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Simulation and Analysis of Power Systems Using

MATLAB
4 days, from Monday June 30th to Thursday July 3rd
University of Bologna (Viale Risorgimento, 2; 40136 Bologna, Italy)

Presented by University of Bologna

Presented by the Department of Engineering Professional Development, University of Wisconsin–
Madison
With the participation of Hydro-Québec/TransÉnergie Technologies and The Mathworks Inc.

Course presented for engineering personnel responsible for studies of electric power systems, control
systems, and power electronics circuits and for engineers, researchers and educators involved in
research and development for electrical engineering applications.

The course will follow the IEEE Bologna PowerTech ‘2003 Conference from June 23rd to June 26th.

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The Advantages of MATLAB
MATLAB is a widely used tool in the electrical engineering community. It can be used for simple
mathematical manipulations with matrices, for understanding and teaching basic mathematical and
engineering concepts, and even for studying and simulating actual power systems and electric
systems in general. The original concept of a small and handy tool has evolved to become an
engineering workhorse. It is now accepted that MATLAB and its numerous Toolboxes can replace
and/or enhance the usage of traditional simulation tools for advanced engineering applications.
This course introduces the benefits of using MATLAB to electrical engineers involved in the
simulation and analysis of power systems and power electronics circuits. More explicitly, this course
will demonstrate the advantages of using MATLAB for analyzing power system steady-state
behavior and its capabilities for simulating transients in power systems and power electronics,
including control system dynamic behavior.

Who Can Benefit

Engineering personnel responsible for studies of electric power systems, control systems, and power
electronics circuits will benefit from this course. This course will be also useful for engineers,
researchers and educators involved in research and development for electrical engineering
applications. As background you should have a basic understanding of electric circuits, power
systems, and power electronics as taught in an undergraduate power systems and/or power electronics
engineering curriculum. A minimal knowledge of applied numerical methods will be useful, but is
not essential.
A prior knowledge of MATLAB is not required, but the course is designed so those with prior
MATLAB experience also are expected to benefit.

You will leave the course prepared to use MATLAB for day-to-day computational usage and
advanced simulations. Your use of MATLAB will become more sophisticated as you apply this in-
depth knowledge of available new possibilities for the targeted fields of electrical engineering.

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Extensive course notes are available for all topics. Computer laboratory sessions are based on step-
by-step instructions related to practical engineering problems. In addition to data files used for
computer exercises, some teaching tools and software will be freely provided to students.

Limited Enrollment
Enrollment in this course will be limited to 30 students to assure access to the computers and to
maximize faculty-student interaction.

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Course Faculty
Fernando Alvarado
Professor
University of Wisconsin–Madison
USA
Patrick Bastard
Professor
Supélec
France
Gabriel Benmouyal
Principal Research Engineer
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
USA
Alberto Borghetti
Research-engineer
University of Bologna
Italy
Jean Mahseredjian
Research-engineer
Hydro-Québec / IREQ
Canada
Graham Rogers
Research-engineer
Cherry Tree Scientific Software
Canada
Thierry Van Cutsem
Research Director (FNRS) and adjunct professor
University of Liège
Belgium

Course Coordinators
Carlo Alberto Nucci
Professor
University of Bologna
Italy
Willis F. Long
Professor
University of Wisconsin–Madison
USA

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Schedule, Day 1, Monday June 30th
‰ 8:00 Registration
‰ 8:20 Introduction to the program

8:45, From basic to advanced MATLAB usage (Mahseredjian)

1 Introduction to the MATLAB workspace and basic functions
2 Library of Functions/Commands: syntax, building functions, data visualization techniques,
programming, toolboxes
3 Advanced programming and visualization techniques: vectorization, linear algebra, sparse
matrices, object-oriented programming, external code, symbolic methods, design of large scale
applications
4 Advanced graphical user interface design methods
5 Network analysis: matrix based formulation methods, frequency response, time-domain
response, ODE solvers
6 Design examples with the Control System Toolbox
7 MatTran: M-file based software for the simulation of electromagnetic transients, from numerical
methods to complete code, lmodels, line-energization transients, ferroresonance
8 Introduction to Simulink and related numerical methods: from simple to complex cases
9 Introduction to SimPowerSystems in Simulink: implementation approach, options, examples
10 Research on numerical techniques

13:00-14:00 Lunch

14:00, Practical problem solutions (Mahseredjian)

Problem visualization and analysis examples: wave propagation, electrogeometric model, nonlinear
models

