Electric power systems control and operation
Activities
Electric Power Systems Control and Operation Department provides research and development services in the field of electric power systems control and operation, with an emphasis on advanced smart grid technologies, information and communication technologies usage and advanced services, approaches and tools. We are specialists in the sustainable digital transformation of the energy sector. We are helping to gradually introduce new available technologies and approaches into the electricity sector that benefit all stakeholders in the energy market.
Our experts explore the use of information and communication technologies for more efficient and reliable power systems operation. We represent a research bridge between system solution providers and transmission and distribution system operators. Our research and development activities are focused on the latest technological trends in the power systems operation and smart grid solutions.
Areas of work
- Power Systems Operation
- Stationary network analyses
- Load-flow analyses
- Network hosting capacity
- Stationary security assessment
- Short-circuit analyses
- Dynamic network analyses
- RMS and EMT stability analyses
- Protection element performance
- WAMS/PMU analyses
- Dynamic performance verification
- Integration of energy sources and energy storage modules
- Regulatory and grid code compliance
- Performance validation
- Distributed generation connection and operation studies and analysis
- Dynamics Thermal Rating Systems studies and analyses
- Power quality and quality of supply services
- Power generation operation analysis and studies
- Research and analysis of Ancillary Services area
- Research and analysis of System Protection
- Modernization of Control Centres (SCADA, EMS, xDMS)
- Smart Power Grids
- Power Systems and ICT research for development Smart Grid solutions
- Research and support in the development of regulatory bases and regulations
- Design and project management of demonstration and pilot projects
- Design and collaboration in international and EU projects
- Research in Information and communication technologies in energy sector
- Semantic technologies and data modelling to achieve data interoperability in modern power systems (Common Information Model - CIM)
- Advising technology providers to upgrade existing systems with CIM information exchange functionality
- Development of reference models and ICT architectures
- Seamless integration of IT and OT systems
- Consulting on upgrading existing systems with communication functionality with newly introduced modern ICT platforms
- Cybersecurity research, support and consulting
- Software conceptual design
- Introduction of information and communication technologies
- Research and support in advanced energy metering systems
- Research and development in energy flexibility systems and services
- Data analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence
- Research and design of the solutions for data acquisition, management and visualization
- Development of computational models and advanced algorithms
- Lightning Localization System SCALAR and Services
- Lightning Localization Services
- Real-time access to real-time lightning data
- Access to archive of lightning data
- Flash Alarm service
- Real-time correlator of power lines outage due to lightning
- Composite radar rainfall data and lightning
- Risk management of lightning protection (EN 62305 part 2)
- Development of new related services
- Analytical services
- Determining the level of exposure to atmospheric discharges
- Calculation of flash density
- Probability calculation of lightning amplitudes
- SCALAR services integration into TSO or DSO operational process
- Data Exchange with SCADA systems
- Data Exchange with GIS systems
- Integration of lightning data into OT systems
- CIM, XML interfaces
- Other services
- Business models development
- Techno-economics analyses
- Benchmarking analysis
- Feasibility studies
- Expert opinions
Important publications of the department
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