Microgrid Certification Training Workshop

Microgrid Certification Training Workshop is a leading-edge certification and relevant to what is happening in the energy industry right now. Microgrid technology is an advanced technology developed in recent years as a critical competence of traditional power networks with reliable and efficient operation across a wide range of industries. The ability to deliver the technical information of smart grids to the right audience at the right time is a valuable skill, especially for those engaged in the field of power systems. Microgrid Certification Training, Microgrid Certificate helps you to understand the microgrids, their operation, and control as well as energy management principles applied to the microgrids. This certificate is divided into three main topics in microgrids which will help engineers and scientists to prepare themselves with the skills and required confidence to meet their organization’s needs or position themselves for their job responsibilities and promotions.  Our experts at Eno Institute will help you to understand the fundamental concepts of microgrids in order to tackle real-world challenges.

THE MICRO GIRD CERTIFICATE CONSISTS OF THREE MAJOR TOPICS:

• Introduction to Microgrids
• Microgrid operation and control
• Energy management systems in Microgrids

The first part of the Microgrid Certification Training briefly introduces the concept of microgrids, the background of renewable energy sources as the main components of a microgrid, the history of renewable energy sources, the advantages of microgrids, and the transmission system implemented in microgrids. Furthermore, you will be introduced to the basic per-unit systems applied to microgrids, different types of microgrids, and main operating modes in a microgrid such as islanded mode and grid-connected mode To add more details to the microgrids, you will learn the basics of solar panels, wind farms, and energy storage systems as three main components of a microgrid in detail. For each part, the operation basics, and main components will be briefly introduced and recent advancements will be taught. For example, the main components of a wind farm generation unit such as wind generators, wind turbines, towers, and foundations will be introduced and power converters implemented for each device will be discussed briefly. By the end of the first part, the audience is supposed to understand the basics of microgrid operation and should be able to understand the solar photovoltaic panels, wind farms, and battery energy storage systems.

The second part of the Microgrid Certification Training, Microgrid certificate training focuses on the operation and control of microgrids from basic traditional approaches to the advanced hierarchical control of microgrids.  Firstly, the basics of microgrid control will be introduced and different control modes in islanded mode and grid-connected operation mode of the microgrid will be discussed. You will also learn the power electronic converter control, classifications, and operation, operation principles of wind farms, PV, energy storage, the concept of offshore wind farms, and maximum power point tracking in microgrids. Next, our instructors will focus on two separate operating modes in a microgrid (islanded and grid connect) and will describe the different control methodologies applied to each mode so far. For example, the effect of voltage dips in islanded mode, active power control in islanded/grid-connected mode, supporting the voltage and frequency in grid-connected mode, parallel operation of converters in islanded/grid-connected mode, the concept of droop control in islanded mode, reactive power sharing in grid-connected mode, and low voltage ride through capability of converters in grid-connected mode are covered in the second part. Finally, the advanced control methodology named hierarchical control of microgrid will be introduced and concepts of primary, secondary, and tertiary controllers will be discussed in detail.

The third part of Microgrid Certification Training, Microgrid certificate training covers the energy management system (EMS) in microgrids. Firstly, the definitions and common terms will be provided to describe the concept of EMS. Then, the audience will be introduced to the main topics of EMS in microgrids such as Data forecasting in microgrid EMS, DG scheduling, load dispatch, photovoltaic effect in EMS, the effect of fuel cells in microgrid EMS, and optimization platform for microgrids.  After the introduction part, our instructors will go into the details of EMS architecture and control in microgrids. You will learn the centralized and decentralized EMS techniques, market operator, local controllers, the effect of real-time data in centralized EMS, communication advancement in EMS, exchanging the price information between multiple DGs, advantages, and disadvantages of microgrid EMS, forecasting the data for EMS, optimizing the power flow, optimizing the EMS policies and voltage and frequency control in short term microgrid EMS. Finally, the audience will be introduced to the challenges in the microgrid EMS such as renewable energy intermittency, network latency, reliability of communications, two-way communication challenges, and cyber security in centralized and decentralized microgrid EMS.

