Scope and Topics

Modeling, Simulation, Control Methods, and Real-Time Operation

• Power plant modeling

• Control systems with identifier and parameter identification

• Neural networks and fuzzy systems for system identification

• Control concepts for startup, low load, and wide-range operation of power plants

• Control strategies to meet environmental regulations

• Modeling and control of non-conventional energy sources and/or distributed generation

• Advanced instrumentation and control concepts for power plants

• Man-machine interface considerations in control rooms

• Operator training simulators for power plants and power systems

• Voltage and reactive power control

• Control aspects of load management and load modeling

• Power plant monitoring, fault diagnosis and fault accommodations

Instrumentation and Control Systems, Information Processing, Networking, and Communication

• Integrated digital control of hydro and thermal power plants

• Open distributed systems for control centers

• Design issues in computer inter-networking, linking power plants, substations, control centers, and other networks in the enterprise

• Experiences with interoperability and/or probability in local area networks of wide area networks

• Applications of modern digital communication technologies for operation and control networks

• Use of internet in the analysis, operation, and control of wide-area networks

• Distributed intelligent control and multiagent systems for power plants and power systems

Operation, Planning and Power System Analysis

• Hydro scheduling, unit commitment, and hydro-thermal coordination

• System identification for diagnostics, fault detection and isolation

• Flexible AC transmission systems (FACTS) – application and experiences

• Distribution automation functions

• Methods of the determination and allocation of the influences of multiple bulk power transactions and wheeling on the operational integrity and security of transmission networks

• Transmission and generation expansion planning in the deregulated environment

• Dynamic security analysis – preventive and emergency control

• Advanced techniques in power system analysis

• Railroad traffic signal and electric power supply

Deregulated Power Markets

• Bidding systems and bidding strategies with spot pricing

• Congestion solver and transmission wheeling cost evaluation

• Coordination of power plant operation with power system operation in a restructured and competitive utility environment

• Security, monitoring, analysis and control in deregulated power systems

• Technical impact of deregulation on power system control

• System frequency control strategies utilizing active and reactive power reserves provided by IPPs

• Load dispatcher’s strategies for power system operation under deregulated environments

• Genco side strategies of power plant operation under deregulated environments

• Demand side management in coordination with the pumped water storage and the cogeneration power in the deregulated market.