"From Power Systems to a Smart Grid"
Bruce Wollenberg
University of Minnesota, USA
Abstract:
The concept of a smart grid has been introduced by several
research organizations as a means of gaining speed and intelligence in
controlling the power system network. A smart grid system consists of
intelligent agents (computers) in each substation and power plant which
communicate with each other and take readings from local transducers and
status indicators and thus form a completely distributed monitoring and
control system spread over the entire power grid. The talk will review the
history of smart grid research and discuss its goals and progress to date.
Biography of Speaker:
Bruce Wollenberg
graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a BSEE (1964) and
MEng (1966) in Electric Power Engineering, he then attended the University of
Pennsylvania, graduating with a PhD (1974) in Systems Engineering. He worked for
Leeds and Northrup Co. North Wales, PA from 1966 to 1974, Power Technologies
Inc. Schenectady, NY from 1974 to 1984, and Control Data Corporation Energy
Management System Division Plymouth, MN from 1984 to 1989. He took a position as
a Professor of Electrical Engineering in the Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department at the University of Minnesota in September 1989. He is presently the
Director of the University of Minnesota Center for Electric Energy (UMCEE) and
he also serves as the Director of Graduate Studies for the Electrical
Engineering Graduate Program. His main interests are the application of
mathematical analysis to power system operation and planning problems. He is the
co-author of the textbook “Power Generation Operation and Control”
published by John Wiley publishers.
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Venue: |
SP PowerGrid
Ltd.,
111 Somerset
Road,
Singapore Power
Building,
7th Storey,
Operation Briefing Room,
Singapore 238164
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Date & time: |
Thursday, 6th December 2007, 6:30pm |
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