YOUR REGISTRATION INCLUDES

• 4 Days of Microgrid Certification Training Workshop from an Authorized Instructor
• Official Microgrid Certification Training Electronic Courseware
• Certificate of Completion
• 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed

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AUDIENCE/TARGET GROUP:

The target audience for this Microgrid Certification Training Workshop course:

• All engineers who want to learn, design, or operate the microgrids
• Power traders to understand modern microgrid technologies.
• Independent system operator personnel.
• Faculty members from academic institutes who want to teach renewable energy or microgrid courses.
• Investors and contractors who plan to make investments in the smart grid industry.
• Professionals in other energy industries.
• Marketing people need to know the background of the products they sell.
• Electric utility personnel who recently started a career in power systems or have new job responsibilities related to microgrids.
• Technicians, operators, and maintenance personnel who are or will be working at green energy-based companies.
• Managers, accountants, and executives of the power system industry.
• Scientists or non-electrical engineers involved in micro grid-related projects or proposals.
• Graduate students seeking a professional career in microgrids

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

Upon completing this Microgrid Certification Training Workshop, learners will be able to meet these objectives:

• Understand the generator models and control.
• Describe the dynamics of generators in power systems.
• Understand the concept of stability in power systems.
• Understand the operation of a generator connected to the system.
• Recognize the voltage/frequency controllers in generators.
• Discuss different types of loads connected to the power systems.
• Describe the concept of voltage stability and frequency droop.
• Model the dynamics of the governor and automatic voltage regulator (AVR).
• Understand the concept of stability and operation in multi-machine power systems.
• Explain the step-by-step process of power flow analysis.
• Understand and explain different solutions for power flow equations.
• Understand the basics of economic dispatch.

Microgrid Certification Training Workshop

Course Syllabus

Part1 (Introduction):

Concept of Microgrids

• Traditional power network
• Background and history of renewable energy sources
• Trends for microgrids
• Power electronic-based devices
• Common terms
• Cower consumption in microgrids
• Renewable generation units
• Transformers in microgrids
• Different types of loads in microgrids
• Component of a microgrid
• Per unit system
• Transmission lines
• DC and AC microgrids
• Advantages of microgrids
• Redundancy
• Modularity
• Fault tolerance
• Efficiency in microgrids
• Maintenance
• Smaller size and cost benefits
• Grid-connected microgrids
• Islanded mode operation of microgrids
• Typical structure of microgrids
• AC-DC hybrid microgrids
• Microgrid configurations
• Synchronization of AC sources in microgrids
• Stability assessment of microgrids
• Microgrid protection

Solar Panels and Photovoltaics in Microgrids

• Why solar energy?
• High photovoltaic (PV) penetration and utility distribution systems
• Solar system owners
• Advanced distribution system and solar panels
• Main components of a PV system
• PV modules or solar arrays
• Battery
• Charge regulator
• Inverter
• Back-up generator
• DC/AC loads
• Different types of PV modules
• Main elements of a PV module selection
• PV strings
• Connection of modules, series, and parallel
• Lead-acid batteries in PV systems
• Nickel Cadmium batteries in PV systems
• Standalone PV system
• Grid-connected PV system
• Hybrid PV system
• PV system design considerations
• Costs in PV systems
• Installation and operation principles of PV systems
• PV system control
• Maximum power point tracking
• Proportional resonance controller
• Pulse width modulation unit
• Current controller
• A phase-locked loop in PV systems
• Voltage current characteristics of PV modules
• Power curves for PV system
• Incremental conductance control
• Perturb and observe control in the PV system

Wind Farms in Microgrids

• Wind energy systems
• Wind farm scales
• Grid integration of wind farms
• Economics of wind farms
• Fundamentals of wind power
• The kinetic energy in wind power
• Efficiency in extracting the wind power
• Power curves in wind turbines
• Different types of wind turbines
• Doubly fed induction generators (DFIG)
• Permanent magnet-based wind farms
• Main components of wind farms
• Wind generator
• Wind turbine
• Wind turbine blades
• Horizontal and vertical-axis wind farms
• Tower
• Drive train
• Electronics and control
• Pitch
• Brake
• Cooling system
• The foundation of wind farms
• Control of wind farms
• Transmission lines
• Concept of reactive power compensation in wind farms
• Oscillations in wind farms
• Control of drivetrain speed
• Blade regulation control
• Stalling and pitch angle control
• Active and reactive power control in DFIGs
• Wind forecasting
• Future technological developments in wind farms
• Cost of wind energy

