy power conditioning can be easily adopted and in some cases, are already under consideration. 11 US Federal Support for Workforce Training US $100 million funding opportunity 12 6

7 Industry Needs Create on-line educational products portfolio for the practicing engineer Create the business model Implement an e-commerce tool for distribution Further define content Enter existing content in the Digital Library Promote availability Measurement define practioner involvement and increase it How is the Power & Energy Society Responding? Tutorials At PES conferences and free-standing venues Expert Now Modules Various power system topics Smart Grid Plain Talk offerings Power System topics in layman s terms Expand Plain Talk for offerings in R8-10 Creating DLP voice-overs 7

8 PES Journals IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery IEEE Transactions on Power Systems IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid Regular PES Conferences Annual General Meeting IEEE T&D Conference Power Systems Conf & Exposition PowerTech Conference in Europe PowerCon Conference in the Asia Asia-Pacific Power & Energy Engineering Conf. PowerAfrica Conference Asia-Pacific T&D, and Latin-America T&D 8

Specialized Conferences The Energy 2030 Conference in November 18-19, 2008 in Atlanta, Georgia co-sponsored with IEEE-USA, IEEE- SA, IAS, PELS and PES.

9 Specialized Conferences The Energy 2030 Conference in November 18-19, 2008 in Atlanta, Georgia co-sponsored with IEEE-USA, IEEE- SA, IAS, PELS and PES. A joint PES and Industry Applications Society (IAS) conference was held in the fall 09 in Valencia, Spain focusing on energy. Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT) Conference in Washington, DC, January 2010 Asia-Pacific Power & Energy Engineering conference at Chengdu in China in March Thank you for your attention Saifur Rahman srahman@vt.edu 18 9

Microgrid. Microgrid is a part of the electrical power distribu5on network with: 11/10/09

Microgrid. Microgrid is a part of the electrical power distribu5on network with: 11/10/09 APSCOM Conference 09 November 2009 Hong Kong Prof. Saifur Rahman Microgrid Microgrid is a part of the electrical power distribu5on network with: Mul5ple Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Mul5ple loads