14:45, Steady-state analysis (Rogers)

1 MatNetFlow: M-file based complete load-flow package
1.a Programming techniques
1.b Numerical methods
1.c GUI development
2 Practical case studies using MatNetFlow: data formats, practical networks, FACTS model,
HVDC

16:00, Laboratory

18:00, Adjourn

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Schedule, Day 2, Tuesday, July 1st
8:00, Power System Toolbox (Rogers)
1 Introduction to the Power System Toolbox: a collection of functions (M-files) for transient and
small signal stability analysis
2 Dynamic model structure
3 Transient stability: step-by-step transient simulation, system response to faults, effect of system
load composition, practical fault modeling examples
4 Small signal stability: linearization, modes of oscillation, sensitivity, frequency response,
practical problems

10:30, Practical case studies (Rogers)

1 Power system stabilizer parameter and site selection
2 Control testing using modal and transient stability analysis

11:30, Optimal power-flow problems (Alvarado)

1 Practical algorithms
2 Contingencies and contingency constraints

State estimation (Alvarado)

1 Estimation of network topology
2 Price estimation

13:00-14:00, Lunch

14:00, MATLAB based tools for Deregulated Power System Analysis (Alvarado)
1 Congestion management alternatives: nodal and zonal pricing, determination of marginal units,
transmission loading relief, market redispatch, economic efficiency issues
2 ATC and TTC computations
3 Reserve assessment and pricing
4 Hedging and risk management: volatility of prices and volatility of congestion
5 Eigenvalues and dynamic stability: finding modes of oscillation, Hopf bifurcations, Margin
sensitivities, interactions between power systems and power markets

16:45, Laboratory

18:00, Adjourn

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Schedule, Day 3, Wednesday, July 1st

8:00, Advanced usage of Simulink (Van Cutsem)

1 Analysis of a Simulink library of power system models under the quasi-sinusoidal assumption
(differential-algebraic formulation)
2 Examples of techniques: masking, local and global variables, system initialization, handling of
algebraic constraints, event-triggered subsystems, user interface, system linearization, coupling
with M-file analysis.

Applications of Simulink in stability studies (Van Cutsem)

Practical case studies using the above library, illustrating various phenomena, such as :
ƒ small-disturbance and transient (angular) stability
ƒ frequency control and stability : load –frequency control, frequency collapse after islanding, load shedding
ƒ large-disturbance short-term voltage stability : behaviour of induction machines (motors, wind generators),
stabilization through SVC
ƒ large-disturbance long-term voltage stability : modelling and effect of overexcitation limiters and load tap changers,
behaviour under various pre-disturbance operating points, load shedding.

11:30, Applications of Simulink in power plant and power system simulations

(Borghetti)

1 A case study with an hydroelectric power plant

2 Case studies with thermoelectric power plants

12:30-13:30, Lunch

13:30, Applications of SimPowerSystems (Power System Blockset) (Bastard)

1 Transient analysis of distribution systems: ground and fault currents, directional zero-sequence
relays, protection of capacitive feeders, sample cases
2 Power transformers: saturation, energization, internal faults, current transformers, differential
relays, sample cases
3 Simulation of distance relays: influence of fault impedance, sample cases

16:30, Laboratory

18:00, Adjourn

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Schedule, Day 4, Thursday, July 2nd
8:00, MATLAB based relay modeling (Benmouyal)
1 Demonstration of digital relay principles
1.a Filtering system modeling: anti-aliasing filters and sampling frequency selection, least-
square filters, digital Fourier filters, cosine filters, dc component removal, impact of
frequency variations
1.b Computation of sequence quantities
2 Plunger type overcurrent relay using Simulink
3 Mho detector
4 Generic line impedance relay
4.a Anti-aliasing filter modeling
4.b Voltage and current phasors evaluation using the full-cycle Fourier filter
4.c Computation of sequence quantities
4.d Mho characteristic modeling
4.e Relay model testing using EMTP or Simulink-SimPowerSystems simulations

12:00, Application of Neural Networks (Bastard)

1 Basic principles of a multilayer perceptron (MLP)
2 MLP based classification
3 Fault detection in transmission and distribution networks

13:00-14:00, Lunch

14:00, Applications of SimPowerSystems for the evaluation of lightning-induced

overvoltages on distribution networks (Borghetti)
1 Description of the coupling model and its implementation in an S-function
2 Comparison with simulation results and experimental records

14:45, Laboratory

18:00, Adjourn

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