Battery Energy Storage Systems in Microgrids

• Concept of energy storage systems
• Emerging needs for energy storage
• Effect of energy storage on utility, customers, and generations
• Classifications of energy storage systems
• Economics of energy storage in the market
• Energy storage applications in current grids
• Limiting factors in energy storage implementations
• Mechanical storage systems
• Electromechanical storage systems
• Chemical energy storages
• Thermal storage systems
• Conventional battery technology
• Capacitors
• Superconducting magnetic energy storage
• Contingency reserves by energy storage
• Reactive support and voltage control
• Black start capability of energy storage
• Congestion management by energy storage in microgrids
• Demand management
• Detailed models of energy storage systems
• Different sizes of energy storage systems for microgrid applications
• Applications of energy storage in microgrids
• Grid operational support by energy storage
• Power quality and reliability improvements by energy storage
• Concept and power and energy in storage systems
• Discharging principles
• Short-term applications of energy storage in microgrids
• Control of energy storage systems
• Droop control
• Active and reactive power control in energy storage
• State of charge (SOC) control
• Optimization techniques by energy storage system control

 Microgrid certificate-Part2 (Control and Operation):

Basics of Microgrid Control

• Types of operation of microgrids
• Control in grid-connected mode
• Control in islanded mode
• Power electronic-based equipment in microgrids
• Power electronic converters
• Power electronic switches
• Classification of power electronic converters implemented in microgrids
• Voltage source converters in microgrids
• Multilevel voltage source converters
• Pulse width modulation techniques
• Operation principles of PV panel system
• Operation principles of wind turbines
• Effect of UPS on microgrid systems
• Distributed loads in microgrids
• Effect of virtual inertias in microgrids
• Integration of distributed generation to shape smart grids
• The necessity of maximum power point trackers
• Operation of storage units in islanded mode
• Effect of electric vehicle charging stations in microgrids
• Wind turbine generation, offshore and onshore

Microgrid Certification Training – Islanded Mode Operation of Microgrids

• Islanded mode operation basics
• Effect of long-term voltage dips or faults
• Importing and exporting the active and reactive power
• Controlling the current and voltage in converters
• Supporting the frequency and voltage
• Virtual synchronous generator effect
• Blackouts by main grids
• Voltage and frequency management in islanded mode operation
• Supply and demand balancing effect
• Power quality in islanded mode operation
• Hierarchy of loads in islanded mode
• Concept of point of common coupling
• Control of a voltage source converter in islanded mode
• Effect of LCL filter
• Direct and quadratic (d-q) axis-based control
• Voltage control loop
• Effect of inner current loop in islanded mode
• Parallel converters in islanded mode operation
• Effect of master/slave control in islanded mode
• Frequency droop control in parallel operation
• Voltage droop control in parallel operation

Grid-Connected Mode Operation of Microgrids

• Basics of grid-connected operation
• Control of a single converter in grid-connected mode
• Effect of parallel converters in control
• Concept of master and slave control
• Inner current loop and voltage control in grid-connected mode
• Droop control strategy of grid-connected converters
• Active power sharing among converters through droop
• Reactive power-sharing droop
• Concept of inertia in microgrids
• Effect of synchronization through an inverter
• An inverter working as a synchronous generator
• Park transformation in droop control of inverters in grid-connected mode
• Low voltage ride-through capability of voltage source converters in grid-connected mode

Hierarchical Control of Microgrids

• Primary control loop
• Secondary control in microgrids
• Tertiary control
• Centralized control of microgrids
• The decentralized control of microgrids
• Primary control in wind energy systems
• Primary control in PV systems
• Primary control in energy storage
• Secondary control in wind energy systems
• Secondary control in PV systems
• Secondary control in energy storage
• Calculating power flow for tertiary control
• SOC management control for energy storage system
• Cooperative synchronization of multiple energy storage units
• Secondary control in islanded microgrids
• Frequency restorations
• Power quality improvement
• Energy management systems for load shedding
• Load shedding
• Peak shaving control
• Synchronization of the microgrid with grid
• Optimization and upper-level control as a tertiary control loop
• Low voltage ride through as a tertiary control loop
• Islanding detection
• Microgrids interconnections
• Harmonic compensation
• Voltage harmonic reduction in grid-connected mode
• Voltage harmonic reduction in islanded mode
• Unbalance compensation in microgrids
• Concept of unbalance in microgrids
• Sources for unbalances
• Modeling the unbalancing effect
• Designing the compensation algorithms

Microgrid Certification Training Workshop Course Recap, Q/A, and Evaluations